About

Verana helps complex infrastructure and industrial companies speak clearly to investors, partners, and acquirers.

The firm sits at the point where engineering reality, market structure, and capital narrative need to align. In these sectors, the constraints are real, the buyers are demanding, and the standard for explanation has to be higher.

Founder

Elaine Aparecida Salvador

Elaine Aparecida Salvador

Background

12+ years in investment banking and private equity across Stifel, Lazard, Lightsource BP, and H.I.G. Capital.

Focus

Works with technically complex climate, grid, and industrial technology companies on positioning, capital strategy and investor readiness, strategic partnerships, and non-discretionary process support, with particular interest in underfollowed European markets.

Transaction Experience

Next step

Verana works best when the conversation starts with the constraint, not the pitch.