Andre Retterath
Investor @Black Forest Labs
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WORK HISTORY
Investor @Black Forest Labs
Freiburg, DE
AI lab for visual intelligenceSeries A (2024)+ Series B (2025) investorRaised $450m+ from a16z, Salesforce, Nvidia, Northzone & more
EDUCATION
University of Cambridge
Management (Semester abroad), GPA: 4.0/4.0 (German 1,0) - best 1%
University of Applied Sciences Koblenz
B.Eng. Mechatronics (Dual Degree), GPA: 3.7/4.0 (German 1,6) - best 5%
Durban University of Technology
Electrical Engineering (Semester abroad), GPA: 4.0/4.0 (German 1,0) - best 1%
Georgia Institute of Technology
Management (Semester abroad), GPA: 4.0/4.0 (German 1,0) - best 1%
Harvard University
Management (Semester abroad), GPA: 4.0/4.0 (German 1,0) - best 1%
Technical University of Munich
M.Sc. Management, GPA: 3.8/4.0 (German 1,3) - best in graduation class
Technical University of Munich
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics/Finance
ABOUT ANDRE RETTERATH
Interested in venture capital, AI & data? Follow my weekly newsletter a General Partner in Earlybird\'s Munich office where I head the firm’s AI and infrastructure investment practice, with a particular focus on frontier models, databases, developer, design, and automation tools. Moreover, I have a deep passion for the intersection of AI, media, and content creation.I’ve led investments and/or hold board seats at Aleph Alpha, Black Forest Labs, Ceartas, Celus, CTRL (exit to Sana Labs), DeepCode (exit to Snyk), Energy Robotics, EthonAI, Sintra AI, Snyk, spAItial AI, thingsTHINKING (exit to Aleph Alpha), and TopK, among others.Before transitioning into VC in 2017, I gained more than 5 years of experience as a process automation and predictive maintenance engineer at ThyssenKrupp and further insights as a management consultant at GE North America. I conducted my Ph.D. at the Technical University of Munich on the topic of \"Machine learning and the value of data in venture capital\". Moreover, I hold a M.Sc. in Management and a B.Eng. in Mechatronics Engineering and was previously educated at Harvard University, University of Cambridge, and Georgia Institute of Technology, among others.
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