4P CAPITAL

VENTURE CAPITAL

PRIVATE EQUITY

TEAM

PITCH

Founding General Partner

XAVIER
SARRAS

Frankfurt, Germany

30 years of building, scaling, and exiting businesses, 10 years of investing in Venture.

Xavier is an all-in entrepreneur who has founded, scaled, and exited businesses through marketing & sales since age 17. This makes him a sought-after investor, board member, C-level coach and advisor. When he started angel investing 10 years ago, he quickly realized that his commercial know-how drives value in investing more than anything. With a passion for the Next Generation, he serves on the board of Sigma Squared Society, where he shares his knowledge with a global network for the most ambitious founders under 26. With 4P, he brings it altogether fulfilling his mission to find and build the next global category leaders in Climate, Health, and Education.

Partner Venture Capital

VERA
BAKER

Paris, France

Former political fundraiser turned investor and #1 start-up supporter.

Born and raised in San Francisco, Vera looks back on a successful entrepreneurial background in political fundraising and strategy in Washington D.C. More than a decade ago, she moved to Paris plunging into the French Tech ecosystem. She joined Afrostream, a YC-backed company shortly after it finished the S15 batch. Quickly establishing herself as a key figure in the Paris’ tech scene, she has taken several operational and advisory roles in startups and accelerators since. In 2020, she began angel investing as an Atomico Angel and she has now grown a portfolio of 30 impact startups in Europe and the US. Today, she is the investing partner of 4P CAPITAL’s early-stage strategy.

Partner Private Equity

CHRISTOPH
BRAKS

Frankfurt, Germany

Investor committed to driving systemic change.

Christoph brings 20 years of investment experience in the European mid-market. Before joining 4P Capital, he held senior roles at leading private equity firms, where he sourced, executed, and developed complex transactions across industries and geographies. At 4P Capital, Christoph leads the Private Equity practice, focusing on building resilient companies through buy-and-build strategies and innovation-led growth. He is passionate about uniting diverse teams and fostering partnerships that generate superior financial returns and lasting societal impact.

Chief of Staff

LAURENT-FREDERIC
LOHMANN

Berlin, Germany

Well-connected ex-impact founder & operator, public speaker, and mentor turned purpose investor.

Laurent is the connector in the European Startup ecosystem. He is a fellow at Included VC, a Venture Partner at EWOR, the founder and operator of various impact companies, and a conference moderator by now famous for being the face of START at his Alma Mater in St. Gallen. His entrepreneurial experience gives him a differentiated view on deals and his expertise in sales and business development a unique value-add to our portfolio companies.

Analyst Venture Capital

ZOÉ
BERTRAND-LUCAS

Berlin, Germany

Impact-driven aeronautics and aerospace engineer.

With an engineering background from ISAE-Supaero and a specialization in Financial Engineering, Zoé shifted into Impact Investing when she joined Aurum Impact, leveraging her technical knowledge to support Impact ventures.