Markus Kressmann

Partner

2018 - Current

Leading and most active seed stage venture capital investor in high-tech startups in Europe with total fund volume of about ~900 m€. - 1x IPO plus 7x Exits out of my portfolio - Positive DPI and still 9 portfolio companies under direct management - 7 of 9 portfolio companies achieved break-even - >200 successful financing rounds - Responsible for ~40 companies with my investment team, focusing on IoT, commerce, fintech, mobile as well as software and cloud technologies

Investment Director & Prokurist

2007 - 2017

- Sourcing, negotiation and support of investments in technology companies in the sectors of B2B-/ Cloud-Software, Online/ Mobile, Telecommunications and Energy Management - Working closely with founders to scale and professionalize businesses in fields of strategy, organizational structures and processes, marketing and sales, business model, recruiting of key personnel and fundraising - Leading companies to various sizes up to e.g. >200 employees, >35 m€ annual SaaS revenues, >100 bn adviews, processing >150 TB data in a realtime-analytics system - Managed and completed financings with leading German and international investors and many private investors / follow-on investments rounds (series A-D) in my own portfolio - Established an exclusive network of high calibre business angels resulting in investments of close to 125 m€ in portfolio companies and establishment of the brand of HTGF in Germany‘s business angel community Managing the following HTGF investments (own portoflio, excerpt): - Quentic, before EcoIntense (02-2008; SaaS-platform for HSE-Management; www.quentic.com) - NFON (05-2008 - 05-2018; No. 1 provider of cloud telephone systems in Europe; www.nfon.com) - Simplaex, before GameGenetics (04-2009; World’s most advanced Artificial Intelligence-powered user classification technology; www.simplaex.com) - Protected Networks (07-2009 - 09-2018; Access Rights Management; www.protected-networks.com) - Dracoon, before SSP Europe (02-2010; Enterprise Filesharing; www.dracoon.com) - grandcentrix (03-2010; Leading system integrator for IoT, Smart Products and Distributed Ledger Technologies; www.grandcentrix.net) - Propertybase (04-2010 - 04-2017; #1 Real estate CRM-solution; www.propertybase.com) - ConWeaver (08-2010; Solutions for dynamic linking of business data; www.conweaver.com) - enercast (03-2012; Specialist in forecasting of renewable energies; www.enercast.de)

Member of the Board

2012

enercast is a leading technology provider for applied artificial intelligence. Its self-learning software-as-a-service products deliver accurate power forecasts for wind power and solar plants, thus enabling the integration of renewable energy into power grids and energy markets.

Supervisory Board Member / Observer

2008 - 2018

IPO in 05-2018 (Prime Standard, Symbol: NFN) - NFON is the No. 1 provider of cloud telephone systems in Europe, serving companies of all sizes. No more in-house telephone system. No long-term maintenance contracts. Only pay for extensions that you actually use. This is the NFON cloud telephone system!

Member of the Board

2010 - 2017

Propertybase was acquired by Boston Logic in 04-2017. 200.000+ agents, 1.500+ brokerages in 60+ countries trust Propertybase. Propertybase is the leading Customer Relations Management (CRM) solution for real estate industry professionals - The Real Estate Desktop!

Member of the Board

2012 - 2015

Boosting Programmatic Performance! Simplaex (before GameGenetics) is the company behind the world’s most advanced Artificial Intelligence-powered user classification technology. As ads move through the programmatic supply chain, Simplaex aligns the ROI interests of the demand and supply side by creating a unified insight in understanding and valuation of consumer behavior.

Manager

2002 - 2007

Campana & Schott is an international management and technology consultancy with more than 300 employees at locations in Europe, the US and Canada. With the combination of management and technology consulting, Campana & Schott improve business processes and automate them by using innovative information technology.

Summer Associate / Market Strategy Trainee

2001 - 2001

Business Controller (Trainee + part-time employment)

1997 - 1999