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Laura-Marie Töpfer
Former Venture Partner at Extantia Capital · Former Venture Partner at Social Impact Capital
Zurich, Switzerland
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Laura-Marie Töpfer serves as Channel Leader for Small & Medium Sized Enterprises at Microsoft and is active as a venture capital investor. Her background spans climate technology investing, sustainability policy, and science, with focus on green value creation and business transformation across industrial sectors.
Experience
- MicrosoftChannel Leader, Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SME&C)current2025 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- MicrosoftChief Sustainability Officer, Western Europe Area Leader, Sustainability Technology Solutions2023 — 2025Zurich, Switzerland
- Social Impact CapitalVenture Partner2020 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
- ExtantiaVenture Partner2023 — 2024Berlin, Germany
- ExtantiaPartner2021 — 2023Zurich, Switzerland
- The Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF)Advisor to the Chairman2021 — 2022
- World Economic ForumLead, UpLink - Funding & Investors2019 — 2021Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
- World Economic ForumLead, Information & Communication Technology Strategic Partners2019Geneva Area, Switzerland
- Banco SantanderSouth East Asia (ASEAN) Director / InnoVentures2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- Banco SantanderSenior Manager2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- Huaban - China's first blockchain-powered platform for IP-protected artBoard Advisor2017Beijing, China
- Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of OxfordSenior Scholar2013 — 2017Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- Macro Advisory PartnersSenior Manager (Asia Advisory Team)2014 — 2017London, United Kingdom
- Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPKSustainable Corporate Governance2012Berlin Area, Germany
- European CommissionAnalyst, DG Economic & Financial Affairs (ECFIN)2011 — 2012Brussels Area, Belgium
- OSCEProgram Manager2010 — 2011Copenhagen Area, Denmark
Skills & more
Stata3Climate Tech56Venture Capital51Business Strategy30Start-ups7Policy Analysis24Emerging Markets9Finance2Economics12Sales Management3E-commerce4Business Development4
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International RelationsEuropean UnionInternational DevelopmentConsultingSales & MarketingResearchProject ManagementStrategic PlanningStrategic PartnershipsDiplomacyManagementPublic SpeakingLanguages English · French · German · Mandarin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Laura-Marie Töpfer?
- Laura-Marie Töpfer serves as Channel Leader for Small & Medium Sized Enterprises at Microsoft and is active as a venture capital investor. Her background spans climate technology investing, sustainability policy, and science, with focus on green value creation and business transformation across industrial sectors.
- What check size does Laura-Marie Töpfer write?
- Laura-Marie Töpfer typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Laura-Marie Töpfer go to school?
- Laura-Marie Töpfer studied at University of Oxford (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Sustainable Finance); Stanford University (Visiting Scholar, Global Projects Centre for Infrastructure Finance); Tsinghua University (Visiting Scholar, School of Economics & Management).
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Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Also attended Tsinghua University329
Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalVinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesTed BreyerPartner at Breyer CapitalAlexander KremerPartner at Keen Venture PartnersCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalSong MaoManaging Director, China at Qualcomm Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Microsoft2,000
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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Also worked at The Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF)1
Also worked at Banco Santander131
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