Fred Kielhorn

Mr. Kielhorn is the Founder and Managing Director of Kielvest, a technology investment company.
He currently has investments placed in Patria Services, Sun Rx, Cornell Ventures and Validity Research as well as a pending investment in Brazil.
Prior to founding Kielvest, Mr. Kielhorn was a Co-Founder, Board Member and Managing Director of NanoDrop Technologies, Inc., a laboratory equipment manufacturer which was sold to ThermoFisher Scientific in 2007.
In his role as Managing Director he managed sales, distribution, manufacturing and IT.
Prior to the launch of NanoDrop Technologies, he spent fifteen years at DuPont Fluoroproducts holding a variety of positions in operations management, product management, marketing and business management.
Mr. Kielhorn received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1987.