Pawel S. - Senior Venture Capitalist | Operator Business Angel and Advisor

Frankfurt, Germany

Experience

Jan 2022 - Present

3 years 8 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Feb 2017 - Jun 2023

6 years 5 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Focused on early-stage investments in Mobility, Digital Health, and Enterprise Software. Full investment cycle: from sourcing to portfolio management.
Evaluated 2500+ companies, sourced and closed 21 investments, which raised $430M in the following rounds. 4 acquisitions, 1 IPO (detailed track record available).
Vay: Full-stack teleoperated mobility service, raised $95M.
Bipi: Car subscription service, acquired by a Renault subsidiary.
Shift: AI-enabled manufacturing marketplace, acquired by Xometry, later IPO on NASDAQ.
Aurora Labs: AI-enabled connected vehicle software, raised $97M.
AccessOwl: Access management automation, one of few German YC companies (S22).
Spearheaded strategic initiatives such as the introduction of new software tools (Affinity, Airtable, Slack, Tracxn, etc.), setting up portfolio valuation tracking, and hiring key team members.

Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

2 years

Consumer product for electric bicycles. Tested a marketing push through Facebook and Google Ads for COBI.

Sep 2014 - Dec 2016

2 years 4 months

Bad Homburg, Germany

Responsible for the full investment cycle from sourcing to portfolio management for startups in DACH and the Nordics.
Evaluated 500+ potential deals, closed 2 investments (both acquired later), held 4 board positions.
Led strategic initiatives such as introducing PitchBook, a portfolio job board (Ventureloop), and setting up the technical infrastructure for the Creathor newsletter.

Apr 2014 - Jan 2017

2 years 10 months

Consulted startups on business development, online marketing, merchandise planning, and process optimization.

Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

1 year

D2C fashion e-commerce. Set up Facebook marketing campaigns, landing pages, creatives, and tested customer acquisition strategies.

Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

1 year

Social selling community. Set up performance marketing campaigns, optimized merchandise planning and price management.

Feb 2012 - Mar 2014

2 years 2 months

Berlin, Germany

Head of online marketing at Lamudi/Carmudi (B2C classifieds marketplaces).
Head of strategic projects at Lamoda (fashion e-commerce).
Consulted and built up operational departments at various Rocket Internet companies.