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Kjell Tönjes, LL.M.

Associate

Dusseldorf

Kjell advises in particular young technology companies and their investors

He advises start-ups and scale-ups from inception through early-stage financing rounds and in their growth phases, as well as on internationalization projects. In addition, he advises institutional and corporate investors on venture capital investments.

Kjell also advises on national and international M&A and private equity transactions with a focus on technology.

Prior to joining Orrick, he had been a lawyer with one of the big 4 firms in Düsseldorf, where he focused on venture capital. During his studies, Kjell had been a research associate with a Berlin-based venture capital boutique for several years.

    • Cerpro, providing an AI-powered SaaS solution to automate the creation of inspection plans directly from technical drawings, on its EUR 2m Series Pre-seed funding round; 
    • Resourcly on its EUR 2.7m Series Seed to unlock hidden parts inventory for manufacturers led by Project A;
    • StratifAl, the Berlin-based start-up building the next generation of biomarkers for precision oncology using artificial intelligence, on its EUR 12.5m Series Seed funding round;
    • Clockin on its EUR 10m Series A funding round to accelerate and digitalize time tracking in SMEs;
    • Proxima Fusion on its EUR 200m Series A, EUR 20m Series Seed and its EUR 7.5m Series Pre-seed financing rounds;
    • SE Ventures on its investment in the EUR 60m Series B of Makersite;
    • Headline on leading the EUR 24m Series A funding round of AI-powered energy platform trawa;
    • UK investor noa on leading the EUR 8m Series Seed of smalt, the talent development and technology services platform for the green trades sector;
    • RAG-Stiftung on its investment in renewable energy innovator Shit2Power;
    • UK investor Blossom Capital on their lead investment in the EUR 35m financing round of fin-tech start-up finmid;
    • Global HR-platform Deel on the acquisition of the German start-up Zavvy;
    • Open-Source Industrial IoT Infrastructure Platform start-up United Manufacturing Hub on their Series Seed financing round led by Freigeist;
    • Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) on their lead investment in the USD 36m Series B financing round of the AI-graphics start-up Kittl;
    • Bioreactor start-up BioThrust on their Series Seed financing round led by Freigeist;
    • Korelya Capital on their co-lead investment in the EUR 40m Series C financing round of the flexible housing start-up Habyt.