Matthias Knobloch

Managing Partner & CEO

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Matthias is an Emerging Markets specialist who led more than 250 deals from across Asia as MD and Head of Debt Syndicate Asia-Pacific at HSBC prior to joining BVG.

During his time at HSBC, he oversaw the underwriting of more than US$500 billion of assets and helped establish HSBC as the leading debt capital markets business in the region.

Prior to moving to Hong Kong in 2009, Matthias worked at HSBC’s Emerging Markets team in London for four years covering the Middle East and Africa. After more than a decade at HSBC, Matthias left as a good leaver to pursue his interest in Venture Capital.

As an active and successful startup investor on his personal account basis (backing 6 companies via 9 investment rounds and with one exit in the portfolio), Matthias joined BVG on a full-time basis in 2018, having been an active investor and mentor since inception.

Matthias holds two Masters degrees, a Master of Mathematical Finance from the University of Toronto where he graduated in the Top 5 of his class and an MBA from the German business school University of Augsburg where he graduated in the Top 3. Matthias also secured a highly competitive German national scholarship to finance his Master’s program at the University of Toronto.

Outside of work, Matthias is a world-class ultra-distance endurance runner and proud father and husband. ​