Admir Kulin
CEO
m.Doc GmbH
Industry: , Platform Technologies/IT, Digital Health, Healthcare IT, Medical, Medical Devices
Expertise: , Business Development, Product Analytics, Business Analytics
Admir is the CEO at m.Doc, a leading smart health platform in Germany, focusing on digitizing everyday hospital life, holistic patient communication, and far-reaching relief and support for medical staff.
Admir is a specialist in the German health market, digital platforms and patient-centric models and has deep connections in Germany’s hospital environment. He previously held C-level positions at a German medical devices company, Vitaphone.
Andrea Kaul
Head of Office
Marketing-Club Berlin
Industry: , Ad Tech, Content & Publishing, Video, Music & Audio, Marketing Tech
Expertise: , Business Development, Product Management
Creative and analytical senior leader with over 20 years of experience initiating and managing major products and projects, events, business models and operation in the media and entertainment industry.
Track record in marketing communications, project management, market launch, business start-up, and strategic development.
Strong entrepreneurial spirit for introducing and disseminating across multinational organisations. Passionate networker, mentor and matchmaker in the marketing and media business.
Andreas Enderlin
Managing Partner
Hugo Capital Partners
Industry: , Machine Learning & AI, Automotive, Construction Technology, Manufacturing, Robotics/Drones
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions
Andreas Enderlin is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Hugo Capital Partners, an investment and advisory firm focused on digitally transforming Industrial Tech and B2B companies in ASEAN. Previously, he was the Regional President ASEAN of Schaeffler and a member of the Executive Management Board (EMM).
Andreas is actively engaged as a mentor at several accelerators, advising Private Equity funds & Startups in SEA/AP as well as being an active investor himself. In addition, he is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) and Chair of the SwissCham Digital Transformation award.
Before his move to Asia Andreas held various corporate leadership roles at Siemens, the 3M Company and Straumann in General Management, M&A and Management Consulting.
Andreas Martin Radke
Senior Executive Consultant
mSE Solutions
Industry: , Enterprise Software, SaaS, Big Data / Data Analytics, Machine Learning & AI, Logistics/Supply Chain
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Direct Sales
Andreas is passionate about end-to-end supply chain digitalization with 15+ years of experience at the intersection of business, organization and information technology. He held management and consulting roles at start-ups, SMEs and multinational corporations in diverse industries.
He is an Executive Consultant with mSE Solutions. He has been mentoring executives for several years.
Andreas Schmidt
CEO and Board Director
Proteona
Industry: , Machine Learning & AI, Medical, Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Platform Technologies / Biotechnology
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Fundraising
Dr Andreas Schmidt is the CEO of Proteona, a precision medicine company in Singapore, Germany, and the US that is pioneering the use of single cell multi-omics to improve clinical outcomes in cancer.
Andreas is a serial entrepreneur building, financing and mentoring ambitious biotech companies.
He serves as advisor, mentor and board director to several institutions including SMART, Duke NUS, EIT, Aescuvest, AYOXXA spanning from Germany to Singapore, China, Taiwan and the US.
Arash Wahedi
Startup Business Coach
Negotiation Guru
Industry: , Retail, Beauty, Manufacturing, CleanTech, Natural Resources
Expertise: , Business Development, Fundraising, Pricing Strategy
Arash Wahedi is a founder of Negotiation Guru and a negotiation expert. He has more than a decade of experience with great passion at the negotiation table to make great deals.
Arash started his professional career in the consulting industry, then continued to work in various strategic sales and procurement positions across the globe, mainly working for big corporates. He is a certified expert in negotiations and dealmaking, loves to work with dedicated and open-minded startup teams and bring their next big deals with customers, suppliers, investors or sponsors to the next level.
Arash has a broad global network within the B2B segment and the startup industry. He has worked with over 350 startups to make great deals with their preferred commercial partner.
He also teaches at universities and offers pro-bono consulting to non-profit organizations in need.
Arun S Nair
Managing Director
Fluke Reliability Solutions
Industry: , Big Data / Data Analytics, SaaS, Machine Learning & AI, Manufacturing, IoT Hardware
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Customer Success
Arun Nair is the managing director of FLUKE Reliability, where he has over 10 years of experience in leading the growth and expansion of this niche engineering business in the APAC region. Since 2010, they have been targeting specific industries such as oil & gas, power, mining, pharmaceuticals, paper, steel, etc in the Asia Pacific region, focusing on the sale and services of machine reliability (alignment, condition monitoring, SaaS).
He started his career building a service startup subsidiary in the US (5 years) followed by the move to Singapore to restructure and grow the business in the Asia Pacific region (11 years thus far). Currently, his main task is to increase business awareness through building trust amongst channel partners, distribution, and organizational management. He covers the entire APAC region with offices in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, and China.
Benjamin Stöcklein
Head of International Services
Medical Valley
Industry: , Digital Health, Healthcare IT, Medical, Medical Devices, Diagnostics
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, CE
Benjamin Stöcklein has been working since 2016 as Head of International Services at Medical Valley EMN e.V., the leading-edge cluster for medical devices in Germany. Medical Valley is part of the digital hub initiative by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs to push for digitalization in healthcare. Medical Valley’s ecosystem comprises for example 500 medtech companies, 65 hospitals and 80 universities.
In his position at Medical Valley, Bejamin supported 100+ European Start-Ups and scale-ups in their international acceleration through different project leads in national and European projects. His expertise is in international business development into other healthcare markets.
Carsten Lehr
Deputy CEO
EFiS AG
Industry: , SaaS, Privacy & Security, Real Estate, Lending & Investments, Payment
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Human Resources, Financial Regulations
Extensive Experience leading very high security, swap and credit portfolios, payments/settlement/clearing services and special improvement tasks within strategic corporate functions such as Strategic Corporate development, Finance, Risk and HR Management and Compliance / Regulation with a deep understanding of the business and market “from cradle to grave”.
Christian Aljoscha Lukas
Managing Director
mentalis GmbH
Industry: , SaaS, Machine Learning & AI, Digital Health, Therapeutics, Medical Devices
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Pitch Coaching, CE
Clara Min
CEO
Business PowerZone
Industry: , Education, Fashion, Retail, E-Commerce
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Channel Sales
Clara has 25 years corporate experience across South Korea, USA, and Germany, and is currently based in Germany and South Korea. She spent 12 years in the Adidas HQ, heading the Global Sales team as Senior Director, Franchise Channel.
She built the sales and product strategy for retail and franchise, and developed the framework for execution collaboration with country head of franchise in subsidiaries. Her experience in complex and complicated global organisations helped her to grow the speciality in shaping ideas into strategic initiatives across multi-cultural and multi-functional stakeholders.
She is currently working with leaders in global fashion corporates, international technical software organisations, and electric infrastructure company as a consultant.
Daniel Hanemann
Founder & CEO
wundertax
Industry: , SaaS, Marketplace
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Performance Marketing, Finance
Daniel Hanemann founded multiple businesses and has a strong background in scaling organisations. He has strategic and operational knowledge in Growth Marketing, Finance, and Venture Capital. He has gained professional experience in Germany, the Netherlands, and Greater China.
Daniel started his career at Rocket Internet, foodpanda Hong Kong as CFO. He then founded wundertax. After raising a Series A and growing the business to a 7-digit revenue, he became the founding angel and interim Managing Director at Scaling Spaces. Daniel also moved to Amsterdam to co-found ScanMovers, where he managed the growth and acquisition projects of 3 competitors. Daniel came back to wundertax as CEO in 2022 to steer the company back to growth.
Daniel Young
Managing Director
Bold Works
Industry: , IoT Software, Machine Learning & AI, IoT Hardware, Digital Health, Wearables & Quantified Self
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Go-To-Market Strategy, CE
David Goh
Managing Director
PTV Group Asia Pacific
Industry: , IoT Software, Transportation / Mobility, Automotive, Smart City & Urban Tech, IoT Hardware
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Fundraising, Product Design
David Schaerf
Digital Health Consultant
Parasol Strategy
Industry: , Digital Health, Healthcare IT, Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Pharma CMC
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Product Management, Product Analytics
David is a product-centric digital health founder and advisor with a heart for deep tech, mobile and voice with specific focus on female and mental health.
David has 10+ years of experience in the healthcare sector as a digital strategist, product leader and transformation manager. Within digital health, he has particular interest in femtech, mental health as well as voice & mobile app technologies. He serves as advisor and mentor to a variety of healthcare startup and grownup companies, based in Germany or looking to enter the German/European market.
While his education is management-focused, he also has a broad functional and technical skill-set with a special focus on digital health products and platforms.
Dominik Böhler
Professor, Digital Health
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Industry: , Digital Health, Healthcare IT, Medical, Therapeutics, Platform Technologies / Biotechnology, E-Commerce
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Pitch Coaching
Dominik Böhler is a professor for Management in Digital Healthcare at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany. He supports digital health entrepreneurs in the Munich ecosystem and beyond.
He consults innovative companies from all industries in digital innovation and transformation strategies.
He was the Initiator of the Munich Digital Health Summit, with 7 years leading the entrepreneurship education at UnternehmerTUM, the innovation and business creation at the Technical University of Munich.
Donough Tierney
Founder
Adfulcrum
Industry: , AR & VR Software, Privacy & Security, Robotics/Drones, IoT Hardware, Energy
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Direct Sales
Donough Tierney is an International business executive that has helped successfully scale startups to Fortune 500 companies. He has skills in many areas, including strategy, business development, industrial development, consulting, marketing and governance.
Prior to his long career with Airbus, he worked for the Mitsubishi Corporation, Xerox & Philips Consumer Electronics.
He has also held senior start-up positions in the Digital & Crypto space. He currently consults high growth Aerospace companies, governments and accelerators. He is a Board advisor to several companies in the Aerospace and technology field. He also is part of various fundraising projects and Angel Investor groups.
Fabian Aichele
Software Developer
Varomo UG
Industry: , AR & VR Software, IoT Software, Big Data / Data Analytics, Machine Learning & AI, Robotics/Drones
Expertise: , UI/UX, Product Design, Software Engineering
Fabian is a software developer at Varomo, offering autonomous indoor service robotics. He has expertise in robotics, simulation/VR/AR, computer vision and machine learning. Having co-founded two startups as well as having worked as both freelancer and employee in the automotive sector, medical industry and for research projects, Fabian can offer well-founded developer expertise and advice on a broad range of software technologies. His previous works involve a PH. D. thesis on virtual commissioning at the University of Stuttgart, R&D cooperation with Mercedes-Benz, and co-founding TruPhysics, Zykl.io and Varomo.
Farina Schurzfeld
Founder & Managing Partner
AndRobin
Industry: , Wearables, Digital Health, Healthcare IT, Fitness, Diagnostics
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Brand Marketing, Business Development
Farina Schurzfeld is the Founder and Managing Partner of AndRobin, a team of serial entrepreneurs and growth experts acting as hands-on sidekicks for Startup founders. Farina is a passionate social entrepreneur, advisor, and speaker with over 10 years of experience in startups and digital healthcare. She co-founded a range of companies, amongst those - Groupon (2010, Sydney), community marketplace Airtasker (2013, Sydney), and Germany’s leading therapy platform Selfapy (2016, Berlin). Farina has been awarded as “Top 30 under 30” of Forbes Magazine and one of the “25 women that make the world more sustainable”.
Felix Top
Team Lead
Technical University of Munich
Industry: , Smart City & Urban Tech, Logistics/Supply Chain, Construction Technology, Manufacturing, Robotics/Drones
Expertise: , UI/UX, Product Design, Product Management
Felix Top is currently working as a Team Lead at the Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He earned both his B.Sc. (2014) and his M.Sc. (2016) in mechanical engineering at the TUM, and his PhD will be completed in 2022. His research focuses on human-centred human-machine interfaces for crane teleoperation and the automation of logistics machineries such as cranes and AGV. Felix was awarded the Franklin V. Taylor Memorial Award of the IEEE SMC Society in 2020.
Gisle Sarheim
Vice President F&IAM | Real Estate & Asset Management
Hilton
Industry: , Real Estate, Travel & Tourism
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development
Gisle Sarheim is a global strategic leader and hotel development/real estate professional. He is currently serves as Vice President Feasibility & Investment Analysis | Real Estate & Asset Management at Hilton.
Prior to this, he headed up acquisitions and development for Hilton Grand Vacations in APAC, where he was responsible for the company’s launch and growth strategy into the Asia markets through execution of various real estate deals.
He has previously held a number of real estate, investment and advisory roles within the hospitality space in New York, London and Singapore.
Hannes Brellochs
Managing Director
big little things
Industry: , HR Tech, Gaming, Transportation / Mobility, Digital Health, E-Commerce
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Direct Sales
Hannes is currently working as CEO of big little things on the future of automated sustainable corporate gifting and sending. He is a highly connected ecosystem builder and event initiator at the intersection of corporate innovation, venture capital and startup ecosystems.
Hannes is a serial entrepreneur with vast experience in different roles as CEO and CTO building B2B (SaaS, HR) & B2C ventures (gaming, digital health and e-commerce) and corporate innovation consultant in open innovation and ecosystem building projects.
He is also an active angel investor and startup mentor.
Ingo Kaiser
CEO
PANDA
Industry: , IoT Software, Machine Learning & AI, Manufacturing, IoT Hardware, Platform Technologies/IT
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Software Engineering
Ingo has been supporting companies in the digitalization of their technical processes. PANDA's foundation offers a product for data acquisition and process optimization in the production environment. For this purpose, they have built a multidisciplinary team and serve well-known customers in the German market.
Ion Hauer
Chief Operating Officer
GlassDollar
Industry: , Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, SaaS, IoT Software, Robotics/Drones
Expertise: , Business Development, Fundraising, Product Management
Ion is Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director at GlassDollar, the leading end-to-end solution to help corporations source, manage, and successfully scale startup collaborations. He has 10+ years of experience in digital strategy, new business models and technology innovations.
As a Startup Mentor, Ion is passionate about helping young businesses reach global scale and transform enterprises into fast-moving digital organizations.
He covers a range of topics to help startups succeed, including finance (business plan, pitch deck, fundraising), product (customer feedback, value proposition, revenue model) and collaborating with large organizations to establish key partnerships.
Jan C. Rode
Project Manager (Freelancer)
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Industry: , Machine Learning & AI, Privacy & Security, Blockchain, Logistics/Supply Chain, Robotics/Drones
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Brand Marketing, Business Development
Jean-Luc Winkler
Head of Innovation & Strategy / CTO
Innovators.Hamburg
Industry: , Fashion, Retail, AR & VR Hardware, E-Commerce, Marketing Tech
Expertise: , Performance Marketing, Business Development, Pitch Coaching
Jean-Luc Winkler is the Head of Innovation & Strategy at SQUARE Innovation Hub in Hamburg, Germany. He is building startup proof of concepts and consulting corporates on their journey to building innovation units.
As CTO of VAUND, he is responsible for conceptualizing and building a digital Retail-a-as-Service commerce and brand experience.
Jesse Hartinger
Consultant
Reaktor.Berlin
Industry: , Social Media, Smart City & Urban Tech, Digital Health, E-Commerce
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Fundraising
Joachim Horn
Next Generation Technology Solutions Advisor
Smart Communications, Inc.
Industry: , Enterprise Software, Messaging & Telco, Mobile, Logistics/Supply Chain, Platform Technologies/IT
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Logistics, Product Management
C-level executive with 37 years of global experience in ICT both from vendor and telecom operator perspective. A passionate technologist at heart, led a diverse range of functions including sales, product design and management, R&D, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, while working and living in emerging and developed markets.
Has driven substantial transformation and future thinking about the industry's technology evolution.
Joachim Vandaele
Founding Partner
Wright Ventures
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Org. Structure & Governance, Fundraising
Joachim Vandaele has been building businesses for over 15 years in the financial services, family office, technology and new media space. He is the Co-Founder of Zephyr Ventures, which invests in ventures on the verge of taking off. As an Adjunct Lecturer and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at INSEAD, he provides students with insights from his successes and failures and ultimately helps them create their own reality. He is part of the German Accelerator Selection Committee.
Johannes Berg
Managing Director
Digital Hub logistics Hamburg
Industry: , Logistics/Supply Chain
Expertise: , Business Development, Public Relations, Logistics
Johannes is currently Managing Director of the Digital Hub Logistic at Hamburg. The Hub connects startups with corporates and partners from the field of research and further education as well as publicly owned logistics companies such as Volkswagen, Lufthansa, DHL, Ingenics, Shell, Tchibo, Gebr. Heinemann, HHLA and many more.
Joscha Hofferbert
Founder
Health Innovation Studios
Industry: , Digital Health, Fitness, Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Wearables & Quantified Self
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Business Development, Customer Success
Joscha Hofferbert holds a degree in psychologist and neuroscience. He is the founder of the Health Innovation Studios dedicated to foster innovation in healthcare through various forms of projects and activities.
Additionally he is the Initiator and Senior Advisor at the Vision Health Pioneers Incubator in Berlin supporting early-stage start-ups in a 9-month program in developing their innovations in the healthcare sector.
Apart from this he is the co-founder and Lead Organizer of Hacking Health Berlin, a global non-profit organization dedicated to promoting innovation in healthcare. To this end, Hacking Health regularly organizes hackathons and other events.
Jubin Shah
Product Manager – Innovation
Clinomic
Industry: , Big Data / Data Analytics, Social Media, Digital Health, Healthcare IT
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Product Design, Product Management
Dr. Jubin Shah is a Product Manager for a Medtech startup in Germany and focuses on the topic of interoperability & MVP development in healthcare. He has a background in bioinformatics and is an alumnus of Heidelberg University. Jubin is one of the Ambassadors of the German Indian Startup Exchange Program (GINSEP) and has been supporting & mentoring healthcare startups between India and Germany. He was instrumental in designing the XPOMET Medicinale 2019 in Berlin and is active in the global digital health & STEM communities.
Karin Ostermann
Entrepreneur in Residence
Berlin Institute of Health, Charite University Hospital
Industry: , Digital Health, Healthcare IT, Therapeutics, Diagnostics, E-Commerce
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Brand Marketing, Business Development
Karin is currently Entrepreneur in Residence at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charite University Hospital in Berlin. She led global product launches and strategy for Onco/Nephrology Biologics and performed US Commercial assessments for DTx reset/-o.
She has 15 years of Healthcare (Pharma/MedTech/Generics) experience; 5 years in industry and 10 years in strategy consulting. Her academic background lies in international business studies (Germany, Argentina, Thailand, Malta) with Finance & Marketing Majors.
Karolin Ruehlmann
COO on demand
Consultant Tech & Innovation
Industry: , SaaS, Machine Learning & AI, Transportation / Mobility, Smart City & Urban Tech, Digital Health
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development
Karolin Ruehlmann is an independent and seasoned project lead, multidisciplinary operations executive, and consultant for innovation and tech with more than ten years of experience. She is always interested in hearing from companies in need of a seasoned project manager and has worked with international automotive, technology, and banking companies. Karolin believes that great ideas need knowledgeable execution to come to life. She has an agile approach and worked on several complex innovation and digital projects across industries.
Kaylie Boogaerts
People Ops Manager
Checkly
Industry: , SaaS, HR Tech
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Human Resources, Recruiting
Kaylie is a People Ops Manager specialized in increasing productivity, reducing stress, and getting more from remote teams. She's employed at Checkly, a remote tech startup, and also has her own consulting business.
Her professional experience includes the role of Remote Processes & Culture Consultant for startups, while also working as a People Ops Manager for Checkly (remote tech startup).
Previously she worked at Laterpay for 4.5 years where she grew the team from 15 to 50 people and the team stated multiple times that the people and the culture were the number 1 reasons why they stayed at the company. These positions covered everything in the employee experience, from recruiting and employer branding to onboarding, performance, management support, culture, retreat, offboarding etc.
Marc-Angelo Bisotti
Founder and CEO
policy-insider
Industry: , SaaS, AR & VR Software, Food & Beverages, Digital Health, Medical
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Public Relations
Experienced entrepreneur in public affairs, health & medtech and currently strongly involved in developing AI solutions. Additional experience and board positions in the food and sea-freight forwarding industry. Passionate about helping ideas come to life and supporting startups at scaler8 and the-labs.space. PhD in Molecular Cell Biology.
Dr. Marco Miklis
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
ISEC7
Industry: , Cannabis, Transportation / Mobility, Smart City & Urban Tech, Aerospace, Energy
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development
More than 20 years of Aerospace and Defence background. Growth-focused senior executive with comprehensive experience in business development, sales & marketing management. Proven experience in analyzing industry and market trends, evaluating new business models and sales channels, developing market entry strategies, initiating new partnerships/collaborations/ investments.
Marco Steglich
Senior Business Development Manager
Fraunhofer IIS
Industry: , Transportation / Mobility, Smart City & Urban Tech, IoT Hardware
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development
Marco Steglich joined Fraunhofer IIS in 2017 as Business Development Manager for 5G. After completing his studies in transportation economics with a focus on communications economics at the TU Dresden in 2010, he worked for several years as a consultant in the field of mobile communications, IT infrastructure, and broadband expansion. The main focus of his work is business field development in the area of mobile communications. This includes preparing market analyses, carrying out committee work and, above all, establishing and maintaining contacts with companies.
He has more than 10 years experience in the mobile communication market. Steglich is knowledgeable about the German market and 5G technology. He looks forward to discuss use cases, business models or other things in that field.
Marina Leonie Moskvina
Head of Digital Health
TUM Venture Labs
Industry: , Education, Digital Health, Medical Devices, Platform Technologies / Biotechnology
Expertise: , Human Resources, Pitch Coaching
Marina Leonie Moskvina is the Head of Digital Health at TUM Venture Labs, the new entrepreneurial innovation hubs re-enforcing, in a unique way, tech-based business creation at the interfaces of engineering, natural, life, and data sciences and medicine. She co-founded a deep tech company and has been working in the field of healthcare innovation for over six years; and has been an entrepreneurship education expert in WMC Healthcare for over three years.
Michael Hübner
Project Manager
Sana Kliniken
Industry: , Big Data / Data Analytics, Machine Learning & AI, Platform Technologies/IT, Healthcare IT
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Direct Sales
Miloš Djurdjevic
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
heyData
Industry: , SaaS, Privacy & Security, Insurance, Digital Health, Marketplace
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development
Miloš Djurdjević is a digital health expert and co-founder of the data security venture HeyData. HeyData supports all kinds of companies to implement their data protection by offering adapted solutions to make data protection measures DSGVO compliant. He is also a Director at Dialogue, a company offering different occupational health services.
Mirco Dragowski
Strategic and Political Advisor
Mirco Dragowski
Strategic and Political Advisor
Industry: , HR Tech, Printing, Manufacturing, Robotics/Drones, Digital Health
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Fundraising
Mirco is right in between politics and economics. Most recently, he has been the Managing Director of the German Startups Association. He stands out for his vast connections across industries and his profound experience in working with startups. He studied political science and law at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Mirco works as a Strategic Advisor to Startups, Corporates, Politics, Associations, Investors, Foundations, Promotional companies for Cities and Universities and is on the board of trustees at Business Angels Club Berlin Brandenburg. He is a former Managing Director of the German Startups Association and a former member of The Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (House of Representatives).
Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan
Product Marketing Manager
The MathWorks
Industry: , Enterprise Software, AR & VR Software, Machine Learning & AI, Automotive, Medical Devices
Expertise: , Business Development, Product Management, Software Engineering
Dr. Mohammad Abu-Alqumsan is the product marketing manager for the IEC Certification Kit at MathWorks. He is a Functional Safety expert focusing on Model-Based Systems Engineering, Model-Based Design and Autonomous Systems. He consults with industry participants on qualifying tools and developing workflows that comply with popular certification standards for safety-related and safety-critical industries. Before joining MathWorks in 2020, he worked at Validas AG as a project manager and research software engineer. Mohammad has a doctorate degree in Brain-Computer Interfaces and Robotics from the Technical University of Munich.
Nicolas Keravec
Managing Director
Rocket Internet (Asia)
Industry: , E-Commerce, SaaS, FinTech, Tax & Accounting, Marketplace
Expertise: , Finance, Org. Structure & Governance, Finance, Fundraising
Nicolas Keravec is a venture capitalist, tech entrepreneur and finance business leader with 15 years of cross border experience with a deep understanding of tech driven scalable business models. Most recently, he was MD of Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG), an investment vehicle, a joint venture between Rocket Internet and Ooredoo. He has experience in driving Fundraising, IPO, Fund Management, risk management, External Reporting and Treasury in large to medium-size corporations & funds.
Nicolas Leonhardt
CEO/Co-Founder
Wagawin
Industry: , Big Data / Data Analytics, Content & Publishing, Mobile, Marketplace, Ad Tech
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Direct Sales
Niciolas is a CEO and Co-Founder of Wagawin, a marketing technology company headquartered in Munich with offices in Singapore and London. He is an experienced marketing and sales professional with proven leadership skills. Prior to Wagawin, Nicolas built-up an independent insurance and investment agency, serving more than 200 private and business customers. He sold the agency in 2017.
Olaf-Gerd Gemein
Business Architect
Smart Cities Lab
Industry: , Big Data / Data Analytics, Machine Learning & AI, Cloudtech & DevOps, CleanTech, Energy
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development
Olaf-Gerd is the co-founder of the Smart Cities Lab in Hamburg and London, and a passionate Serial Entrepreneur and Business Architect with a specific ambition to be a change catalyst.
He has over 35 years of practical experience in various markets in Europe, Asia, North and South America and Canada. He has successfully supported more than 100 projects in the ICT sector and over 250 start-ups.
His contributions focused on accelerating start-ups and innovation clusters, building networks, products and services from scratch, facilitating and implementing go-to-market strategies. He also supports various ventures, corporations and clusters to acquire public funding. He is often invited to speak at conferences and facilitate networking on smart tech topics around the world.
Oliver Hasse
Managing Director
INAM - Innovation Network for Advanced Materials
Industry: , SaaS, FinTech, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, CleanTech
Expertise: , Business Development, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions
Oliver Hasse is currently the Managing Director of INAM - the Innovation Network for Advanced Materials, with a background in strategy and finance. More than 20 years ago, he started his career in political consulting and advocacy work in London, Brussels, and Berlin, taking on various leadership roles in management consulting, focusing on clients from high-tech sectors. His passion for innovation and entrepreneurship led him to work in various constellations with founders and growth companies over recent years, including as a mentor for AdMaCom since 2017 and Vali Berlin since 2020.
Peter Kabel
Founding Partner
AECAL - Asian E-Commerce Alliance
Industry: , Machine Learning & AI, Content & Publishing, Social Media, Fashion, E-Commerce
Expertise: , Brand Marketing, UI/UX, Product Design
Peter Kabel is a Founding Partner of AECAL Asian E-Commerce Alliance, where they help develop digital business models in India and other Asian markets through investment and support through consulting. Since the end of the 1980s, Peter has experienced and actively influenced the transformation. As a consultant, thought leader and speaker, he is able to draw on his experiences to offer clients and audiences something unique.
Peter is a serial entrepreneur with successful exits and brought one of them public in 1999. He is also an investor in more than 50 early-stage companies.
Peter is a professor at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Interaction and Service Design and has accompanied countless students on their way into professional life.
Peter Nietzer
CEO/Owner
KITES Industriebeteiligungen GmbH
Industry: , Machine Learning & AI, Manufacturing, Robotics/Drones, Digital Health, Diagnostics
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Go-To-Market Strategy, Finance
Peter Nietzer is a Board member of public tech companies and an Angel/ VC Investor. As a Board member and consultant, Peter supports companies in various stages of growth development, focusing on financial and legal strategies and transactions.
His industries focus are in B2B tech, mainly digital health, robotics/AI and food tech. His functional focus is on finance, company building, legal, governance and fundraising.
Peter has a track record as VC/PE CFO, structuring and legally designing investments, heading audit committees and running the operation.
Peter is also an IPO Advisor for German companies which consider an IPO or integration of international investors as well as a robotic enthusiast.
Ralf Fuchs
Founder
HARF Consulting
Industry: , Food & Beverages, Logistics/Supply Chain, Consumer Electronics, Manufacturing, Marketing Tech
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Business Development, Product Design
Ralf Fuchs is the Founder of HARF Consulting, one of the pioneering companies in the field of Islamic software and eLearning solutions. He has 30 years of industry experience in White Goods and FMCG. Ralf led global positions in operational and entrepreneurial roles and has expertise in production, industrial engineering (IE), quality, development, and marketing. Ralf worked around the globe and has lived in Germany, Turkey, and Italy.
Ralf Schmidt
Managing Director
AMFS Pte. Ltd
Industry: , Transportation / Mobility, Logistics/Supply Chain, FinTech, Lending & Investments, Energy
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Business Development, Finance
Building on his diversified and in-depth knowledge from 24 years in senior roles in the banking industry, Schmidt is active as an advisor, mentor, business developer and director for start-ups and companies in my core areas, maritime & transport, finance / fintech and renewable energy & infrastructure.
Bringing sustainability forward in the corporate world and society together with all stakeholders drives him. As honorary HamburgAmbassador in Singapore having a platform to foster cross-regional and cultural collaborations motivates him further.
Various companies, government agencies, institutions and organisations in SEA and Hamburg draw upon his expertise and connections for possible partnerships and development of their business in SEA or Hamburg.
Sam Vakili
Founder & Coach
INVEST.IN.TEK
Industry: , SaaS, Machine Learning & AI, Blockchain, FinTech, Digital Health
Expertise: , Finance, Fundraising, Mergers & Acquisitions
Sam Vakili is a Venture capitalist and Investment professional experienced in venture funding, investment fund (re)structuring, Investment portfolio management, Business Planning, and digital venture building across Europe.
He has over a decade of overseeing the investment process and corporate transaction activities, including deal sourcing, due diligence, valuation, investment monitoring, fundraising, and risk management for various international PE/VC Investment Funds and investment boutiques.
Sandra Kumhofer
General Counsel
RealPort AG
Industry: , Privacy & Security, Blockchain, FinTech, Lending & Investments, Payment
Expertise: , Org. Structure & Governance, Legal Strategy, Financial Regulations
Sandra Kumhofer is a lawyer with more than 10 years of experience in German, Austrian and European supervisory law. She supported setting up all portfolio ventures of the FinLeap Group and provided legal support to portfolio ventures. As expert in this area she has been building up 18 FinTech companies in the last 5.5 years of which 6 are BaFin-regulated. In 2018, Sandra has been selected as expert in the European Commission's Expert Group Regulatory Obstacles to Financial Innovation (ROFIEG).
Sebastian Müller
Paramedic
Maltesr Rettungsdienst gGmbh
Industry: , Social Media, Diagnostics, CleanTech
Expertise: , Public Relations
Sebastian Müller is a Paramedic at Malteser, a rescue service that is one of the pillars of preclinical emergency care in Germany. His expertise lies in public relations and social media. He has worked in a variety of jobs, such as Social Media Manager, Train Station Optimizer, Paramedic, Author, and Vaccination Center Organiser. Sebastian has written about Upcycling, DIY, and 3D printing in the German Make Magazine.
Sebastian Weiss
Data & AI Lead
Swentures
Industry: , SaaS, Big Data / Data Analytics, Machine Learning & AI, FinTech, Insurance
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Direct Sales
Sebastian Weiss is a Business Development leader, strategic consultant, coach and executive. With more than 12 years experience in the High Tech Sector he supported, managed and advised various U.S. and German companies to build and scale high performing organisations in DACH, EMEA and the U.S., some of them from scratch. Companies include Red Hat, Contentful and Mirantis.
Being in the High Tech sector for the last 16 years, Sebastian helped, managed and advised various US and German companies to build and scale high performing organizations in DACH, EMEA and the US, some of them from scratch. Companies include Red Hat, Contentful, Mirantis, Google Cloud and Scale AI. In these various functions, Sebastian managed teams of all sizes (up to 80) and huge revenue responsibility.
Simon Nicolas Heinz
Sanacorp Pharmahandel
Sanacorp Pharmahandel
Industry: , SaaS, Digital Health, Fitness, Pharmacy
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Product Design, Product Management
Simon Heinz is Head of Digital at Sanacorp Pharmahandel. He is responsible for the product development of Sanacorp's B2B and B2B2C software products. With his team, Simon focuses on developing customer-centric, data-driven products to digitize processes of local pharmacies such as chats and online shops.
Simon holds an M.Sc. in Innovation (Digital Products & Services) from the University of Munich (LMU) & is an expert in launching B2B and B2B2C software applications with a focus on health, healthcare and wellness technologies and the application of GDPR and medical regulations in regards to software products.
Simon is also teaching agile innovation methods at the University of Augsburg and mentoring early-stage startups at LeAD. He is always interested in fruitful discussions and meeting people who excel in their field.
Stefan Beerhalter
Vice President, Germany
German Accelerator Life Sciences
Industry: , Digital Health, Healthcare IT, Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Platform Technologies / Biotechnology
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Direct Sales
Stefan Beerhalter is the VP for German Accelerator Life Sciences (GALS), where he is responsible for all GALS activities in Germany.
An entrepreneurial life sciences and health tech industry veteran and investor, he has more than 25 years’ experience leading and commercializing cutting-edge scientific concepts into products that benefit patients for a wide array of multinational, market-leading and start-up organizations. In addition, as a seasoned private investor, he pioneers opportunities to make high-profile impacts with innovative companies.
Dr. Tristan Visentin
Innovation Manager
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI
Industry: , AR & VR Software, IoT Software, Machine Learning & AI, Semiconductors, Robotics/Drones, IoT Hardware
Expertise: , Business Development, Product Management, CE
Dr. Tristan Visentin is working as innovation manager at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Research Institute for Telecommunications in Berlin, Germany. He has gained more than 7 years of professional experience in RF technology, radar systems and AI. Tristan Visentin received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering (B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E.) from the technical university of Berlin, Germany in 2010 and 2014, respectively. In 2018, he earned his Ph.D. degree at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He conducted his Ph.D. research about polarimetric radars at millimeter-wave frequencies and AI for automotive applications at the corporate research sector of the Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart, Germany.
In his current work as innovation manager his main fields of interest for innovation and disruptive technologies are: 5G & 6G, Edge Cloud Computing, AI, Drones & Autonomous Robotics, Sensors (Radar, Lidar, etc.), Digital Signal Processing, Industry 4.0 & Beyond, VR & AR, Autonomous Driving & V2X Communications. He is closely connected to Berlin's deep tech startup scene.
Vince Madai
Snr. Healthcare AI Researcher
Charité
Industry: , Machine Learning & AI, Digital Health, Imaging
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Business Development, Product Design
Vince is a Senior Healthcare AI rRsearcher at Charité Berlin and a visiting Professor of Medical Informatics at Birmingham City University. He holds an M.D., a Ph.D. in Medical Neuroscience, and an M.A. in Medical Ethics.
His research focuses on the translation of AI, predominantly in the areas of healthcare and neuroscience: 1) practical healthcare AI-research, 2) AI-ethics (e.g. xAI, bias, reproducibility), and 3) AI in healthcare product development.
Vince is also the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at ai4medicine, a company focused on medical AI data analytics and personalized mobile medical AI solutions.
Walter Huber
CEO
Cammio
Industry: , SaaS, HR Tech
Expertise: , Go-To-Market Strategy, Human Resources, Growth
Walter is a tech-loving growth entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in consulting, product, and leadership roles. He easily navigates between corporate and start-up, having worked for various organizations across 3 continents in various growth industries.
Next to his work in his own companies - Cammio and Everlong Ventures, Walter supports leadership teams in start-ups with funding and growth consulting.