Sven is actively involved in all aspects of portfolio management, including all investment due diligence and decision-making processes.

Sven joined Knightsbridge from SharesPost where he was Managing Director of SharesPost’s Investment Advisor and President of the public SharesPost 100 Fund (PRIVX), a primary and secondary late-stage direct investment fund. In his tenure, he invested in over 60 of some of the most prominent venture capital-backed companies, including Lyft, Uber, DocuSign, and Spotify.

Prior to this role, Sven was President of SVB Capital at Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB) managing $1.5 billion in venture capital fund of fund and direct investment assets, which included commitments to key venture capital funds and its leading portfolio companies. Earlier in his career, he worked for the secondary firm Cipio Partners and the early-stage investment arm of Siemens. Sven started his career in the 1990s launching an Internet Service Provider for O2 Germany.

Sven holds a Masters in Physics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He moved to the United States in 2002 and is a dual U.S. and German citizen.