# Torsten Lichtenau

> Torsten Lichtenau is a Series B investor at Bain & Company Inc. backing SaaS and Analytics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bain & Company Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-co)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torsten-lichtenau-26ab396/
- Website: https://www.bain.com/our-team/torsten-lichtenau/

Torsten Lichtenau is a Senior Partner at Bain & Company. Torsten Lichtenau attended Stanford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 50% |
| GreenTech | 1 | 50% |
| Sustainability | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Persefoni AI | Persefoni is a Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP). The company's Software-as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises and financial institutions to meet stakeholder and regulatory climate disclosure requirements with the highest degrees of trust, transparency, and ease. As the ERP of Carbon, the Persefoni platform provides userswith a single source of carbon truth across their organization, enabling them to manage their carbon transactions and inventory with the same rigor and confidence as their financial transactions. | $50M | Series C | Aug 11, 2023 |  |
| Persefoni AI | Persefoni is a Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP). The company's Software-as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises and financial institutions to meet stakeholder and regulatory climate disclosure requirements with the highest degrees of trust, transparency, and ease. As the ERP of Carbon, the Persefoni platform provides userswith a single source of carbon truth across their organization, enabling them to manage their carbon transactions and inventory with the same rigor and confidence as their financial transactions. | $101M | Series B | Oct 28, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Clearvision Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearvision-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EDF Pulse Croissance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edf-pulse-croissance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NGP Energy Technology Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ngp-energy-technology-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Parkway Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parkway-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Prelude Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prelude-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Bain & Company Inc.

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Bain & Company is a management consulting firm that provides solutions on change in management, strategies, and technology. The firm also publishes its research findings. It serves aerospace and defense, automotive, conglomerates, consumer products, energy and utilities, financial services, health care, media, retail, services, technology,telecommunications, and transportation services industries.The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

5 contacts available at Bain & Company Inc..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Bechek | Worldwide managing directorBoston | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-bechek |
| Jean-Francois Van Kerckhove | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-francois-van-kerckhove |
| Torsten Lichtenau | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/torsten-lichtenau-7a90 |
| Valentin Cogels | Expert Partner, Head of ADAPT EMEA | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valentin-cogels |
| Vernon Altman | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vernon-altman |

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## FAQ

### What does Torsten Lichtenau invest in?

Torsten Lichtenau invests primarily in SaaS, Analytics and CleanTech startups, most often at Series B and Series C 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 Torsten Lichtenau last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Torsten Lichtenau closed in Aug 2023. 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.

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