Michael is a Principal at Vsquared Ventures, a leading European deep tech VC. Vsquared Ventures backs bold entrepreneurs engineering seemingly impossible solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. Vsquared focuses its investments on quantum and novel computing, green energy, robotics, AI/ML, tech-bio and new space technologies. Before joining the world of venture capital, he was a Principal at Boston Consulting Group, where he focused on strategy and operations topics across industries. His passion for deep tech stems from his PhD work in the group of Ferenc Krausz at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, where he built cutting-edge lasers to create ultrashort deep UV pulses. He also worked on metrology for lithography optics with Carl Zeiss SMT. Michael maintains a strong network within the scientific an entrepreneurial community and advises companies on finding ways to bring true innovation into the real world!