Rolf Nagel

Director/Board Member at Silicon Line GmbH

59 year

Consumer Services

Process Industries

Finance

Profile

Dr. Rolf Nagel was Partner and Investment Manager at Star Ventures, a leading international Venture Capital firm, for more than ten years.
He was instrumental in numerous success stories, such as Capstone Microturbines, Ciena, Floware (now Alvarion), Medigene, RF Micro Devices and Sequenom.
Prior to Star Ventures, Dr. Nagel was Investment Manager at the Deutsche Bank investment arm DBG.
Prior to working at Deutsche Bank Group, he served as the CEO of Vialog Visual Inspection Systems, Hanover, Germany.
After repositioning it successfully, Vialog was acquired by Walter AG, Tübingen, a leading German engineering firm.
Dr. Nagel holds an MBA from WHU Koblenz and a Ph.D.
in Business Economics from the University of Cologne, Germany, and he completed a scholarship at the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, USA.

Rolf Nagel active positions

Companies	Position	Start
MVP Management GmbH MVP Management GmbH Investment ManagersFinance MVP Management GmbH (MVP) is an independent German venture capital firm which was founded in 2005 by Walter Grassl, Soenke Mehrgardt and Rolf Nagel. Headquartered in Munich, MVP manages the MVP Strategic Partnership Fund, backed by corporate and institutional investors and is the prime venture capital partner of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. As such, the firm has preferred access to Fraunhofer spin-offs.	Private Equity Investor	2004-09-30
Silicon Line GmbH Silicon Line GmbH SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Silicon Line GmbH designs and manufactures analog and mixed signal integrated circuits. Its products include VCSEL driver/TIA, serializer/De-serializer and modules. The company was founded by Holger Hoeltke and Martin Groepl in 2005 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Rolf Nagel

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BEKON GmbH BEKON GmbH Alternative Power GenerationUtilities BEKON GmbH operates as a holding company which develops biogas, energy and waste treatment plants. It specializes in a dry fermentation technology that aims to revolutionize the energy and waste management industry. The firm facilitates both the production of quality compost and the use of potential energy from waste. Its focus areas encompass the plant design, construction, project financing, and plant operation and maintenance. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Unterfohring, Germany.	Director/Board Member	-
Harvest Power, Inc. Harvest Power, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Harvest Power, Inc. develops, builds, owns, and operates facilities that produce renewable energy and compost from discarded organic materials. The company was founded by Nathan R. Gilliland, Paul C. Sellew, Jan P.E. Allen, A. Paul McMenemy, and Wayne H. Davis in 2008 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.	Director/Board Member	-

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Training of Rolf Nagel

Universität zu Köln	Doctorate Degree
University of Koblenz	Masters Business Admin

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Harvest Power, Inc. Harvest Power, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Harvest Power, Inc. develops, builds, owns, and operates facilities that produce renewable energy and compost from discarded organic materials. The company was founded by Nathan R. Gilliland, Paul C. Sellew, Jan P.E. Allen, A. Paul McMenemy, and Wayne H. Davis in 2008 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.	Process Industries
MVP Management GmbH MVP Management GmbH Investment ManagersFinance MVP Management GmbH (MVP) is an independent German venture capital firm which was founded in 2005 by Walter Grassl, Soenke Mehrgardt and Rolf Nagel. Headquartered in Munich, MVP manages the MVP Strategic Partnership Fund, backed by corporate and institutional investors and is the prime venture capital partner of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. As such, the firm has preferred access to Fraunhofer spin-offs.	Finance
BEKON GmbH BEKON GmbH Alternative Power GenerationUtilities BEKON GmbH operates as a holding company which develops biogas, energy and waste treatment plants. It specializes in a dry fermentation technology that aims to revolutionize the energy and waste management industry. The firm facilitates both the production of quality compost and the use of potential energy from waste. Its focus areas encompass the plant design, construction, project financing, and plant operation and maintenance. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Unterfohring, Germany.	Utilities
Silicon Line GmbH Silicon Line GmbH SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Silicon Line GmbH designs and manufactures analog and mixed signal integrated circuits. Its products include VCSEL driver/TIA, serializer/De-serializer and modules. The company was founded by Holger Hoeltke and Martin Groepl in 2005 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.	Electronic Technology

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