Maurice Kugler
Investor at HTGF
Maurice Kugler
Investor at HTGF
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Overview
Work Experience
Senior Investment Manager
2018 - Current
HTGF is a venture capital investor for innovative technologies and business models. We successfully support the best founders whose ideas can revolutionise entire industries and improve people’s lives – from seed to exit. As a seed investor with about €1.4bn under management across four funds, we have financed more than 700 start-ups in the industrial tech, digital tech, life sciences and chemicals sectors. We have overseen more than 170 exits, including IPOs. When founding your company together with us, you benefit from an experienced partner at your side. We are a public–private partnership that works closely and successfully with companies from a wide range of industries. Our fund investors include medium-sized companies, family businesses and corporations. We provide them with access to innovative start-ups and technologies insights into deal flows and connections to our global network. Own portfolio: Shore, Asana Rebel, Userlane, Sdui, Workpath, DeepSkill, traide AI, gridscale (exited), Geospin (exited)
Mentor Start-up Fundraising
2018
Board Member | Investor
2022
Board Member | Investor
2022
Board Observer | Investor
2021
Board Observer | Investor
2021
Board Member | Investor
2019
Board Member/ Observer | Investor
2019
Investor
2020
Board Member | Investor
2019 - 2023
Successful Exit to OVHcloud
Education
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
2006 - 2009
Dr. rer. pol. (equivalent to PhD)
2010 - 2014
Visiting Research Scholar
2013 - 2015
Semester abroad during M.Sc. studies
2007 - 2008
Semester abroad during B.Sc. studies
2005 - 2006
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
2003 - 2006