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Dr. Alex Von Frankenberg

Managing Director at High

Cologne Bonn Region

Overview 

Dr. Alex von Frankenberg is currently the Managing Director at High-Tech Gründerfonds GmbH, where he drives innovation by seed financing highly innovative startups and connecting startups with established companies. With a background in venture capital and extensive experience in corporate development and private equity, he has successfully invested in companies like Trever at the seed stage, demonstrating a strong track record in fostering entrepreneurial growth and facilitating strategic partnerships in the tech industry.

Work Experience 

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High-Tech Gründerfonds GmbH

  • Managing Director

    2005 - Current

    Managing a public private partnership with the goals to bring the German startup ecosystem to a world class level and to support established companies in their efforts to stay competitive by connecting them to startups.

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Siemens Technology Accelerator

  • Venture Manager

    2002 - 2005

    Company builder in the Siemens Corporate Technology: Identifying promising technologies that are developed within Siemens Corporate Technology with no / little us within the Siemens business units. Then building startups, i.e. writing a business plan, recruiting (external) management, acquiring external financing and in some cases generating first external revenue. Finaly spinning off the startup. In some cases striking relevant licensing deals.

Information and communications technology.

siemens.com

B.Focus

  • Sales and Marketing Director

    2001 - 2002

    Sales and marketing director of dataware house startup financed by 3i, Siemens and tbd. Company ended up failing.

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Siemens Management Consulting

  • Project Manager

    1997 - 2001

    Top management consulting unit within Siemens. Then led by Klaus Kleinfeld and Horst Kayser. Did restructuring projects successfully cutting cost and realizing significant productivity gains (Med Tech, Telco, heavy equipment business units, HR benchmarking with focus on recruiting and people development in the IT service division and setting up a Corporate Incubator. Did a very well-received study "Benchmarking Corporate Venture Capital".

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Accenture (Andersen Consulting

  • Senior Consultant

    1992 - 1995

    Implement a credit card payment system (cobol based) at the largest Mastercard processor in Germany. Spent almost a year at an Anderson client in Columbus, Ohio.

Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.

accenture.com
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Deutsche Bank

  • Apprenticeship Banking

    1986 - 1988

    Learned commercial banking. Bought stocks before and after the 1987 stock market crash.

DB Capital Ventures invests in early-stage and emerging growth businesses and is a venture capital firm based in New York.

db.com

Education 

Investments 

Trever

Seed

Total funding: $3M

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