Robert Bertagna

Background

About Robert Bertagna

I am the founder and CEO of Minerva Ventures LLC, my family office dedicated to enhancing the value of companies through advice and investment in the industrial and infrastructure end-markets, education, and financial services. Additionally, I am serving as a Senior Advisor to Valterra Partners LLC, a private equity firm focused on infrastructure adjacent investments. The target equity investment for both Valterra and Minerva is $25-$100 million. Before establishing Minerva Ventures LLC in 2021, I was an investment banker, and managed other bankers, that advised on enhancing shareholder value through major strategic transactions. In this role, I advised CEOs, CFOs and Boards on identifying and creating optimal outcomes in mergers and acquisitions, separations, and recapitalizations. My primary industry concentration was in the Industrial area. Additionally, in my role as a head of large groups of bankers, I was the leader responsible for creating consensus on priorities and encouraging collaboration to achieve goals. My principal philanthropic pursuit is supporting the education of young people. I have been intensely engaged in higher education, particularly in supporting the transformative experience of the liberal arts. Furthermore, I strongly feel that in this country we need to provide every child the chance to live the American Dream through the opportunity for a high-quality public education.