About
A co-founder of Foundamental who authored the firm's early investment principles and publicly committed to responding to founder messages within 60 minutes.
Experience
- StealthCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- FoundamentalFounder and General Partnercurrent2019 — present
- Heidelberg MaterialsChief Digital / Venture Officer2017 — 2019United States
- thyssenkruppDirector, thyssenkrupp Garage2014 — 2017Germany
- Hellermann & CompanyFounder and CEO2015 — 2017Germany
- E.ONSenior Manager2010 — 2014Germany
- goetzpartnersAssociate2008 — 2010Germany
Education
- Tsinghua UniversityMaster's, Business Administration
- Purdue University Daniels School of BusinessMaster's, Business Administration
- London Business SchoolPgD Corporate Finance
- University of Duisburg-EssenBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Energy Economics
Skills & more
Management11Inspiring Leadership10Early Stage Investment7Breakthrough Thinking54Entrepreneurship52Startups31Business Strategy16Venture Capital6Business-to-Business (B2B)3Business Development11
Languages Deutsch · Englisch
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Also attended Purdue University Daniels School of Business25
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Shared employers
Also worked at Heidelberg Materials3
Also worked at thyssenkrupp6
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Also worked at E.ON17
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Colleagues at Foundamental
Adam Zobler
General Partner at Foundamental
Anton v. R.
Engineering at Foundamental
Chinmay Vaidya
Investor at Foundamental
Dong Gwan Nam
Analyst at Foundamental
Dustin DeVan
Advisor at Foundamental
Ed Korenblum
Chief of Staff at Foundamental
Fabio Bronzin
Investments at Foundamental
Gabriele Tinelli
Investments at Foundamental














































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