# Deborah Herst

> Deborah Herst is a startup investor at Fraser (Chicago). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fraser](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fraser-finance)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-palmer-herst-8a93293

Deborah Herst is a startup investor at Fraser in Chicago. Deborah Herst is the Director at Fraser Finance. Deborah Herst attended Indiana University Bloomington/ Cambridge University ('79).

## About Fraser

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Fraser is a dedicated M&A advisory and investment firm, partnering with leaders in Europe’s B2B technology sectors to unlock next levels of growth & success. Based in Berlin, London and Chicago, we advise entrepreneurs, senior management and boards on their most important strategic decisions and transactions. Alongside our clients andpartners, we also invest into selected opportunities.Since 2005, we have completed over $1BN of transactions, incl. ADTECH AG (acquired by AOL), 3GNet GmbH (acquired by iCrossing and subsequently sold to Hearst), UDG (backed with $100M+ by EQT and recently merged with PIA Performance Interactive Alliance), nugg.ad AG (acquired by Deutsche Post DHL and then sold to Zalando), Optivo GmbH (acquired by Deutsche Post DHL), explido GmbH (acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network and combined to form explido iProspect), Adglow (acquisition of Glow), Episerver AB (acquisition of Optivo GmbH, backed by Accel-KKR), Tessian (backed by Sequoia), diffferent GmbH (acquired by Syzygy, part of WPP), and m-pathy GmbH (acquired by Verint).For further information or to contact a member of our senior team, please visit: https://www.fraserfinance.com

5 contacts available at Fraser.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Deborah Herst | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deborah-herst |
| Maxim Seltzer | Senior Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maxim-seltzer |
| Nicholas Field-Johnson | Partner Emeritus | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicholas-field-johnson |
| Olivier Koechlin | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivier-koechlin |
| Andreas Cser | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-cser |

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