Fundraising Fox

Ines Kolmsee

Investor

Partner at Matterwave Ventures

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Writes $1.1M – $4.3M checks

About

Ines Kolmsee, formerly one of Germany’s few female CEOs of a publicly listed industrial company, leverages heavy‑industry C‑suite experience and structured value‑chain deep dives to help technical founders commercialize breakthroughs.

Invests in

Climate TechDeep TechEnergyHardwareRoboticsSemiconductors

Experience

  1. Matterwave VenturesPartnercurrent2022 — presentMunich, Bavaria, Germany
  2. ecoLockedAdvisory Board Membercurrent2024 — presentBerlin, Germany
  3. OPTIMUSEAdvisory Board Membercurrent2023 — presentVienna, Austria
  4. TopsoeIndependent Board Mmebercurrent2023 — presentCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
  5. EtexIndependent Board Membercurrent2022 — presentBrussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
  6. Prysmian GroupIndependent Board Membercurrent2021 — present
  7. Boralex Inc.Independent Board Member2022 — 2024Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  8. UmicoreIndependent Board Member2011 — 2023Brussels
  9. APERAM Service and SolutionsCEO2017 — 2021Paris Area, France
  10. Smart Hydro Power GmbHEntrepreneur2014 — 2020Feldafing
  11. SUEZIndependent Board Member2014 — 2018Paris Area, France
  12. EWE AGCOO, CTO2015 — 2017Oldenburg Area, Germany
  13. FUCHS PETROLUB SEIndependent Board Member2011 — 2015Mannheim Area, Germany
  14. SKW Stahl-MetallurgieCEO2004 — 2014
  15. Arques Industries AGHead of Finance2003 — 2004Starnberg
  16. CompletelGeschäftsführer Finanzen2003Munich Area, Germany
  17. EricssonCustomer Solution Manager2001 — 2003
  18. A.T. KearneyAssociate1997 — 2001

Education

  1. INSEADMaster of Business Administration (MBA)2000 — 2001
  2. École des Mines de Saint-ÉtienneMaster’s Degree, Ingénierie (Ingénieur Civile des Mines de St. Etienne)1994 — 1996
  3. Technische Universität BerlinMaster of Science (M.S.), Process and Energy Engineering1990 — 1996

Skills & more

Strategy41Business Strategy44Mergers & Acquisitions27Management Consulting34Acquisition Integration14Business Planning12Change Management16Start-ups16Corporate Development13Product Management8Restructuring12Telecommunications4
+12 moreNew Business DevelopmentCross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness DevelopmentNegotiationProduct DevelopmentBusiness TransformationPrivate EquityCorporate FinanceStrategic PlanningTeam LeadershipManagementLeadership

Languages English · French · Portuguese · Spanish

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