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Roland Manger

Investor

Partner at Bek Ventures · Board director at Hazelcast

Germany

About

Roland Manger co‑founded a pan‑European VC and now focuses on Emerging Europe and Turkey; he's an early backer of UiPath, Payhawk and Minit and advises boards on international technical scaling.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Board director at Hazelcast

Intro paths

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In turn, Roland can intro founders to Hazelcast's investors below.

Hazelcast's investors · 2

C5 CapitalLondon · since 2017Earlybird Venture CapitalBerlin · $540K – $12M checks · since 2017

Experience

  1. CodasipBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentMunich, Germany and Brno, Czech Republic
  2. Simr (formerly UberCloud)Board Membercurrent2017 — presentLos Altos, CA and Izmir, Turkey
  3. HazelcastInvestorcurrent2014 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  4. HazelcastBoard Member2014 — 2020Palo Alto, California, United States
  5. Picus SecurityInvestorcurrent2019 — presentAnkara, Turkey
  6. Bek VenturesPartnercurrent2012 — presentLuxembourg
  7. Earlybird Venture CapitalCo-Foundercurrent1998 — presentMunich
  8. FintechOSInvestorcurrent2019 — presentLondon and Bucharest
  9. UiPath - Robotic Process AutomationInvestor2015 — 2024Bucharest and New York
  10. Minit Process MiningBoard Member2017 — 2022Bratislava, Slovakia
  11. VivenseInvestor2015 — 2020Istanbul, Turkey
  12. Peak GamesBoard Member2014 — 2019Istanbul, Turkey
  13. OneShieldBoard Observer2012 — 2015Marlborough, MA
  14. Cybernet AGDirector Marketing and Business Development1995 — 1998Munich Area, Germany
  15. Cap Gemini Consulting (The MAC Group)Consultant and Principal1990 — 1994Munich

Skills & more

Venture Capital87Private Equity50Mergers & Acquisitions21Emerging Markets6Start-ups49Due Diligence11Entrepreneurship20Corporate Development30Business Strategy25Angel Investing13Growth Capital4Business Planning5
+12 moreM&A experiencePrivate PlacementsRestructuringVenture FinancingIPODeal SourcingCapital RaisingLBOStrategyCleantechBuyoutsBusiness Modeling

From Roland's professional profile.

Deals · 1

HazelcastBoard seat

via Earlybird Venture Capital · filed Mar 2017 · $3.1M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Bek Ventures

Alen Cvisic
Marketing Advisor at Bek Ventures
Arda Kirkagac
Senior Associate at Bek Ventures
Baturay Kaya
Partner at Bek Ventures
Beyhan Kalafat
Executive Assistant & Event Coordinator at Bek Ventures
Burcu Ece Sagar
Executive Assistant at Bek Ventures
Cem Sertoglu
Managing Partner at Bek Ventures
Eleanor Warnock
Communications Advisor at Bek Ventures
Eren Ulu
Analyst at Bek Ventures

Network4

Andre RetterathScout
General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital
Baris GuzelScout
Partner at BMW i Ventures
Christian NagelScout
Investor at Earlybird Venture Capital
Dan LupuScout
Investor at Earlybird Venture Capital

Investors connected to Roland in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Roland Manger?
Roland Manger co‑founded a pan‑European VC and now focuses on Emerging Europe and Turkey; he's an early backer of UiPath, Payhawk and Minit and advises boards on international technical scaling.
Where does Roland Manger work?
Roland Manger is Partner at Bek Ventures and Board director at Hazelcast.
What does Roland Manger invest in?
Roland Manger invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
What boards does Roland Manger sit on?
Roland Manger holds tracked board seats at Hazelcast.
Where did Roland Manger go to school?
Roland Manger studied at Georgetown University (MBA); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (Dipl- Wi.Ing. (Industrial Engineering), Computer Science).

Same school

Also attended Georgetown University404

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Also attended Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)66

Bastian HasslingerInvestor at Index VenturesHelge DaebelPartner, Head of Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgThomasGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcThomas MeierPartner, Head of Resilience in Energy & Resources Investments at Verve VenturesChristian SiegeleManaging Partner at CapnamicAndreas StryzCTO at FINN at PICUS CAPITAL

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Shared employers

Also worked at Codasip1

Dan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture Capital

Also worked at Simr (formerly UberCloud)5

Dan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture CapitalMargret DupslaffInvestment Manager at Alstin CapitalBaris GuzelPartner at BMW i VenturesMehmet AticiManaging Partner at Bek VenturesNeha Kothari RanavatSr. Director, Brand Strategy at Brand Capital International

Also worked at FintechOS8

Dan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture CapitalVinoth JayakumarPartner at Molten VenturesAdam NiewinskiCo-Founder and Managing Partner at OTB VenturesAbhijit BanerjeePartner at Decacorn CapitalRoland DennertManaging Partner at Cipio PartnersThomas LenzPrincipal at Cipio Partners

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Also worked at UiPath - Robotic Process Automation41

Luciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalDaniel DinesCo-founder, CEO & Chairman of UiPathSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Ted KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applicationsKulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanRadu BozgaPrincipal at Notion Capital

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