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The room where founders, capital and policy meet.

A handpicked circle of founders, investors and government partners
who decide what gets built in Europe next.
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Meet Our Fellows

An invite-only circle of founders, investors and government partners — sharing rooms, deals and decisions that move Europe forward.

  • Andrea Böhmert
    Andrea Böhmert
    Investor

    Managing Partner of SBI Ventures Europe — the European arm of Japan's SBI Holdings. 20+ years across 40+ investments and 30 boards, after Knife Capital and founding Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa.

  • Patrick Metdepenninghen
    Patrick Metdepenninghen
    Investor

    Veteran operator turned investor — raised €1.5 billion across the companies he's helped build and served on the board of. Now mentoring early-stage founders on governance, capital strategy and scale.

  • Markus Häfele
    Markus Häfele
    Investor

    Attorney-turned-operator with a Law PhD and ESCP MBA. Acquired and scaled a civil-engineering company through succession, co-founded a consumer-health brand, now leading a buy-and-build platform in European infrastructure.

  • Renato Del Grosso
    Renato Del Grosso
    Investor

    Co-founder & CSO of Cube Labs — Italy's first life-sciences venture builder. 17+ years in Biopharma (Merck, Abbott, AbbVie, Intercept) before pivoting to translate academic R&D into scalable healthcare ventures.

  • Karen Aliprendi
    Karen Aliprendi
    Investor

    Monégasque senator turned founder. Operator and VP at her family's luxury-transport group in Monaco before serving in the Principality's senate. Today running KA PARTNER — capital, ethics and access for private clients.

  • Vincent Tan
    Vincent Tan
    Investor

    Venture Partner at NEXTBLUE (Berlin/Tokyo). AI/ML engineer turned investor via BCG and D4V (IDEO-backed VC). Backs consumer, AI, B2B and female-(co-)founded companies across Europe and Japan.

  • Florence Bavanandan
    Florence Bavanandan
    Investor

    Head of Platform and Operations at Launch Africa (London). Accredited Executive Coach and Civil & Commercial Mediator. Previously ran a bespoke consultancy advising HSBC and Apple on team optimisation.

The K2 Society

An invite-only community of founders, investors and government partners. We don't run pitches — we run rooms where capital, policy and talent actually meet. The numbers:
12+

Private events members-only dinners, board sessions and policy roundtables across Berlin, Monaco, London and Tokyo.

40+

Operators in the room veterans across BCG, Apple, HSBC, SBI, Knife Capital, NEXTBLUE and Launch Africa, plus the government partners shaping the runway.

€1.5B+

Raised across the network the cumulative capital our fellows have raised, allocated and stewarded — and the deal flow that flows through it.

0.1%

Acceptance Rate: invite-only and reviewed by every partner — build among the few who decide what gets built in Europe next.

For Founders By Founders

Created €12 BN in company value. Now full-time at K2.
Your direct sparring partners.
Alexandros Dohn
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Alexandros Dohn

Co-Founder of K2, connecting elite investors with exclusive opportunities.

Badr Moudden
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Badr Moudden

Co-Founder of K2, connecting elite investors with exclusive opportunities.

Our Investor Network

We work closely with the global top investors, family offices and sovereigns. K2 Members close opportunities 3–5× faster than going through traditional channels.

Wall of Love

“[...] Of everything we have experienced at EnerKíte investor events, service providers, anything, this is simply the best experience we have had by far ...”
Florian Breipohl
Founder
“This is by far and away the best and most successful fundraising event we do anywhere in the world.”
Andrew Ridgway
Founder
“It was a pleasure to participate and meet an amazing crowd of startups, investors and others at a fantastic location! Thank you K2! ...”
Niclas Ekdahl
Founder
“Working with K2 was a real turning point for myessay.io. We didn't just raise money there — we met people from the political space who genuinely helped us move forward ...”
David Börger
Founder
“I spent last week in Monaco at the K2 Investor Lounge. It was a pleasure to see so many repeating guests and also new contacts. Badr Moudden and Alexandros Dohn have organized a really great network and concept, and I was glad to see so many Monegasque personalities and companies supporting the event.”
Philip Ammerman
Investor
“K2 delivers exactly what investors look for: high-quality startups, curated deal flow and well-prepared founders. The platform cuts through the noise and enables fast, meaningful connections. For investors, it is a great source to find interesting Ventures ...”
Vincent Youci Tan
Investor
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Once you're in, doors open for life.
Capital and mentorship in the same room.
Sparring with people who've actually done it.
Membership is by invitation only.

K2 Society membership is a permanent line on your reputation, not a programme you graduate from. You walk into every room — Monaco, the GCC, Asia — and the people on the other side already know how to take you seriously. Founders, GPs, family-office principals and senior operators recognise the K2 stamp the same way they recognise a YC badge: the bar got cleared once, and that opens doors for the next decade.

Ready when
you are.
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