Education
He studied for a Master of Science in Business Administration and Doctor of Philosophy in Finance at the University of Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland.
He studied for a Master of Science in Business Administration and Doctor of Philosophy in Finance at the University of Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland.
He focuses on seed and early-stage investments and has founded his own venture capital fund by the name Hommels Holding through which he has been investing mainly in Internet businesses. He has been involved in successful internet investments such as Skype, Facebook and Xing. He worked as Managing Director in business development, content and advertising for America Online Germany (1995–1999).
After that he started at Apax Partners in Munich as a Director (1999–2000).
At the height of the dotcom bubble burst he started out as a private investor. In 2007, he founded Hommels Holding which focuses mainly on internet businesses.
Klaus Hommels has made early stage investments in some very successful internet businesses. His successful investments included Skype (acquired by MSFT for United States dollar 41 billion), Xing (IPO in 2006), QXL.com (acquired by Naspers Group) and Adjug (sold to Hubert Burda Media).
His current investments include Facebook, King.com, Stardoll, Woo Media, Klarna and Spotify.