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Lucanus Polagnoli
Managing Partner at Calm/Storm Ventures
Berlin, Berlin
Overview
Lucanus Polagnoli is the Founder and Managing Partner of Calm/Storm Ventures, with a background as a Kauffman Fellow and experience in investing in purpose-driven founders in sectors like Digital Health and Health IT. His career highlights include being a General Partner at Speedinvest and serving on the board of whatchado, while investing in companies like doctorly and ThinkSono to support their growth and success.
Work Experience
Founder & Managing Partner
2020 - Current
VC focusing on super early stage in digital health and wellbeing
Kauffman Fellow
2022
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
Startup Mentor
2019
Mentor for Pre-Seed & Seed Stage Startups in Digital Health & Wellbeing Industry
Committee Member
2020
Committee Member & Ambassador D-A-CH @ Leading Tech GP/LP Event European Emerging Manager
General Partner
2014 - 2019
Partner Investments (Board Seat) in Digital Health Startups Second Nature, Ivary, Doctorly, Playbrush, Diagnosia, ThinkSono
Board Member
2016 - 2018
career orientation for millennials
Managing Director
2013 - 2015
helped founders scaling and raising capital
Restructuring & Interim Management
2010 - 2013
helped entrepreneurs turnaround their businesses
Turnaround Manager - Non Executive Director
2012 - 2013
helped owners to find a gold mine
Interim Manager - CFO
2013 - 2013
helped owners carve out the business finding a new CEO and structure a new team
M&A - Advisory - Audit
2004 - 2010
KPMG Vienna, Austria KPMG Rotterdam, Netherlands KPMG Melbourne, Australia