Partner Team
LOCATION
Zurich
Cédric Köhler
Managing Partner
Focus
- Tech
Experience
- - More than 12 years of experience in VC
- - Business consultant at Synpulse in Zurich, focusing on CRM, web applications, customer retention systems and business development
- - Digital Shaper in Switzerland 2017, 2018
- - Council member of the SECA VC chapter
Education
- - Master’s degree (Diplom-Kaufmann) in business administration from EBS Universität, majored in business informatics
- - Singularity University
- - Kauffman Fellows (Class 24)
Passion
- - The mountains
- - Eintracht Frankfurt
Focus
- Tech
Experience
- - More than 12 years of experience in VC
- - Business consultant at Synpulse in Zurich, focusing on CRM, web applications, customer retention systems and business development
- - Digital Shaper in Switzerland 2017, 2018
- - Council member of the SECA VC chapter
Education
- - Master’s degree (Diplom-Kaufmann) in business administration from EBS Universität, majored in business informatics
- - Singularity University
- - Kauffman Fellows (Class 24)
Passion
- - The mountains
- - Eintracht Frankfurt
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LOCATION
Bad Homburg
Dr.
Gert Köhler
Founder & Chairman
Experience
- - Successful VC track record of more than 30 years
- - Co-founder and Managing Director of Technologieholding
- - Managing Director of 3i Europe PLC
- - Managing Director of Herbert Quandt Group VC arm
- - McKinsey & Company alumnus
- - Researcher in the field of network theories at French scientific research organization DGRST
- - Advisor to the German Federal Ministry of Education & Research in the field of life sciences
- - Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), of the “Artificial Intelligence” working group of the German Informatics Association (GI), and of Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
Education
- - Master’s degrees in mathematics, in solid state physics, and in operational research
- - MBA
- - PhD in mathematics
Passion
- - Sports
- - Traveling
- - Family
Experience
- - Successful VC track record of more than 30 years
- - Co-founder and Managing Director of Technologieholding
- - Managing Director of 3i Europe PLC
- - Managing Director of Herbert Quandt Group VC arm
- - McKinsey & Company alumnus
- - Researcher in the field of network theories at French scientific research organization DGRST
- - Advisor to the German Federal Ministry of Education & Research in the field of life sciences
- - Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), of the “Artificial Intelligence” working group of the German Informatics Association (GI), and of Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
Education
- - Master’s degrees in mathematics, in solid state physics, and in operational research
- - MBA
- - PhD in mathematics
Passion
- - Sports
- - Traveling
- - Family
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LOCATION
Bad Homburg
Karlheinz Schmelig
Managing Partner
Focus
- Healthcare
Expericence
- - Broad background in private equity and venture capital, working in the industry for 25 years
- - Investment director at 3i Group plc and investment manager at Technologieholding
- - Global management positions in the healthcare and life science industry, including at Boehringer Mannheim and F. Hoffmann-La Roche in the US
- - Former member of Invest Europe’s Venture Council
- - Advisory board member for the "GO BIO Gründerinitiative" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- - Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for Business Administration
Education
- - Business studies in Mannheim
- - MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
Focus
- Healthcare
Expericence
- - Broad background in private equity and venture capital, working in the industry for 25 years
- - Investment director at 3i Group plc and investment manager at Technologieholding
- - Global management positions in the healthcare and life science industry, including at Boehringer Mannheim and F. Hoffmann-La Roche in the US
- - Former member of Invest Europe’s Venture Council
- - Advisory board member for the "GO BIO Gründerinitiative" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- - Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for Business Administration
Education
- - Business studies in Mannheim
- - MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
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Investment Team
LOCATION
Bad Homburg
Dr.
Gert Köhler
Founder & Chairman
Experience
- - Successful VC track record of more than 30 years
- - Co-founder and Managing Director of Technologieholding
- - Managing Director of 3i Europe PLC
- - Managing Director of Herbert Quandt Group VC arm
- - McKinsey & Company alumnus
- - Researcher in the field of network theories at French scientific research organization DGRST
- - Advisor to the German Federal Ministry of Education & Research in the field of life sciences
- - Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), of the “Artificial Intelligence” working group of the German Informatics Association (GI), and of Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
Education
- - Master’s degrees in mathematics, in solid state physics, and in operational research
- - MBA
- - PhD in mathematics
Passion
- - Sports
- - Traveling
- - Family
Experience
- - Successful VC track record of more than 30 years
- - Co-founder and Managing Director of Technologieholding
- - Managing Director of 3i Europe PLC
- - Managing Director of Herbert Quandt Group VC arm
- - McKinsey & Company alumnus
- - Researcher in the field of network theories at French scientific research organization DGRST
- - Advisor to the German Federal Ministry of Education & Research in the field of life sciences
- - Member of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), of the “Artificial Intelligence” working group of the German Informatics Association (GI), and of Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
Education
- - Master’s degrees in mathematics, in solid state physics, and in operational research
- - MBA
- - PhD in mathematics
Passion
- - Sports
- - Traveling
- - Family
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LOCATION
Bad Homburg
Karlheinz Schmelig
Managing Partner
Focus
- Healthcare
Expericence
- - Broad background in private equity and venture capital, working in the industry for 25 years
- - Investment director at 3i Group plc and investment manager at Technologieholding
- - Global management positions in the healthcare and life science industry, including at Boehringer Mannheim and F. Hoffmann-La Roche in the US
- - Former member of Invest Europe’s Venture Council
- - Advisory board member for the "GO BIO Gründerinitiative" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- - Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for Business Administration
Education
- - Business studies in Mannheim
- - MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
Focus
- Healthcare
Expericence
- - Broad background in private equity and venture capital, working in the industry for 25 years
- - Investment director at 3i Group plc and investment manager at Technologieholding
- - Global management positions in the healthcare and life science industry, including at Boehringer Mannheim and F. Hoffmann-La Roche in the US
- - Former member of Invest Europe’s Venture Council
- - Advisory board member for the "GO BIO Gründerinitiative" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- - Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for Business Administration
Education
- - Business studies in Mannheim
- - MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
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Investment Team
LOCATION
Zurich
Cédric Köhler
Managing Partner
Focus
- Tech
Experience
- - More than 12 years of experience in VC
- - Business consultant at Synpulse in Zurich, focusing on CRM, web applications, customer retention systems and business development
- - Digital Shaper in Switzerland 2017, 2018
- - Council member of the SECA VC chapter
Education
- - Master’s degree (Diplom-Kaufmann) in business administration from EBS Universität, majored in business informatics
- - Singularity University
- - Kauffman Fellows (Class 24)
Passion
- - The mountains
- - Eintracht Frankfurt
Focus
- Tech
Experience
- - More than 12 years of experience in VC
- - Business consultant at Synpulse in Zurich, focusing on CRM, web applications, customer retention systems and business development
- - Digital Shaper in Switzerland 2017, 2018
- - Council member of the SECA VC chapter
Education
- - Master’s degree (Diplom-Kaufmann) in business administration from EBS Universität, majored in business informatics
- - Singularity University
- - Kauffman Fellows (Class 24)
Passion
- - The mountains
- - Eintracht Frankfurt
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