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Thomas
InvestorGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About
General Partner who joined Acadian Ventures in March 2022. Previously founded Otter Advisory advising HCM companies, held product management leadership at SAP SuccessFactors scaling to over $1B in ARR, and served as research vice president at Gartner Group. Holds a PhD from KIT and multiple advanced degrees including an LLM and PGDip.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Experience
- LincBoard Observercurrent2026 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
- PenzillaBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentMunich, Bavaria, Germany
- WorkpayBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
- AG5 Skills Management SoftwareBoard Observercurrent2023 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- Pforzheim UniversityLehraufträge.current2023 — presentPforzheim
- Acadian VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2022 — presentHeidelberg
- FORABoard Observercurrent2023 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- TechWolfBoard Observercurrent2022 — presentGhent, Flemish Region, Belgium
- Basis TechnologiesNon Executive Directorcurrent2021 — present
- PSGSenior Advisorcurrent2022 — presentLondon
- Warburg Pincus LLCIndustry Advisorcurrent2019 — presentLondon, Greater London, United Kingdom
- Otter AdvisoryFoundercurrent2018 — presentHeidelberg Area, Germany
- immedisNon Executive Director2020 — 2023
- Headhunter GroupNon Executive Board Member2019 — 2022
- SAP SuccessFactorsGlobal Vice President Product Management.2015 — 2018St Leon Rot
- SAP SuccessFactorsVice President, Product Management, Employee Central.2013 — 2015St leon Rot, Germany
- GartnerResearch Vice President2011 — 2013
- GartnerResearch Director2008 — 2011
- SAPChief Business Solution Architect2006 — 2008
- SAPBusiness Development2003 — 2006
- PecasoStrategy Director2000 — 2002
- Xeterafounder2000
- SAP South Africaconsultant1995 — 1996
Skills & more
Venture Capital1Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Machine Learning1Due Diligence4Business Process99IT Strategy94ERP84Business Development44Product Management39Cloud Computing35Pre-sales34Business Intelligence29
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AnalyticsEnterprise ArchitectureVendor ManagementStart-upsEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)CRMChange ManagementOutsourcingSaaSEnterprise SoftwareSAPSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Languages English · German
- No Code AI and Machine Learning: Building Data Science Solutions — MIT Professional Education
- Managerial Finance — The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Oxford Entrepreneurship: Venture Finance Programme — University of Oxford
- Higher Education Teaching Certificate — Harvard University
- FT Non-Executive Director Diploma - Pearson SRF BTEC Level 7 Advanced Professional Diploma — FT Non-Executive Director Programme
- FBCS — British Computer Society
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Colleagues at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Thomas?
- General Partner who joined Acadian Ventures in March 2022. Previously founded Otter Advisory advising HCM companies, held product management leadership at SAP SuccessFactors scaling to over $1B in ARR, and served as research vice president at Gartner Group. Holds a PhD from KIT and multiple advanced degrees including an LLM and PGDip.
- Where does Thomas work?
- Thomas is General Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc.
- What does Thomas invest in?
- Thomas invests in AI & Machine Learning, EdTech, Future of Work, HR Tech, SaaS.
- Where did Thomas go to school?
- Thomas studied at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (PGDip Business of AI, Artificial Intelligence); Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (PGdip in Strategy and Innovation, Business Administration and Management); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (PhD, compliance).
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Also worked at FORA1
Also worked at Headhunter Group1
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