Nino Marakovic is the senior vice president of SAP Ventures, the corporate venture investing entity of SAP AG. He is responsible for the worldwide strategy and overall performance of the venture funds. Marakovic has a strong track record of technology venture investing since 1999. Prior to joining SAP Ventures, he was a partner with meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson and IVF Ventures in Palo Alto. Marakovic has led or helped execute more than 30 investments in information technology companies, and held numerous board and board observer seats. Prior to his venture capital investing career, Marakovic worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Robertson Stephen in London, New York, and San Francisco. He has lived in Croatia, Austria, Italy, and the United States, and holds a BA from Williams College and an MBA from the Stanford Business School.
Marakovic manages investments in Apriso, Right Hemisphere, Vendavo, and Zend.