About Ricardo Schaefer

Ricardo Schaefer is a Partner at Target Global. He has also been a Founding Partner at Loric Ventures, an Early Stage Investor at Seedcamp, and an Angel Investor. Ricardo Schaefer has been in the venture capital and investment industry for over six years. He started their career as an early stage investor at Seedcamp, where they were a part of the investment team for Fund III. During their time at Seedcamp, He invested in many leading FinTech and PropTech companies such as Revolut, Habito, and Planradar. In 2016, he left Seedcamp to start their own venture capital firm, Loric Ventures. Loric Ventures was built with the intention of investing in early stage FinTech and PropTech companies across Europe and the US. Some of the companies in Ricardo Schaefer's portfolio include Revolut, Habito, Planradar, Nested, OTA Insight, and Housfy. In 2020, He left Loric Ventures to join Target Global as a Partner. Ricardo Schaefer reports to Mike Lobanov, Founder & Partner. Some of their coworkers include Anke Irdelp - VP, Special Projects, Feyo Sickinghe - Head of Digital Assets, and Pedro Barros - Head of Investor Relations. A direct report to he is and Lina Chong - Investment Director. He was a founding investor of WeGotPOP, a workforce platform for the film and tv production industry which was later acquired by Entertainment Partners, and continues to be an active angel investor in companies across Europe and the Emerging Markets. Ricardo holds a PhD in Economics and Social Studies from FAU Nürnberg-Erlangen and a Diploma in Economics from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.