Benedikt Herles Ph.D Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Venture Partner

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Benedikt Herles Ph.D General Information

Biography

Dr. Benedikt Herles served as Venture Partner at Vito Ventures. He also served as Board Observer at Wirepas. He joined Vito Ventures from global venture capital firm e.ventures where he was part of the European early stage investment team covering various industries ranging from eHealth to FinTech. Before becoming an investor, Benedikt worked as a management consultant in a major strategy-consulting firm. For his research on the irrational aspects of economic value creation, Benedikt was awarded a doctoral degree from EBS University Wiesbaden. Prior to his doctorate, Benedikt studied Economics and Management at the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, as well as the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. With a passion for writing, Benedikt is also a published author. His latest book about management- and innovation-culture achieved bestselling status in 2013 and 2014. Benedikt loves traveling, sailing, skiing and good food.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Venture Partner, Vito Ventures
Education
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Degree
Gender
Male

Benedikt Herles Ph.D Lead Partner on Deals (3)

Benedikt Herles Ph.D has been the lead partner on 3 deals. Their latest deal was with CrateDB, a business/productivity software company. The deal was made for on 30-Dec-2019.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
CrateDB 30-Dec-2019 Later Stage VC (Series A) Completed Business/Productivity Software Redwood City, CA
Micropsi Industries 28-Jun-2017 Completed Business/Productivity Software San Francisco, CA
Wirepas 22-Mar-2016 Completed Business/Productivity Software Tampere, Finland

Benedikt Herles Ph.D Network (38)

Board Members (12)

Name Company Representing Location From
Carl-Erik Mattila Wirepas Self Tampere, Finland
Juha Lehtola Wirepas Tesi Tampere, Finland
Wirepas Wirepas Tampere, Finland
Wirepas Karma Ventures Tampere, Finland
Wirepas Wirepas Tampere, Finland

Portfolio Executives (26)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Jeff Olson CrateDB Chief Revenue Officer 30-Dec-2019 Redwood City, CA
Sergey Gerasimenko CrateDB Chief Technology Officer 30-Dec-2019 Redwood City, CA
CrateDB Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director & Board Member 30-Dec-2019 Redwood City, CA
CrateDB Head, Finance 30-Dec-2019 Redwood City, CA
CrateDB Chief Marketing Officer 30-Dec-2019 Redwood City, CA

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