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Maja Markowitz

Investor Investor

Frankfurt, Hesse

Overview 

Maja Markowitz is a VC Investor based in Frankfurt, Hesse, with a background in corporate finance and private equity. She has held senior investment roles at Simon Capital and b2venture, focusing on sectors such as EnergyTech and Education, and has experience in Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Development at Bertelsmann Education Group. Markowitz has an impressive educational background with a Master of Arts from the University of St.Gallen and has invested in various stages of startups, including Pre-seed and Series A, with a focus on industries like EnergyTech and Education.

Work Experience 

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Roundtable

  • Business Development Lead Germany

    2025 - Current

    # Enabling founders to raise funds without friction # Helping business angels to invest jointly into companies # Enabling funds to launch and run their VC fund in hours

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Simon Capital

  • Senior Investment Manager

    2024 - 2024

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b2venture

  • Investor

    2021 - 2023

    - Led and supported opportunistic early growth follower investments syndicated through b2venture's LPs and angel network, including high-profile deals such as SumUp, 1Komma5°, Plantura, Aleph Farms & Nelly. - Managed the entire end-to-end deal life-cycle, including sourcing, screening, due diligence, fundraising, deal negotiation & execution, SPV structuring, and portfolio management.

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APX

  • Investment Manager

    2019 - 2021

    - Dedicated Portfolio Manager of 20 portfolio companies, supporting them in fundraising strategy, general governance, financial planning, and go-to-market strategy - Shareholder representative of APX for respective portfolio companies - Deal ownership for follow-on investment decisions - Set-up of equity management processes, financing round database and responsible for LP reporting - Owner of APX's Investor Network, introduced CRM system to cater dealflow to potential co-investors investment interests

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Bertelsmann Education Group

  • Manager: Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Development

    2018 - 2019

    - Worked on 3 transactions (>USD 650m), of which one was closed (~USD 500m) - Core areas of responsibility: financial modeling & due diligence, planning and analysis, market screening for potential targets, line-managed two direct reports

The Bertelsmann Education Group is dedicated to bringing education closer to employment.

bertelsmann-education-group.com
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Partners Group

  • Investment Analyst Private Infrastructure

    2016 - 2017

    - Responsibility for various due diligence work streams in private infrastructure deal execution - Market screening for and tracking of attractive target infrastructure assets - Monitoring responsibility for four portfolio companies, including the execution of value-add initiatives • Two solar PV plants in Italy • On-shore wind farm in France • Fiber cable network in Canada

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HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt

  • Intern Alternative Investments Institutional Clients

    2013 - 2013

Oversees relationships with the venture capital community and connects their portfolio companies to the right people at HSBC.

business.us.hsbc.com
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umantis

  • Business Development Assistant

    2011 - 2012

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HSBC Private Bank

  • Investment Advisory Intern

    2010 - 2011

Oversees relationships with the venture capital community and connects their portfolio companies to the right people at HSBC.

business.us.hsbc.com

HSG Alumni

  • Student Assistant

    2009 - 2010

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