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Heiner Sussner
Former Managing Director at Miramar Venture Partners
California
Writes $1M – $3M checks · typically $2M
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About
Heiner Sussner is an investor and managing director at Miramar Ventures with over 25 years of experience in venture capital and high-technology sectors. Previously, he worked at H&Q Asia Pacific and has served on the boards of numerous early-stage companies that were subsequently acquired by major public corporations including Akamai, Cadence, Cisco, Fortinet, TDK, and VMware. He holds a PhD in Physics.
Experience
- Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Miramar Venture PartnersManaging Director2001 — 2025Corona del Mar
- Hambrecht & Quist Asia PacificManaging Director1998 — 2001San Francisco
- IBM EuropeExecutive1991 — 1996Paris
- IBM Almaden Research CenterDirector of Storage Systems and Technology1980 — 1991San Jose
- Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, GermanyResearch Staff Member1976 — 1980
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Heiner Sussner?
- Heiner Sussner is an investor and managing director at Miramar Ventures with over 25 years of experience in venture capital and high-technology sectors. Previously, he worked at H&Q Asia Pacific and has served on the boards of numerous early-stage companies that were subsequently acquired by major public corporations including Akamai, Cadence, Cisco, Fortinet, TDK, and VMware. He holds a PhD in Physics.
- What check size does Heiner Sussner write?
- Heiner Sussner typically writes checks of $1M – $3M.
- Where did Heiner Sussner go to school?
- Heiner Sussner studied at University of Konstanz and CNRS Grenoble (PhD, Physics); Technical University of Munich (Master of Science (MS), Physics).
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Also worked at Miramar Venture Partners5
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