Nicole Junkermann (born 27 April 1980) is a German entrepreneur and investor. She was born in Düsseldorf and is the daughter of businessman Heinz Junkermann. She lives in West London. [1]

Junkermann is the founder of NJF Holdings, an international investment company with interests in venture capital, private equity, and real estate.[2]

Biography

Nicole Junkermann[3] is the daughter of Heinz and Ingrid Junkermann. Her father Heinz Junkermann, born in 1928 in Frankfurt am Main, owned several companies. He founded a jewelry store (Schmuck-Kassette GmbH), a real estate company (IFG Gesellschaft für Immobilienbesitz) and a private bank for wealthy clients. He took his daughter with him to business meetings when she was 12 in order to prepare her for her future career.[4] Junkermann grew up in Marbella, Spain[5][6] and studied business administration and management at the International University of Monaco (1998) and Harvard Business School.

Junkermann co-founded online sports gaming platform Winamax. Junkermann later joined Infront Sports and Media in 2002. She was a major shareholder and served as Vice Chairman, overseeing the company’s sale to the private equity group Bridgepoint Capital in 2011 for approximately $650 million. [7]

Shortly after the sale of Infront, in 2012, Junkermann founded NJF Holdings. NJF Holdings’ venture capital arm, NJF Capital, manages a portfolio with investments in healthcare, sports, fintech, and deep tech [8][9][10]. Three of NJF’s early investments include Songza, Dollar Shave Club, and RelateIQ, which were acquired by Google, Unilever, and Salesforce respectively (10). She is currently an investor in companies such as SpaceX, Rippling, Lendable.[11]

Junkermann previously served on the Department of Health and Social Care’s Healthtech Advisory Board, having been appointed by Matt Hancock, MP in November 2018. The board guides the Secretary of State and government on its mission to transform technology in the National Health Service.[12]  She is part of the board of the cybersecurity investment fund created by Pablo Casado in 2024.[13]

In 2005, she established the private equity firm United in Sports, which focuses on investing in the media and sports sectors and manages a portfolio valued at approximately 250 million euros.[14] United in Sports and Junkermann's name appeared in the Panama Papers published in 2016 as clients of the law firm Mossack Fonseca.[15]

In 2024, Junkermann[16] was also the director of Owkin, a start-up that uses AI for drug development and diagnostics, and an advisor to Trilantic Capital Europe, in addition to her work as an investor.[14]

Family

In March 2017, Junkermann married Ferdinando Brachetti Peretti. They have a daughter born in December 2017. [17]

Junkermann speaks six languages.[18] As of 2018, she lived in South Kensington, London and often travels.[19] She is a fan of the football club Real Madrid.[6]

She is a member of the Tate Americas Foundation, an independent charity that supports the work of the Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom, since 2005.[20] In 2023, she became a trustee of the Royal Society of Arts[21] and in 2024 a trustee of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.[14]

References

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  2. ^ Rich, Gracia (2020-07-21). "International Investor and Entrepreneur, Nicole Junkermann Sets the Stage Globally for Women In Finance | Formidable Woman Magazine". Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  3. ^ "tbtech". tbtech.co. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  4. ^ Raeanne (2021-02-24). "Heinz Junkermann – A Personal Impact". The European Financial Review. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  5. ^ "Diese Frauen glauben an junge Gründerinnen und Gründer". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  6. ^ a b Askari, Emma Roig (2019-04-29). "Nicole Junkermann: así es la mecenas de la agencia Magnum". Vanity Fair (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  7. ^ Long, Michael (2011-09-02). "Bridgepoint buys out Infront Sports & Media". SportsPro. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  8. ^ Barratt, Bianca. "How Young Businesses Can Safeguard Their Future According To A Successful Investor". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
  9. ^ Araujo-Cabrera, Yasmina; Aguiar-Quintana, Teresa (2018). "Be Cordial Hotels & Resorts, una apuesta de un grupo de emprendedores por la expansión en el mercado turístico y por la sostenibilidad". Revista Emprendimiento y Negocios Internacionales. doi:10.20420/eni.2019.245. ISSN 2530-5603.
  10. ^ "Nicole Jukermann:"China va a salir beneficiada de esta crisis"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
  11. ^ Filippetti, Simone (2022-10-01). "Randi Zuckerberg lancia a Londra la start up Hug, fucina di creativi". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-03-05.
  12. ^ "Health technology expert panel meets for the first time". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  13. ^ Rodríguez, Carlos (2025-01-08). "El fondo de Pablo Casado y el sobrino de Ana Botín levanta 150 millones, el máximo previsto". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  14. ^ a b c "Nicole Junkermann". NJF Capital. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  15. ^ "UNITED IN SPORTS PARALLEL I GP LIMITED | ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database". offshoreleaks.icij.org. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  16. ^ "Nicole Junkermann: The Woman Revolutionizing Global Startups". calameo.com. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  17. ^ "Battesimo in Vaticano per la piccola Vita, figlia di Ferdinando e Nicole Brachetti Peretti". www.ilmattino.it (in Italian). 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
  18. ^ "Diese Frauen glauben an junge Gründerinnen und Gründer". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  19. ^ "„KI kann verstörend wirken" – Investorin Junkermann über Fluch und Segen Künstlicher Intelligenz". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  20. ^ "Committees | TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION". tateamericas.org. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  21. ^ "TWO NEW TRUSTEES APPOINTED TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY TRUST" (PDF).
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