# Bjørn Tessiore

> Bjørn Tessiore is a private equity investor at Metric Capital Partners backing Restaurants. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Metric Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metric-capital-partners)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bj%C3%B8rn-tessiore-a9b4a516/?originalSubdomain=uk

Bjørn Tessiore is a Partner at Metric Capital Partners.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Restaurants | 2 | 67% |
| Fruit | 1 | 33% |
| Hotel | 1 | 33% |
| AgTech | 1 | 33% |
| Farming | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 1 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turkey | 1 | 33% |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zambrero | Zambrero is a restaurant that provides complete dining and wifi facility services with a wide range of food and beverages. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 07, 2023 | https://www.zambrero.com/ |
| Pure Harvest Smart Farms | Pure Harvest Smart Farms is a regional innovator in sustainable agriculture focused on the production of premium fruits and vegetables in the challenging climates of the Arab Gulf region using world-leading controlled-environment agriculture technologies. Pure Harvest seeks to leverage innovative growing technologies and horticultural bestpractices in order to pioneer year-round production of affordable, premium quality fresh produce. | $180.5M | Convertible Note | Jun 30, 2022 | http://www.pureharvest.ae |
| Dream International B.V. | Dream is a player in the global fine-dining restaurant space. The Company operates through four subsidiaries consisting of: the Azumi group which operates restaurants in seven countries under the Zuma, Roka, Etaru, Inko Nito and Oblix brands; the Coya group; the Paraguas group; and the Nusr-et group. |  | Private Equity | Mar 28, 2018 | https://www.d-ream.com.tr |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Dogus Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret A.S. — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IMM Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imm-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Olayan Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olayan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Temasek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/temasek) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Metric Capital Partners

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Metric Capital provides debt capital solutions to European Companies with an Enterprise Value of €50 - 500 million. They seek to support their clients' ambitions to execute strategic transactions. They have the flexibility to provide capital solutions across their corporate clients' balance sheets, including senior ranking andsubordinated debt. Their capital solutions include: - Financing of buy-outs and acquisitions - Growth capital - Liquidity facilities - Bridge facilities and rescue financing The professionals of Metric Capital have developed deep corporate networks throughout various sectors and European geographies and have collectively committed over €100 billion of capital to corporate clients throughout their careers. The members of their management team have run multi-billion euro businesses and corporate divisions across a variety of financial services firms.

5 contacts available at Metric Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bjørn Tessiore | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bj%C3%B8rn-tessiore |
| Diego Prada | Senior Principal and COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diego-prada |
| John Connolly | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-connolly-2 |
| John Sinik | Managing Partner and Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-sinik |
| Richard Branson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-branson |

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## FAQ

### What does Bjørn Tessiore invest in?

Bjørn Tessiore invests primarily in Restaurants, Fruit and Hotel startups, most often at Private Equity and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Turkey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Bjørn Tessiore?

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### When did Bjørn Tessiore last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bjørn Tessiore closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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