Fred Kielhorn

Fred started his career in 1988 with DuPont and held positions in catalysis R&D, process development, logistics and market development over a 15 year period. In 2000, he had the opportunity to co-found NanoDrop Technologies Inc. along with Charles Robertson, Patricia Robertson and Lynne Kielhorn. During his time as president of NanoDrop, the company developed and launched three successful products for life science research. In 2007, NanoDrop was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific, and he then formed the venture capital firm, Kielvest LLC. Over several years, Kielvest made many investments into early-stage technology companies, and Fred sits on the board of directors of several of these. Fred holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Missouri-Rolla (now known as Missouri University of Science and Technology).