Sebastian Schoefer

Sebastian Schoefer, PhD, is a Principal at M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Merck, and manages several portfolio companies both in the USA and in Europe. Before M Ventures, Sebastian was an Investment Manager at High-Tech Gründerfonds, a German early-stage investor (around EUR 900 million under management), having a medtech, biotech, and materials science portfolio of 9 companies of which he successfully sold four. Prior to this, Sebastian was working in business development for two University of Cambridge spin-off companies, Eight19, a plastic solar-cell company, and Azuri Technologies, a company that develops and sells pay-as-you-go solar-home lighting systems for sub-Saharan Africa. Sebastian obtained a PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a MA in physics from the University of Texas at Austin (USA).