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Alexander Kudlich is a Co-Founder and General Partner of 468 Capital, the Berlin- and San Francisco-based venture capital firm he co-founded in 2020 with Ludwig Ensthaler and Florian Leibert after nearly a decade on Rocket Internet's management board; he also serves on the supervisory boards of tonies SE and Marley Spoon Group SE.
Alexander Kudlich is Co-Founder and General Partner of 468 Capital, a Berlin/San Francisco VC firm he co-founded in 2020 with Ludwig Ensthaler and Florian Leibert. Born 1980 in Bonn, Germany, he holds a business administration degree from the University of St. Gallen, an MA in Philosophy from UCL, and an MBA from ESMT Berlin. He began his career in 2005 as Executive Assistant to Axel Springer CEO Mathias Doepfner, moved in 2008 to zanox.de AG (now AWIN AG) as Global Head of Advertiser Sales and Regional Managing Director for APAC/CEE, then joined Rocket Internet SE in 2011, serving on its management board until March 2020, before co-founding 468 Capital. Its initial fund raised roughly EUR170 million for early-stage deep-tech investments in machine learning, open-source software, and automation. Kudlich also serves on the supervisory boards of tonies SE (since 2021) and Marley Spoon Group SE (since 2023), and holds advisory roles at Razor Group, Woom, and Linearity.
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- Co-Founder & General Partner, 468 Capital
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- Berlin, Germany
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- Who is alexander-kudlich?
- Alexander Kudlich is Co-Founder and General Partner of 468 Capital, a Berlin/San Francisco VC firm he co-founded in 2020 with Ludwig Ensthaler and Florian Leibert. Born 1980 in Bonn, Germany, he holds a business administration degree from the University of St. Gallen, an MA in Philosophy from UCL, and an MBA from ESMT Berlin. He began his career in 2005 as Executive Assistant to Axel Springer CEO Mathias Doepfner, moved in 2008 to zanox.de AG (now AWIN AG) as Global Head of Advertiser Sales and Regional Managing Director for APAC/CEE, then joined Rocket Internet SE in 2011, serving on its management board until March 2020, before co-founding 468 Capital. Its initial fund raised roughly EUR170 million for early-stage deep-tech investments in machine learning, open-source software, and automation. Kudlich also serves on the supervisory boards of tonies SE (since 2021) and Marley Spoon Group SE (since 2023), and holds advisory roles at Razor Group, Woom, and Linearity.
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- alexander-kudlich is Co-Founder & General Partner, 468 Capital, based in Berlin, Germany.
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Alexander Kudlich, born 1980 in Bonn, Germany: Lic. oec. in Business Administration, Finance and Accounting, University of St. Gallen; MA Philosophy, University College London; MBA, ESMT Berlin. 2005-2007 Executive Assistant to the Chairman and CEO at Axel Springer AG; 2008-2011 Global Head of Advertiser Sales and Regional Managing Director at zanox.de AG, now AWIN AG; 2011-2020 Member of the Management Board, Rocket Internet SE; since 2020, General Partner, 468 Capital GmbH and Co. KG. Also Supervisory Board member at tonies SE since 2021 and Advisory Board member at Apollon Fulfillment, arive, Bernhard Schulte, Compado, Linearity, Razor Group, TalentSpace, and Woom
tonies SE: Alexander Kudlich - CVVerified2022-04-29 - 2
Alexander Kudlich served on Rocket Internet's management board for nine years before departing at the end of March 2020, then co-founded 468 Capital, a 170 million euro venture fund targeting roughly 25 early-stage deep-tech companies focused on machine learning, open-source software, and automation
Handelsblatt: Alexander Kudlich: Ex-Rocket-Vorstand investiert kuenftig in junge Tech-UnternehmenVerified2026-08-12 - 3
Alexander Kudlich joined the Supervisory Board of Marley Spoon Group SE as a Non-Executive Director
Marley Spoon Group SE: Marley Spoon SE Supervisory Board Transition CompletedVerified2023-09-11