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Lise Rechsteiner

Investor

Principal at Vsquared Ventures

Germany

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Lise has nearly a decade of venture capital experience and joined Vsquared after co-founding Propagator Ventures, an early-stage deep tech VC active in North America and Europe. She previously served as Investment Director at Nordic Impact, Investment Manager at Bauer Venture Partners, and worked operationally at Rocket Internet across Nordic markets. She holds a Ph.D. in Management, Technology & Economics from ETH Zurich.

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Invests in

Deep Tech

Experience

  1. Vsquared VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2022 — presentGreater Munich Metropolitan Area
  2. European CommissionMember of Expert Jury Horizon 2020 EIC SME Instrument/EIC Acceleratorcurrent2019 — presentBrussels Metropolitan Area
  3. Propagator VenturesFounding Partner & Managing Director2018 — 2020Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  4. Nordic Impact/EXP GroupInvestment Director2017 — 2018Oslo, Oslo, Norway
  5. Bauer Venture Partners GmbHInvestment Manager2015 — 2017Greater Hamburg Area
  6. Helpling.seManaging Director2014 — 2015Stockholm/Berlin
  7. HelplingHead of Nordics2014 — 2015Berlin/Stockholm/Helsinki
  8. i-intelligenceConsultant2013 — 2014Zurich, Switzerland
  9. ETH ZurichResearch Associate2009 — 2014Zurich, Switzerland

Education

  1. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichPhD (Dr. Sc.), Management2009 — 2014
  2. Hitotsubashi UniversityVisiting Researcher, Corporate strategy2012
  3. University of ZurichMaster of Arts (MA), Political Science2003 — 2009

Skills & more

Languages Danish · English · German · Norwegian · Swedish · Swiss-German

From Lise's professional profile.

Shared employers

Also worked at European Commission106

Sara SecallGeneral Partner at Inveready Technology Investment GroupClaus AnderssonGeneral Partner at Sunstone CapitalDaniela CoutinhoPrincipal, Cyber at Bright Pixel CapitalNina Litman RoventaInvestor at Extantia CapitalCristina GarmendiaGeneral Partner at Ysios CapitalGorkem KoseogluCEO and Co-Founder of Prometa.AI at PICUS CAPITAL

+ 100 more

Also worked at Propagator Ventures2

Eirik TalleraasGeneral Partner at Propagator VenturesAndreas EmblemGeneral Partner at Propagator Ventures

Also worked at Helpling6

Lucas MerlePartner at eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERSFloyd SijmonsEIR at SFU VentureLabsFlorent SimonPrincipal at Play VenturesEduardo KüpperManaging Partner at Airborne VenturesMartin GibsonInvestor at AccelJan MarchewskiPrincipal at Hitachi, Ltd.

Also worked at ETH Zurich58

Max HeftiInvestment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMichal NatoraSenior Investment Director - Industrial IT & Robotics at Emerald Technology Ventures AgAnnina WinklerSenior Investment Manager - Water & AgriFood at Emerald Technology Ventures AgAndreas GuggenbühlInvestor at Backbone VenturesJoel RoosInvestor at Backbone VenturesPaola BranniInvestor at Extantia Capital

+ 52 more

Colleagues at Vsquared Ventures

Benedikt von Schoeler
General Partner at Vsquared Ventures
Christian Hennings
Investor at Vsquared Ventures
Gina Krymalowski
Investor at Vsquared Ventures
Herbert Mangesius
General Partner at Vsquared Ventures
Jakob Lingg
Associate at Vsquared Ventures
Johannes Froehling
Venture Partner at Vsquared Ventures
Maria Juesas Portoles
Investor at Vsquared Ventures
Maximilian Odendahl
Venture Partner at Vsquared Ventures

Network1

Benedikt von Schoeler
General Partner at Vsquared Ventures

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