Jens Busse

Jens Busse is an Investment Director with a sector focus on Cosmetic Solutions, Sustainability and Specialty Additives. He is located in Germany and responsible for the region Scandinavia. Jens holds board seats at  Interface Polymers and Numaferm GmbH and is also a member of the investment committee of the High-Tech Gründerfond and Gründerfond Ruhr.

Prior to joining the team, Jens was heading the growth line Upstream Solutions within CREAVIS, the strategic innovation unit of Evonik Industries. Jens and his team focused on different innovation topics in the search field areas Hydrogen Solutions, Gas Separation and Membranes. From 2001 to 2009 he worked as Project Manager within the Process Technology department of Evonik Industries. In this time the main focus of his work was operator training simulation and energy optimization of chemical sites. After studying mechanical engineering and process technology at the Ruhr University of Bochum, he earned his PhD in process synthesis.