Peter Schmetz
2025 Speaker
Principal at Vorwerk Ventures

I stumbled into VC in 2018 and joined Vorwerk Ventures experiencing the company´s development during its CVC stage, helping to relaunch Vorwerk Ventures as an independent fund entity in late 2019.

Before joining Vorwerk Ventures, I worked in the Treasury Department of the Vorwerk Group in Wuppertal, where I was primarily responsible for foreign currency management and liquidity management besides assisting in managing Vorwerk´s investment fund. I spent some time in the US holding a BA in Global Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara and followed by a MA from Bergische Universität Wuppertal in European Studies.

At Vorwerk Ventures I am primarily focusing on everything around foodtech which also includes health related topics heading investments in planted foods or farmless for example.

In my spare time, I have always enjoyed playing (semi) professional football, thus you will most likely find me on a football pitch if not hunting for the next ambitious founders out there.

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