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About Investor

Erik Kriessmann is a Partner at Altimeter (San Francisco), after previously working at Index Ventures in a venture investing role. He focuses on high-growth technology businesses (often where software meets “real-world” scale, including defense- and space-adjacent themes), and typically backs companies from Seed through Series A/B depending on the opportunity. His investing range is commonly described in the ~$100K to low single-digit millions per check band, with flexibility for follow-ons. Background-wise, he’s known for a path that blends venture investing with earlier operating and talent-scouting work in the tech ecosystem.