Yann Fiebig appointed new partner at High-Tech Gründerfonds

July 3, 2024

Deep Tech and Climate Tech expert joins the partnership of early-stage investor

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), one of the leading seed investors in Europe, has appointed Yann Fiebig as partner with effect from 1 July 2024. The engineer has been investing in Deep Tech and Climate Tech startups at HTGF since 2016. Yann recognised high-potential topics such as New Space and Quantum Technologies very early on and led pioneering investments for HTGF.

Yann Fiebig holds degrees in electrical engineering and industrial engineering from the RWTH Aachen and the École Centrale Paris and was educated in venture capital at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Prior to joining HTGF, he supported the entry of the international energy supplier Enovos into the German market in various positions.

Yann looks back on five successful portfolio exits, including Envelio to E.ON (2021), Fazua to Porsche (2022) and Wiferion to a US OEM (2023). In HTGF’s industrial tech team, he co-designed the allocation strategy and contributed his conceptual and analytical skills to the development of the HTGF IV fund model. Yann actively supports his portfolio on the board, focusing on product-market fit and product management best practices.

Romy Schnelle, Managing Director of HTGF, comments: “With his outstanding expertise and commitment, Yann Fiebig creates significant value to our start-ups and our fund. He has established himself as an expert with pioneering investments in the areas of Deep Tech and Climate Tech and is a role model for our team. Yann shares his in-depth knowledge with the team and supports our young talents in pursuing a performance-orientated investment approach from the outset. We are proud to welcome Yann Fiebig to our partnership and look forward to working with him.”

Commenting on his appointment as Partner, Yann Fiebig said: “I am very excited to shape the future of HTGF as a Partner. My biggest motivation is to work with the founders to build world-leading Deep Tech and Climate Tech companies, and thus to drive the European ecosystem forward. These fields are crucial to address the grand challenges of our time.”

About High-Tech Gründerfonds  
The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 750 start-ups since 2005. In its four seed funds, HTGF has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise, entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 6 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 180 companies.
Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.

Media contact 
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH 
Tobias Jacob, Senior Marketing & Communications Manager  
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