Hansjoerg Ruof

Mr. Hansjoerg has been a Senior Venture Partner at Nanostart AG in Frankfurt since May 2008.
Before joining Nanostart, he took over responsibility for 3i´s German Portfolio Team in January 2007 until end of march 2008.
Before he has been an investment director at 3i since 2000.
He started his career as a consultant for midsized companies and joined the venture capital industry in 1996.
Hansjoerg has managed numerous deals covering the complete life cycle of investments in the private equity and venture capital industry.
He has a wealth of experience in investment and portfolio management, including restructurings, further funding and in the preparation and execution of exits.
Exits realised include IPO´s trade sales as well as secondary buy outs and (multi-case) secondary transactions.
Key deals that he has managed include the IPOs of Varetis AG (directory assistance software), CAA AG (communication and navigation devices in cars), Nanogate AG (nanotechnolgy), and the trade sales respectively secondaries of Interbrand Pro (print and paper industry), Cocreate (software) and Rodcraft (penumatic tools).
Hansjoerg is highly active within the German venture capital industry and has a broad network of contacts.
He has studied engineering in Kassel (Dipl.
Ing.), and gained a second degree in economics from the Technische Universität in Munich (Dipl.
Ing.
Dipl.
Wirtsch.
Ing.).