Maximilian Zoller

Building something new

2024 - Current

Investor

2021

Investor

2021

Investor

2021

Principal

2021 - 2024

Since 2000 HV has been investing in internet and technology companies across several fund generations and is one of the most successful, experienced and well financed early stage and growth investors in Europe. I focus on Series B+ companies. Investments include: - roadsurfer - Enpal - CarOnSale

Investment Manager

2020 - 2021

Summer Associate

2019 - 2019

o Managed and closed $100M Series E of Trifacta (data cleaning enterprise SaaS) as part of deal team, performed due diligence with sole responsibility for internal financial model, analyzed competitive landscape and market size o Led deal sourcing and investment thesis formation with sector focus on mobility and regional focus on Europe

Managing Director Thermondo Energy

2016 - 2018

Built and launched “Thermondo 365”, the first one-stop shop heating system lease solution in Germany o Formulated the entire go-to-market strategy and raised $10M funding from a large German bank o Increased product share from 5% to over 30% within six months o Helped grow the company to be #2 on the 2018 FT1000 list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies

Head of North Rhine-Westphalia & Hesse

2016 - 2017

o Managed a team of 10 sales representatives o Increased the regional conversion rate by ca. 25% via improved, leaner process designs o Initiated and executed the transformation from a telesales driven to a field sales organization

Venture Developer

2015 - 2016

Supported and led various projects, e.g. o Introduced a consumer financing product o Created the financial model for the 25 Mio. USD Series C

Assistant to the CEO

2014 - 2015

The responsibilities focussed on project office and business development activities. Business Development: • Responsibility for Controlling, Product Management, Sales and other areas for our fastest-growing businesses • Identification and (financial and commercial) analysis of new business areas for Flyeralarm, including valuation and pre-due-diligence activities • Introduced a competitive landscape pricing analysis which was subsequently adopted as standard pricing tool of the product department Project Office: • Acted as company-wide point of contact for all major projects and stakeholders ranging from production to IT and defined one central strategic initiative for every department • Creation and responsibility for steering committees and shareholder meetings

Fellow Intern

2014 - 2014

Worked on an operations project in the insurance sector in Paris: • Contributed to key presentations • Refined the project’s business case including complex analyses on budget estimates and modeling of cost drivers • Helped create a global budget spend approval process resulting in the initial payout of a $12M project

Intern Accounting & Finance, Salon Professional

2013 - 2013