Co-Founder & General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital · Joined 1997
View Live Interactive Profile →Hendrik Brandis brought a genuinely technical foundation to venture capital - a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, followed by years leading McKinsey's small and mid-sized company initiatives - before co-founding Earlybird Venture Capital in Hamburg in 1997 with Christian Nagel, Roland Manger, and Rolf Mathies, making it one of Europe's oldest continuously operating venture firms. His current focus sits at the intersection of deep tech and hard science, with board seats at Marvel Fusion, a fusion energy startup, and Isar Aerospace, a European launch vehicle company, alongside enterprise bets like Aiven and eleQtron. Over nearly three decades, Brandis has helped build Earlybird into one of Europe's most established venture platforms, backing companies through IPOs including Delivery Hero and TeamViewer, and has served as an EVCA board member and Chairman of its Venture Capital Platform Council.