Kurt Müller

President at

Target Partners GmbH

70 year

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Consumer Services

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Electronic Technology

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Mr. Kurt Müller co-founded Target Partners with his partners Berthold von Freyberg and Waldemar Jantz in 1999.
In 1986 he was the founder of Boston-based Dataware Technologies, which grew annual revenues to $41 million under his direction.
In 1993, he successfully brought Dataware public on the NASDAQ and remained chairman & CEO until 1998.
Mr. Müller also founded the search technology company Northern Light Technology in 1995.
From 1984 through 1986, he was managing director of Lotus Development GmbH in Munich.
Prior to that he worked for three years as a strategic consultant for Bain & Company in Boston and Munich.
Mr. Kurt Müller has a degree in computer science from Northwestern University in Illinois and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago.
He also studied law at Harvard Law School.
Mr. Müller is an advisory board member at Mercateo AG and ubitexx GmbH.
He was also responsible for Target Partners' investments in WLAN AG (sold to Swisscom AG in 2003), NXN Software AG (sold to Avid Technology, Inc. in 2004) and gate5 AG (sold to Nokia in 2006).
Since 2007 Mr. Müller has been a board member of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK).

Kurt Müller active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Target Partners GmbH Target Partners GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Target Partner is a venture capital investment manager focused on sectors including information technology, communications, renewable energies, environmental technology and media. The firm provides equity financing to early-stage, technology-based businesses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Target Partner invests in high-growth companies, generally in the first or second round of financing, and supports them throughout the build-out and expansion phases. The firm helps entrepreneurs develop and market products and services, build organizations, raise funds and prepare for an IPO, either on a European exchange or in the US.	President	03/11/1999

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Former positions of Kurt Müller

Companies	Position	End
Mercateo Beteiligungsholding AG Mercateo Beteiligungsholding AG Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Provides business to business online retail services	Director/Board Member	-
ubitexx GmbH ubitexx GmbH Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops and distributes management and security solutions for smart phones and PDAs	Director/Board Member	-
Falcon.io ApS Falcon.io ApS Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops social media management platform	Director/Board Member	-
MagCode AG MagCode AG Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Develops, manufactures and markets electrical connectors	Chairman	-

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MagCode AG MagCode AG Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Develops, manufactures and markets electrical connectors	Electronic Technology
Target Partners GmbH Target Partners GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Target Partner is a venture capital investment manager focused on sectors including information technology, communications, renewable energies, environmental technology and media. The firm provides equity financing to early-stage, technology-based businesses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Target Partner invests in high-growth companies, generally in the first or second round of financing, and supports them throughout the build-out and expansion phases. The firm helps entrepreneurs develop and market products and services, build organizations, raise funds and prepare for an IPO, either on a European exchange or in the US.	Finance
Northwestern University Northwestern University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
The University of Chicago The University of Chicago Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
ubitexx GmbH ubitexx GmbH Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops and distributes management and security solutions for smart phones and PDAs	Technology Services
Mercateo Beteiligungsholding AG Mercateo Beteiligungsholding AG Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Provides business to business online retail services	Retail Trade
Falcon.io ApS Falcon.io ApS Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops social media management platform	Technology Services