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.

Werner is a Managing Partner. He is located in Munich and is responsible for both new investments and portfolio management. Prior to co-founding Cipio Partners in 2003, he was Senior Principal of Atlas Venture, a global VC firm focused on IT, Communications and Life Sciences, and member of its global management and investment committees. Before, Werner was VP Strategic Development for NASDAQ-listed Viasoft Corp., following the sale of his company, R&O Software-Technik, one of Europe’s largest system software developers. Werner founded R&O in 1984 after a career in IT strategy consulting.

Werner holds a MSc in Computer Science with a minor in Psychology from Bonn University.

Diana is a Managing Partner and the company’s COO/CFO. She is located in Munich and leads our funds’ operations and investor relations. In addition, she also oversees transaction structuring and represents Cipio Partners on the board of selected portfolio companies. 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.

Christoph is a Managing Partner. He is located in Munich and is responsible for both new investments and portfolio management. Before joining Cipio Partners in 2005, he managed the private equity direct and fund investments of a family office and previously, he was an investment banker at Broadview based in the UK and in the US, where he advised growth and mid-market companies across a number of industries in M&A and financing transactions.

Christoph holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Master in Management from ESCP-EAP, Paris.

Alexander is a full-time Venture Partner. He is located in Munich and is responsible for both new investments and portfolio management. Before joining Cipio Partners in 2018, Alexander has co-founded windeln.de SE, grew the business as its CEO to more than €200 million revenues and took the company public at the Frankfurt stock exchange. Previously, he worked for Siemens AG in various management roles and, before that, was a co-founder of 12snap AG. He started his career in management consulting at A.T.Kearney.

Alexander holds a Master of Science from Stanford University and a Diploma in Industrial Engineering from TH Karlsruhe, Germany.