Christoph Steffens strengthens DTCP as Operating Partner - Value Creation & Scaling

As a long-standing and trusted partner to DTCP, Christoph will serve DTCP’s digital infrastructure portfolio companies as a sparring partner and act as a catalyst for value creation. With his knowledge and managerial experience in finance, operations, IT and HR he will bring sought-after expertise to optimize and scale business operations.

With more than 25years of experience, Christoph is an expert in finance, debt, corporate restructuring and M&A in the TMT sector. He has held leading positions at Deutsche Telekom, PwC, mobilCom/freenet, STRATO and IONOS.

As the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of STRATO, Christoph has played a pivotal role in the strategic and financial management of the company, contributing toits stability and growth. In 2015, DTCP was entrusted by Deutsche Telekom, then a majority stakeholder, with managing STRATO. In close cooperation DTCP and Christoph orchestrated a remarkable value creation, resulting in the sale of STRATO to IONOS. Christoph took on the role of Managing Director/CFO of IONOS Group companies in the US and UK, in addition to his role as CFO of STRATO.

DTCP founder and CEO, Vicente Vento, says: "We are delighted to welcome Christoph as an official member of the DTCP team. It is our pleasure to resume the successful cooperation with Christoph at STRATO in his role as CFO. His expertise in business development and scaling will be a great help for our portfolio companies to take the next important step. To help drive their growth and professionalization, Christoph brings a wealth of experience, not least having walked in their shoes for nearly two decades."

On his appointment, Christoph Steffens says: "I am excited to join DTCP and work with the team again. My long experience as CFO as well as in managing various operational improvement scenarios will bring significant value to the portfolio companies in scaling and optimizing their business model, leading their path for long term success."

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About DTCP

DTCP is an independent investment management firm with over 2.5billion euros in assets under management and more than 50 professionals.

With a focus on digital transformation, the firm invests acrosstwo strategies:

DTCP Infra invests in European digital infrastructure out of theDigital Infrastructure Vehicle II (DIV II). DTCP Infra specializes ininvestments in mobile towers, fiber networks and data centers. DTCP’sinfrastructure investments include Swiss Towers (acquired by Cellnex),Community Fibre, Cellnex Netherlands, Open Dutch Fiber, e-fiber, and maincubes.

DTCP Growth invests in leading software companies out of itslatest fund Growth Equity III (GE III). The team has made over 30 investmentsin Europe, Israel and the US, with notable investments including Aircall,Arctic Wolf Networks, Auth0 (acquired by OKTA), Guardicore (acquired byAkamai), Fastly (NYSE: FSLY), Pipedrive (acquired by Vista Private Equity),LeanIX and Signavio (both acquired by SAP SE).

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