Thomas Otter
InvestorGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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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 Diligence4SaaSStrategyBusiness ProcessIT Strategy94ERP84Business Development44Product Management39Cloud Computing35
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Pre-salesBusiness IntelligenceAnalyticsEnterprise ArchitectureVendor ManagementStart-upsEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)CRMLanguages 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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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Thomas Otter?
- General Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc
- Where does Thomas Otter work?
- Thomas Otter is General Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, Llc.
- Where did Thomas Otter go to school?
- Thomas Otter 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, General); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (PhD, compliance, enterprise software, gdpr, accessibilty).
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Also attended Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)131
Bastian HasslingerInvestor at Index VenturesHelge DaebelPartner, Head of Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgTobias SandfortSenior Technology Analyst at Emerald Technology Ventures AgThomasGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcThomas MeierPartner, Head of Resilience in Energy & Resources Investments at Verve VenturesJonas SchneiderAdvisor at NGP Capital
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Also attended University of Strathclyde121
ThomasGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcAdarsh GiriInvestment Associate at Blockchain CoinvestorsRob DesboroughGeneral Partner and Chair of Seraphim Space Accelerator at Seraphim SpaceRupert LyleInvestment Director at Future Planet CapitalRoss StrachanInvestor at Adara VenturesYoussef HounatAdvisor at Curiosity VC
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Also attended University of KwaZulu-Natal52
ThomasGeneral Partner at Acadian Ventures Management, LlcRichard CaseManaging Director, Head of BD at ArtesianAvi EyalInvestor at Entree CapitalRichard MurrayRegional Head - UK at Apex GroupDr. Mervyn G. MaistryManaging Director & Founder at Kintaro CapitalKevin EggersPartner at AP Ventures
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