Björn Pirrwitz

Husband | Dad | Investor | Entrepreneur | Lawyer | Contrarian Thinker | Truth Seeker

Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria

About

Accomplished cross-cultural professional with 30+ years of experience in the areas of M&A, venture capital, start-ups, private equity, corporate finance, strategy, business development, restructurings and operational management. SKILLS: finance | financial modelling | deal structuring, management & closing | investing | litigation management & strategy | intellectual property protection | general management | business development | emerging markets | connecting people | fluent in: German, English, Italian & French | notions of: Dutch, Spanish, Bulgarian & Russian AREAS OF INTEREST: entrepreneurship | AI, machine learning & big data analytics | natural language processing | cyber security | data privacy | fintech | software | agritech | robotics | real assets | psychology | philosophy | history | geopolitics | hiking | outdoors | skiing | sailing | wine

Experience

  • Investor, Board Advisor at Transmetrics
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    Transmetrics optimizes transport planning by leveraging the power of machine learning and predictive analytics. Transmetrics combines the strengths of humans and artificial intelligence, ensuring the highest operational benefits and reducing the environmental impact of logistics.

  • Investor Relations, Company Secretary, General Counsel at PGP International Raw Gold & Precious Metals Trading LLC
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    Trading investment gold sourced from West Africa

  • Partner, Chief Investment Officer, Company Secretary at Paramount Gold Partners FZCO
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Shareholder, VP Strategy & Head of Legal at (SGKT) Shargal Govin Khulan Tal LLC
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    SGKT is a mining company in Mongolia

  • Chairman Of The Supervisory Board and Investor at IVC Venture Capital AG
    2003 - Present · 23 yrs 6 mos

    IVC is a German venture capital firm founded in 1998 by serial entrepreneurs Bernd Schnell and Otto Schött. Some of the notable investments it made include the leading used car marketplace AutoScout24, which it co-founded, and 360T Treasury Systems, a leading trading platform for OTC financial instruments which is today part of Deutsche Börse AG. The company's only remaining active investment is Flytxt BV (www.flytxt.com), a world-leading composite AI solutions vendor powering the world's customer journeys, where it is the lead investor.