Our Team
Team
Marie Asano
Partner
Senior Investment Manager, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Board Member, Kumovis
Junior Consultant, Evonik
marie.asano[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-asano-a197b847/ +49 160 8841462
Michael Brandkamp
Managing Partner
Managing Director, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Director Tech Investments, KFW
Managing Director, tbg
Member of Advisory Boards
michael.brandkamp[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrandkamp/ +49 170 220 9067
Nicole Bremm
Event - and Office Manager
Conference & Events Sales Executive, Hilton Bonn
B.A. Hospitality Management an der IU International University, Bad Honnef
nicole.bramm[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-bremm +49 160 97804336
Team
Alyssa Bruijns
Office- and Eventmanager
Head Archivist & Collections Manager, Whistler Museum & Archives
Master degree, Library and Information Science (MLIS), McGill University Montreal Canada
Bachelor degree, History & Classical Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada
alyssa.bruijns[@]ecbf.vc https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyssa-bruijns-bb1955174/
Juan Cutillas Farray
Junior Analyst
Analyst at Axel Springer Digital Ventures
Global Strategy at HENKEL
Co-founder at Parkingfy
Msc. in Management, strategy track from ESMT Berlin
juan.cutillas[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-cutillas-farray/+49 173 711 687 5
Tommaso De Santis
Junior Analyst
PhD student at the Bioprocess Engineering group of the Universität für Bodenkultur, Vienna
M.Sc. at Wageningen University in Biotechnology
Researcher at Qatar University
EIT Climate-KIC alumnus
Jisk de Vries
Associate
Intern science and innovation at ISC3, Bonn
Researcher at Ben Feringa Research Group
M.Sc. Chemistry – Science Business and Policy at University of Groningen
jisk.devries[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jiskdevries/ +49 175 8708510
Cornelia Frentz
Director Governance and Sustainable Investing
Inhouse Consultant for restructurings of federal entities, German Ministry of Defence
Manager of Equity Investments, EAA AöR
Consultant, WestLB AG
cornelia.frentz[at]ecbf.vc https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornelia-frentz-57307715/ +49 160 893 5564
Guillaume Gras
Investment Director
Cofounder InnovaFeed
Investment Director, INCO venture impact fund
Senior Manager, Pricing & Market access, SANOFI
guillaume.gras[at]ecbf.vchttps://linkedin.com/ +49 151 22127574
Eugen Kaprov
Senior Associate
Founder SynBio.Tech
Business Development Systemic
Investment Analyst InsurTech.vc
eugen.kaprov[at]ecbf.vchttps://linkedin.com/dfdf https://twitter.com/KapEugen +49 160 893 3183
Hakan Karan
Associate
Ph.D., IMB Centre for Solar Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
Professional MBA, Sabanci University
Energy Engineer, Stantec
M.Sc. in Sustainable Energy Systems, The University of Edinburgh
Mathis Lamers
Working Student Finance
Student, BSc Economics
Intern Custumer Success, Buynomics
Intern Financial Accounting Advisory Service, EY
mathis.lamers[at]ecbf.vc https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathis-lamers-9bb686223/
Bernadette Lee
Junior Analyst
Venture capital analyst, Kurma Partners (Paris)
Erasmus Mundus MSc Biological and Chemical Engineering for a Sustainable Bioeconomy (BIOCEB)
Enyzme applications research assistant, Wilmar International Limited (Singapore)
bernadette.lee[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bernadettelee93/ +49 175 354 3578
Mathias Brink Lorenz
Investment Director
Investment Manager, Rockstart AgriFood Fund
M&A Manager, Novozymes
Associate, SEB
mathias.lorenz[@]ecbf.vc https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathias-brink-lorenz-0b01578b/ +45 22409625
Cornelia Mann
PR & Communications Manager / HR-Manager
Marketing & Communications, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Sales & Marketing, Hotel Collegium Leoninum
B.A. in Marketing & Digital Media
cornelia.mann[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cornelia-mann/ +49 160 8927744
Ananya Manna
Investment Director
Senior Associate & ESG Manager, MCH Private Equity
Senior Analyst, EY Corporate Finance
Process Engineer, EIL
ananya.manna[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ananyamanna/ +34 605 08 05 26
Clara Martinez Velandia
Relationship & Communications Manager
Entrepreneurship Promotion, GIZ
Economic Adviser National Federation of States (Colombia)
Public Policy Adviser Public Ministry (Colombia)
clara.martinez[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/clara-martinez/ +49 160 892 1685
Michael Nettersheim
Managing Partner
Investment Manager, BASF VC GmbH
Senior Investment Manager, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Head of Corporate Finance, M&A and Investor Relations MediGene AG
michael.nettersheim[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-nettersheim-a952731/ +49 160 9029 6507
Johan Morales
Junior Analyst
Investment Analyst, Leanox Impact Capital
MSc Impact Entrepreneurship with focus on Impact Investing
Business Developer, goodbag
johan.morales[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/johan-morales-impact/ +49 173 450 7403
Mridul Pareek
Associate
Co-founded ExaMine
Internship with Veolia, VITO, UN-FAO and cement research
M.Sc. Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management (SINReM)
M.Sc. Enviromental Sciences and Policy
mridul.pareek[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mridulpareek/ +49 175 8145038
Ellen Roßner
Office Manager
Head of QM & SAP Helpdesk, Wein Service Bonn
Organic Safety Officer, Wein Wolf Import
Bachelor of Trade and Commerce (CCI)
ellen.rossner[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-ro%C3%9Fner-3592a61b5/ +49 175 34 34 735
Stéphane Roussel
Partner
Managing Director, Solvay Ventures
Business Incubation & Venturing, Solvay
Director, Rhodia Ventures
Board Member, NOHMs Techn., MATHYM
stephane.roussel[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/stephane-roussel/ +33 672 919 155
Dirk Saßmannshausen
CFO / Managing Partner
CFO, La Famiglia GmbH
Senior Controller, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Specialist Structured Finance, Commerzbank AG
dirk.sassmannshausen[at]ecbf.vcDirk Saßmannshausen | LinkedIn +49 160 852 0940
Julia Seeliger
Associate
Junior Analyst at DeepTech and Climate Fund
Junior Analyst at High-Tech Gründerfonds
M.Sc. Business Administration / Finance at University of Cologne
Theodor Sürmann
Working Student ESG
Bachelor of Laws - LLB, Law and Economics, Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn
Working Student, Ebner Stolz
Working Student, Scopevisio AG
Jowita Sewerska
Investment Director
Senior Investment Associate, Polish Development Fund
Supervisory Board Member, Polish Cableways
Structured and Mezzanine Finance, mBank (Commerzbank Group)
jowita.sewerska[at]ecbf.vchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jowita-sewerska/ +49 160 893 0454
Giulia Tegas
Junior Analyst
Demium
Founder of ExpatWhere
MSc in Sustainable Development, Uppsala University & SLU
giulia.tegas[at]ecbf.vc https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuliategas/
Gisela van den Boom
Finance Director
Senior Financial Controller / Prokurist, High-Tech Gründerfonds
Controller, KFW
Dipl. Volkswirt
gisela.vandenboomr[at]ecbf.vc Gisela van den Boom | LinkedIn +49 151 106 649 18
Advisors
Dr. Dahai Yu
Senior Advisor
Former member of the executive board, Evonik Industries
Independent member of the board of directors Sinochem International
Operating partner Advent International
dahai.yu[at]yu-advisory.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dahai-yu-59518717/
Rob Kirschbaum
Investment Advisory Committee
Former VP Open Innovation, Royal DSM
Founder/CEO, SakuragiConsult
Member of the International Innovation Advisory Board, PTT-Global Chemicals Thailand
rob[at]sakuragiconsult.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/robkirschbaum/ +31 653727839