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= Christian Angermayer =

Christian Angermayer is a German entrepreneur and investor based in England. He is known for his involvement in fintech, Internet & Technology (from e-commerce to deep tech), Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate and Natural Resources. He is a partner at Limestone Capital as well as the owner of his family office, the Apeiron Investment Group.

Career
While a student in college at the age of 19 years old, he started a biotech company in 1999 that eventually became Alnylam. He quit school to work on the biotech. Now the company has a market cap of about $12 billion and has submitted its first drug, patisiran, for FDA approval. Since then, Christian has created, co-founded and invested in numerous successful companies, has raised approx. USD 2bn for his portfolio companies and has been involved in more than 40 successful IPO- and M&A-transactions either as an entrepreneur, investor or banker/advisor. UK Newspaper Sunday Times ranks Christian in its May 2019 special wealth report among the 1.000 richest people living in the United Kingdom with an estimated net worth of approx. USD 400 million.

With his biotech company ATAI Life Sciences, Christian has the ambitious goal to enable people to live healthier and happier lives. ATAI's focus is on developing solutions for the more than 300 million people who suffer from depression, especially by bringing back formerly vilified drugs like psychedelics into the legal realm.

In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, Christian places great value on social, political and societal commitments. He is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a member of the Presidential Advisory Council of His Excellency President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and a member of the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle. Christian is a board member of Vienna-based Hayek Institute, a Libertarian and free-markets-focused think-tank, a member of The Court of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Wilson Center, one of the leading institutions for in-depth research and dialogue to inform actionable ideas on global issues.

In 2012, Angermayer founded the Apeiron Investment Group, his family office and merchant banking business. Through the Apeiron Investment Group, Angermayer focuses on investments in Germany and Africa on Financial Services, Internet and Technology, Life Sciences, Media, Real Estate and Natural Resources. Angermayer is involved in a wide variety of deals ranging from seed/start up investments to large scale restructuring of major companies. The Apeiron Investment Group has approximately 1 billion euros under management.

Blockchain
Besides his investment firm, he has merged his profound experience at the nexus of traditional financial services and technology. He is considered one of the most active and significant investors in European fintech companies with a special focus on cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related business models.

Apeiron's cryptocurrency investments are mainly done via its subsidiary CRYPTOLOGY PLC. Other cutting-edge areas for investments Christian is currently most excited about are longevity and anti-aging technologies, aerospace technologies, artificial intelligence and new drugs for mental well-being and enhancement.

Personal Life
Angermayer was born and raised in Germany. He currently lives in London.