# Top 35 Clean Energy Angel Investors in Europe in October 2023

## Philipp Kloeckner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech

Philipp has been product manager and inhouse SEO at the market leading price comparison in Germany (Idealo.de) for 6 years. He specializes in the fields of accessability, crawlability and onpage optimization of websites with 1M+ subpages.Since 2011 Philipp Klöckner focuses on search consultancy and angel investing to share his experience insearch marketing, product and business intelligence with publishing houses, e-commerce companies and start-ups as an independent consultant and angel investor.

## Matt Wilkins
- Type: Angel
- Location: Saint Albans, Hertford, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Clean Energy, Crowdfunding

Matt Wilkins is the Advisor at Clim8 Invest.

## Christian Passet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software, Smart Home

Christian Passet - System Developer and Co-Founder @ Flatout Technologies

## Somayeh Taheri
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, GreenTech, Blockchain

Somayeh Taheri is a CEO and Co-Founder at UrbanChain.

## Kai Klapdor
- Type: Angel
- Location: Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CleanTech, Clean Energy

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## Matthias Ernst
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, Software, Clean Energy

Matthias Ernst is a Managing Partner at ARRtist. He previously worked at XLETIX and attended IESE Business School.

## Josh Hart
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, CleanTech, Real Estate

Josh Hart is the Chief Product & Technology Officer and Co-Founder of YuLife. An experienced executive and entrepreneur, creating value in a digital world, helping big businesses adapt leveraging the power of web, mobile and data. Inspiring and enthusing teams to push the boundaries of what has been done before, creating award winning digitaland mobile strategy, managing through to execution both within the UK and Internationally.

## Maxime Hurtebize
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, Electronics, Health Care

Maxime Hurtebize is an Investment Officer - Financial Institutions at PROPARCO. He attended emlyon business school.

## Ron Hillmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS

Ron Hillmann is a Co-Founder, Investor, and Principal C-Level at allmyhomes. Ron previously worked at Peak Ace AG as a Board Member. He attended Technische Universität Berlin, the Universität der Künste Berlin, and Freie Universität Berlin.

## Maximilian Both
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CleanTech, Clean Energy

Maximilian Both is the Founder and Managing Director at Rabot Charge. Maximilian Both attended Tu Vienna.

## Moritz Poewe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CMS, Content Creators

Moritz areas of responsibility involve strategic consulting to portfolio companies in particular when related to BI and IT structural topics as well as deal flow management. He is a constant sparring partner to CTOs of the portfolio companies providing guidance in IT processes. He supports companies in HR efforts by filling the pipeline andinterviewing candidates.Moritz is a former CTO of a nightlife and community platform in Germany.

## Andreas Kupke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Drones, Biotechnology, Satellite Communication

Andreas Kupke is the COO at Finanzcheck.de.

## Roman Scharf
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, Video Editing, Financial Services

General Partner at 3VC.

## Marcus Mosen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Supply Chain Management

Marcus Mosen

## Doug Monro
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Legal, Clean Energy

Doug was most recently COO of property portal Zoopla. From 2008 he led the growth of the team from 5 to 75 people and the site to number 2 in UK property with 5M visitors a month, organically and through acquisitions. Previously he was MD of Gumtree.com, the UK's largest classified ads site, where he built the team and business through a fungrowth ramp after acquisition by eBay in 2005.Prior to Gumtree, Doug worked for eBay UK, Bain & Company, Unilever and also as an entrepreneur. Doug has a BA in English from Cambridge, an MBA from Kellogg, and hates to admit he is a qualified accountant.

## Tim Schumacher
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Internet, SaaS

Tim Schumacher is a Managing General Partner at World Fund. Tim previously worked at Sedo.com as a Member Board Of Directors. He attended University of Cologne and Stockholm School of Economics.Tim Schumacher Co-Founded and was the longtime CEO of the publicly traded company Sedo AG, which currently has revenues of 130m euros per year andmaintains approximately 350 employees. Since 2012 he has dedicated his professional career to the German startup scene, acting both as a business angel and mentor for young companies with economic potential. His current startups, among many others, are Eyeo/Adblock Plus, Aklamio, Hitfox and Ecosia.

## Jonathan Seaton
- Type: Angel
- Location: Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Education, Internet

Jonathan Seaton is the co-founder and chief executive officer at Twinkl.

## Alexandre Berriche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Alexandre Berriche is currently the CEO of Fleet, a startup which simplifies the access, management and a sustainable renewal of computers for start ups, scale ups and SMB, helping you focus on your growth.He is also an angel investor (companies include Kocomo, Claap, Finary, Convelio and more) and scout for Sequoia Capital.Before launchingFleet he was VP of Operations and Expansion at Ironhack and Managing Director of Jumia Tunisia, a Rocket Internet’s company.Alexandre is trilingual and holds degrees from IESEG, le Wagon and Victoria University.

## Duran Cesur
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Clean Energy, Nanotechnology, Machine Learning

Duran is an experienced strategy and investment professional. While working for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) with blue chip clients, Duran built expertise in growth strategy and due diligence and gained considerable skills in operational improvements and organisational restructuring. As Director of Strategy and Business Analysis at Global Data(formerly Progressive Digital Media), Duran worked on the largest acquisition in the company’s history and carried out multiple projects with a direct impact on the bottom line. Duran is currently Head of Strategy for the Sturrock & Robson Group and an Investment Manager at Excelsa Ventures. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Swarthmore College.

## Stuart Gardner
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Funding Platform, Delivery Service, Sustainability

Stuart Gardner

## Doug Scott
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Clean Energy, Crowdfunding

Doug Scott

## Erik Nygard
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Clean Energy, Crowdfunding

Erik is the Founder and CEO at Kofa.

## Edgard Vermeersch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: CRM, Energy, Software

Edgard Vermeersch - Owner @ Itineris

## Kerry Ritz
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, B2B, Energy

Kerry Ritz works with early-stage business in the following areas: CEO support (everything to do with running the business); international growth and expansion; market or investor positioning; setting up and running a Board; building a team, interactions with investors (pre and post fundraising); sales, business development and marketing. Mostrecently he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the ABN-AMRO/Techstars Future of Finance Programme in Amsterdam. He is an international advisor to SeedStars and is a mentor with Techstars, MassChallenge, and WAYRA. He is also on the investment committee as an Expert Judge on the EU EIC Accelerator which provides grant and equity to deep-tech, high growth SME’s. Previously, he was an evaluator with EIT-Health for both Innovation and Accelerator and was a member of the Investment Committee for the COVID-19 emergency grant programme in 2020; judge at EIT-Mobility; advisor and evaluator to the Director General, Research & Innovation Foundation, Government of Cyprus; evaluator at Africa for Heroes; and judge at MassChallenge in Switzerland and Israel.He currently sits on several Boards as an independent Director and is an advisor to several early-stage and high growth companies. He is also an active angel investor with investments in the UK, EU, and US. Kerry has a broad range of international experience with both start-ups and corporates. He was Managing Director of MassChallenge UK. Prior to that, he was Chief Marketing Officer of FTSE 250 Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, where he was responsible for marketing, sales, customer service, fulfilment, marketing technology, product management, and customer insight including their migration to a digital business. He has also been CEO of Palringo and VP Business Development for EVRYTHNG, both innovative early-stage VC-backed start-ups. Kerry has a track record of bringing innovative and disruptive businesses to market: he was the President of Vonage UK and was one of the Founding Directors and one of the first 20 employees of “3”, the first 3g mobile operator in Europe. Although Kerry is originally Canadian, he has been in Europe for more than 30 years and has lived in the UK, France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

## Marcus Exall
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Software

Marcus is Vice President Marketing at Student.com. The focus of his role is to build traffic, enquiry and booking volume opportunities across channels and markets by leading a team of marketing professionals to build the the most trusted brand in the market.Marcus has been in marketing for 22 years with a focus on digital marketing for the last18 years. He founded and grew his own digital ad agency, Blue Barracuda, until its sale to DraftFCB in 2011, where he continued as Digital Director for 3 years. He is an adviser to and investor in various start-ups, as well as an active supporter of causes Projects for All and The Rainmaker Foundation.

## Tobias Schuett
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CleanTech, Clean Energy

Tobias Schuett is the CEO at DZ-4.

## Andrew Cocker
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Clean Energy, Crowdfunding

Andrew Cocker

## Julian Teicke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Restaurants, Human Resources

Julian Teicke has 4 current jobs including Co-Founder & Non-Executive Chairman at handly, Co-Founder and CEO at wefox, and Founder at EMPAUA. Additionally, Julian Teicke has had 1 past job as the Co-Founder & COO at DeinDeal. He attended the University of St.Gallen.

## Christoph Ostermann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kempten, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Energy

Christoph Ostermann is a Co-Founder at Sonnen.

## Tim Bode
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, Marketplace, Clean Energy

Tim Bode

## Steve Thomson
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Clean Energy, Crowdfunding

Steve Thomson

## Monica Kalia
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Clean Energy, Crowdfunding

Monica Kalia - Trustee @ StepChange Debt Charity

## Paul Willmott
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Clean Energy, Crowdfunding

Paul Willmott

## Mo Hajhashem
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, GreenTech, Blockchain

Dr. Mo H. is a Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at UrbanChain.

## Maurice O’ Gorman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy, CleanTech, Clean Energy

Maurice O’ Gorman

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