Itziar Estevez Latasa

Itziar joined the team in 2019. She focuses on late-stage and growth capital investments in the DACH region, mainly in Germany. Her areas of expertise include B2B software, data and analytics, cyber-security and industry 4.0 technologies.

Prior to joining the team, Itziar spent 10 years as a venture investor at Next47 and Siemens Venture Capital. Her past investments and portfolio responsibilities include Black Duck (acq. by Synopsys), Thinkstep (acq. by Sphera / Genstar Capital), Braincube, Polarion (acq. by Siemens), Wurldtech (acq. by GE), Encelium (acq. by OSRAM), LogRhythm (acq. by Thoma Bravo).

Previously, Itziar worked at The Boston Consulting Group in the London and Munich offices with a focus on Private Equity and energy projects. She started her career at BMW where she gained operational experience in the Munich production plant designing, implementing, and optimizing production lines.

Itziar holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Technical University Munich (Germany) and Universidad of Navarra (Spain), and an MBA from London Business School (UK).