About Frederic Hofmann

Frederic Hofmann is the Co-Head of ING Ventures, the €350m corporate venture capital fund of ING Bank, investing in early and growth stage companies shaping the future of financial services and beyond banking. In parallel he is co-founder and on the investment committee of Slamdunk Capital, a seed fund focused on investing into scalable European tech start-ups. Fred has 17 years principal investment experience and has completed over 75 private equity and venture capital investments in Europe, the US and Asia. Prior to joining ING Ventures in early 2018 he was a Director at Anthemis, a leading fintech venture capital firm, before which he worked for Goldman Sachs, Bridgepoint and Open Capital. Frederic Hofmann worked for Bridgepoint Capital for four years in their London based deal execution and portfolio team. He was involved in the acquisition, refinancing and disposal of several leading European businesses primarily in the healthcare, retail and transport sectors. Prior to Bridgepoint, Frederic helped build an internet services business in Milan called Netesi until it was sold to Telecom Italia. Frederic started his career as an investment banking Analyst in the Communications, Media and Technology group at Goldman Sachs in London. Frederic received a BA (Hons) in International Business from the European Business School in 1999 and a Master in Business Administration from SDA Bocconi in 2004. He is a German national and is fluent in German, English, Italian and French.