Kristin Bertram

Managing Director

Kristin Bertram is Managing Director with E2M Ventures and in charge of E2MV’s debt strategy. She has over 20 years of investment experience across the capital the stack with a focus on special situations. She has been directly involved in over $1B of real estate transactions in various capacities including originations, acquisitions, asset management, recapitalizations and dispositions.

 Ms. Bertram was previously Senior Vice President and Head of Originations at iBorrow, a Los Angeles based hard money lender where she was primarily responsible for the origination, underwriting, and management of the Firm’s debt transactions. Prior to iBorrow, she was Vice President of Originations at Hillcrest Finance, a subordinate debt and preferred equity provider based in New York City. Ms. Bertram also held roles at Morgan Stanley and oversaw the bank’s balance sheet loan investments.  Prior to Morgan Stanley, she was an Assistant Vice President at Hudson Advisors (the asset management subsidiary of Lone Star Funds) and focused on underwriting and asset management of distressed debt and equity investments in addition to portfolio management responsibilities. Ms. Bertram also held roles with Aviv REIT and Walton Street Capital.

Kristin was a double major in Real Estate and Finance at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. In her free time she enjoys traveling and  discovering new restaurants with her fiance.