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Operating Partner for PE- & VC-backed B2B Tech Portfolio Companies across Europe · M&A Operational Due Diligence · Carve-Out · PMI · Operational Turnaround · 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇧

📍 Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2018
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Oct 2018
Sharpist is the leading digital coaching platform helping organizations drive measurable business impact through personalized leadership and people development. OUR SOLUTION We combine 1:1 digital coaching with personalized learning programs and powerful analytics to transform how organizations develop their leaders and high-potential employees. WHY COMPANIES CHOOSE SHARPIST • 81% Utilization Rate - The highest in the industry (vs. industry average of 30-40%) • 83% Knowledge Application - Leaders actively apply coaching insights in daily work • 4.9/5 Session Rating - Exceptional coach quality and learner satisfaction • 100% Data Security - All interactions remain on our secure platform • Measurable ROI - Clear metrics on leadership improvement and business impact WHO ARE OUR CUSTOMERS We partner with forward-thinking HR and L&D leaders at companies across technology, financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. OUR APPROACH Through our data-driven platform, we create customized coaching journeys that align with your organizational goals, whether thats improving retention, developing high-potentials, or supporting major transformations. Contact us to discover how digital coaching can transform your people development strategy.
Co-Founder and Board Member
Aug 2016
Since 2016, our berlin-based French Tech community brings entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, public organisations and other talents together and enables those actors to benefit from the dynamics of the French and German Tech ecosystems.
Investor
Oct 2015
Referral-only society for innovative, next-generation HR practitioners. Currently 1,500+ members globally.
Experience · 9 entries
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2024
General Partner & Strategic Advisor
Mar 2024
Inovexus is a cross-border acceleration fund platform investing in early-stage B2B tech founders with a global ambition.
2023
Partner
Oct 2023
► We are a reliable, hands-on, result-and impact-driven strategic partner, providing expertise and resources to help businesses successfully introduce their products or services to the market and achieve sustainable growth. ► Over the past 25 years, we have gathered extensive cross-industry experience in fast-paced corporate and startup environments, navigating the numerous challenges associated with product ideation, launch, product-market fit, internationalisation, scalability and growth. ► We now leverage this experience to assist our clients in addressing the complexities of Go-to-Market (GTM) and growth strategies in the German market.
2020
Startup Mentor
May 2020
Business France est l’agence nationale au service de l’internationalisation de l’économie 🇫🇷. Elle est chargée du développement international des entreprises et de leurs exportations, ainsi que de la prospection et de l’accueil des investissements internationaux en France. Elle promeut l’attractivité et l’image économique de la France, de ses entreprises et de ses territoires. L’équipe bi-culturelle de Business France DACH et Pays-Bas, allie connaissances du marché et compétences commerciales à l’international pour vous accompagner dans tous vos projets à destination des marchés allemands, autrichiens, suisses et hollandais. Contacts : Martin Winder, Nathalie Schlitter, Léa Gautheron
2018
Investor
Oct 2018
Sharpist is the leading digital coaching platform helping organizations drive measurable business impact through personalized leadership and people development. OUR SOLUTION We combine 1:1 digital coaching with personalized learning programs and powerful analytics to transform how organizations develop their leaders and high-potential employees. WHY COMPANIES CHOOSE SHARPIST • 81% Utilization Rate - The highest in the industry (vs. industry average of 30-40%) • 83% Knowledge Application - Leaders actively apply coaching insights in daily work • 4.9/5 Session Rating - Exceptional coach quality and learner satisfaction • 100% Data Security - All interactions remain on our secure platform • Measurable ROI - Clear metrics on leadership improvement and business impact WHO ARE OUR CUSTOMERS We partner with forward-thinking HR and L&D leaders at companies across technology, financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. OUR APPROACH Through our data-driven platform, we create customized coaching journeys that align with your organizational goals, whether thats improving retention, developing high-potentials, or supporting major transformations. Contact us to discover how digital coaching can transform your people development strategy.
2016
VP Business Development & Strategic Partnerships / Member of the Management Board
Oct 2016
Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20,000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to peoples homes and modernised our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are working for fossil freedom. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vattenfall Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/vattenfall Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VattenfallGroup Privacy Policy: https://group.vattenfall.com/site-assets/privacy-policy---general
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2015–2018 · 3 investments
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