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Hendrik Brandis is a co-founder of Earlybird, focusing on companies from high-tech industries such as semiconductors, telecommunication and medical equipment. Prior to joining Earlybird, he was a Partner with McKinsey & Co., in their Munich and Madrid offices. There, he led McKinsey’s small and midsize company initiative and participated in creating McKinsey New Venture.

Hendrik gained his entrepreneurial experience as a co-founder of GMM, a group of private investors focusing on buy-outs of midsize companies.

He has also worked as a Project Manager in the Technology Department of Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm (now Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace) focusing on the design and innovative manufacturing processes of composite aircraft structures.

He attended the Technical University of Munich and holds a Dipl.-Ing. (MSc equivalent) and PhD degrees in Aerospace Engineering.

Hendrik serves on the boards of conject AG and dooyoo.de AG