We are impact investors empowering systemic change

We deploy capital that is patient and flexible to founders and funds with a clear commitment to solving the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges.

Our vision is a more sustainable and equitable future

Capital is not enough for real change to happen. We aim to inspire more people and organizations to get involved in impact investing and raise the bar for impact investing efforts: better alignment of impact intentions and impact management practices, greater care for stakeholder value, longer investment horizons, and a focus on building sustainable, stable businesses. 

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Jan-Hendrik Goldbeck

Managing Director of GOLDBECK Group

“Our goal is to inspire, support, promote, and collaborate with the impact investing ecosystem on all levels - from talents to fund investors, from startups to funds. To achieve real changes in the entire ecosystem.” 

The Goldbeck family 

We are backed by the family behind GOLDBECK, a leading player in the European construction industry, and Goldbeck Solar, a company specialized in turnkey construction of large-scale commercial solar installations.

Since 1969, GOLDBECK has been a family-owned business based in Bielefeld, Germany, and is now led in the second generation by two of the sons Jörg-Uwe and Jan-Hendrik Goldbeck, while Joachim Goldbeck is leading Goldbeck Solar. 

Our team

We are led by our conviction that everyone can make a difference. We believe that our choices - small and large - have an impact. This is why we chose our careers in impact investing. Here’s more about our small and big life choices.

Miki Yokoyama

Managing Director and Partner

Marie Wennergren

Venture Partner

Jan Hendrik Heihoff

Investment Team

Mats Multhaupt

Investment Team

Zoé Bertrand-Lucas

Investment Team

Kelley Luyken

Impact & Research

Sandra Kutscha

Team Assistant

Philipp Dieckmann

Reporting and Controlling

Lisa Erichlandwehr

Asset Management

Oona Poropudas

Investment team

Oona is motivated by understanding interconnected sustainability challenges through a systems thinking perspective. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics and studied sustainability in a cross-scientific Master's program at Aalto University in Finland.

She gained a bird's eye view of the global startup landscape working as the President of Slush, one of Europe's most influential startup conferences, and worked in venture capital as an investor and ESG expert at Lifeline Ventures and the Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund.

Jan Hendrik Heihoff

Investment team

Jan is passionate about decarbonization. He has a Masters in Climate Change and Sustainable Finance from Mines Paris and EDHEC Business School and a Bachelors in Management and Technology from Technical University of Munich. Jan has investment experience at Extantia, UVC Partners, and Pelion Green Future. 

Marie Wennergren

Venture Partner

Marie has been an early stage investor since 2017. Her generalist experience ranges from deep tech to B2B enterprise software, and most recently impact investing. With Fly Ventures, Marie led the seed round in fintech 9fin, which has grown into the market leader in leveraged finance data and analytics, and Fusebox Energy, a demand response based virtual power plant.

Prior to investing, Marie worked as an operator in education and food startups in the areas of software product management, people and culture, and go-to-market.

Sandra Kutscha

Team Assistant

Sandra completed her bachelor’s and master’s degree in communication science at the University of Vienna as well as a course on social media management at the Academy for Photography and Design. She has more than 10 years professional experience at various organizations in sales management, administration, marketing, and social media.

Philipp Dieckmann

Reporting and Controlling

Philipp completed his Bachelor's degree with focus on Accounting, Finance and Controlling at HSBI Bielefeld. He looks back on 3 years of experience in various roles in Corporate Finance & Controlling.

Lisa Erichlandwehr

Asset Management

Lisa holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, specializing in Banking, from Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg and a Master's degree in International Management. She worked several years in banking before joining GOLDBECK, immersing herself in various corporate finance areas. Since 2020, she is part of the Goldbeck Family Office and supported the development of the private equity portfolio with her extensive experience in underwriting and managing Venture-, Growth-, Buyout-, and Secondaries Funds as well as startup investments with a focus on construction tech and now also impact.