Christian Patze
InvestorExecutive Director at M Ventures
Darmstadt
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Christian Patze is an Executive Director on the M Ventures Technology team, covering Electronics, Frontier Tech, and Sustainability. He joined M Ventures in October 2016, having previously worked in Merck KGaA's Inhouse Consulting Global Graduate Program and in strategic marketing at Air Liquide Germany. He studied chemistry in Heidelberg and Sheffield, earned a PhD in work with BASF SE on OLED host materials and TADF emitters, and holds an MBA from Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris.
Invests in
CleantechDeep TechHardwareNew Materials
Experience
- M VenturesExecutive Director and Team Lead Technology Investmentscurrent2025 — presentFrankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
- M VenturesInvestment Director, Technology Investments2022 — 2025Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
- M VenturesHead of Startup Partnership Program2020 — 2021Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
- M VenturesPrincipal, Technology Investments2019 — 2021
- M VenturesAssociate, Technology Investments2016 — 2019Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
- Quintessent Inc.Board Observercurrent2025 — present
- FormoBoard Directorcurrent2021 — present
- NeoLogicBoard Directorcurrent2021 — present
- beeOLEDBoard Directorcurrent2021 — present
- Celestial AIBoard Observercurrent2020 — presentSilicon Valley, California, United States
- SynSenseBoard Directorcurrent2019 — presentChengdu, Sichuan, China
- PxE Holographic ImagingBoard Directorcurrent2019 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
- Lumiode, Inc.Board Observercurrent2018 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- WiliotBoard Observercurrent2021 — presentTel Aviv District, Israel
- Merck GroupGlobal Graduate Program - Inhouse Consulting2015 — 2017Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
- Air LiquideMBA Fellow at Collège des Ingénieurs and Junior Consultant at Air Liquide Germany2015
- University of HeidelbergTutor for organic and physical chemistry2007 — 2015
- BASFResearch Intern2011
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Skills & more
Synthetic Organic ChemistryOrganic ElectronicsOLEDsProject Management8Organic Synthesis2Chemistry7Strategic MarketingR&D3Research1Organic Chemistry3Materials Science1Business Strategy4
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Data AnalysisAnalytic Problem SolvingManagementStrategyPowerPointEnglishLanguages English · French · German · Italian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Christian Patze?
- Christian Patze is an Executive Director on the M Ventures Technology team, covering Electronics, Frontier Tech, and Sustainability. He joined M Ventures in October 2016, having previously worked in Merck KGaA's Inhouse Consulting Global Graduate Program and in strategic marketing at Air Liquide Germany. He studied chemistry in Heidelberg and Sheffield, earned a PhD in work with BASF SE on OLED host materials and TADF emitters, and holds an MBA from Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris.
- Where does Christian Patze work?
- Christian Patze is Executive Director at M Ventures.
- What does Christian Patze invest in?
- Christian Patze invests in Cleantech, Deep Tech, Hardware, New Materials.
- What check size does Christian Patze write?
- Christian Patze typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Christian Patze go to school?
- Christian Patze studied at Collège des Ingénieurs (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance); Heidelberg University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Organic Chemistry); Heidelberg University (Diplom-Chemiker, Chemistry).
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Also attended Heidelberg University65
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Also attended The University of Sheffield115
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Shared employers
Also worked at M Ventures34
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Also worked at Formo6
Also worked at Wiliot10
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