About
Max Hefti focuses on emerging technologies for decarbonizing the energy, chemical, and power sectors, working across sourcing, evaluation, selection, and portfolio support. Before Emerald he led a startup incubated at Wyss Zurich, worked at an industrial IT startup, and spent five years as a scientist at ETH Zurich researching CO2 capture and blue hydrogen; he holds a PhD in Process Engineering from ETH Zurich.
Experience
- Emerald Technology VenturesInvestment Directorcurrent2024 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- Emerald Technology VenturesInvestment Manager - Energy2022 — 2024Zurich, Switzerland
- Liver4Life incubated at Wyss ZurichLead (cross functional team)2018 — 2022Zurich, Switzerland
- Wyss ZurichR&D Systems Engineer @Liver4Life2017
- ETH ZurichPostdoctoral Research Scientist2016Zurich, Switzerland
- ETH ZurichDoctoral Researcher in Chemical / Process Engineering2011 — 2016Zurich, Switzerland
- NovartisChemical Engineer2011Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- ETH ZurichResearch Assistant2010Zurich, Switzerland
Skills & more
Venture Capital1Fortran7Matlab5LaTeX2Gnuplot1Process Simulation5Adsorption4Mathematical Modeling2Characterization4Laboratory3Statistics1Gas Separation1
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Chemical EngineeringProcess EngineeringProcess OptimizationRPython (Programming Language)From Max's professional profile.
Colleagues at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
Adrian Martin
Technology Analyst at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
Aileen Agada
Analyst at Emerald Technology Ventures
Alex Mercandetti
Investment Manager - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
Alex Nardi
Investment Manager - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
Alex Tepper
Managing Director at Emerald Technology Ventures
Aline Rotzetter
Senior Investment Manager - Advanced Materials & Sustainability at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
Anandhi Gokhale
Investment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
Annina Winkler
Senior Investment Manager - Water & AgriFood at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Max Hefti?
- Max Hefti focuses on emerging technologies for decarbonizing the energy, chemical, and power sectors, working across sourcing, evaluation, selection, and portfolio support. Before Emerald he led a startup incubated at Wyss Zurich, worked at an industrial IT startup, and spent five years as a scientist at ETH Zurich researching CO2 capture and blue hydrogen; he holds a PhD in Process Engineering from ETH Zurich.
- Where does Max Hefti work?
- Max Hefti is Investment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag.
- Where did Max Hefti go to school?
- Max Hefti studied at CFA Institute (Private Equity Certificate); ETH Zürich (Diploma of Advanced Studies in Applied Statistics (DAS ETH STAT), Mathematics and Statistics); ETH Zürich (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Process Engineering).
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Also attended ETH Zürich225
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Wyss Zurich3
Also worked at ETH Zurich95
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