we are optimistic risk takers who roll up their sleeves . earlybird is an international venture capital firm that invests across multiple stages . our companies have the potential to reshape markets and change the world around us . how we invest people we ve backed maximilian tayenthal & valentin stalf number26 building the first european bank mobile first fredrik kekalainen enevo solves one of the world s biggest issues through predictive analytics and smart sensors waste . karim barkawi b2x built a small advisory firm into a global technology company with hundreds of millions in revenues . in 4 years . florian meissner eyeem lost his camera in new york and started taking pictures with his phone . built the world s largest mobile photographers community . calin stefanescu tjobs recruit from leading a start up to creating an innovating platform which combines in one place employers candidates and hr agents . sidar sahin peak games inspired by asian free to play pioneers while living in china attracting 30m monthly active users from 150 countries building one of the world s largest mobile gaming companies . cristian dinca dcs plus passionate about software and algorithms since childhood . now hundreds of travel companies run billions of euros through platforms built by his company . lucas von cranach onefootball hardcore football fan . built the world s largest mobile football community . alexander zacke auctionata was the largest power seller of arts and antiques on ebay.now selling van gogh & co on his own platform . ulf pommerening ebs helping stroke patients recover faster and better . founder facts nationalities locations average age american austrian azeri bulgarian czech dutch egyptian english french german iranian japanese lebanese swedish turkish ... berlin boston ma cambridge uk frankfurt istanbul marlborough ma munich new york ny paris prague san francisco castockholm sofia targu mures vienna wuerselen 35 23youngest founder 52oldest founder our companies 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robotic software for business process automation product comparison and discovery community second hand fashion marketplace selling windows and doors covering advisory to installation leading furniture ecommerce player focused on turkey acquired by cordys portal based business process management acquired by smsc network entertainment components acquired by aconex platform for real estate life cycle management acquired by blablacar rideshare marketplace acquired by leguide online consumer information decision support acquired by digital river electronic software distribution merger with purple labs java system software for embedded systems merger with xsilogy gravitron monitoring and control solutions acquired by freudenberg medical hemocompatible nanocoating for implants acquired by promethean holographic laser miniature projection technology acquired by ligatus mobile advertising rtb and targeting platform acquired by bmc software application problem resolution ipo biggest independent mortgage broker in germany acquired by artificial solutions natural language interfaces for e commerce ipo embedded software for mass market devices merger with esmertec embedded software for mass market applications acquired by blackberry mobile social gaming platform ipo online lotteries and games acquired by authentec biometric fingerprint security acquired by konzept dialogue commercial online media site acquired by amgen biopharma inflammation metabolic therapies acquired by lonza non viral gene transfer acquired by edwards lifesciences non invasive cardiovascular monitoring ipo entelos biosimulation models to predict and analyse disease relevant and biochemical processes ipo leading it provider for workflow management in the italian healthcare market ipo biomedical cancer therapies acquired by microsoft productivity platform for teams and individuals acquired by mindray medical high performance ultrasound imaging earlybird team facts our team technology fund hendrik brandispartner engineer by heart and training . co founder of earlybird . previously at mckinsey and before that helped design the eurofighter . 8 kids and 2 dogs . world champion sailor . technology angelist linked in fabian heilemannpartner serial entrepreneur since high school . trained lawyer . exited dailydeal to google . early stage investor with heilemann ventures since 2011 . surfer . aviator . technology linked in ferry heilemannpartner serial entrepreneur and execution machine . b.sc . from whu . built amongst others dailydeal pepperbill and heilemann ventures . car enthusiast and skydiver . technology linked in ravi kuraniassociate engineer by training quant mindset . previously worked at the boston consulting group mainly with financial institutions and private equity clients . snowboarder and surfer . technology linked in milda jasaiteanalyst educated in economics and management in milan tokyo berkeley and utrecht . astronomy and philosophy fan . technology linked in twitter christian nagelpartner engineer . co founder of earlybird . previously at mckinsey and then invested in former communist companies helping them become modern . kite surfer and world champion sailor . technology angelist linked in twitter christoph ortleppanalyst graduated from whu . worked in telecommunications with oliver wyman and helped to launch sumup . triathlete and ski instructor . technology linked in twitter alexander ruppertassociate diploma with honors in german law . worked in busdev for 3 years with dailydeal google and pepperbill . passionate traveller yogi and surfer . technology linked in twitter julius r mannanalyst ebs graduate with experience in m & a and private equity . automotive enthusiast with a cosmopolitan mindset . technology linked in digital east fund dan lupupartner expert on eastern european markets . former research analyst investment director at intel capital investment executive at sigmableyzer . calls bucharest his home . digital east linked in roland mangerpartner entrepreneur and co founder of earlybird . previously co founder and marketing director of cybernet ; director of business development of ditec . focuses on emerging markets . digital east angelist linked in cem sertoglupartner software entrepreneur turned investor . former business angel partner at ilab ventures and founder & ceo at selectminds strategy consultant at farmer & co. loves emerging markets and skiing . digital east angelist linked in twitter evren ucokpartner finance geek with entrepreneur s heart investor cofounder of many leading internet companies in turkey mena including peak games and trendyol previously partner at oliver wyman . digital east angelist linked in mehmed selcuk aticiassociate bsc in computer science high honor bogazici bosphorus university . experience at vodafone nokia siemens . organizator volunteer at confucius institute . oil painter . digital east angelist linked in twitter baturay kayaanalyst bsc in computer science and minor in mathematics high honor sabanci university . loves basketball hiking and programming . digital east linked in twitter onur yukselassociate bsc on industrial engineering sabanci university . product expert and experienced in marketing & business development . interested in technology and innovation . digital east angelist linked in twitter health technology fund rainer christinepartner trained in molecular and cellular biology and immunology founder and ceo of amaxa an earlybird investment private investor board member in medtech and life science tools companies . health technology rolf mathiespartner entrepreneur and co founder of earlybird . previously co founder of conaction and consultant at bain . advisor to earlybird medical technology fund and active angel investor . health technology angelist twitter alexander m llerpartner economist by training deutsche bank cfo of amaxa ag lonza cologne ag consultant for start up high tech companies and vc . health technology thom raschepartner operator . previously managing director of ethicon and vice president europe of johnson & johnson subsidiary critikon . health technology linked in twitter john yiannipartner entrepreneur . co founder of topsfield thermocore and reverse medical and cryotherapeutics . introduced the first drug eluting stent in europe at biocompatibles . health technology linked in lionel carnotearlybird liaison partner investment partner at bay city capital . formerly principal at oracle partners operational roles at eli lilly and aventis . former healthcare specialist at booz allen & hamilton and accenture . health technology linked in operations ertunc alioglufinance manager previously at state street boston usa focusing on fund of funds secondary investments & exchange funds ; former member of tskb corporate finance team . brandeis university alumni enjoys living in istanbul . operations linked in twitter nilufer ayangilteam assistant works as assistant at the istanbul office . 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office operations sophie r dlteam assistant studied linguistics in munich and barcelona . previously worked at a pr agency . language addict . current project norwegian operations daniela r merreceptionist after more than 10 years as a professional musical performer daniela is now the good soul of the munich office . operations parisa roghanyaccountant makes sure we pay our bills . previously accountant at a film production company . operations linked in annette schieringsenior financial analyst previously at swift capital partners european fund of funds . operations linked in catrin schmidtteam assistant trained in hotel business . previously worked for a congress & conference organiser . passionate dragonboat paddler . operations linked in heiko thielhead of finance studied business administration at linne university in v xj sweden and business sciences at the university of oldenburg . table tennis player and football fan . operations linked in earlybird facts total capital raised to date 750m number of funds raised 6 latest fund raised 2016 no . of investments made since formation in 1997 111 blog first closing of the earlybird health tech fund posted on 24 . august 2016 by earlybird vc blog today we are very happy to announce the first closing of its earlybird health tech fund . headquartered in north rhine westphalia the fund will invest primarily in the field of medical technology across europe and has a target size of 100 120 million euros . the fund s investors include nrw.bank the generali insurance group the