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Lise Rechsteiner

General Partner - Vsquared Ventures

Germany

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

  • PhD (Dr. Sc.)

    Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

    (2009 - 2014)

  • Visiting Researcher

    Hitotsubashi University

    (2012 - 2012)

  • Master of Arts (MA)

    University of Zurich

    (2003 - 2009)

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2022

  • Member of Expert Jury Horizon 2020 EIC SME Instrument/EIC Accelerator

    2019

  • Founding Partner & Managing Director

    2018 - 2020

    Early stage deep tech VC with investments in quantum computing (Zapata Computing, Universal Quantum), ML/AI (Kebotix, modl.ai, Sanctuary, Genesis Therapeutics) & robotics (Saga Robotics) https://propagator.vc/

  • Investment Director

    2017 - 2018

    http://www.nordicimpact.no

  • Investment Manager

    2015 - 2017

    Venture Capital and Portfolio Management.

2014 - 2015

  • Managing Director

    2014 - 2015

    Managing Director and Co-Founder of Rocket Internet's Helpling Sweden.

2014 - 2015

  • Head of Nordics

    2014 - 2015

    Responsible for launching Rocket Internet's marketplace, Helpling, in the Nordic markets. Initial set-up in Finland and Sweden.

2013 - 2014

  • Consultant

    2013 - 2014

    Consulting and training of start-ups and public analysts on open source and competitive intelligence.

2009 - 2014

  • Research Associate

    2009 - 2014

    Research and teaching at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation, Department of Management, Technology and Economics (Industrial Engineering).