Greater Dusseldorf Area
WEPA is on a mission to become fully circular – strengthening supply chain resilience and driving new business development. In Europe, we focus on: _Scaling a portfolio of Circular Economy businesses _Venture Capital investments in frontier technologies _Building a Renewable Energy asset portfolio in wind, solar (PV), and BESS
WEPA Ventures is a family venture capital firm backed by the European family business WEPA Group and invest directly in European early-stage start-ups as well as opportunistically indirectly. We invest in software-enabled material science companies, solutions targeting the sustainability enterprise software stack and Green-Technologies around energy, air and water. My involvements include: _LP investment in Revent I & II (GER-based, seed-stage VC for purpose-driven founders) _LP investment in Planet A Ventures (GER-based, early-stage VC for impact investments) _LP investment in Vireo Ventures (GER-based, early-stage VC for energy investments) _LP investment in Headline (GER-based early-stage VC for B2B SaaS investments) _LP investment in Visionaries Tomorrow (GER-based early stage VC for climate deep tech investments) _Seed investment in Sunhat (GER-based, ESG compliance automation) _Seed investment in Sirius (NED-based, CSO co-pilot) _Series A investment in Cirplus (GER-based circular plastics supply chain management) _Series A investment in Ressourcify (GER-based, platform to digitize waste management) _Series A investment in One.Five (GER-based, alternative packaging develop & scale platform) _Series A investment in WASE (UK-based, wastewater solution) _Seed investment in SouthernLight (SWE-based, green hydrogen management solution) ...
VEECEE is an initiative to bring together like-minded people in the VC sector in Berlin, Amsterdam and London. Together with dedicated partners we organise quarterly, invitation-only events and masterclasses. Our goals: To make us become even more active members of the startup ecosystem and to share learnings and connect with entrepreneurs, founders and investors.
Hyundai CRADLE is the stage agnostic and globally focused Corporate Venture Capital firm of Hyundai Motor Company investing in frontier companies in the hydrogen economy and the future of urban living. At Hyundai CRADLE, I was a founding member of CRADLE Berlin and oversaw the European direct and indirect investments and portfolio as well as board management activities. My involvements included: _LP investment & Advisory Board Member in Amadeus Capital Partners V (UK-based, early-stage VC) _LP investment in Earlybird VI (GER-based, early-stage VC) _Series A investment & Board Member in GRZ (CH-based, hydrogen storage technology) _Series B investment & Board Member in Hydrogenious (GER-based, hydrogen logistics technology) _Series B investment in HiiRoC (UK-based, hydrogen production technology) _Growth equity investment & Board Member in H2 Mobility (GER-based, hydrogen refueling network) _Series A investment & Board Member in Appyway (UK-based, smart city platform) _Series A investment in Urban AirPort (UK-based, e-VTOL Vertiport)
Kompass Digital is a seed stage and Germany focused Venture Capital firm backed by the Family Holding DVAG AG investing in transformative commerce models in the insurance, banking and healthcare industry. At Kompass Digital, I was a founding member and supported multiple direct and indirect investments. My involvements included: _LP investment in Tiny Fund II (GER-based, early-stage VC) _Seed investment in German Autolabs (GER-based, voice assistant solution) _Seed investment in Hombell (GER-based, renovation platform) _Seed investment in Reparando (GER-based, technology subscription marketplace) _Seed investment in Deutsche FinTech Solutions (GER-based, financial management platform) Other involvements in addition to Kompass Digital included: _LP investment in Cavalry Ventures II (GER-based, early-stage VC) _Seed investment in Restube (GER-based, sports-tech solution) _Secondary investment in MisterSpex (GER-based, omnichannel optician) _Founding investment in Craft Beer Leipzig (GER-based, Craft Beer experience)