Hamburg-born LinkedIn co-founder Konstantin Guericke is Silicon Valley's most-called German translator. Zero DACH unicorn checks. All bridge, no cap table.

Swedish-born Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström runs Europe's largest founder-led venture firm — Atomico, $5.5B+ AUM across six funds. Germany is Atomico's largest single non-UK/Nordic market. Berlin is one of four Atomico offices. DeepL is the flagship current bet. Lilium was the most expensive write-off in the firm's history. Inside the Bundestag's €50M loan refusal that killed Munich's electric-aviation pioneer and why a Swedish patriarch built his German position.

Bavarian-born Andreas von Bechtolsheim is the most successful German in Silicon Valley — net worth $31–35 billion, #5 richest German globally, the man who wrote Google's first $100,000 check. He is also the quietest. Inside his DACH deep-tech portfolio — KONUX, Black Semiconductor, USound, LiveEO — the Hermann Hauser co-invest pattern, and why he is the operating opposite of Peter Thiel.

Frankfurt-born Peter Thiel publicly championed European defense tech for years before the consensus shifted. The German defense wave he forecast just produced its biggest winner — Helsing at $18B — and it's not in his portfolio. Inside the 15-company DACH position, the Trade Republic anchor, the STARK Defence bet, and the structural friction Germany has with the man whose capital its founders happily take.

He built SAP's North American business, exited in 1997 for DM 1.6B, then spent 30 years constructing Germany's STEM and AI talent pipeline.

Hopp turned SAP wealth into permanent regional infrastructure — KiTZ, neonatal screening, 19 public parks, biotech anchor capital. Not charity. Capability.

52 years inside SAP. Three architectural bets. Europe's most important software founder. The story of how Hasso Plattner built — and held — the platform.

Claus Wellenreuther died March 21, 2026, age 91. He built SAP's financial accounting module, exited in 1980, founded the alternative — and SAP bought it back.

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