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Item of Christian’s private collection of historic artefacts centering around the ritualistic use of psychedelics: 

Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft, crossroads, and guardian of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Statue from 1st - 2nd century A.D.

The Eleusinian Mysteries were the most famous mystery cult in ancient Greece held in honour of the goddess Demeter at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis.

Hecate, 1st - 2nd century A.D., the guardian of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the most famous ancient psychedelic cult.

Apeiron Investment Group is the family office and private investment firm of entrepreneur and investor Christian Angermayer.

With more than $2.5b under management and over 50 people across six international locations, Apeiron focuses on Life Sciences, FinTech & Crypto, Future Tech, Natural Resources & Energy, and Experiences, Hospitality & Happiness.

Apeiron has a global approach and deploys its capital across the entire company lifecycle, from founding companies in-house, seed/start-up investments, to large-scale investments in listed companies.

Apeiron predominantly invests its own capital, making us highly entrepreneurial, reliable and flexible.

Christian Angermayer

Christian Angermayer

Apeiron Founder

Christian Angermayer is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Apeiron Investment Group.

Christian is the driving force behind the current renaissance of psychedelics - and the development of psilocybin and DMT as potential treatments for a wide range of mental health conditions. In 2018, he founded atai Life Sciences, which has a pipeline of more than 10 therapeutic candidates targeted at the world’s most prevalent and damaging mental health illnesses, including depression, anxiety, and addiction.

With his biotech companies rejuveron Life Sciences and Cambrian Biopharma, Christian is developing medical drugs with the aim to significantly prolong the human life span - and health span to match. Because, after all, we all want to live healthier, happier and longer lives.

Christian is an active thought leader and is an advisory council member of the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research, chaired by Prof. David Sinclair, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, a member of the Milken Institute Young Leaders’ Circle, a partner of the Munich Security Conference, an advisor to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and a founding member of President Macron’s “Scale-Up Europe” initiative. His Angermayer Policy and Innovation Forum convenes international heads of states, politicians, investors, and scientists coming together to discuss and address global priorities.

Passionate about the arts and film, Christian has been the executive producer of 26 feature films to date, including the critically acclaimed movies Filth (2013), Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014), Resistance (2020) and the Zack Snyder movie Army of Thieves (2021).


Entrepreneurial,reliable& flexible.

Our current portfolio encompasses more than 100 high-growth tech companies in Europe, North America, and Asia. We have founded three unicorns, and have also been the lead investor in two additional unicorns and two decacorns.

 

5 Reasons To Work With Us

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Most institutional investors usually just provide capital. In contrast, we provide a hands-on, value-add approach to all our portfolio companies. We actively help entrepreneurs to create and crystallize value.

Christian backed us very early on in our journey. He provided tremendous value through his network and strategic advice throughout the years which helped us build out Deposit Solutions and become a global fintech player.
Tim Sievers - Founder & CEO Deposit Solutions

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Most investment managers just manage external money and are bound by an abundance of rules and constraints. We primarily invest our own capital, which enables us to be a truly long-term and reliable partner.

In 2020, 'spacetech' is a hot space in VC. and everybody wants to invest. Yet, Christian had already seen the trend and invested five years ago. It goes to show that he has a fantastic sense for new trends. He was the one who convinced me that joining Mynaric was the right next step for me after my long career at SpaceX, I have not regretted that decision.
Bulent Altan - Member of the management board, Mynaric

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We have masterminded some of the most successful IPOs and venture deals over recent years and are well-known for this. As a result, we have strong connections with the world’s leading investors, who closely follow our activities and invest alongside us.

Isar Aerospace has the bold vision to revolutionize space access for small and medium satellites and to become Europe’s premier launcher. And such a bold vision needs equally bold visionaries as supporters and investors. We are very grateful that Christian has entrusted us right after the first meeting and has been one of our first seed investors, and a loyal investor ever since in every round. His team and partners – foremost Bulent Altan – have been an immense operational help as well. Without them, our success wouldn’t have been possible.
Daniel Metzler, Founder Isar Aerospace

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We are entrepreneurs at heart. We know from our own experience that there will also be challenging times in the lifecycle of any company. Companies need us most when others turn their backs on them. We truly support our entrepreneurs.

We are grateful for Apeiron taking the lead on our Series A investment and supporting many aspects of our company's launch from stealth. Christian's commitment to mental health innovation is unwavering, and he continues to serve as an excellent resource by connecting Alto with high-visibility thought leadership placements that strengthen our brand and business.
Amit Etkin, MD, PhD, Founder & CEO, Alto Neuroscience

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We are the largest investor globally in psychedelics. Making people truly happy is our No. 1 goal and inspires us to act with integrity, commitment, and conviction.

Christian helped us recruit a key executive and assemble a high-quality group of investors who are aligned with our mission. I can't recommend him strongly enough to any startup looking for a highly engaged, extremely well-connected investor.
George Goldsmith - Founder & CEO, Compass Pathways

Our Team Members

Aaron Weaver

Managing Partner

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Focused across life science and deep tech verticals with 15+ years of financial markets experience. Investing across the full company lifecycle and helping to found the next generation of world-changing companies.

Aaron-Weaver
Fabian Hansen

Founding Partner Presight Capital

Fabian-Hansen

Fabian is a co-founder of Presight. Fabian was an early investor in numerous category-defining companies and serves on the board of Peptilogics, Beren, Alloy, Valoreo and Angiex. In 2020, he was featured in Forbes’ “30 under 30” list in the Finance category.

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Jan Hardorp

Founding Partner re.mind Capital

Jan-Hardop

Senior investment professional, manager, entrepreneur and coach with 20+ years of experience with globally leading organisations in healthcare private equity, FinTech, investment banking, media and strategic management consulting.

Jan-Hardop
Jefim Gewiet

Managing Director Apeiron Investment Group Ltd.

Jefim Gewiet

Jefim has been with Apeiron for more than 6 years and has been the COO of Cryptology Asset Group since 2018. In addition to his financial expertise, he is passionate about translating his skills into investing into sustainable, particularly crypto-related business models.

Jefim Gewiet
Julien Hoefer

Managing Director Apeiron Investment Group Ltd.

Julien-Hofer

Business lawyer having worked in international law firms in London, Frankfurt and Berlin. Strong focus on business and capital markets law, now working as Managing Director of Apeiron Investment Group.

Julien-Hofer
Lorin Van Nuland

Head of Proprietary Investments, and CEO, 029 Group

Lorin-van-Nuland

Heads up Proprietary Investments at Apeiron and is also CEO of 029 Group. Over 16 years of experience across venture, company building and public markets. New York University graduate.

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Marc Weber

Chief Financial Officer

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Having worked across different parts of the financial services industry for over 20 years, including investment banking, private equity and FinTech, Marc now serves as CFO for the Apeiron group.

Marc-Weber
Marlon Braumann

Founding Partner Elevat3 Capital

Marlon-Braumann

Marlon is a passionate investor and entrepreneur. He started his first company while at university and has accompanied various other ventures as a founder or angel since. He holds a PhD in Economics and is passionate about animal and nature conservation in Africa.

Marlon-Braumann
Max de Vere

Founding Partner re.mind Capital

Max-de-Vere

Investing into impactful companies led by force-of-nature founders. 10+ years of experience in consulting and company-building.

Max-de-Vere
Mike Oakes

Head of Communications

Mike Oakes

Mike has 20 years of experience in communications and editorial roles and was previously at The Economist, EY, the Middle East Economic Digest, and Virgin Atlantic. He holds an MA in Middle East Politics and a BA in Economics and Accounting.

Mike Oakes
Nick Nigam

Co-Founder and General Partner, Apeiron Partners

Nick-Nigam

Early-stage venture capital investor, previously at Samsung Next and helped to establish their presence in Europe. Former banking and institutional finance lawyer with Morgan Lewis, and Dewey & LeBoeuf. MBA from MIT.

Nick-Nigam
Paul Robinson

Chief Legal Officer

Paul Robinson

A highly experienced lawyer with over 20 years of in-depth legal practice within the venture capital/distressed debt/private equity/investment banking and asset management sectors. Skilled at Debt/Equity/M&A deal execution, fund establishment, deal and team management as well as providing legal and commercial advice to the C-Suite and UHNWI.

Paul Robinson
Paula Laborda

Head of Operations

Paula Laborda

Paula has over 14 years’ fund and investment banking operations experience in buy and sell-side environments, including in operational due diligence.

Paula Laborda
Philipp Schreiber

Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff

Philipp-Shreiber

Philipp is Chief Operating Officer at Apeiron. His focus lies on venture investments and company building.

Philipp-Shreiber
Salvatore Lavallo

Director - MENA

Salvatore Lavallo

Salvatore Lavallo, joined Apeiron from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) in 2023, where as Head of FDI Attraction he was instrumental in bringing many well-known international businesses to Abu Dhabi and promoting the Emirate’s investment landscape. Salvatore first came to Abu Dhabi in 2011 to study at New York University - Abu Dhabi, then joined McKinsey and Company’s Abu Dhabi Office, and was a Senior Advisor to the Tony Blair Institute before joining ADIO. He was also the youngest person to visit every country on earth.

Salvatore Lavallo
Stacy Holmes

Chief People and Talent Officer

Stacy-Holmes

Stacy leads human resources and recruiting at Apeiron and our funds, as well as advising our portfolio on talent acquisition. He was formerly Head of People and Workplace at Bill Gates-backed ResearchGate, the world's largest network for scientists.

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Thomas Hanke

Founding Partner Elevat3 Capital

Thomas-Hanke

Before co-founding Elevat3 together with Christian and Marlon, Thomas worked in various leading positions in the areas of small and mid-cap private equity and venture capital since 2009. Thomas holds a degree in business administration from the University of Würzburg.

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Tobias Buck

Head of Special Situations, Apeiron Investment Group

Tobias-Buck

Investing across mid- to large-cap companies across private and public markets for the last 10 years with a focus on TMT, consumer goods, FinTech. Previously with Goldman Sachs and a special situations buyout firm. Loves art and travel.

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Vincent Wobbe

Head of Public Markets Investments & ECM/DCM

Vincent-Wobbe

Vincent is an experienced Corporate Finance professional with extensive capital markets and business development expertise. He has led numerous transactions, raising capital for corporations in excess of €30bn. Prior to joining Apeiron, he spent over a decade in investment banking.

Vincent-Wobbe

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