Jan Ossenbrink
Founder of Vamo
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Overview
Work Experience
CEO & Co-Founder
2023 - Current
Electrifying residential heating through smart heat pumps
CEO & Co-Founder
2022
VC in Residence
2022 - 2023
Helping build up the Visionaries Club Tomorrow fund, which seeks to support frontier tech founders who work on science-based innovations that could spur the next industrial revolutions.
Board Observer
2021 - 2022
Partner | Sustainability, Climate Tech
2021 - 2022
Positioning generalist investor GFC in the Climate Tech domain, from zero to #2 most active investor in Europe in 2021 Lead or supported 32 investments across all Climate Tech domains and all contintents) Own portfolio: Ostrom, Exnaton, Solarmente, Klarsolar, Clearsky
Operator
2021 - 2022
Providing hands-in operational during scale up phase across Strategy, Operations and Finance
Consultant at McKinsey & Company
2019 - 2021
Supporting top management of leading firms working on clean energy, clean transport, and clean molecules.
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Founder and Head
2018 - 2019
Freelance consultant helping clients make better decisions on clean energy
Short Term Consultant
2017 - 2019
The World Bank Group provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries.
Raised $81,000,000.00 from Northern Trust, QBE Insurance Group, NSW Treasury Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, SAFA, Aware Super and Treasury Corporation of Victoria.
Director of the Sustainability in Business Lab at ETH Zurich (sus.lab)
2017 - 2017
sus.lab was launched as the practical arm of the Group for Sustainability and Technology in order to disseminate the knowledge about sustainability, and create value for our partners and society at large. Thereby, it aims to increase the reach of ETH’s research and to enhance its relevance.