Stefan Schütze, Certified Lawyer and Managing Partner of C3 Venture Capital, started his professional career in the legal department of the listed investment company bmp AG from 2000 to 2004. Afterwards, he was General Counsel at Altira Group AG, a listed asset manager, from 2004 to 2013. Subsequently, he was a member of the Executive Board of FinLab AG, a listed company builder and investor in financial services technology (FinTech), from May 2013 to April 2021, and responsible for investments, strategy, compliance, legal matters and human resources. In addition, he held management positions as part of his work, including at the listed investment company Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA, where he also worked until April 2021. He has more than 20 years of experience as board member in private and publicly listed companies.