Jelto Folkerts
Doctoral Student
Team
- Building Q Room 1.010
- jelto.folkerts@tuhh.de
Biography
My research focuses on impact venture capital and the environmental impact measurement of startups and portfolio companies through an organizational theory lens and social analytics.
Research Interests
- Venture Capital
- Technology Entrepreneurship (esp. Energy, Climate Tech, Deep Tech)
- Social Analytics
- Environmental Sustainability Assessment
- Intellectual Property
Appointments & Education
- Project Lead – Renewable Energy Infrastructure
Folkerts Good Energy GmbH, Germany
2026 - current - PhD in Management & Engineering
Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
2025 - current - Senior Manager IP, Innovation & Sustainability
TWAICE Technologies, Germany
2021 - 2025 - Innovation Consultant & Project Manager
ITONICS GmbH, Germany
2021 - Master’s Thesis – Strategic IP Management
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2019 - 2020 - Working Student – Open Innovation, Technology/Venture Scouting & Patent Management
BMW Group, Germany
2019 - Semester Abroad (Master)
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 - 2019 - Master of Science in Management & Technology – Mechanical Engineering & Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
Technical University of Munich, Germany
2017 - 2020 - Bachelor’s Thesis – Magnetocaloric Cooling Systems: Techno-Economic Analysis
Fraunhofer Institute IFAM, Germany
2016 - 2017 - Intern Project & Innovation Management – Industrial X-Ray
COMET AG, Switzerland
2016 - Intern Process Management
Enercon Windenergiekomponentenfertigung Austria GmbH, Austria
2016 - Semester Abroad (Bachelor)
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, Canada
2015 - 2016 - Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering
University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany
2013 - 2017