About
Julia Padberg focuses on asset-light digital climate and energy solutions, favoring software, data and platform models over hardware, and advises founders to leverage crises to grow pipelines via digital channels.
Invests in
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyHardwareMobility & TransportationPropTech
Experience
- SET VenturesPartnercurrent2016 — presentAmsterdam Area, Netherlands
- RockstartInvestment Committee - Membercurrent2024 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- EnriseBoard membercurrent2025 — presentParijs, Île-de-France, Frankrijk
- FlexiDAOBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- TrunkrsBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- SensorfactBoard Member2022 — 2025Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- depsys SABoard Observer2018 — 2022Puidoux, Vaud, Switzerland
- EnergyworxBoard Observer2016 — 2021
- GreenFluxBoard Observer2018 — 2021
- GreenCom NetworksBoard Observer2017 — 2021Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Triple BridgeFinancial Advisor2014 — 2016Utrecht Area, Netherlands
- Kempen & CoCorporate Finance Advisor2011 — 2014Amsterdam
- Kempen & CoInvestment Banking Trainee2011 — 2012Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- ProfundoFinancial Analyst2009 — 2010Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- Centro de Políticas Públicas UC (Chile)Economic Consultant2007 — 2008
Education
- UCLMaster of Science, Environmental & Resource Economics2008 — 2009
- UC San DiegoBA, Economics2006 — 2007
- University College UtrechtBA (Hons), Economics2004 — 2007
- Laar & Berg, Laren1998 — 2004
Skills & more
Finance11Corporate Finance26Economics19Investment Banking6Analysis13Financial Markets9Bloomberg4Financial Modeling6Trading5Valuation4Investments6Portfolio Management3
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Same school
Also attended UCL253
André DuboisInvestor at Index VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Jonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesMarie FerriInvestor at DaphniElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at NorthzoneGiovanni MariggiInvestor at Medicxi
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Also attended UC San Diego187
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at MedicxiJamie MontgomeryCo-Founder & Managing Partner at March Capital PartnersAbbie CelnikerInvestor at Third Rock Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sensorfact1
Also worked at depsys SA2
Also worked at Energyworx1
Colleagues at SET Ventures
Anton Arts
Managing Partner at SET Ventures
Austin Wood
Investment Manager at SET Ventures
Bahar den Doelder
Advisory Board at SET Ventures
Barbara Calixto
Advisory Board at SET Ventures
Danny Ellis
Advisory Board at SET Ventures
Desiree Pettersson
Impact Operations Associate at SET Ventures
Desirée Pettersson
Impact Operations Associate at SET Ventures
Hans Mart Groen
Advisory Board at SET Ventures





















