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Dr. Sofia Harrschar, Executive Director and Member of the Management Board, is responsible for Universal-Investment’s product unit Alternative Investments. The unit includes all investments in Private Equity, Venture Capital, Private Debt, Loans and Securitisations as well as structuring of complex investment projects and their implementation on Universal-Investment’s German and Luxembourg platforms. Dr. Sofia Harrschar earned a degree in business administration at the J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, where she also received her doctorate in finance. Before joining Universal- Investment, she worked at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Prime Capital. Harrschar has more than 18 years of experience in structuring and investment in alternative investments.

Melina Heinl joined Preqin, the provider of intelligence across private equity, real estate, hedge funds, infrastructure, natural resources and private debt, in 2017. She heads the company’s research and data activities in the DACH region, and prior to this, Melina was responsible for Preqin’s data on institutional investors based in Germany, guaranteeing quality LP research used to generate opportunities for private capital fundraisers. Melina holds an LLM from the Queen Mary University of London and a diploma of law from the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria.

Olga is a Berlin-based Investment Manager leading FinTech investments across early and growth stages in Europe and Israel. Before joining Target Global, Olga worked for the funds Finsight Ventures and Binomial Ventures investing in FinTech and supporting actively the business development and fundraising for MedTech companies. Olga has gained a solid VC track already of 15 investments and 3 exists in 4 years. She closed remarkable deals including Rapyd, Zego, and Kuda.

Jan is responsible for running operations in our funds and the investment company. In addition, he handles relationships with Czech and international investors and, in particular, institutions. Prior to joining the Jet Investment team in 2018, Jan was employed in the Austrian Erste Group, where he specialized on project credit, especially in real estate, infrastructure, and renewable resources across the entire CEE region. That portfolio was in excess of EUR 1 billion. Within the banking group, he also was involved in consolidation and subsequent sale of bad assets in a total nominal amount exceeding EUR 500 million. Jan studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna and earned the title of magister from Berlin School of Economics and Law.

Marko Maschek combines engineering education with entrepreneurial acumen. He grew up near Stuttgart and was an employee in the family-owned company during his school days. After his military service, he worked in consulting and software development patenting several developments in automotive applications. Marko has been a VC- / PE- an investor in Germany and the US since 1997 and co-founded Pinova and Marondo. He has been responsible for nearly 30 technology companies where some achieved a successful IPO. Marko earned a degree in electrical engineering from KIT, an advanced degree in computer sciences from INSA (Lyon) and an MBA from Cambridge.

Andreas Fendel is a Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Quadriga Capital. Quadriga Capital is a leading midcap private equity advisory firm targeting the DACH region and neighbouring countries. Funds advised by the firm have completed more than 150 transactions during the last 20 years. Main activities relate to the core sectors smart industries, services/software and healthcare. It creates value by supporting management teams in transforming and growing businesses – organically and in form of buy-and-builds. Typical transaction volumes range between € 50 million and € 300 million. Transaction examples: AHT Austria Haustechnik, Jack Wolfskin, LR Health & Beauty, Lewa, M&R Automation, DoreaFamilie, GBA, wecare etc.

Dr. Ingo Potthof, Managing Partner, UVC Ingo is Managing Partner of UVC Partners, a leading European venture capital firm investing in early-stage B2B technology start-ups. He has almost 20 years of leadership experience in venture capital in Europe, Israel, the USA and Asia. Before founding UVC in 2011, he worked as Partner at SMAC partners, a specialized secondary & growth investment firm. Prior to this, he was as Partner instrumental in building the global seed-stage investment business for Siemens. Ingo has carried out successful investments leading to numerous trade sales and IPOs. His earlier positions include Manager Strategy and M&A at Telefónica O2, he also worked several years as a management and IT consultant. About Unternehmertum Venture Capital (UVC) UVC is a leading venture capital firm investing in early-stage B2B technology start-ups based predominantly in the German-speaking region, selectively also internationally. We focus on startups in the fields of Industrial Technologies, Enterprise Software and Mobility. Our team has more than 70 years of profound venture and start-up experience with a proven, long-term investment and exit track record. Through our close relationship with UnternehmerTUM, Europe's largest center for innovation and startup platform, we have an unfair advantage regarding proprietary deal-flow, the industrial network of >1.000 corporates and access to talent. Notable investments are e.g. FlixBus (mobility services platform), KONUX (industrial IoT), CarJump (carsharing app, acq. by PSA Group), Vimcar (Fleetmanagement SaaS) and Blickfeld (LiDAR systems). www.uvcpartners.com

Elisabeth is investing on behalf of Acton Capital in game changing companies and digitally native brands, including The Female Company (GER), KOIO Collective (US) and ArtNight (GER). Prior to Acton Capital, Elisabeth was leading a €200m co-investment programme at the European Investment Bank (EIB), advised clients on mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs, and worked on bank recapitalisation at the European Stability Mechanism. She holds a Harvard MBA degree with honors, an M.Sc. from London School of Economics with Distinction, a Diplôme from Sciences Po Paris, and is an alumna of the German National Merit Foundation. Elisabeth co-founded the climate initiative ‘Leaders for Climate Action e.V.’, and drives topics like diversity & female empowerment in Europe’s startup ecosystem, serving on the Advisory Board of Female Founders Global e.V.