# Rolf Nagel

> Rolf Nagel is a Series B investor at Munich Venture Partners backing Energy and Clean Energy. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Munich Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/munich-venture-partners)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolf-nagel-499a1a

Rolf Nagel is a Series B investor at Munich Venture Partners in Munich focused on Energy and Clean Energy. Rolf Nagel was Partner and Investment Manager at Star Ventures, a leading international Venture Capital firm, for more than ten years. In this position, he was instrumental in numerous success stories, such as Capstone Microturbines, Ciena, Floware (now Alvarion), Medigene, RF Micro Devices and Sequenom.Prior to Star Ventures, Mr. Nagel wasInvestment Manager at the Deutsche Bank investment arm DBG.Prior to Deutsche Bank Group, he served as the CEO of Vialog Visual Inspection Systems, Hanover, Germany. After repositioning it successfully, Vialog was acquired by Walter AG, Tübingen, a leading German engineering firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Clean Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Harvest Power | Harvest enables communities to produce renewable energy and high-value soil, mulch and organic fertilizer products from organic materials. The company harnesses the full potential of organic materials by recycling energy and nutrients back into local communities through its energy gardens and its production of nutrient-rich soils, mulches andfertilizers. Harvest owns and operates facilities throughout North America in British Columbia, Ontario, California and throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest states and Northeastern US. | $6.3M | Series B | May 24, 2011 |  |
| Harvest Power | Harvest enables communities to produce renewable energy and high-value soil, mulch and organic fertilizer products from organic materials. The company harnesses the full potential of organic materials by recycling energy and nutrients back into local communities through its energy gardens and its production of nutrient-rich soils, mulches andfertilizers. Harvest owns and operates facilities throughout North America in British Columbia, Ontario, California and throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest states and Northeastern US. |  |  | Jan 25, 2010 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Waste Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waste-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cycle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cycle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Generation Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generation-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TriplePoint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triplepoint-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Munich Venture Partners

VC Fund · Munich, Germany

Munich Venture Partners (MVP) is the high-tech venture capital specialist based in Munich, and one of Germany's largest. As an independent venture fund, MVP concentrates on investments for leading-edge start-up companies with Transformative Technologies, which will fundamentally transform established value chains. The investment focus is inEurope and on a select basis, beyond. Relevant sectors include: IoT, Mobility, Energy, Advanced Materials, AI, and Robotics.MVP was founded in 2005 and is part funded by the European Union and its Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).

5 contacts available at Munich Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Martin Kröner | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-kr%C3%B6ner |
| Böhm Beatrice | Business Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b%C3%B6hm-beatrice |
| Julian Klaiber | Business Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-klaiber |
| Michael Sailer | CFO/Prokurist/Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-sailer |
| Rolf Nagel | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rolf-nagel |

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## FAQ

### What does Rolf Nagel invest in?

Rolf Nagel invests primarily in Energy, Clean Energy and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Rolf Nagel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rolf Nagel closed in May 2011. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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