Dr. Frederik Hetsch

Frederik has over 15 years of research, operational and investment experience in climate technologies across Asia, Europe and the US. As the founding member at Brawn Capital, a private equity fund manager specialised in renewable energy, Frederik was Director of Investments & Risk Management managing a portfolio of solar assets across Asia. During his time at Brawn, Frederik connected with the two founders, Li Tan and Toby Chan, of Audacy Ventures, a Hong Kong based VC investing at the nexus of Climate, Energy, and Tech. Frederik joined Audacy last year as Head of Science and part of the investment team to deepen the team’s technology DD expertise and to identify technology trends in Audacy’s three sectors of focus: electricity & storage, transportation & fuels, and carbon removal & utilization.

After graduating from LMU/Technical University of Munich, Frederik obtained a Ph.D. in Physics at the City University of Hong Kong, winning a scholarship to undertake research on new materials for third generation solar cells. He built and improved solar cell developing and testing laboratory facilities, collaborating with major international research facilities in Japan, Singapore, China, Israel and the US.