Christian Czernich
InvestorManaging Partner at Round2 Capital Partners
Stockholm, Sweden
Writes $300K – $1.5M checks · typically $600K
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About
Christian Czernich is founder and senior managing partner at Althera42, an investment platform that provides royalty-based growth capital to mid-market technology and software companies with intellectual property. He previously founded Round2 Capital, where he pioneered revenue-based financing in Europe, and brings over a decade of investment experience across venture capital, private credit, and growth finance. Czernich holds a PhD from Stockholm School of Economics and has conducted research on decision-making in venture capital and innovation ecosystems.
Experience
- Althera42Founder & Senior Managing Partnercurrent2025 — presentRegion London, Vereinigtes Königreich
- Round2 Capital PartnersFounder / CEO2016 — 2025Vienna
- Onsight VenturesFounding Partner2021 — 2024
- Carpima InvestFounder & Managing Director2008 — 2015
- Arques Industries AGPrivate Equity, Industrials2007 — 2008München, Bayern, Deutschland
- Unicredit Markets & InvestmentbankingVice President, TMT2004 — 2006Wien
Skills & more
Private Equity33Mergers & Acquisitions25Restructuring9Finance8Innovation and Growth17Fusionen und Übernahmen10Privates Eigenkapital9Risikokapital4Investmentbank4Risikoprüfung4Unternehmensfinanzierung4Investitionen3
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FinanzmodelleFinanzwesenRestrukturierungStrategisches ManagementUnternehmensstrategieWertbestimmungUnternehmensberatungFinanzanalyseVorträgeOperative UnternehmensführungDesign und Durchführung komplexer ForschungsstudienLanguages Deutsch · Englisch · Italienisch · Schwedisch
From Christian's professional profile.
Colleagues at Round2 Capital Partners
Agostino Winckler
Vice President at Apax Digital
Beate Stecher
Investor at Round2 Capital Partners
Daniel Staufer
Investment Analyst at aws Gründungsfonds
Gerd Sumah
Managing Partner at Round2 Capital Partners
Hans Wikse
Advisory Board at Round2 Capital Partners
Heinz Marx
Managing Partner at Round2 Capital Partners
Isabella Hermann-Schoen
Managing Partner at Round2 Capital Partners
Isabella Hermann-Schön
Managing Partner at Round2 Capital Partners
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Beate Stecher
Investor at Round2 Capital Partners
Gerd Sumah
Managing Partner at Round2 Capital Partners
Isabella Hermann-Schön
Managing Partner at Round2 Capital Partners
Jan Hillered
Founder & Managing Partner at Round2 Capital Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Christian Czernich?
- Christian Czernich is founder and senior managing partner at Althera42, an investment platform that provides royalty-based growth capital to mid-market technology and software companies with intellectual property. He previously founded Round2 Capital, where he pioneered revenue-based financing in Europe, and brings over a decade of investment experience across venture capital, private credit, and growth finance. Czernich holds a PhD from Stockholm School of Economics and has conducted research on decision-making in venture capital and innovation ecosystems.
- Where does Christian Czernich work?
- Christian Czernich is Managing Partner at Round2 Capital Partners.
- What check size does Christian Czernich write?
- Christian Czernich typically writes checks of $300K – $1.5M.
- Where did Christian Czernich go to school?
- Christian Czernich studied at Stockholm School of Economics (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), International Business and Innovation); Stanford University (Visiting Scholar, Ph.D Program); Universität Innsbruck (Magister, Internationale Ökonomie).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Round2 Capital Partners9
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Also worked at Onsight Ventures9
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