We are CIC.
Connected Infrastructure Capital
Connected Infrastructure Capital GmbH (“CIC”) has long-standing commercial and technical expertise in the area of renewable energies in Europe. The company is specialised in the acquisition of approved wind farm projects and existing, high-yield wind energy facilities. CIC has charted a clear growth strategy specifying the construction or acquisition of wind farms in a magnitude of 500 MW over the coming three years.
The entire CIC team around the two founding partners Hans Joern Rieks and Martin Heimes has a clear understanding of the key success factors in this industry and comprehensive knowledge of how wind energy projects can be profitably structured, financed, implemented and operated. Flat hierarchies enable agile decision-making processes.
Our Management

Martin Heimes
Founding Partner
m.heimes@ventusventures.com
+49 40 22 65 923 70

Hans Joern Rieks
Founding Partner
hj.rieks@cic-europe.eu
+49 172 6670483
Martin Heimes – Curriculum Vitae
Martin Heimes has over 20 years of expertise from various high management positions. From 2007 – 2011 he was Finance Director at Siemens Fujitsu Computers. In 2007 Martin Heimes moved to Vestas Central Europe (CEU), where he was a member of the Management Board until 2011 and a supervisory board member of various Vestas country organizations. In 2011, the path to independence followed with the foundation of VentusVentures GmbH – today VentusVentures Holding GmbH.
Martin Heimes is co-founder and Managing Partner of CIC GmbH, founded in 2018.
Hans Joern Rieks – Curriculum Vitae
Hans Joern Rieks has been successfully active in the wind industry business for over 25 years. He draws his extensive expertise in various high management positions, including from 1995 -1990 as CEO & President – Vestas Vestas American Wind Technology Inc. and from 1999-2013 as CEO – Vestas Central Europe A/S and member of the Executive Board – Vestas Wind Systems A/S.
After a stopover as interim CEO at Global Energy Services SA, Hans Joern Rieks joined Siemens Wind Power A/S in 2014 as CEO UNA and held the position of CEO EMEA – Siemens AG-Wind Power Division / SIEMENS Gamesa Renewable Energy GmbH from 2015 – 2019.
Hans Joern Rieks is co-founder and Managing Partner of CIC GmbH, founded in 2018.
Get in touch with us – anytime!
Your are looking for a reliable partner who takes over the implementation of your project, who will take of care of acquisition and give all-round good advice?
CIC GmbH offers you exactly that.
Connected Infrastructure Capital GmbH
Christoph-Probst-Weg 3
20251 Hamburg
GERMANY
Phone +49 152 34634887
info@cic-europe.eu