About
Philipp Pausder is the founder of thermondo, a German company offering residential heat pump retrofits along with PV and battery systems, home energy management, power tariffs, and financing solutions, employing over 1,000 people and having completed close to 50,000 heating system retrofits. He serves as Senior Advisor to KKR's Global Climate Fund and previously founded Clean Venture, an M&A boutique advising large and mid-cap companies on distributed energy transactions across four continents. He is also an angel investor and board member.
Founder at Thermondo
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Thermondo's investors · 8
10x FoundersMünchen · $270K – $2.7M checksEneco VenturesRotterdam · $2.2M – $6.5M checksFuture Energy VenturesBerlin · $1.1M – $11M checksHoltzbrinck VenturesEuropeMutschler VenturesBaarPICUS CAPITALMunich · $100K – $300M checksRocket Internet SEBerlinVorwerk VenturesWuppertal · $1.1M – $5.5M checks
Co-founders at Thermondo
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Climate Tech Energy Philipp PausderFounder
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Florian TetzlaffCo-Founder (former managing director)
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Kristofer FichtnerCo-Founder (former managing director)
Experience
- KKRSenior Advisor Global Climate Fundcurrent2025 — present
- thermondoBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- thermondoFounder & CEO2012 — 2024Berlin Area, Germany
- ZenobēNon Executive Directorcurrent2025 — presentLondon
- FASTRBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentDüsseldorf
- RamederBoard Member2019 — 2025
- Weissmaler GmbHBoard Member2017 — 2019Berlin Area, Germany
- Clean Venture GmbHFounding Partner2010 — 2012
- tripleP AdvisoryFounder2009 — 2010Sweden
- Applied ValueManager2008 — 2009Sweden
- adidas International Marketing BVKey Account Marketing Manager2005 — 2006Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- adidas International Marketing BVGlobal Brand Communication Manager2003 — 2005Nürnberg Area, Germany
- Coca-Cola GmbHProject Manager2003
- meome.de AGCategory Manager2001
Skills & more
Energy24Renewable Energy20Telecommunications16Business Strategy86Marketing Strategy19Management Consulting43Strategic Planning11Strategy68Business Development17Entrepreneurship99Product Development7Start-ups36
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Business PlanningCompetitive AnalysisNegotiationProject ManagementMarket AnalysisNew Business DevelopmentLanguages English · German · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Philipp Pausder?
- Philipp Pausder is the founder of thermondo, a German company offering residential heat pump retrofits along with PV and battery systems, home energy management, power tariffs, and financing solutions, employing over 1,000 people and having completed close to 50,000 heating system retrofits. He serves as Senior Advisor to KKR's Global Climate Fund and previously founded Clean Venture, an M&A boutique advising large and mid-cap companies on distributed energy transactions across four continents. He is also an angel investor and board member.
- Where does Philipp Pausder work?
- Philipp Pausder is Founder of Thermondo.
- What companies did Philipp Pausder found?
- Philipp Pausder founded Thermondo.
- Where did Philipp Pausder go to school?
- Philipp Pausder studied at IE Business School (MBA, Finance & Strategy); Freie Universität Berlin (MA, Communications); Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Mass Communication).
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Also attended IE Business School203
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Also attended Freie Universität Berlin70
Mina BenothmanOther at HeavybitJeannette zu FürstenbergPresident & Managing Director at General CatalystHilla WatkinsPlatform Partner at Congruent VenturesDavid FrazeeManaging Partner at Richmond Global VenturesDominic SchmidtGeneral Partner at Advent Life SciencesLucas LaibPartner, COO at Verve Ventures
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Also attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville1
Shared employers
Also worked at Zenobē1
Also worked at Weissmaler GmbH1
Also worked at Applied Value2
Also worked at adidas International Marketing BV24
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