Planet A Ventures

Christoph Gras is a serial climate-focused entrepreneur-turned-investor who founded Tomorrow, co‑founded Leaders for Climate Action, and brings deep policy, industry and startup networks to real‑economy decarbonization (food tech, manufacturing, construction).

Fridtjof Detzner, a bootstrap-to-scale founder who built Jimdo in his early 20s, is a climate-focused investor requiring quantified science-led impact analyses for every investment, treating them as core allocation criteria.

Lena Thiede institutionalized a scientific, veto-driven investment process—using in-house scientists, life-cycle analysis and planetary boundaries—redefining fiduciary duty to require net-positive environmental impact.

Nick de la Forge, an engineer and entrepreneur, applies systems‑engineering expertise in blockchain, AI and IoT, championing evergreen structures, tokenization and liquidity innovations for long‑term climate tech like nuclear fusion.

Tobias Seikel is an operator-turned-VC who leads dealflow and investments to redirect mainstream venture structures toward scalable climate solutions in hard-to-abate areas like carbon removal and industrial decarbonization.

Dr. Benedikt Buchspies is a PhD physicist embedded in the investment team who leads deal-level sustainability assessment with formal authority to quantify environmental impact using systematic Life Cycle Assessments.

Michael Münnix is a PhD physicist–turned–VC known for an unusually quantitative, data-driven investing approach and rare operational insight into structuring venture partner roles from both sides.

Ashul Sinha is a finance professional with experience in corporate finance, venture capital, and management consulting. He currently serves as a Finance Analyst at Planet A Ventures and previously worked at BCG, Siemens, and in private equity roles. His professional focus includes M&A, corporate strategy, and business transformation in technology-driven sectors.

Dr. Christian Gonzalez is VP of Global GTM Strategy and Operations at Anaplan, where he oversees the design and scaling of global revenue systems. With more than 20 years in go-to-market strategy and revenue operations across SaaS and enterprise sales, he has led strategic planning, compensation, territory management, and productivity initiatives at companies scaling to over $1B in ARR. His background includes prior roles at AWS and Splunk.