Dr. Rainer Strohmenger

Dr. Rainer Strohmenger joined Wellington in 1997 and became a Partner in 2000 with responsibility for the Life Science portfolio. During his 24 years in venture capital, he has been responsible for the financing of more than 25 portfolio companies, 7 of which were taken public (including Actelion/acquired by J&J, Oxford Immunotec/acquired by PerkinElmer and immatics), and 9 were successfully exited through trade sales (incl. MTM Laboratories acquired by Roche, Definiens acquired by AstraZeneca and invendo medical acquired by Ambu). Dr Strohmenger represents Wellington on the boards of portfolio companies Adrenomed, AMBOSS, eGenesis (observer), iOmx, Koa Health, NEUWAY, Quanta and SphingoTec. Prior to joining Wellington, Dr Strohmenger was involved in research work in the fields of cardiovascular physiology and health economics. He holds a Doctor of Medicine and a Master of Economics degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (Germany), and was trained at the Entrepreneurship Center of MIT, Boston (USA). Dr Strohmenger is a Member of the Venture Capital Council at InvestEurope and a Member of the Senate of the German Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW).