Friedrich Bornikoel joined TVM Capital in 1987. He has 20 years of experience in venture capital and has been a Managing Partner of TVM Capital since 1997. His investment activities focus primarily on companies in the following sectors: software, industrial applications, design and planning tools, telecommunications and semiconductors.
Currently Mr. Bornikoel represents TVM Capital on the Board of Directors of alfabet AG (Berlin), iTAC Software AG (Dernbach) and VPIsystems (Holmdel, NJ). For many years he served on the board of SCM Microsystems, an early TVM Capital lead investment, and various other portfolio companies. He was a member of the Board of the German venture capital organization BVK from 2003-2007.
Prior to joining TVM Capital, he managed a large program of public R&D grants administered by the Federal Minister of Science and Technology (BMFT) in the area of advanced microelectronic components and sensors based on fiberoptics, integrated optics, and semiconductor technologies, as well as related design methods.
Prior to joining BMFT, he was a project leader at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Technology in Munich.
Friedrich Bornikoel earned his master in physics (Diplom Physiker) at the Technical University of Munich.
