Managing Partner
Felix Krause
Photovoltaics, Mobility Solutions, Logistics
As an active business angel and partner at Vireo Ventures, Felix helps pre-seed and seed companies thrive. He also coaches and mentors start-ups and innovation departments in the areas of business model development, B2B sales and financing.
Prior to founding Vireo Ventures, Felix was an investment partner at innogy Ventures, the venture capital arm of one of Europe’s largest utility companies. As the first external employee, he set up the Berlin office and built up the entire investment thesis as well as the corporate communications. At innogy Ventures, he had end-to-end investment responsibility for early to growth stage investments in North America, Europe and Israel across the Future Energy, Smart City and Mobility investment areas. In addition, he led the „Future of Cities“ investment segment (Mobility, Smart City and PropTech) for the expanded innogy Innovation HUB (60+ investments and €162m under management) and helped the Innovation HUB evolve from a company builder to a renowned seed investor.
Felix has been part of the startup scene for more than a decade, founding two companies, leading the European expansion of a US startup as MD and supporting founders as consultant, interim manager, trainer and mentor. He holds an MSc in International Business Studies from the University of Maastricht.
The Vireo Team
Felix Krause
Managing Partner
Lou Arzur
Investment Manager
Matthias Engel
Managing Partner
Mischa Wetzel
Managing Partner
Sandro Michelmann
Associate
Sven Heiligtag
Partner
Thomas Labryga
Partner
Advisors Council
Dr. Carl-Peter Forster
Advisory Board
Louise Hahn
Advisory Board
Dr. Marie-Theres Thiell
Advisory Board
Samuel Leupold
Advisory Board
Christopher Burghardt
Advisory Board