Wolfgang Seibold
Partner & CFO at Hitachi Ventures
Wolfgang Seibold
Partner & CFO at Hitachi Ventures
Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner & CFO
2019 - Current
Hitachi Ventures manages the Corporate Venture Capital fund of Hitachi Ltd. We invest in upcoming market leaders with breakthrough technologies, solutions and services that will drive the digital transformation in areas like next generation mobility, smart infrastructure, advanced manufacturing and logistics, smart energy, digital health and IT. With our investments we contribute to Hitachi's global activities, creating both economic and social value, in order to contribute to a sustainable society.
Managing Partner
2013
Growth Invest Partners is a trusted partner of corporate investment arms and asset managers, managing their direct investments in growth stage technology companies in Europe
Managing Partner
2015 - 2019
AGIC- is the 1st Sino-European Private Equity fund with a focus on industrial technologies and medical technologies. We invest in fast growing European SMEs with clearly differentiated products and technologies, and support their market entry into the Asian market by facilitating partnerships with leading Chinese companies. This bridge function is our unique value-add.
Member of the Board
2011 - 2015
Heading the Venture Capital Initiatives at BVK, the German Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
Partner
2001 - 2014
Investment Management in the early stage technology sector (cleantech, material sciences, semiconductors, software)
Consultant
1996 - 2001
Management Consulting and Project Management on various projects in the financial services, high tech and industrial goods industries - repositioning and restructuring - implementation of new business models - technology strategies - outsourcing strategies
Trainee Communications Engineering
1989 - 1990
Trainee Communications Engineering
Education
MBA
1999 - 1999
M.Sc.
1990 - 1996
BSc Astrophysics
1993 - 1994