# Ingo Potthof

> Ingo Potthof is a startup investor at Smac Partners. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Smac Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smac-partners)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ingo Potthof is a startup investor at Smac Partners. Prior to co-founding smac partners, Ingo was investment partner within Siemens Acceleration in Communications from its inception in 2001. He led numerous first and follow-on investments, mainly in Europe and Israel, and in particular was responsible for all investment activities in Israel. His exits include GoNetworks (acquired by Nextwave Inc.),scaraboo (acquired by BGT AG) and Ki-Bi Technologies (LSE: KIB).Earlier Ingo worked with the telecom operator O2 in Munich. He was involved in overall strategy development and strategic business planning. As project manager he developed the UMTS auction strategy. As head of Mergers & Acquisitions he took corporate wide responsibility for all equity investments. His project experience spans investments in a variety of segments, including city carriers, cable carriers and Internet start-ups.Previous to that, Ingo was a management consultant for various international companies such as RWE, IBM, SAP and institutions such as the World Bank in the areas of IT, finance and strategy. During this period he was also a lecturer and researcher at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, where he gained his doctorate in the analysis and assessment of investment decisions in the IT sector. Ingo received a degree in computer science and business administration from the University of Mannheim.

## About Smac Partners

VC Fund · Unterhaching, Germany

Smac Partners focused on early-stage ICT technologies and services of start-ups. The investment geographies are mainly Europe and Israel, with leverage of a global network.The secondary investments provide highly flexible customised solutions to optimise the value of single assets or entire portfolios of corporate and institutional venturecapital companies.In 2001 they started with Siemens Mobile Acceleration as a corporate venture arm of Siemens Mobile. In 2006 they performed a secondary transaction of the total Siemens fund with the new name Tempo Park Fund 1. smac | partners advises the fund with originally more than 30 ICT early-stage investments in the USA, Asia, Europe and Israel.In 2007 smac partners executed a typical tail-end secondary venture capital transaction by acquiring a portfolio from Vertex Venture Capital, Israel. This fund, smac partners Fund II, comprises nine ICT portfolio companies.In 2008 smac partners closed its third fund in 3 years, smac partners Fund III, and so far has acquired stakes in 10 ICT-companies in Finland, Israel and USA.Their exceptional background and remarkable global network in the ICT industry and relevant communities substantially underpins smac | partners’ passion for “leading entrepreneurs to success”.

3 contacts available at Smac Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dietrich Ulmer | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-dietrich-ulmer |
| Ingo Potthof | Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-ingo-potthof |
| Oliver Kolbe | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oliver-kolbe |

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