Where does Mike Wax work?

Mike Wax is at BlueYard Capital.

Where did Mike Wax go to school?

Mike Wax studied at Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) (Honours Degree, Technology Management); Technical University of Munich (Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering/Industrial Management); HKUST MBA (Financial Management, Economics).

Mike Wax

Investor

Investor at BlueYard Capital

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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Experience

BlueYard CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — present
Sequoia CapitalSequoia Scout2024 — 2025
FortoCo-Founder | CEO2016 — 2025Berlin
BMW GroupManagement Trainee2015 — 2016München
KONUXCo-Founder | CRO2014 — 2015München und Umgebung, Deutschland, San Francisco

Skills & more

English12Englisch2Business Development50Projektmanagement38Unternehmertum32Entrepreneurship47Sales Presentations21Strategisches Management22Produktentwicklung18Mechanical Engineering8Market Analysis9Sales9

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Management ConsultingUnternehmensführungProject ManagementUnternehmensberatungUnternehmensstrategieOperations ManagementConsultingSales StrategyBusiness PlanningQuantitative AnalyticsStrategic PlanningStrategy

Languages Deutsch · Englisch · Französisch

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Mike Wax?: Investor at BlueYard Capital
Where does Mike Wax work?: Mike Wax is at BlueYard Capital.
Where did Mike Wax go to school?: Mike Wax studied at Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) (Honours Degree, Technology Management); Technical University of Munich (Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering/Industrial Management); HKUST MBA (Financial Management, Economics).

Founder mafias

Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) mafia74

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Anselm BauerHonours DegreeFounded Alasco +1 Sebastian SchuonHonours DegreeFounded Alasco +1 Roman SchumacherHonours DegreeFounded Personio +1 Vlad LataHonors DegreeFounded KONUX +1 Benjamin GuentherHonors Degree Technology ManagementFounded Alasco +1 Lisa OberaignerHonours DegreeFounded Root Global +1

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Oregon State University mafia63

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Erik LanderholmBachelor of Science (B.S.)Founded CarWoo +1 Tommy McClungBSFounded CarWoo +1 Rolf MullerMaster of ScienceFounded Biomatrica +1 Francisco J. MartinPostdocFounded AccuShoot +1 Krisztina ZseboMaster's degreeFounded Celladon +1 George HuffBSFounded Opal Labs +1

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KONUX mafia8

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Vlad LataCTO/CPO & Co-FounderFounded Avi Medical Gilles BackhusAI LeadFounded Tensordyne Michael BaumInvestor and Board MemberFounded Splunk Milos RusicDirector of Market DevelopmentFounded Deepset Tracy PhillipsProduct ManagerFounded CodeSubmit Houssem BrahamJunior Embedded EngineerFounded Awake Mobility

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Forto mafia7

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Fabian HeilemannCo-Founder (Chairman of the Board 2016 - 2020)Founded Aenu Ferry HeilemannCo-Founder | Board ObserverFounded Aenu Baran ÖzkanSenior Product ManagerFounded Flagright Madhu G. NadigFull Stack EngineerFounded Flagright Adrian ZieglerProduct DevelopmentFounded CloudCruise Chia-Lun WuSoftware EngineerFounded Hera

BlueYard Capital mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Anastasia UglovaIndependent ConsultingFounded Betterhalf Antoaneta MintchevaExecutive AssistantFounded Contentsquare Thomas PocockVenture PartnerFounded Aztec Nicolas NevenResearch Analyst InternFounded Vantager

Same school

Also attended Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)93

Gabriel MatuschkaPartner at Fly Ventures Anselm BauerCo-Founder at Alasco at PICUS CAPITAL Sebastian SchuonCo-Founder at Alasco at PICUS CAPITAL Frederic KostInvestor at HV Capital Fabian GrunerInvestor at HV Capital Nelly MarkovaPartner - Molten East at Molten Ventures

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Also attended Technical University of Munich477

Daan BoekhoudtInvestment Analyst at Cottonwood Technology Fund Julian von EckartsbergManaging Director Europe at Burda Principal Investments Luisa DüsbergPrincipal at Burda Principal Investments Hannes Voucko-GlocknerInvestment Analyst at Burda Principal Investments Paula SchultheissSenior Associate at AN Venture Partners Thomas MeierPartner, Head of Resilience in Energy & Resources Investments at Verve Ventures

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Also attended Oregon State University118

Mandy CulverInvestor at Next Frontier Capital Elliot HershbergScientist, Writer, and Investor on a mission to accelerate The Century of Biology Paula MariwalaGeneral Partner Advisor at Beyond Capital Ventures Shane WallPartner & President of CXO Network at Fusion Brooke PollackManaging Partner at Hutt Capital Maurice GundersonManaging Director Emeritus at Autotech Ventures

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000

Steve WozniakCo-founder of Apple Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of Databricks Abraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of Skydio Trevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst Anthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sequoia Capital205

Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia Heritage Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing Partner Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member Jason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Matt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm

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Also worked at Forto19

Michiel KottingPartner at Northzone Rouven DresselhausInvestor at Cavalry Ventures Philipp RömerVP Product at Forto at PICUS CAPITAL Fabian HeilemannFounder & CEO at AENU Ferry HeilemannFounder & General Partner at AENU Robert StoeckerPartner at AENU

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Also worked at BMW Group145

Eva KurzweilMarketing & Communications Lead at Burda Principal Investments Gonzalo Sánchez-ArjonaInvestment Director at Kibo Ventures Itziar EstevezPartner - Growth at Iris Capital Janice SaPrincipal at Z Venture Capital Gustavo NollaFinance Senior Analyst at Valor Capital Group Sebastian SchuonCo-Founder at Alasco at PICUS CAPITAL

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Also worked at KONUX10

Johannes von BorriesManaging Partner at UVC Partners Alexander KiltzPrincipal at UVC Partners Vlad LataVenture Partner at Speedinvest Stefan SchaffFounder at Codyco Gilles BackhusCo-Founder, VP of AI & Product at Tensordyne (formerly Recogni)Michael BaumFounder at Splunk

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