After graduating from WU Vienna, Andreas worked for several VC and PE funds in the DACH region and gained experience in all pre-IPO equity investment cycles. He has carried out numerous transactions and was a member of various advisory boards and supervisory boards of his portfolio companies. During his time as an independent M&A/corporate finance consultant, he advised on several buy- and sell-side transactions as well as various investment vehicles in Germany and abroad.
Andreas is a member of the board of AVCO, the branch representative of the Austrian venture capital industry, and has a doctorate in Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management with a thesis on the value added of venture capital funds (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Växjö University, Vienna University of Economics and Business). Andreas is a university lecturer for financing topics and has published books and articles on VC and PE topics.