Christian Bogatu — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Investment Director at SPRIND (German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation) since 2022, identifying and supporting innovators with a billion Euro budget.
Served as Venture Partner for Eurazeo, a large EU-based Venture Capital fund, from 2018 until 2024, investing in cleantech startups.
Co-founded and served as CEO of Fresh Energy from 2017 until 2020, which was sold to EWE at the end of 2020.
Co-founded and served as Managing Director of KIWI from 2011 until 2017, building a city-scale handsfree access-as-a-service system.
Co-founded Kirsen Global Security in Silicon Valley, which became a global leader in container security and exclusive provider for DB Schenker.
Holds/held Board memberships including innogy Digital Transformation Board, German PropTech Initiative (GPTI), and Vali Berlin.
Holds a Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in security technology and logistics and a master (Diplom) in chemical engineering from the University of Technology in Berlin, Germany.

Biography

Christian Bogatu is an investor and serial entrepreneur with a focus on deeptech innovation. Since 2022, he serves as an Investment Director at SPRIND, the German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation. In this role, he is responsible for identifying and supporting innovators with radical ideas, leveraging SPRIND's billion Euro budget.