Ian Schlichting

Ian Schlichting is an Associate at Signals Venture Capital, focusing on B2B enterprise software seed and Series A investments since 2024. Previously, Ian contributed to the investment team at Redalpine, also specializing in seed and Series A investments in 2023. In 2022, Ian was a Founders Associate at Rex, where Ian was the seventh employee. Ian's experience in tech mergers and acquisitions was gained as a visiting analyst at Acuity Advisors in 2021, alongside a role as a Junior Venture Architect at Bridgemaker, emphasizing venture building. In 2020, Ian worked in venture capital at Earlybird Venture Capital, specializing in DevOps. Ian's earlier experience includes a global compensation working student position at PwC in 2019 and an analyst intern role at Rivergate Companies in 2017, focusing on commercial real estate and self-storage. Ian holds a Master of Science in Financial Analysis from London Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Management and Technology from the Technical University of Munich.