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About Investor

Dirk Ploss is a Senior Associate at Oscar & Paul Beiersdorf Venture Capital and a Senior Early Innovation Manager at Beiersdorf, based in Hamburg. Through Oscar & Paul, he typically invests $500K to $2.5M, with a sweet spot around $1M, in Series A companies focused on next-generation skin care and adjacent areas such as consumer health, cosmetics, social commerce, e-commerce, marketplaces, biotech and AI. His background is in innovation, marketing and e-commerce, and he has been active as a Startup Grind chapter director and as the owner of a consulting practice focused on digital and loyalty topics. This combination of corporate innovation and startup ecosystem work informs his approach to consumer and skin-health–oriented venture investing.