Yaron Valler brings a genuinely technical foundation to venture capital rare among European investors - an Intel engineer who contributed to the design of the second-generation Pentium processor before founding and selling several of his own companies. He moved to Berlin in 2010 to invest in the city's early startup ecosystem through Hasso Plattner Ventures, and co-founded Target Global with longtime partner Shmuel Chafets in 2015, building a pan-European fund with a specific focus on companies targeting trillion-dollar markets in fintech and mobility. That early conviction produced Delivery Hero's 2017 Frankfurt IPO and continued growth-stage support for TravelPerk through its own public debut, and Valler has helped grow Target Global into a firm managing more than €3 billion with a portfolio spanning Revolut, Auto1, and Rapyd.
Previous Experience
Chip Design Engineer, Intel (contributed to the second-generation Pentium processor)
Founded and sold several companies
Partner, Hasso Plattner Ventures (from 2010, investing in Berlin's early startup ecosystem)
Notable Investments
Delivery Hero DHER.DETravelPerkAuto1 Group AG1.DEPlentificMinitwefox
Career Timeline
2000s
Works as a chip design engineer at Intel, contributing to the design of the second-generation Pentium processor, before founding and selling several companies.
2010
Moves to Berlin and joins Hasso Plattner Ventures, investing in the city's still-nascent startup ecosystem.
2015
Co-founds Target Global with Shmuel Chafets, going international with the fund initially based in Berlin.
2017
Delivery Hero, an early Target Global bet, completes its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
2024
TravelPerk, a company Valler led the growth funding for, completes its public debut.