The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Konrad Augustin, Eon Scouting and Co-Investments
Konrad Augustin has been head of the US part of Eon Scouting and Co-Investments, the corporate venturing unit of the Germany-based energy firm, since mid-2014.
Previously at German chemicals company BASF for nearly six years as an investment manager in the venture group following a two-year stint as auditor at the company, Augustin’s latest deals at Eon include Sight Machine last year. Having joined Eon as a principal in Germany in 2013, Augustin set up an office for Eon Scouting and Co-Investments in San Francisco in 2014.
It is a role Augustin relished. Named a Rising Star in 2016, he said: “It was a new kind of challenge to come to the US with just a notebook and build something from scratch.
“My ambition is to help Eon in its transformation from a utility to a customer-centric solution provider, riding the wave of changing energy markets and solving energy challenges in a sustainable way, by continuing to facilitate innovation and connections with startups.
“CVC is one of the main inflection points in which cutting-edge technology and startup entrepreneurship interlock with corporate innovation and the reinvention of established companies and businesses.”
Augustin studied general management and marketing at University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg, Germany, and at University of Connecticut. A native German, he completed his MBA in Berlin.
