Nicole Junkermann was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, and has built a career that reaches across industries and continents. She studied at the International University of Monaco and undertook further study at Harvard, and she speaks five languages. From an early stage she was drawn to the idea of building and backing companies that could shape the future.

NJF Holdings and NJF Capital

Nicole Junkermann is the founder of NJF Holdings, a private investment firm, and of NJF Capital. Through these vehicles she has invested across technology, healthcare and other sectors, supporting companies that range from early stage ventures to established businesses. Her portfolio has included some of the most talked about names of the era, reflecting a career long interest in innovation.

Technology, artificial intelligence and healthcare

Technology has been central to the work of Nicole Junkermann, and in recent years her attention has turned increasingly to artificial intelligence and its use in medicine. She served on the board of Owkin, a company that applies artificial intelligence to medical research, and she contributed to the United Kingdom's HealthTech Advisory Board. Her aim in this field was practical, better tools for researchers and better outcomes for patients.

The United Kingdom

Britain has a special place in the career of Nicole Junkermann. She has supported the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and has taken a close interest in the country's universities, its healthtech sector and its cultural life. You can read more on the page Nicole Junkermann and the United Kingdom.

Sport, media and the arts

Earlier in her career Nicole Junkermann worked in media and in sport, experiences that gave her an appreciation for global audiences and for the business of storytelling. Her interest in the arts has included her involvement with the Tate Americas Foundation and the Royal Academy Trust, and she has regarded support for culture as a natural companion to her work in technology and science.

Philanthropy

Giving has been a constant thread. Nicole Junkermann has supported causes in cancer research, healthcare and the arts, and she has treated philanthropy as part of a wider responsibility that comes with building and investing. Her contributions to British institutions are a clear example of that outlook in practice.

Principles

Across a varied career, Nicole Junkermann returns to the same guiding ideas. Understand a field before investing in it, back people as much as ideas, and take a long term view. Those principles have carried her across the world, and they inform the way she approaches every new opportunity.

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