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Dr. Jochen Haller
Senior Advisor @ BadenCampus | Investor | Board Member | VC for Deep Tech from Energy, Cleantech and Industry
About Dr. Jochen
I help ambitious founders and entrepreneurs to successfully scale deep tech innovations in energy, clean tech and industry - with a tailored venture capital strategy and experienced business development.
🌍 My mission:
Making business models, industry and the economy smarter and more sustainable - for a future worth living.
I have been supporting and investing in technology-driven B2B startups and SMEs since 2005. My focus is on cloud/SaaS, IIoT, new mobility as well as corporate development, M&A and venture capital.
📈 What I offer:
- Pre-seed & seed investments
- Strategic advise & board mandates
- Network access to investors and industry partners
Expertise in entrepreurship, sales and corporate development.
I look forward to exchanging ideas with founders and investors who want to drive real innovation.
🚫 Note: Contact requests from the areas of personal coaching, marketing services, content production or real estate will not be answered in order to maintain focus.
Experience
- LP InvestorMay 2025 - Present · 4 mosMunich, Bavaria, GermanyCurrent
- LP Syndicate InvestorFeb 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mosCurrent
- Founding PartnerOct 2022 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mosMannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyCurrent
- Senior Advisor, Startup Scout Energy & AutomationJan 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mosFreiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · RemoteCurrent
Strategic advise for leaders and entrepreneurs of industrial and energy companies (corporates, SMEs and startups) in the fields of Corporate Development/M&A, Corporate Innovation/VC and Corporate Venturing. Skills: Innovation Management · Corporate Development · Innovation Systems · Start-up Consulting · Corporate Advisory · Ecosystem Management · Startup Development · Corporate Partnership Development · New Venture Development · Venture Capital · Start-up Ventures · Corporate Venture Capital
- Investor & SupporterAug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 1 moMannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyCurrent
- InvestorAug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 1 moMunich, Bavaria, GermanyCurrent
Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society
- Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture CapitalJul 2015 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mosLudwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyCurrent
- Chairman of the BoardNov 2021 - Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mosHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Head of Marketing & SalesAug 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 5 mosMunich, Bavaria, Germany
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
- Innovation Manager IncubationFeb 2020 - Jul 2020 · 6 mosStuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Siemens Digital Industries Software
- Sales Executive New Business Industrial IoTNov 2017 - Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mosStuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Managing Director (CEO) (Acquired by certgate GmbH in 2017)Jun 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 10 mosUlm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Investor & Chairman of the BoardMay 2015 - Oct 2022 · 7 yrs 6 mosKassel, Hesse, Germany
Hochschule Mainz - University of Applied Sciences
- Adjunct Professor of Finance and InvestmentMar 2015 - Jul 2016 · 1 yr 5 mosMainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Investor & Board Member (Acquired by a private investor in 2011)Jan 2010 - Aug 2011 · 1 yr 8 mosMannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Co-Founder & COO (Acquired by a private investor in 2016)Oct 2009 - Jun 2016 · 6 yrs 9 mosFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Transforce Mergers & Acquisitions GmbH
- Senior Advisor Corporate Finance/M&AApr 2009 - Oct 2017 · 8 yrs 7 mosDüsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Managing Director (CCO)Apr 2008 - Feb 2009 · 11 mosHeidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Head of Finance, HR & Administration (CFO)Jun 2007 - Apr 2008 · 11 mosWiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
- Assistant to the CEOApr 2005 - Jun 2007 · 2 yrs 3 mosBrunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
Education
- Technical University of MunichDigital Transformation & Entrepreneurship2017 - 2017
- FernUniversität in HagenMaster of Science - MS, EconomicsOct 2005 - May 2006
- University of StuttgartDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Industrial EconomicsJan 2002 - May 2005
Grade: summa cum laude (best 5%) Thesis: "Copyright Protection in the Music Industry - An Economic Analysis"
- University of MannheimMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Operations Research, Information Economics, Industrial ManagementApr 1997 - Dec 2001
Grade: 2.0 (best 5%) Thesis: "Information Technology and the Boundaries of the Firm" (grade: 1.3)
Skills
Other
Mergers & AcquisitionsStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentCorporate DevelopmentInnovation ManagementEcosystem EcologyCorporate Venture CapitalInvestmentsStart-up ConsultingInnovation SystemsTechnology TransferVenture CapitalStartup DevelopmentCorporate AdvisoryStart-up VenturesEcosystem ManagementCorporate Partnership DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipStartupsNew Venture Development
At a glance
Experience21 years
Currently atGET Fund
Based inGermany
Studied atTechnical University of Munich
Roles20
Skills20
LanguagesEnglish · German · French
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