Dirk Saßmannshausen

Dirk Saßmannshausen is the CFO and General Partner at the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund. Prior to this, they were the CFO at La Famiglia GmbH from January 2018 to January 2020. Before that, they were the Senior Controller at High-Tech Gründerfonds from September 2010 to December 2017 where they were responsible for valuation, reporting, investment controlling, process optimization, and programming. Dirk started their career as a Specialist in Structured Finance at Commerzbank AG in September 2003 where they were responsible for financial modeling, contract negotiations, process optimization, and reporting.

Dr. Saßmannshausen has a degree in economics from the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and a Master of Science in finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Dirk Saßmannshausen reports to Peter J. Nieuwenhuizen, Founding Partner. A direct report to Dirk Saßmannshausen is and Gisela van den Boom - Finance Director. They work with Udi Cottan - Venture Partner, Michael Brandkamp - General Partner, and Stéphan Roussel - Partner.