Roland Dennert

Managing Partner at Cipio Partners | 3i | BCG | MIT Sloan MBA | EPF Lausanne

📍 Greater Munich Metropolitan Area, Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 20 investments📅 24 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Apr 2025
Druid AI helps enterprises work smarter with human-centric, agent-based AI that actually works. Powered by the Druid Conductor, its platform develops and manages intelligent agents that simplify processes, enhance interactions, and produce measurable business impact with enterprise-grade security and governance. With over 250 partners and 350 clients worldwide, Druid AI leads the evolution of intelligent enterprise automation, where people and AI collaborate to achieve more. Druid AI offers comprehensive solutions for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments. 🔗 Discover how Druid AI Agents can transform your business today! (https://druidai.com/demo) 🤝 If you want to join our team, check out our Jobs section on LinkedIn – https://druidai.com/jobs. Were always looking for talented people who wish to embark on our journey and contribute to how AI and automation are helping people work better.
Board Member
Jun 2024
FintechOS provides the world’s first AI-Fluent, Unified Product Operations Platform, purpose-built to help financial services companies comprehensively modernize their financial product lifecycle with unprecedented speed, intelligence, and control. It is the only platform that empowers customer life-centric innovation across an entire business portfolio in areas such as deposits, lending, cards, insurance, and wealth, in both retail and commercial areas. Over 60 clients worldwide, including Groupe Société Générale, Admiral Insurance Group, and Howden Group, use FintechOS to modernize core infrastructure, expand into new markets, or address new business models such as embedded finance, avoiding lengthy implementations or risky migrations of core systems.
Board Member
Jan 2023
Chez Welcome to the Jungle, nous travaillons pour rendre le travail excitant et durable. Comment ? En offrant des solutions innovantes aux entreprises pour qu’elles développent leur marque employeur et renforcent leur attractivité. Mais aussi en créant une expérience et des contenus inspirants qui donnent les clefs aux travailleurs et aux entreprises pour redéfinir les règles du travail. Notre job board aide les talents du numérique à explorer le monde professionnel et à trouver les opportunités les plus excitantes. Le tout grâce à la richesse de nos contenus et à nos milliers d’offres d’emploi accessibles à travers lexpérience la plus immersive du marché. Nos solutions B2B rendent les entreprises plus attractives en faisant rayonner leur marque employeur et en leur permettant d’offrir une expérience de recrutement fluide à leurs candidats et recruteurs. Notre média donne aux travailleurs et aux entreprises le pouvoir de redéfinir les règles pour un travail plus durable, en explorant le futur du monde professionnel avec nos experts et en partageant les expériences et conseils de travailleurs et leaders inspirants. Nous en sommes convaincus : un autre travail est possible, un travail durablement excitant et vertueux, qui prend soin des personnes comme du monde. Un travail qui réconcilie l’entreprise et ceux qui la font. Oui, nous avons de grandes ambitions pour le travail. Nous exigeons qu’il nous inspire, nous excite, nous rende libres et fiers, qu’il renforce notre capacité à transformer positivement le monde. Nous voulons donner au travail une place durable dans nos vies. Welcome to the Jungle en chiffres : > Fondée en 2015 > Une équipe de plus de 300 personnes basée dans le centre ville de Paris et de Prague. > 2,9M+ visiteurs uniques sur notre site internet chaque mois. > Plus de 5000 entreprises clientes parmi lesquelles Sephora, Groupe Fnac Darty, My Little Paris, Leboncoin, Société Générale, PwC France, Amazon, EY, Johnson & Johnson, Checkout.com...
Board Member
Jul 2019
Agorapulse is the secret ingredient for social media managers and marketing leaders whose ambition is to drive real business results. Social media is no longer just an afterthought. It has become a strategic asset that drives brand awareness, lead generation, and revenue growth. We help marketing teams and agencies centralize their efforts, track ROI, and prove their value. Social media becomes more than just content—it becomes a driver of success. Trusted by major brands, Agorapulse empowers marketing teams to amplify their impact and position themselves as essential players in their organization’s growth through a series of powerful features. From publishing and inbox management to detailed reporting, our platform delivers measurable results and allows ambitious brands to take their social media strategy to the next level with exclusive tools including: - Social Media ROI - Listening - Employee Advocacy Ready to transform your social media strategy?
Board Member
Apr 2018
EyeEm is a global marketplace for premium stock photography. The platform is powered by its patented, AI based computer vision software that automatically analyses the content of an image, and fuelled by a global network of photographers, telling real stories from around the world. EyeEm’s Personalised Aesthetics Search allows brands to find on brand visuals quickly and reliably. With millions of creative photographers contributing to EyeEm, the Berlin-based company is home to some of the world’s greatest images. EyeEm was founded in 2011 and has offices in Berlin and New York.
late stagePhotography
Board Member
Jan 2016
Silicon Mobility, an Intel company, is a full-stack technology player that powers control solutions for cleaner, safer, and smarter mobility. The company designs, develops, and sells flexible, real-time, safe, and open semiconductor solutions for the automotive industry. These solutions are used to increase energy efficiency and reduce pollutant emissions while keeping passengers safe. Silicon Mobility’s products control electric motors, battery and energy management systems of hybrid and electric vehicles. By using Silicon Mobility’s technologies, manufacturers can improve the efficiency, reduce the size, weight, and cost of electric motors, and increase the battery range and durability. Some key benefits of using Silicon Mobility’s technologies include: - Improved efficiency of electric motors - Reduced size, weight, and cost of electric motors - Increased battery range and durability Silicon Mobility’s technologies and products accelerate the car’s powertrain electrification and the deployment of driverless vehicles for OEMs. To learn more about Silicon Mobility and its products, visit their website or contact them for more information.
early stageSemiconductors
Board Member
Dec 2013
Buying prescription glasses online used to be exclusive to the high street. However, in 2004 MyOptique challenged that, changing the way we buy eyewear by making it not only accessible online but affordable, safe, and easy too. Now we are home to two main e-commerce brands, Glasses Direct, now the UK's most-trusted online prescription glasses retailer, and Sunglasses Shop, home to some of the world's most iconic eyewear brands. We listen to our customers. Their feedback, concerns, and satisfaction are what help push us to improve our service. They help us adapt to an ever-changing landscape, and keep us ahead of the game. Working together across two UK locations - London and Swindon - MyOptique Group holds strong core values that run throughout the company, we call this our WIRED philosophy. It incorporates: Working Together Innovation Respect and Trust Entrepreneurial Spirit Diversity Learn more about MyOptique Group or discover job opportunities on our website.
late stageRetail
Board Member
Jun 2013
Cint is a global leader in research and measurement technology. We connect brands, researchers, academics, or anyone with a question, to the world’s largest network of over 800 suppliers, representing millions of engaged respondents, in 130+ countries. The Cint Exchange allows users to get their surveys answered and gather insights at scale to build business strategies, develop research-enabled solutions, publish credible research, and more. Lucid Measurement by Cint, our advanced set of media measurement solutions, gives advertisers, media owners, and agencies the tools to measure the effectiveness and brand lift of cross-channel advertising campaigns in real time to optimize media performance while campaigns are live. Both products leverage Cint’s global network of suppliers including panel providers, mobile apps, loyalty programs, and other online communities. These companies use our audience monetization tools to monetize their communities by matching them to survey opportunities. At Cint, we’re feeding the world’s curiosity. Cint Group AB (publ), listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (STO: CINT), has a global workforce of over 800. Cint has offices in Stockholm, London, New York, New Orleans, Singapore, Gurgaon, and Sydney, among other locations.
Board Observer
Sep 2007
BroadLight is a leading provider of highly integrated networking and embedded processors enabling fiber grade quality of service delivery for central office and customer premise equipment. BroadLight’s fiber grade architecture powers network equipment vendors serving telecommunication operators’ fiber access, fixed mobile networks and connected digital homes worldwide.
Board Member
Dec 2005
Board Member
Mar 2005
Jungo Ltd is now part of Cisco through the acquisition of NDS: The Connected Home division of Jungo Ltd. (Formerly Jungo Residential Gateways) is now part of the Cisco Videoscape Unity platform, Jungo Connectivity Ltd. a provider of IVI Multimedia Connectivity Solutions and Driver Development Solutions is a divestiture of the Connectivity Division of Jungo Ltd.
Board Member
Jan 2005
Ipanema Technologies was acquired by Extreme Networks from InfoVista in September 2021. Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) creates effortless networking experiences that enable all of us to advance. We push the boundaries of technology leveraging the powers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions and rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver progress like never before. For more information, visit Extreme's website or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. https://www.extremenetworks.com/
Board Member
Jul 2002
We empower Commercial Innovators to reshape business experiences through advanced services and software solutions. As a leading global provider of 3D technologies, we drive creativity, collaboration, and efficiency in the commercial sector for product manufacturers. Our core values revolve around enabling businesses to push the boundaries of what is possible, transforming their ideas into reality and revolutionizing the way products are designed, manufactured, and marketed. By leveraging our advanced services and software, our clients accelerate innovation, streamline processes, and deliver compelling customer experiences. Engineer the Excitement with 3DEXCITE.
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2025
Board Member
Apr 2025
Druid AI helps enterprises work smarter with human-centric, agent-based AI that actually works. Powered by the Druid Conductor, its platform develops and manages intelligent agents that simplify processes, enhance interactions, and produce measurable business impact with enterprise-grade security and governance. With over 250 partners and 350 clients worldwide, Druid AI leads the evolution of intelligent enterprise automation, where people and AI collaborate to achieve more. Druid AI offers comprehensive solutions for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments. 🔗 Discover how Druid AI Agents can transform your business today! (https://druidai.com/demo) 🤝 If you want to join our team, check out our Jobs section on LinkedIn – https://druidai.com/jobs. Were always looking for talented people who wish to embark on our journey and contribute to how AI and automation are helping people work better.
2024
Board Member
Jun 2024
FintechOS provides the world’s first AI-Fluent, Unified Product Operations Platform, purpose-built to help financial services companies comprehensively modernize their financial product lifecycle with unprecedented speed, intelligence, and control. It is the only platform that empowers customer life-centric innovation across an entire business portfolio in areas such as deposits, lending, cards, insurance, and wealth, in both retail and commercial areas. Over 60 clients worldwide, including Groupe Société Générale, Admiral Insurance Group, and Howden Group, use FintechOS to modernize core infrastructure, expand into new markets, or address new business models such as embedded finance, avoiding lengthy implementations or risky migrations of core systems.
Board Member
Jun 2024
Where there is sport, there is Spiideo - Spiideo delivers astonishingly powerful, innovative, and user-friendly solutions to the global sports community that shape the world of sports video production, analysis, and consumption. Spiideo’s fixed and mobile camera systems for both indoor and outdoor sports integrate directly through the cloud with Spiideo Perform (analysis) and Spiideo Play (automated broadcasting). With features such as AutoFollow, AutoData™, CloudStudio Anywhere and virtual panorama technology, Spiideo users have a full suite of tools to take their video to the highest level. Sports organizations and media-rights holders are able to eliminate manual filming processes, analyze the performance in a single platform, share footage from the cloud, and automate broadcasts. More than 2,000 organizations are currently using spiideo, including teams in the Premier League, NHL, Serie A, MLS, NBA, Ligue 1, NCAA, and Bundesliga. Spiideo’s solution is also used by customers such as the USL, NWSL, SEC, Sweden’s Allsvenskan, Icelands Pepsi Max League, Denmark’s Metal Ligaen, and various rights holders throughout both Europe and North America. Spiideo was founded in Malmö, in the south of Sweden, in 2012. Since then, the company has expanded and now has an international presence across Europe, North America, and Asia. #capture #every #moment
2023
Board Member
Jan 2023
Chez Welcome to the Jungle, nous travaillons pour rendre le travail excitant et durable. Comment ? En offrant des solutions innovantes aux entreprises pour qu’elles développent leur marque employeur et renforcent leur attractivité. Mais aussi en créant une expérience et des contenus inspirants qui donnent les clefs aux travailleurs et aux entreprises pour redéfinir les règles du travail. Notre job board aide les talents du numérique à explorer le monde professionnel et à trouver les opportunités les plus excitantes. Le tout grâce à la richesse de nos contenus et à nos milliers d’offres d’emploi accessibles à travers lexpérience la plus immersive du marché. Nos solutions B2B rendent les entreprises plus attractives en faisant rayonner leur marque employeur et en leur permettant d’offrir une expérience de recrutement fluide à leurs candidats et recruteurs. Notre média donne aux travailleurs et aux entreprises le pouvoir de redéfinir les règles pour un travail plus durable, en explorant le futur du monde professionnel avec nos experts et en partageant les expériences et conseils de travailleurs et leaders inspirants. Nous en sommes convaincus : un autre travail est possible, un travail durablement excitant et vertueux, qui prend soin des personnes comme du monde. Un travail qui réconcilie l’entreprise et ceux qui la font. Oui, nous avons de grandes ambitions pour le travail. Nous exigeons qu’il nous inspire, nous excite, nous rende libres et fiers, qu’il renforce notre capacité à transformer positivement le monde. Nous voulons donner au travail une place durable dans nos vies. Welcome to the Jungle en chiffres : > Fondée en 2015 > Une équipe de plus de 300 personnes basée dans le centre ville de Paris et de Prague. > 2,9M+ visiteurs uniques sur notre site internet chaque mois. > Plus de 5000 entreprises clientes parmi lesquelles Sephora, Groupe Fnac Darty, My Little Paris, Leboncoin, Société Générale, PwC France, Amazon, EY, Johnson & Johnson, Checkout.com...
2020
Board Member
Sep 2020
MICROOLED delivers OLED Near-Eye Displays (NED) for a wide range of products, such as video glasses, head-mounted sports devices, camera viewfinders, medical applications and many other professional devices worldwide. We provide our customers with the best high definition OLED microdisplays featuring very low power consumption and excellent image quality for highly demanding applications such as : - Video glasses, - Head-mounted sports devices, - Camera viewfinders, - Medical applications, - And many other professional devices worldwide. The best high definition OLED microdisplays featuring very low power consumption and excellent image quality.
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