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Roland Dennert

Roland Dennert

Roland is a Managing Partner. He is located in Munich and is responsible for both new investments and portfolio management since 2005. He started his private equity career at 3i Group doing technology and mid-market buyout deals. Before 3i, Roland was a strategy consultant with Roland Berger and The Boston Consulting Group in Paris, as well as a robotics engineer with Hitachi Ltd. in Japan.

Roland holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Master of Electrical Engineering from ETH Lausanne, Switzerland.

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LocationMunich

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Roland Dennert

Roland Dennert

Roland is a Managing Partner. He is located in Munich and is responsible for both new investments and portfolio management since 2005. He started his private equity career at 3i Group doing technology and mid-market buyout deals. Before 3i, Roland was a strategy consultant with Roland Berger and The Boston Consulting Group in Paris, as well as a robotics engineer with Hitachi Ltd. in Japan.

Roland holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Master of Electrical Engineering from ETH Lausanne, Switzerland.

TitleManaging Partner

LocationMunich

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Diana Meyel

Diana Meyel

Diana is a Managing Partner and the company’s COO/CFO as well as a Manager to our Luxembourg entities. She is located in Munich and leads our funds’ operations and investor relations. Diana also oversees transaction structuring and represents Cipio Partners on the board of selected portfolio companies. Furthermore, she is a member of the Invest Europe Professional Standards Committee. Prior to joining Cipio Partners in 2004, Diana was a Finance Manager at Wellington Partners, the pan-European venture capital firm and worked as a Senior Risk Analyst for Dresdner Bank Group nka Commerzbank in Germany and Bogotá, Colombia.

Diana holds a degree in Banking Administration from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

TitleManaging Partner, Manager

LocationMunich, Luxembourg

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Dr. Ansgar Kirchheim

Dr. Ansgar Kirchheim

Ansgar is a Partner. He is based in our Munich office and is responsible for both new investments and portfolio management. Before joining Cipio Partners in 2021, Ansgar was a Partner at the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). Previously, he was a founder and managing director of KircTec, a German technology start-up. He started his career at ERGO Group.

Ansgar holds an economics Ph.D. from WHU – Otto-Beisheim-School of Management, Germany, and a Diploma in Physics from Humboldt University, Germany.

TitlePartner

LocationMunich

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Nils Matthies

Nils Matthies

Nils is a Principal. He is based in our Munich office and is responsible for both new investments and portfolio management. Before joining Cipio Partners in 2024, he served as Associate Director at AEQUITA - Private Equity. Before that, Nils founded and led the Voith Innovation Lab, a joint venture between The Boston Consulting Group and Voith incubating SaaS products in industrial markets. Earlier in his career, Nils was a Project Manager at Siemens Management Consulting working on assignments in Siemens’ various software businesses and was a founding team member of Next 47, Siemens’ corporate venture fund.

Nils holds a Master in Strategy and International Management (SIM) from the University of St. Gallen.

TitlePrincipal

LocationMunich

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