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Ines Kolmsee

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

Partner, Matterwave Ventures

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Matterwave Ventures
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Record updated 18 September 2026

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Ines Kolmsee is a Partner at Matterwave Ventures. Prior to joining Matterwave, she was on the Executive Board of Aperam SA, a stainless steel producer. Prior to that, she was CTO at EWE AG, a German utility with a large renewables base. Before that, she was CEO at SKW Stahl- Metallurgie, a formerly private-equity owned company that she took public in 2006. She also co-founded a start-up in the renewable energy space. Ines currently holds board positions in Prysmian SPA, Topsoe A/S and Etex SA. Prior to that, she also served on the boards of Umicore SA, Boralex Inc, Suez SA, Fuchs Petrolub SE and Deutsche Telekom SE. Ines holds a master’s degree in Process and Energy Engineering from TU Berlin, a diploma from the Ecole des Mines de St.Etienne as well as an MBA from INSEAD. Ines’ investment focus is energy, resource efficiency and climate tech.

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