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Alexander Küppers

Investor

Investment Director at Statkraft Ventures

Germany

About

Alexander Küppers is a Managing Director at Statkraft Ventures who focuses on early-stage companies working on the global energy transition. Before venture capital he built his career in the energy sector, starting as a power trader, growing Statkraft's renewable power-purchase agreement business to market leadership, and developing a large renewable Virtual Power Plant. He holds a Diploma in Economics from the University of Mainz, Warsaw School of Economics, and the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen.

Invests in

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Experience

  1. Statkraft VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2020 — present
  2. Statkraft VenturesSenior Investment Manager2016 — 2020Düsseldorf and Stockholm
  3. molecules.vcCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
  4. SkySpecsMember Board of Directorscurrent2018 — presentAnn Arbor, Michigan, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
  5. HydrosatBoard Observercurrent2022 — presentWashington, District of Columbia, United States
  6. Electra.aeroBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentManassas, Virginia, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
  7. tado°Board Observercurrent2019 — presentMünchen, Bayern, Deutschland
  8. MetaloopBoard Observer2025 — 2026
  9. MetaloopAdvisory Board Member2020 — 2025Graz, Styria, Austria
  10. Open MineralBoard Observer2021 — 2025Baar, Zug, Switzerland
  11. ViveLaCarInvestor (acquired by The Platform Group GmbH)2021 — 2022Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
  12. EnviewBoard Observer (acquired by Matterport Inc.)2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  13. LimejumpMember Board Of Directors (acquired by Royal Dutch Shell)2017 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  14. StatkraftSenior Business Developer (Market Access and Integration of Renewables)2012 — 2016Düsseldorf Area, Germany
  15. StatkraftOriginator Renewable PPA business2011 — 2012Düsseldorf Area, Germany
  16. StatkraftSenior Short Term Energy Manager2008 — 2011

Education

  1. Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)Resource Economics & Thesis on Norwegian Souvereign Wealth Fund
  2. Johannes Gutenberg University MainzDiploma, Economics
  3. SGH Warsaw School of EconomicsEconomics
  4. RWTH Aachen UniversityBusiness Model Innovation
  5. WHU – Otto Beisheim School of ManagementVenture Capital and Private Equity

Skills & more

Renewable Energy35Business Strategy19Venture Capital14Wind15Energy14Commodity Markets4

Languages English · German

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Board seats

EnviewLimejumpOpen MineralSchrott24SkySpecstado°

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