Hendrik Brandis is a Co-founder and Managing Partner of Earlybird.

Hendrik brings together long standing investment, operational and entrepreneurial experience. He was a board member of element5 AG, where he successfully participated in its sale to Digital River (NASDAQ:DRIV) and Dianoema S.p.A., which listed on the Borsa Italiana (Milan: NOE.MI). He currently serves on the boards of Earlybird portfolio companies conject AG (Munich) and dooyoo.de AG (Berlin).

Hendrik gained his entrepreneurial experience as a Co-Founder of GMM, a group of private investors focusing on buy-outs of mid-sized companies and gained his operational experience as Project Manager in the Technology Department of Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm (now Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace) focusing on the design and innovative manufacturing processes of composite aircraft structures.

Previously, Hendrik was a Partner with McKinsey & Co., in their Munich and Madrid offices where he led McKinsey's small and mid-sized company initiative and participated in creating McKinsey New Venture. He attended the Technical University of Munich and holds a Dipl.-Ing. (MSc equivalent) and PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering.