History
In 1991, Rolf Dienst founded Wellington Partners after he had built one of the first - and still one of the largest - German venture capital firms, TVM Capital, during the 1980s. In 1998, Wellington Partners closed its first fund, Wellington Partners I. Two years later, the firm closed its second fund on € 210 million. After considering suggestions from investors, Wellington Partners initiated its first pure technology fund with € 150 million in 2004 and its first life sciences fund in 2006. At the beginning of 2008, the company closed its latest technology fund at € 265 million.
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