Galina Sagan
Principal
Munich, Germany

Striving to be the strongest ally and investor for every portfolio company’s success.
Galina specializes in venture capital investments across digital and environmental sectors, bringing her expertise to the field since 2018. As a Principal at Hitachi Ventures, she leads investments in areas such as AI-driven productivity, enterprise SaaS, digital infrastructure, and environmental digital solutions, overseeing deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio strategy. Galina is also an active board observer for companies including Makersite, BeZero Carbon, I Peace, Grow Inc., and StrikeReady.
Previously, she was a Senior Associate at Speedinvest, where she focused on early-stage investments in climate tech and industrial AI. Galina began her career in digital strategy as part of IBM’s Watson IoT Consulting Practice, where she led digital transformation initiatives for clients. She holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA at IESE Business School in Spain and Germany.
Areas of Interest
- Enterprise Softwate
- AI
- Cybersecurity
- Infrastructure Software
- ClimateTech
- Decarbonization
Active Investments
Rescale
Taranis
Weka.IO
I Peace
ThinkIQ
Grow Inc.
Ascend Elements
Markersite
Bezero Carbon
B-ON
Arrcus
Archetype AI
Trustwise AI
StrikeReady
Lineaje
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Lineaje, or do you know what’s in your software?
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StrikeReady Raises $12 Million for Industry-First AI Security Command Platform Purpose-Built for Modern SOC Teams
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Archetype AI Introduces Foundation Model to Pioneer Physical AI
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The Inevitable Shift: The Evolution of Multimodal Foundation Models to Bridge the Sensory Gap
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Makersite announces strategic partnership with Hitachi Solutions
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Xaba Closes $2 Million Seed Extension to Deliver Intelligent, Self-programming Robotic Systems for Manufacturing
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Ascend Elements Raises $542 Million to Accelerate Production of U.S.-engineered Lithium-Ion Battery Materials
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Investor interest in Arrcus grows as Hitachi Ventures is latest to join Series D
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Hitachi Ventures invests in BeZero’s 50m Series B led by Quantum Energy Partners to secure leading ratings and risk analytics position in VCM
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Hitachi Ventures invests in BeZero’s 50m Series B led by Quantum Energy Partners to secure leading ratings and risk analytics position in VCM
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Hitachi Ventures co-leads Makersite’s 18M Series A to decarbonize global manufacturing sector
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GCV profiles the industry’s top 50 CVC Rising Stars 2022
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Hitachi Ventures investing in Ascend Elements (formerly Battery Resourcers)
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Hitachi Ventures investing in Rescale
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Hitachi Ventures investing in Taranis.
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WekaIO and Hitachi Vantara Partner to Solve the CHallenges of HPC Storage, Data Analytics, and AI/ML Workloads