Build a Great Startup in 2025 with the FI Germany Startup Accelerator

The Founder Institute, the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Germany Spring 2025 program!

If you could use a structured process and a lifetime of support from Germany's top investors and entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Germany Spring 2025 Founder Institute today.

Since 2009, our highly-structured accelerator programs have helped entrepreneurs at the earliest stages grow quickly, know what to do next, and make connections with the largest community of startup advisors.

To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free online startup events in Germany, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs:

Germany Events:

• Pitch Practice for European Founders: Get Feedback on Your Investor Pitch Deck: 6:00pm, Jan 15, 2025 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361501

Global or Regional Events:

• Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
• What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 2:00am, Nov 26, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361111
• How to Build a Product-Driven Go-to-Market Strategy : 7:00pm, Nov 26, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361127
• Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Jacob Jackson: 7:00pm, Nov 27, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361142
• Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, Dec 02, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361162
• What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 7:00pm, Dec 04, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361181
• Venture Trailblazers, featuring Ilya A. Strebulaev from Stanford: 6:00pm, Dec 05, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361200
• Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 7:00pm, Dec 09, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361232
• Enterprise Sales 101 for Startup Founders: Closing Big Deals: 7:00pm, Dec 11, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361250
• Get Feedback on Your MVP from Product Experts & Find Early Users: 7:00pm, Dec 16, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361270
• Founder Showcase: Startup Pitch & Networking Event: 7:00pm, Dec 18, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361289
• Startup Funding AMA & Founder Institute Info Session, with Jonathan Greechan (CEO, Founder Institute): 7:00pm, Dec 30, 2024 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/360198
• Startup Funding AMA & Founder Institute Info Session, with Jonathan Greechan (CEO, Founder Institute): 2:00am, Jan 03, 2025 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/360360
• Co-Founder Networking: Find a Technical Co-Founder: 7:00pm, Jan 08, 2025 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/361577
• Startup to Scale-Up: Mastering Sales & Branding with Mark Kosoglow: 7:00pm, Jan 13, 2025 (Europe/Berlin): https://FI.co/e/360960

• See all upcoming events

The Germany program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Amanda Fornal, Berlin Admin (., ex-Googler, ex-IBMer), Eva Dimitrova (Inventor, Go-To-Market Canvas), Ferdinand Muehlhaeuser (Lead Director Berlin, Founder Institute Berlin), Kai Malkwitz (Impact Director, Founder Institute Berlin / Germany), Mohammad Hossein Tavangar (Director, Founder Institute), Nathan Evans (Co-Founder fulfin / Local Leader FI Munich, fulfin - financing ecommerce), Rikke Klitskov (CMO, YellowX OU), Sara Maki (Director, Barclays).

But we do not stop there, but are supported by a great set of local partners actively engaging in the cohort:

LUTZ | ABEL is recognized by The Legal 500 as one of Germany’s leading law firms. With offices in Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Berlin, the team consists of more than 190 experts including around 100 lawyers. LUTZ | ABEL also includes a dedicated Venture Capital Team who have advised both startups and some of the world’s leading VC funds on financial transactions from Seed rounds to exits.  As a full-service business law firm LUTZ | ABEL provides expert legal support to its clients for all their needs from simple legal issues to the most complex corporate transactions.

Softup Technologies is a boutique development agency that has helped over 30 founders build and scale their products. They focus on Software development (mobile, web, platforms and marketplaces), team extension, prototyping, Data Analytics and AI development. Daniel Kazani, the Co-Founder, has over a decade of experience building software products from MVPs to Entreprise and working at the intersection between technology and business. He will support the product development and cofounder and team session in the upcoming cohort.

In addition, some of Germany's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating in the program, providing them with expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the Germany Founder Institute includes:

• Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
• Adam Moalla: Managing Director and FI Graduate, Moalla Ventures
• Adam Probst: founder, MAIoT.io
• Adeline Lee: Head of Product, Babbel
• Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
• Adrian Hans Beat Fopp: CEO, Harvard Business School Munich
• Adrien Bouillot: CEO, Founder, Chalkboard Education
• Aleks Kireeva: Business Optimisation Consultant / Senior Business Analyst, Optimise This / Delivery Hero
• Aleksa Mitrović: CEO & Founder, Hyperaktiv
• Alessio Tixi: Founder
• Alev Canoglu: Founder & CEO, Female Tech Leaders
• Alex Weiher Oschatz: Graphic Designer, Cliffhouse Grafik Design
• Alex G: Founder, DEFYCA
• Alexander Lasslop: Co-Founder, MyDays / Venturate
• Alexander Piutti: Cofounder, Sharecy.org
• Alexander Sumin: co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer, ClaimCompass
• Alexander Henn: CEo, shore.com
• Alexander Daamen: Co-Founder, NoPilots
• Alexander Djordjevic: CEO, Foodist
• Alexander Graubner Müller: Co-Founder, Kreditech
• Alexander Meis: Co-Founder / CTO, Meilon GmbH / former Co-Founder chefkoch.de
• Alexander Peiniger: CEO, quintly GmbH
• Alexander Thiel: CTO, Wunder Mobility
• Alexander Holst: Managing Director - Sustainability & Utility Strategy, Accenture
• Alexander Kiltz: VC Investor, UVC Partners
• Alexander Langguth: Managing Partner, Übermorgen Ventures
• Alexander Schabel: Co-founder, ImpactNexus
• Alexander Kölpin: Managing Director, seed+speed Ventures
• Alexandra Stamate: CEO, Bonamode
• Alexandra Barth: CEO & CHRO, HRS GROUP
• Alexandru-Mihai Glontaru, Sapiema
• Alexey Poznyakov: Founder + CEO, Coolbeez
• Alia Von Werder: Lawyer, Loewenheim Rechtsanwälte
• Alireza Nemati: SVP Partner & Alliance, Crate.io
• Alissa Stein: Founder , Alissa Stein
• Amanda Fornal: Founder, Founder Buddies
• Amelia Zins: Advisor, Google for Startups
• Amy Louise Shelver: Founder & CEO, BriefMapp
• Ana Alvarez: Founder and CEO, Migrapreneur & Migration Hub
• Anabel Ternes: CEO, GetYourWings
• Ana Catarina Rocha: Program Manager Social Media, Founder Institute Berlin
• André Panné: CEO, TRADUM - better business
• André Kholodov: CEO, eCozy
• Andrea Helmerich: CEO, ah consulting
• Andrea Licata: Fonder , Talent Eco
• Andrea Monti: Managing Director Impact and Sustainability, Founder Institute
• Andrea Fernandez: Co-Founder & CEO, Vitamin
• Andreas Hoerr: Co-Founder, Venturate
• Andreas Maslo: CEO, Co-founder, VERSO GmbH
• Andreas Stammnitz: Director Digital Business, dfv media group
• Andreas Beer: Managing Director , HYVE
• Andreas Dr. Splittgerber: Technology, Digital and Privacy Lawyer , Reed Smith
• Andreas Echterhoff: Initiator, Space for Transformation
• Andreas Assum: Business Angel , Max Ventures
• Andreas Bonacina: Managing Director, Investic Holding GmbH
• Andreas Dubrow: Startup Scout / exited Rechnung.de, AnDuB
• Andreas Rickert: CEO, PHINEO gAG
• Andreas Schumacher: Project Manager Artificial Intelligence, Munich Re
• Andreas G. Stütz: Founder and CEO, IDEASCANNER
• Andrei Cretu: co-founder, Pluria
• Andrej Kulikov: Founder & CEO, Artisense
• Andrew Osipov: Founder & CEO, Visual Craft
• Andrey Kostyuk: Co-Founder, AAlchemy Ventures Limited
• Andy Goldstein: Executive Director, LMU Entrepreneurship Center
• Aneta Nowobilska: Chief Product Officer, upday for Samsung (Axel Springer company)
• Angela Holter: Founding Partner and Investor, WIN Ventures
• Anna Kaiser: Founder & CEO, Tandemploy GmbH
• Anna Iarotska: Co-founder & CEO, Robo Wunderkind
• Anna Degtereva: CEO & Founder, Happy Farm Business Accelerator
• Anna Kössel: Founder & Managing Director, nevernot
• Anna Wanderwitz: Founder and Managing Director, Blueberry Walnut GmbH
• Anna Lisa Lappenküper: Co-Founder, The Akin
• Annegien Blokpoel: Founder & Lead Angel, Catalyst Impact Investment Club
• Anne Kjaer Riechert: Founder and Managing Director, ReDI School of Digital Integration
• Annika Pies: Managing Director, TALENTS – Digitales Personalmarketing
• Anti Jürgenstein: Founder / Partner / Creative Director, Optimist Group
• Antoine Parasie: Founder, AP Design Consulting
• Antoine Tzavaras: Sales Lead Germany, Qonto
• Antonia Hammer
• Antony Tikhonov: Venture Partner, Seedrs & Republic
• Anup Ninan: Founder
• Arash Wahedi: Founder and Negotiation Consultant, Negotiation Guru
• Archibald Sheran: CTO, Smokify
• Ariella Van Hooven: Mental Health Specialist, Self Employed
• Arne Wittmer: Owner, Managing Director, Computerhouse Berlin
• Arnim Falk Bonow: Managing Director, JMES Investments
• Arthur Pape: Partner, Pape & Co.
• Ashantha Kaluarachchi: Managing Director, StartEd Accelerator
• Athanasios Ladopoulos: CEO | Founder, MOOCTORS
• Axel Nitsch: Principal, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
• Bahar Tozar: Co-Founder, CMO - Partnerships, Migrapreneur
• Barışcan Güngör: Founder, Originium Technology
• Beenish Waris: CEO, Connect Platform
• Bejoy George: Executive Vice President - Transformation Initiatives Group, HCL Technologies
• Ben Larson: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Vertosa
• Ben Sufiani: Founder + Growth Marketer, Pirate Skills
• Ben Wilkening: Founder and Managing Director, Lankensee Capital
• Benedikt Löffler: CEO, ChipsTV
• Benedikt Sudbrock: General Counsel, Acton Capital
• Benjamin Thym: CEO, barcoo
• Benjamin Berndt: CEO, FUELGUARD RM GmbH
• Benjamin Föckersperger: Founder
• Benjamin Gröschel: Owner, kaffeemuenchen.de
• Benjamin Gebien: Senior Client Partner, OB8
• Benjamin Jones: Co-Founder & Chairman, Nuri
• Benjamin Kamya: Partner, Summa Consult
• Bernard O'flynn: CTO, Microsoft Accelerator (Berlin)
• Bernd Preuschoff: Group Chief Digital Officer & CEO, uvex group
• Bernhard Stippig: Co-Founder, e-profound GmbH
• Bernhard Scholz: COO, Kontexlab
• Bernhard Hecker: Co-founder , value.digital
• Berthold Von Freyberg: Partner & Co-Owner, Target Partners
• Bianca Praetorius: Pitch trainer, Bianca Praetorius
• Bilal Reffas: Senior Software Engineer, Bosch - Smart eBike Connectivity
• Biniam Asnake: Founder & CEO, Beya Tech
• B.J. Park: Founding Partner, neoteq ventures
• Björn Loose: Associate, Cavalry Ventures
• Björn Fedder: COO, Health-Tech Company
• Bo Ji: Founder, China Start
• Boris Brüllmann: Venture Developer, Factor10
• Boris Schwager: Founder & Owner, gridbuddy
• Britta Mues Walter: Founder & CEO, Mues-Walter Executive Search
• Bruno Mueller: Founder, AMI Capital
• Bryony Cooper: Managing Partner, Arkley Brinc VC
• Carolin Sandfort: Founder & Managing Director, Plan C
• Carolin Wagner: Co- Founder, STATION
• Carolin Kunert: Founder & CEO, Knister Grill
• Carolin Kunert: Founder and CEO, Knister Grill
• Carolina Yeo: Founder and Partner, &ahead, Director Founder Institute
• Caroline Osswald: Founder , Osswald HR
• Caroline Jenke: Chief Legal Officer , Pliant
• Carsten Wagner: Co-Founder, wg-suche.de
• Caspar Schroth: Partner, Rechtsanwälte Schwenke Schütz GbR
• Cecile Garcia Le Goff: Strategic Advisor, Freelance
• Cédric Naintré: Founder, Range-Moi
• Ceren Binyildirim: Product and Design Advisor, Stealth Startup
• Charlotte Aschim: CEO and Co-Founder, TotalCtrl
• Chiara Thanner: Senior Manager Curia/Intrapreneur, Innoplexus
• Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
• Chris Eberl: CEO & Founder , kontextR GmbH
• Chris Payne: General Counsel, Kiln SAS
• Christian Angele: CEO, Imedo
• Christian Kaehlig: Managing Partner, Ideas Enabled GmbH
• Christian Wolf: Founder, asgoodasnew.com
• Christian Lindener: CEO and Country Manager, Wayra Germany
• Christian Öchtering: Startup Enthusiast, Zeitgold
• Christian Petschik: CSO, Oneclick Group AG
• Christian Gleich: Director Crowd Strategy, HYVE
• Christian Macht: Chief Representative, ELEMENT Insurance AG
• Christian Chudoba: Founder + CEO, Lumenaza GmbH
• Christian Mülder: Entrepreneur, Dreamrockz Holding, Software, Service GmbH
• Christian Rebernik: CEO, Tomorrow's Education
• Christian Behl: International Business Development, Cognition IP
• Christian W. Jakob: Managing Director, TEN GmbH
• Christina Oster Daum: Founder and CEO, Cosnova GmbH
• Christina Linke: Dr., Clean Ocean Coatings
• Christoph Raethke: Angel Investor, Angels Of Deutschland
• Christoph Sollich: Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor, The Pitch Doctor
• Christoph Sollich: The Pitch Doctor
• Christoph Hennig: Founder & CEO, Sales.Digital
• Christoph Süßenberger: Attorney-at-law, Partner, FPS Fritze Wicke Seelig
• Christoph Ostermann: Founder, Sonnen
• Christoph Neye: CEO, MotionLab berlin
• Christoph Berger: CEO, vilisto GmbH
• Christoph D. Kauter: Founding Partner, FS VenCube GmbH
• Christophe Aumaître: Partner, WENVEST Capital
• Christopher Waldner: Founder, Entrepreneurship Manufactory GmbH
• Christopher Obereder: CMO, Coin Stats
• Christopher Henke: Squad Leader and Senior Project Manager, Deutsche Telekom AG
• Claas Van Delden: Managing Director, SevenVentures GmbH
• Claas Nieraad: Managing Director, Next Logistics Accelerator
• Claas Triebel: Founder, Growth Academy GmbH
• Claire Mula: Entrepreneur and Scaleup Coach. Venture Boards and Advisor (NEXT Mannheim, chemovator), Made for SCALE
• Claude Ritter: Co-Founder and CEO, Tiger Facility Services
• Claudia Bacco: Founder, Grand Prix Marketing Consultants
• Claudia Schaller: Founder , InFutura
• Claus Dieter Kotalla: Partner, U. Madel u. C.-D. Kotalla PartG StBG
• Clemence W. Chee: Global Senior Director Data , HelloFresh SE
• Clemens Pompeÿ: Head of Innovation, amatus
• Colin Berr: CEO & Founder, Mentor Lane
• Corinna Haas: CEO, Inga GmbH
• Corinna Reibchen: Founder and CEO, Passcon
• Cristian Munteanu: Partner, Early Game Ventures
• Cristian Onetiu: Entrepreneur, Life Care Corp
• Csaba Tamas: Principal Solution Architect, Innovation Bay
• Daan Loening: Co-Founder, Semicolon Berlin
• Dajin Lie: Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
• Dan Lüdtke: Co-Founder, LK-Networks
• Daniel Kilger: CEO, Smokeless
• Daniel Bidmon: Founder & CEO, Obelizk®
• Daniel Schosser: Co-Founder, Crashtest Security
• Daniel Nowack: Managing Director, Yunus Social Business
• Daniel Grewe: Partner, Seitz
• Daniel Herper: Rechtsanwalt, FPS
• Daniel Wagner: Co-Founder & Managing Director UX, COBE
• Daniel Donhauser: Senior Lawyer, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
• Daniel Thomas: VC investor, Delivery Hero Ventures
• Daniel Reese: Investment Manager, UVC Partners
• Daniel Kroepfl: Vice President, TELE Controls Inc.
• Daniel Schulte Hillen: Investor, Simon & Daniel Angel Collective (SDAC)
• Daniel Kazani: Co-Founder, Softup Technologies
• Daniel Rintelmann: Venture Partner, Around Ventures
• Daniela Bach: Senior Investment, HTGF
• Daniel Stephen Massey: COO, w-tec AG
• Danny Lützelberger: Managing Director, Canny Innovation UG
• Daria Markova: Educator & Entrepreneur, Space Shack, Blockchain Pirates, TU Berlin, Stanford & more
• Daria Saharova: Partner, Vito ONE
• Daria Suvorova: Launch Manager - Market Expansion, Klarna
• Darja Gutnick: Co-Founder, CEO, Bunch.ai
• Darren Cahill: CEO, Brotist
• Darrena Mamm: Founder, Product Lead , TechUnicornBuilders/ FirstGenerationTech
• Darya Kamkalova: Founder, Venturing Women
• David Lees: CEO & Founder, StoryHome
• David Lees: Founder, CEO , StoryHome
• David Zahn: VP Venture Development at Makers.do, Makers.do
• David Vollmar: CEO, Unival Group
• David Wills: Director Global ERP Projects, Merck KGaA
• David Wortmann: Founder, DWR eco
• David Hajizadeh: Co-Founder , Staffboard
• David An: Managing Partner, Dracoon Ventures
• Deepa Gautam Nigge: Head of Next-Gen Innovation Network , SAP
• Deji Fash: Vice President of Products, Appzone Group
• Dennis Werner: CEO & Co-Founder, mylily
• Dennis Burmeister: Auditor, taavas
• Dieter Büttenbender: Trusted Advisor / Founder / Investor, DiB Consulting
• Dietrich Sammer: Attorney, FPS
• Dimitri Gärtner: Founder, FRAMEN
• Dimitris Polychronopoulos: Oslo Chapter Director, FI Mentor
• Diora Suleymanova: Management Consultsant, Ikigai Leadership
• Dirk Freise: Founding Partner, Shortcut Ventures
• Dirk Weipert: Founder, FCI FundersClub GmbH
• Dirk Müller Dornieden: Managing Director, Founder Institute Berlin
• Dirk Lehmann: Advisor | Coach | Speaker, Dirk Lehmann & Partners
• Dmitry Kharchenko: Founder & CEO, CTO, TechBiz Global GmbH
• Dmytro Boguslavskyy: Chief Technology Officer & CoFounder, kooky
• Dominic Blank: Cofounder and MD, hyrise GmbH
• Dominik Matyka: Entrepreneur, Investor, Company Builder, Cavalry Ventures
• Dominik Klepek: CEO & Co founder, Grammario
• Don Samoil: Managing Partner, Trusted Scale
• Dora Petrova: Founder, FemGems
• Doreen Rietentiet: Founder, DWR eco GmbH
• Dr. Angelika Kneidl: Founder , Accu:rate
• Dr. Angelika Denk: Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Innovation Ambassadors GmbH
• Dr. Anne Von Wolff: Investment Associate, Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners
• Dr. Cornelia Klaubert: Founder, gasido GmbH
• Dr. Elke Oestreicher: Founder , MARKTCHANCE
• Dr. Heiko Milde: Geschäftsführer, IFB Innovationsstarter GmbH
• Dr. Isabell Franck: Founder & Managing Director, franck.AI GmbH
• Dr. Justus Binder: Partner , ReedSmith
• Dr. Marco Wenderoth: Attorney, FPS
• Dr. Oliver Heinrich: Founding Partner, BHO Legal
• Dr. Philipp Wüllrich, LL.M. (Edinburgh): Partner (Legal Deal Advisory), KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
• Dr. Robert Richter: CEO, WERK1
• Dr. Tina Ruseva: CEO, Mentessa
• Dr. Valentin Knobloch: General Counsel, yes.com AG
• Dubravka Maljevic, BG Kliniken
• Eckart Burgwedel: Co-Founder & CEO, Uberchord
• Ekaterina Arlt Kalthoff: Founder & CEO, Mami Poppins
• Eleftheria Egel: CEO, Navigating Transformation Cons
• Elena Mlotok: General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand, Amazon
• Elisa Czerski: Founder and CEO, N Robotics
• Elisabeth Tuttass: Associate, Unshackled Ventures
• Eliza Kirkorian: COO, Flashquad
• Else Van der Berg: Product Advisor, Sonderhouse
• Else Van der Berg: Dr. Else van der Berg, Value Rebels
• Emil Kendziorra: CEO, Medlanes GmbH
• Emily Koolen: Leadership & Founder Coach, Facilitator & Scale-Up Ecosystem Leader, Koolen Consulting
• Erdinç Koç: Head of the MediaTech Hub Accelerator, Hasso-Plattner Institute
• Erik Meyers: Founder & CEO, Erik S. Meyers Consulting
• Ertan Can: Managing Partner, Multiple Capital
• Etta Dannemann: Program Manager & Startup Coach, SIBB Incubator
• Eugenio Grapa: CMO & CTO, Supplino, Inc
• Eugenio Grapa: Founder and CTO, Supplino, Inc
• Eva Missling: Director Strategic Development, 99designs
• Eva Dimitrova: Graduate, Founder Institute Sofia
• Eva Dimitrova: Inventor, Go-To-Market Canvas
• Evan Testa: CEO & Co founder, Roundtable
• Evelyn Brock: CEO and Business Angel, Evelyn Brock
• Fabian Geyrhalter: Founder and Principal, FINIEN
• Fabian Linack: CEO, Self employed
• Fabian Leipelt: Principal, WestTech Ventures
• Fabian Krautwurst: Analyst, Cavalry Ventures
• Fabian Hadiji: Head of Data Science, Jodel
• Fabian Kofler: Former Founder, CEO and Member of the Board, Free2Move
• Fabian Heilemann: Partner, Earlybird Ventures
• Fabian Kleeberger: Head of Product & Design, Socialhub
• Fabrizio Gramuglio: Serial Founder , Singularity University
• Falk Sonnenschmidt: Please fill, Factor 10
• Falk Föll: Founder
• Felix Reinshagen: Co-Founder, Navvis GmbH
• Felix Huber: Head of DACH and Nordics, Bob Rosin
• Felix Pantlen
• Felix Staeritz: Co-CEO, Crowdfox GmbH
• Felix Leonhardt: CEO, Lycka
• Felix Hofmann: CEO, BMI Lab AG
• Felix Krause: Angel Investor, Start-up Advisor and Coach, Vireo Ventures
• Ferdinand Mühlhäuser: Digital Strategist, Business Angel & Coach, Founder Institute Germany
• Ferdinand Mühlhäuser: Digital Strategist, convestec GmbH
• Fernanda Alvarez: Founder & CEO , FA & Co.
• Fidel Thiessenhusen: Founder & Managing Director, Digitalverlag für Fachwissen
• Firas Khalifeh: CEO, Carbon Mobile GmbH
• Florian Taeube: Prof. Dr. , Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
• Florian Eberhart: CEO & Founder, StartYourSales
• Florian Schärer: Founder & CEO, Fitrate GmbH
• Florian Gottschaller: Founder, Board member, SPENDIT AG
• Florian Huber: Angel Investor, florianhuber.de
• Florian Erber: Founder & Managing Partner , Ananda Impact Ventures
• Florian Lauscher: Partner, Seitz Partnerschaftsgesellschaft
• Florian Thon: Investment Analyst, 4Impact
• Florian Fehr: Managing Director , NEEW Ventures
• Francesco Kirchhoff: UX Designer + Product Manager
• Francisco Tavira: Co-Founder & CEO, Loomee
• Frank Fuchs: Managing Consultant & Co-Founder, Valopex
• Frank Schwarz: Owner, Schwarz Financial Communication
• Frank Pawlitschek: Founder and Senior Advisor, ubitricity
• Frank Reinecke: Partner, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management
• Frank Schwarz: Geschäftsführer, Sächsische Lotto-GmbH
• Franka Ismer: Senior Program Managerin, PHINEO Startups
• Franklin Kamnang Ngansop: Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching
• Franz Riedl: Founder, styla
• Frederik Roever: Investor & Entrepreneur
• Fredi Gruber: Co-Founder, fulfin - financing ecommerce
• Freya Oehle: Founder, Spottster
• Gabriel Yoran: Founder, VP Marketing and Communications, Steady Media
• Gabriele Riedmann De Trinidad: Founder & CEO, platform3l GmbH
• Galen Evans: CTO and Founder, Konfid.io
• Galia Kotova: Co-Founder, Coolbeez
• Georg Broxtermann: Co-founder / Managing Director , GameInfluencer GmbH
• Georg Vonhasselt: Managing Director, Thalends GmbH
• Georg Meuser: Co-Founder & Business Consultant, nxt milestone
• George Guerra: Founder, ProfitableClients.com
• Gerald Müller: Head of Finance , Acomodeo
• Gerhard Müller: Partner, TNG Technology Consulting GmbH
• Gerrit McGowan: Investor, Brainfood Ventures
• Gesa Miczaika: Partner, Auxxo Beteiligungen
• Gihad Chbib: Founder & CEO, MobX GmbH
• Gilles Toussaint: Consultant & Coach, Gilles Toussaint
• Gonzalo Sanchez Silk: Head of Business Development Latin America, brickblock.io
• Gonzalo Arenas: Swiss Army Knife , N26
• Gordon Me O Cf Ol Lmfza M Gn: KgTyeiJncrYg, GWmiksHKZBElYasrxq
• Gregor Herdmann: Founder & Co-CEO, PaketConcierge
• Gregor A. Erkel: Founder & Startup Advisor, be ventures Berlin
• Gregor Henrik Unger: Managing Partner , caesar.
• Gregory May
• Gudrun Lantelme: Coach and Consultant Start-up in Management|Gründungsberatung , TU Darmstadt - HIGHEST
• Gülce Horatacı: Investment Manager, StartersHub
• Gunjan Bhardwaj: CEO , Innoplexus AG
• Gunnar Froh: Founder & CEO, Wunder Mobility
• Gurdip Mudhar: Co-Founder, LocalSecrets.io
• Gwendolyn Schröter: Investment Manager & Business Development, Golzern Holding GmbH
• Hamlet Hayrapetyan: Senior Product Manager, Timeless Investments
• Hannah Dahl: Co-Founder & Managing Director, CoWomen
• Hannalie Marsh: Managing Director, Swamp and Savanna
• Hans Pretz: Chief Product Officer, Techpilot
• Hansjörg Bausch: CIO, Galeria Kaufhof
• Harald Mueller, MediaWireless
• Hasan Ozdemir: Founder, LedgerZ
• Hassan Sohbi, Taylor Wessing
• Heike Roettgers: Agile | Organisation | Change, Leanovate GmbH
• Heiko Rauch: Heiko Rauch - Co-Founder of UFOstart (Berlin FI), UFOstart.com
• Heiko Rauch: Co-Founder and CFO, Globumbus.com
• Heiko Beier: CEO, moresophy GmbH
• Heiko Hubertz: CEO, WHOW Games
• Helen Han: Investment Manager, Schenker Ventures
• Helena Rosandic Sepic: CEO, Startaparat
• Helery Pops: Investor, Practica Capital and Honey Badger Capital
• Hendrik Martens: Chief Value Officer, BIZZheroes GmbH
• Hendrik Braun: Entrepreneur & Advisor, Good Vibe Ventures
• Henri Huselstein: Co-Founder / CEO, AUCTA
• Henrik Hasenkamp: Founder & CEO, gridscale GmbH
• Hilmar John: Geschäftsführer, fokus.energie e.V.
• Holger Dieterich: Product Manager, Freelancer
• Holger Kastler: Attorney, Hyazinth LLP
• Holger Schütz: Partner, Rechtsanwälte Schwenke Schütz GbR
• Inbal Cohen: Vice President of Product Development, EVA global
• Ingo Juraske: Venture Partner, Inovexus
• Ingo Baumann: Partner, BHO Legal
• Ingo Dahm: CEO, capacura GmbH
• Inka Winter: CEO , ESG Screen17 GmbH
• Irina Clemens: Co-Founder, Talentif
• Irina Ermak: Business Director, Interbrand
• Iulian Circiumaru: Managing Partner
• Izai Amorim: Interim & Project Manager, IZAI AMORIM | Interim & Project Management
• Jakob Freund: CEO, Camunda
• James Corbett: CEO & Co-Founder, Simvirtua
• Jan Küster: Founder & CEO, FoundersFight.Club
• Jan Andresen: CEO, veeseo.com
• Jan Kennedy: CEO & Founder, Academy for Corporate Entrepreneurship
• Jan Heitmann: Keynote Speaker, Poker-Experte.de
• Jan Andresen: Tech Entrepreneur, at the Beach
• Jan Mechtel: Co-Founder, Templafy
• Jan Pleser: Chief Marketing Guru, Finanzguru
• Jan Cassalette, ParcelP
• Jan Kus: CEO, Railslove
• Jan Jeske: Investment Analyst, neoteq ventures
• Jan Sessenhausen: General Partner, Cusp Capital
• Jana Scharfschwerdt: CEO
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• Jana Ehret: Founder, Co Work & Play GmBh
• Janine Wagner: CEO and Founder, Kopply
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• Janne Saarikko: Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute
• Jannis Riesz, Flipmode.io
• Janthana Kaenprakhamroy: CEO & Founder, Tapoly Ltd
• Jascha Samadi: CEO, apprupt GmbH
• Javier Rincon: Business Model and Product Discovery Expert, LeanCrush
• Jelena Klingenberg: Founder, hppyppl
• Jennifer Geacone Cruz: Content and Marketing Strategist, Startup Wise Guys
• Jenny Saft: CEO/ Founer, Oviavo
• Jen-Yie Chen: Venture Developer, Factor10
• Jeremiah Lopez: Marketing Director, U+ User Technologies
• Jeremy Barr: Co-Founder, Super Founder
• Jessica Millstone: Managing Director, Copper Wire Ventures
• Jessica Fernsler Finge: Early-Stage Investor, 2bX VC
• Jia Hong Shaw: Founder, Turn Off Turn On Ventures
• Joe Betts Lacroix: CTO, Vium
• Joerg Land: CEO, Sonormed
• Joerg Geier: Consultant, Joerg Geier Consulting
• Joerg Diehl: Head of Business Development , aescuvest GmbH
• Johann Romefort: Managing Director , 1863 Ventures
• Johanna Feick: Product Leader, Cognigy
• Johannes Weber: Co-Founder and Managing Director, bentekk GmbH | A Dräger Company
• Johannes Steinacher: Rechtsanwalt, Hyazinth LLP
• Johannes Laub: Founder & Managing Partner , CrowdDesk GmbH
• Johannes Vogel: Partner, BHO Legal
• Johannes Nuenning: Head of Lean Innovation, Deutsche Telekom AG
• Johannes Erhardt: Managing Director, Bluquist
• Johannes Behringer: Investment Manager, Cusp Capital
• Johannes Rüberg: Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
• John Krehbiel: Founder & CEO, Hummingbird LTD.
• John Smith, Founder institute
• John Calian: CEO, Riddle&Code
• Johnny Quach: Chief Product Officer, AirHelp
• Jonas Kegelmann: Co-founder, CEO, Holinatural
• Jonas Thiemann: CEO & Co-Founder, Applike
• Jonas Peeck: Founder at uncloud, uncloud
• Jonathan Liemann: Venture Architect, Stryber
• Jonathan Eade: Venture Partner, Sansar Ventures
• Jonathan Manierre: Founder & Owner, KOI Creative Space & Turkois Design
• Jonathan Miller: Executive Leadership Coach, Level 7 Leadership
• Jonathan Cordero: Co-Founder & Venture Partner, Caesar Ventures
• Jonathan Khorsandi: CEO, Co-Founder, DiWy
• Joram Voelklein: Co-Founder, Cryptology Asset Group
• Jörg Siemes: Director Professional Imaging Sales & B2B Business Development, Canon
• Jörg Bienert: President, German AI Association (KI Bundesverband e.V.)
• José Francisco Fernandez Serna: Angel Investor & Expert, European Institute of Innovation & Technology, EU
• José Matías del Pino: Senior Venture Architect, BCG Digital Ventures
• Josephine Staats: Founder & CEO, Kulau GmbH
• Juan Manuel Lopera: CEO, TOMi Digital
• Juergen Funke: Board of Directors, Syngenio AG
• Julia Derndinger: CEO, die Gründertrainerin
• Julia Haitzmann: Growth Hacker, hackabu
• Julia Prettl: Investment Manager, Vito ONE
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• Julia Kuemper: CEO/Founder, Ventreneurs GmbH
• Julian Giessing: Managing Director, Ginkgo Equity
• Juliane Willing: CEO, Frischepost
• Juliane Hahn: Managing Partner, Signature Ventures
• Julius Bertram: Head of Global Pioneers, ALBA
• June W Choi: Managing Partner, Serval Ventures
• Jürgen Kopelke: CEO & Co-Founder, Webumbrella
• Jutta Merschen: Founder & MD, everday.io
• Jyrki Vanamo: Head of Design, Holvi
• Kai Bolik: CEO, GameDuell
• Kai Malkwitz: Impact Director, Founder Institute Berlin / Germany
• Kai Buehler: CEO, KB Ventures
• Kai Oliver Rittner: Founder, PEERSPECTIVE GmbH
• Karen Kargar: Consultant for Executive Search, Coaching and Employer Branding, Executive Search
• Karolin Erdmann: Lead Startup Unit, Berlin Partner
• Karolina Attspodina: Founding Partner & CIO, WLOUNGE | MAGDA GROUP
• Karolis Pranckevicius: CEO, Blue Orange
• Karsten Helbig: Founder & CEO, guided doing
• Kartik Buddha: Co-Founder/CTO, MOOCTORS
• Katharina Kugler: Founder , humanplus & UNIVERSE Enterprises
• Katharina Trebitsch: Co-Founder & Managing Director, nevernot
• Katharina Jung: Co-Founder, Onuava
• Katherine Gilroy: Associate, Campaign Development Team Seedrs, Seedrs
• Kathleen Olstedt: Interim Manager, GOOD STUFF Ventures
• Katiane Di Schiavi: VP Client Success, TrustYou
• Katja Ruhnke: Angel Investor and CEO, ck venture capital
• Katrin Ostermeier: Business Coach, KAOS GmbH (www.kaos-coaching.de)
• Katrin Dr. Hinzdorf: Psychologist & Founders Coach, http://katrinhinzdorf.de/home_en
• Kevin Chen: Co-Founder, italki
• Kevin Liebigt: Head of Design, nevernot
• Kim Körber: CSO & Co-Founder, inga.
• Kim Moelholm: Partner, Moelholm C&C
• Klaus Kammermeier: Coach and Mentor, Founder, InnovationLabs.Berlin
• Koen Stevens: Founder, CEO, Ambassify
• Konstantin Knapp: CEO, Gearparts24
• Konstantin Lotter: Consultant, Trustventure
• Kostas Karolemeas: Founder, CEO, Allcancode
• Kristian Lutz: Partner, Hyazinth LLP
• Kristian Russell: Senior Director Brand and Creative, finn GmbH
• Kristina Jeromin: Head of Group Sustainability / Managing Director of the Green & Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany, Deutsche Börse
• Kunal Sachdeva: NTT Data, Global Head of Line of Business
• Kyrill Zlobenko: Angel Investors | 4x times Founder | Head of Europe, @Seedrs, Seedrs Ltd.
• Lars Stäbe: Venture Associate, La Famiglia
• Lasse Schuirmann: CEO, FounderBlocks
• Laura Kohler: Director Startup Business, BRYCK
• Laura Warjan Gaviria: CEO, GigFlow
• Laura Raggl: Managing Partner, ROI Ventures
• Laurens Mauquoi: CMO, CHRONEXT
• Laurent Schüller: CEO & Founder, Niucare
• Lavina Ramkissoon: Africa's Voice - Chairperson and Director #aiMom, Founder Institute
• Leehe Skuler: Co-Founder, GITA
• Lenard Krawinkel: Managing Director, Benefixx Ventures GmbH
• Leo Benkel: Founder, PURE LAMBDA
• Leo Groenewegen: CEO and Co-Founder , Orange Light Ventures AB
• Leon Zucchini: Co-Founder, Curiosity.ai
• Leon Strauss: Passionate Technologist, Opencreek Technology
• Leon Buchholz: Finance Manager, Acton Capital
• Leonie Schilling: Investment Professional, coparion
• Leonie Moos: Head of Program, Grace Accelerator for Female Entrepreneurship
• Lieke Ypma: Partner, White Octopus
• Lina Timm: CEO, Media Lab Bayern
• Lina Chong: Investment Director, Target Global
• Lisa Gradow: Co-Founder, Usercentrics
• Lital Aravot: Program Director, Aetion
• Lloyed Lobo: Co-founder, Boast.AI
• Loehr Michael: Founder and Director, tiramizoo GmbH
• Lonneke Makhija Van Der Weijden: Managing Director and Owner, Finaps
• Lorenz Hartung: Co-Founder, ePetWorld
• Lorenz Graef: Founder & CEO, STARTPLATZ
• Louis Lagoutte: Strategic Partnerships, One Tree Planted
• Louise Leroy: Manager Special Growth Projects, Lottie
• Lubomila Jordanova: CEO, PlanA.Earth
• Lucas Bauche: Co-Founder, CPO, awork GmbH
• Ludovic Manjot: CMO, Smunch
• Luis Losada Ferreira: CEO & Founder, Beth Thouin Consulting
• Luis Sperr: Managing Partner, Wi Venture
• Luis Ferreira: Mentor, FI
• Luisa Baltazar: Founder & CEO, HER Venture HUB
• Luise Gruner: Principal, GMPVC German Media Pool GmbH
• Lukas Kawka: Manager (Tax), KPMG Deutschland
• Lukas Graef: Managing Director, STARTPLATZ
• Mac Goswami: Senior Portfolio/Program Manager, Fiserv Inc
• Madeleine Heuts: Founder & CEO, RAKETENSTART
• Magdalena Reith: Startup- and Business Consultant, Magdalena Reith Pitch Decks
• Magdalena Muttenthaler: CEO, freemindedfolks-shop GmbH
• Magnus Lužkov: Founder & CEO, Optimist Group
• Magnus Gaarder: Founding Partner, nFront
• Magnus Bilke: CEO + CFO, DONE!Financials GmbH
• Mali M Baum: CEO & Founding Partner, WLOUNGE | MAGDA GROUP
• Malte Weiss: Founder, Onapply
• Malte Krohn: Consultant, Faciltator & Coach, mindfulstartup.school
• Manuel Loistl: Product Manager, goderma GmbH
• Manuel Niederhofer: Digital Strategy, Media-Saturn
• Manuel Schulze: CEO, Find Local GmbH
• Manuel Heilmann: Global Business Developer | E-commerce & SaaS Strategist | Startup Adviser, Coinzone
• Manuel Koelman: Co-Founder, PIRATE.global
• Manuel Born: Co-Founder, payactive Gmbh
• Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
• Marc Kutschera: Managing Director and Director, Cocomore AG
• Marc Penkala: General Partner, āltitude
• Marcel Hollerbach: CEO, productsup / efamous
• Marcel Schneider: CEO, Self-employed
• Marco Otte Witte: Founder, simplabs
• Marco Pazzaglia: Director Transformation & Process Excellence, KPMG AG
• Marcus Tan: Founder & CEO, Health Engine
• Marcus Trute: Founder, New True Move
• Maren Lesche: Founder & CEO, Startup Colors
• Margret Roggendorf: Managing director, black chili GmbH
• Marianne Kraai: Co-Founder & CEO, mayze
• Marie Hilfiger: General Manager, People and Organisational Growth, Hilfiger Associates
• Marina Schmidt: Founder, Red to Green Solutions
• Mario Steinbuch: Founder & COO, SPRK.global
• Mario Oelkers: Managing Partner & Founder , Brightpoint Group
• Marius Kraemer: Founder, TennisBuddy
• Marius Dosinescu: CEO, AYSA.ai
• Mark Miller: Managing Partner, CatCap GmbH
• Mark Friedrich: Attorney at Law, Osborne Clarke
• Mark Turrell: CEO, Vork & Orcasci
• Mark Windeknecht: Associate , Vito ONE
• Mark Mukhin: Senior Apps Marketing Manager, AutoScout24
• Markus Felgenhauer: CEO & Co-Founder, QYOBO
• Markus Rupprecht: CEO , Traxpay AG
• Marlen Heske: Chief of Staff, NEEW Ventures
• Marlene Kern: Dipl. Kommunikations Design, Marlene Kern Design
• Marnix Roes: Investment Manager, VENPACE
• Martin Dräger: Managing Director, Unruly
• Martin Reichenbach: Founder & CEO, Apaleo GmbH
• Martin Sundermann: Partner, Osborne Clarke
• Martin Prinz: Managing Director, Crowd Intelligence Institute GmbH
• Martin Giese: Business Angel, Negotiation and Startup Coach, Self employed
• Martin Plöckl: Gründer in Ruhestand, Founder Institute Munich
• Martin Trzaskalik: CTO, cleverbridge AG
• Martin Adam: CEO, Menschortweb
• Martin Grunwald: Co-Founder / CEO, Zeitzeugen
• Martin Lacroix: Lead, Startup Weekend
• Martin Egger: Co-Founder, Value Lab Development
• Martina Von Hettinga: Managing Partner, i-Potentials
• Masiar Nashat: Facilitator and Innovation Strategist, Innovation Radicals
• Mathias Haerchen: Founder | Head of Business Support , Fox42consult | Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Mats Kuuskemaa: Head of Business Strategy, e-Residency
• Matt Ward: Founder , 4WARD.VC
• Matt Ward
• Matthias Ernst: Founder & Advisor, XLETIX GmbH
• Matthias Eireiner: Advisor, FinReach GmbH
• Matthias Hilpert: CEO, MH2 Capital
• Matthias Schanze: Founding Partner, Rethink Ventures
• Max Costa: Head of ShareTheMeal, United Nations World Food Programme
• Max Zheng: Director of Investments, Blockchain Founders Group
• Maximilian Forster: Venture Partner, Picus Capital
• Maximilian Bock: PhD, Physics Nanotechnology & Investment Manager, eekual bionic GmbH
• Maximilian Geerling: Product Manager, IT, Burberry
• Maximilian Fleitmann: Co-Founder, Wizard Ventures
• Mert Damar: Consultant & Coach, www.mertdamar.de
• Mia Sari: CEO, Just Juno
• Mia Heresch: Moderator, Großstadt Radio
• Michael Reuter: Co-Founder, Datarella GmbH
• Michael Ronen: Founder, Capsuling
• Michael Zillmer: COO & Founder, InnoGames GmbH
• Michael Hübl: Vorstand, flinc AG
• Michael Wendt: Co-Founder, Locafox
• Michael Debuschewitz: CEO & Co-Founder, PaketConcierge GmbH
• Michael Aissaoui: Founder and CEO
• Michael Sorkin: Managing Director, Formlabs Europe
• Michael Gebert
• Michael Mai: MD, ISTARIUM Technologies
• Michael Asshauer: Co-Founder & CPO, Familonet
• Michael Keil: Founder & CEO, Cagoi Networks AG
• Michael Müller Peltzer: Consultant , McKinsey
• Michael Healy: CEO, Unit Ventures
• Michael Campbell: Founder & CEO, Glossika
• Michael Bassler: CFO, getbaff
• Michael Wunsch: Co-Founder / Lead Scientific Cooperation, Social Entrepreneurship Netzwerk Deutschland e.V
• Michael Burkhardt: CMO, Chief Business Development Manager, Omdena
• Michael Jäger: Managing Partner, Cremanski & Company GmbH
• Michal Bania: CEO, Maison Banraf
• Michelle Peters: Co-Founder & CEO, Supplino
• Michelle Mallette: Head of Business Development, Stargrove Capital
• Mike Ries: Brand Concepts, Creative Direction, Consultancy, Weig & Wagner, Ries
• Mikel Mangold: Head of Partnerships, Cyberprotonics
• Milian-Erik Retkowski: Senior Sales & Bid Manager, POLAVIS GmbH
• Mimi Sewalski: CEO, Avocadostore
• Mira Arnold: Public Funding Expert, Founder Arete AG
• Mirela Mus: Product Management Consultant, Product People
• Miriam Neubauer: CPO, Heycater!
• Miriam Jansche
• Mirko Platz: CEO, Channel Pilot Solutions GmbH
• Mitch Altman: CEO, Cornfield Electronics, Inc.
• Mohammad Hossein Tavangar: Director , Founder Institute Germany
• Monika Kolb: Director, M3TRIX Academy
• Monja Mühling: CEO, Smartlane
• Moritz Daan: Founder
• Moritz Jungmann: Portfolio Manager, Innogy Innovation
• Moritz Jungmann: Portfolio Manager, Innogy Innovation Hub
• Moritz Spangenberg: CEO, Founder, Unlock LinkedIn
• Mynia Deeg: Managing Director, Mynia
• Nadine Brehm: Director Enterprise, Alteryx
• Nadine Weber: CEO, Sproudit
• Narjeet Soni: Founder & CEO, Lean Apps GmbH
• Natacha Neumann: Founder, Bright Ventures
• Natalia Karbasova: Head of Burda Bootcamp, Burda Bootcamp
• Natalia Startseva: Business Transformation Manager, BMW Group
• Natalia Kochakova Heeb: Founder
• Natascha Zeljko: Founder , F10 FemaleOneZero GmbH
• Nathan Evans: Director, Founder Institute
• Neil Baptista: Managing Director, icon Ventures, icongroup
• Nel Steinkühler, Genannt Steinkühler
• Nelly Yusupova (Old Profile): Founder , TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs
• Nelson Farfan Espada: Managing Director, Ztarkbond GmbH
• Nelson Javier Mejia: Founder, weSpark
• Netsai Ndaza: Program Manager, PHINEO Startups
• Niall Myron: CEO, Kalpa
• Nicky Hughes: Senior Investment Manager, Companisto
• Niclas Fritz: CEO & Co-Founder, BatchOne
• Nico Hoeler: Founder, Tech4med
• Nicola Pinder: Founder and Managing Director, Creatives Loop Ltd and Creatives Loop International Ltd & Co KG
• Nicola D'Apice: Sr Manager Engineering EMEA, Johnson & Johnson
• Nicola Filzmoser: Innovation Coach, Innovation Coaching
• Nicolai Wendland: COO, Co-Founder, 21st Real Estate
• Nicolas Plögert: Managing director and founder, Opentabs GmbH
• Nicole Büttner: CEO, Merantix Labs
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• Nikhil Madan: Co-Founder, Sistem Pangan
• Niklas Raberg: Investment Manager, Capnamic Ventures
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• Nils Seger: Managing Director, RCKT
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• Nina Wang: CEO, IMMERNEU
• Noam Tamari-Wekser: Growth Investor, TheCircle
• Norbert Schauermann: CEO, Founder, dreizehn° UG
• Norbert Gehrke: General Manager, Advanced Blockchain AG
• Olaf Jacobi: Managing Partner, Capnamic Ventures
• Olaf Juptner: Innovation expert, Scaleup advisor, , Hessen Trade & Invest GmbH
• Oleg Lola: CEO & Founder, MobiDev
• Oleg Kozhanov, gii-gii
• Olena Bochulia: Co-Founder, Severus
• Olena Didenko Weber: Head Of Operations, AVOMIND
• Olga Padulosi: Marketing & Partnerships, AppFollow
• Olga Filipova: Founder + CEO, Workademy
• Olga Bratsun: Impact Consultant & Project Manager, olgabratsun.com
• Oliver Vins: Co-Founder and Executive Board Member, vamoo
• Oliver Richter: CEO, XOUNTS Hamburg GmbH
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• Oliver Roessling: CDO, Absolute Reality
• Oliver Coppeneur: Co-Founder / Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, Confiserie Coppeneur et Compagnon GmbH
• Olivia Czetwertynski: Co-Director
• Omar Guizani: Co-Founder & CEO, Slide
• Ovi Negrean: Chief Executive Bee, SocialBee.io
• Pablo Berger: CEO, Innovationslabor GmbH
• Parul Madan: Director, e-navik GmbH
• Pascal Schäfer: CEO, schaefermedia.co
• Pascal Schweizer: CEO, Thermosome GmbH
• Pat Piritburana: Founder, SpaceNeo
• Patricia Russ: Business Development Manager, Startup Genome
• Patrick Paulisch: Founder/CEO, Stealth Mode
• Patrick Löffler: Managing Director, givve
• Patrick Müller: Co-Founder & CTO, Smokeless
• Patrick Reimann: CEO, Wvnderlab
• Patrick Pfeffer: CEO, Schwarz Financial Communication
• Patrick Knodel: CEO, knodel foundation
• Patrick Hermann: Senior Investment Associate, Picus Capital
• Paul Herwarth Von Bittenfeld: Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Rhein-Main-Startups.com
• Paul Du Plessis: Director Market Development, OST "Simple Token"
• Paul Klemm: Associate, Earlybird VC
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• Paul Christian Brenndörfer: Strategic Lead, JVM START
• Pedro Ferreira: Mentor and Startup Enthusiast, .
• Peter Schlecht: Founder & Advisor, Artificial Link & Braingrade
• Peter Moll, Ph.D: Consultant, Coach and private Investor, Self employed
• Peter Bruhn: Business Angel, Co-Founder, CDO, Lenzbox GmbH
• Peter Galante: CEO and Co-Founder, Innovative Language
• Peter Hattingh: CEO, appyBuy
• Peter Siedlatzek: Owner, WSS Redpoint Rechtsanwälte
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• Phil Libin: Founder & CEO, All Turtles
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• Philip Strothmann: Co-Founder and Managing Director, Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation e.V.
• Philip Jungen: coo, yes.com
• Philip Lüghausen
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• Philipp Clauss: Founder, The Mighty Deer UG
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• Philipp Weber: Senior Partner FPS Member of the Advisory Board of Wingcopter, FPS
• Philipp Von Hammerstein: Driver Berlin, Le Wagon
• Philipp Baumgaertel: CEO, Cherrydeck
• Philipp Westermeyer: Co-Founder & CEO , Online Marketing Rockstars
• Philipp Tillmanns: CEO, cflox
• Philipp Martin: CEO, Reachbird.io
• Philipp Seidel: Head of PR bei Holv, Holvi
• Philipp Hoene: Partner, LUTZ | ABEL
• Pim De Schepper: Director Market Management, InhabitIQ
• Pouria Kay: Mentor, Founder Institute
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• Priscilla Schelp: CEO, networkx.app
• Priyesh Soundararajan: COO, Stellify Talent
• Quentin Appleby: Founder & CEO, Studio Analytics
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• Raid Naim: Head Of Digital Transformation, Futurice GmbH
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• Raluca Bujoreanu: Product Management Consultant , Zalando
• Raluca Vataseanu
• Ramon Brena: Founder
• Ramona Liberoff: Executive Director (former), Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy
• Raphael Budday: Senior Investment Associate, Seven Accelerator
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• Regine Harr: Investor , Regine Investements
• Reisa Matsuda: Community Manager, Google Japan
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• Rene Seifert: Co-Founder, Venturate and Million Miles Media
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• Ricardo Romero Benitez: Founder + CEO, GetFoodIn
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• Rikke Klitskov: CoDirector, Founder Institute Berlin
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• Robert Anders: Head of Sales, Comtravo
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• Rovina D'souza: Head of Strategic Projects, Flint
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• Rupa Ram: Founder, Kayla Boutique Limited
• Ryan King: CEO , Emurgo
• Sahar Azghandi: Co-Founder & Executive Managing Director, SMAL
• Saikiran Chandha: CEO, SciSpace (Formerly Typeset.io)
• Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
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• Samuli Siren: Manager Business Development and Investments, K - New Media GmbH
• Sana Balti: Marketing Operations, Founder Institute
• Sandra Maroto: CEO, Flashquad
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• Sara Kolata: Co-Founder & Creative Director, Kraft Production
• Sara Maki: Director, Founder Institute
• Sarah Steffen: CEO, Anything Agile
• Sarik Weber: Partner, Hanse Ventures
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• Sascha Karstädt: MD Germany
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• Sascha Soyk: Founder & CEO, GovRadar
• Scott Ford: Co-Founder & CEO, SparkRockets
• Sebastian Stricker: Founder, United Nations World Food Programme
• Sebastian Daus: CEO, FixFirst - fixfirst.de
• Sebastian Lieb: Finance / Corp Dev wizard, eGym
• Sebastian Kellner: CEO, mesaic.co
• Sebastian Niewöhner: CEO, Talentcube
• Sebastian Fischer Jung: Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, Digital Public Affairs GmbH
• Sebastian Böhmer: Founding Partner, First Momentum Ventures
• Sebastian Schwenke: Managing Director, BACB Business Angel Club Berlin Brandenburg
• Sebastian Neumann: Head of PHINEO Startups, Phineo
• Sebastian Sumalvico: Partner, LUTZ | ABEL Rechtsanwalts PartG mbB
• Serena Bartalucci: CEO, homesom
• Sergiej Soft (Rewiakin): Founder
• Sergio Chávez: COO, Cabasus
• Sibyll Brüggemann: Head of Marketing DACH, Klarna
• Sibylle Strack: CEO, Kontist
• Silver Ilves: Co-Founder, Magiclingua
• Silvio Mc Miken: Rechtsanwalt | Counsel, Reed Smith LLP
• Simon Schneider: CEO & Co-Founder, Zyncd
• Simon Eichinger: Founder, Naschfreunde
• Simon Toprak: Founder, Trustedcars
• Simon Knittel: Executive Creative Director & Creative Lead , Jung von Matt START
• Simon Turner: Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
• Simon Engelke: Founder & Chair, Battery Associates
• Sonsoles Alonso: Expert Team Development Consultant, Sonsoles Alonso Global Consulting
• Sophia Heinke: Business Consultant, summa consult
• Sören Eversmeier: Venture Developer | Innovation & New Ventures, DB Systel
• Stefan Kellner: CTO & Co-Founder, Allryder
• Stefan Jørgensen: CEO, itembase.com
• Stefan Kimmel: Partner, XY Ventures
• Stefan Lemper: CEO, YOU IS NOW
• Stefan Hauser: Managing Partner , Hauser Lacour GmbH
• Stefan Albers: CFO, MAD About Juice
• Stefan Kainz: Managing Director, Growth Ninjas
• Stefanie Stanislawski: Serial Entrepreneur / HRTech Product Expert, ProductPulse
• Steffen Matz: CEO
• Steffen Braun: Managing Director, TFI GmbH / Talention
• Steffen Wachenfeld: Strategy, Data&AI, Hypoport SE
• Steffen Behn: CTO, better
• Stephan Jacquemot: Emerging Business Team Lead Germany , Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
• Stephan Wiesener: Founder & CTO, Apaleo
• Stephan Hauner: CEO, mindshine
• Stephan Schröter: Managing Partner, SMS Business Solutions International
• Stephanie Renz: Co-Founder, OH WOMAN
• Stephanie Claudel: Digital Marketing Strategist, Founder Institute Berlin
• Steven Jacobs: Founder, Entrepreneur, Advisor, ex-Apple, ex-Google, ex-Facebook
• Steven Cook: Head of UX and Product Design, MetaDesign
• Sugandh Sameer: Finance Lead, Dalia Research
• Sugata Jain: Consultant, Graphite Growth
• Sush Bapna: GP, Ventures
• Svenja Lassen: Managing Director, primeCROWD
• Swen Wegner: Founder & CEO , Mainstage Incubator
• Sylvia Gangl: Founder, HR Schmiede
• Szu Hsuan Li: CEO, Digital Marketing Connect
• Tanja Morsch: Director People & Organisation, ioki
• Tanmay Vaidya: CEO, Future Botanics
• Tanya Chaikovska: CEO, Salto X
• Tao Tao: COO and Co-Founder, GetYourGuide
• Tasneem Balasinorwala, Self-employed
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• Ted Bremer: Founder, CEO, RedRigger GmbH
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• Teresa Hessel: Consultant & Coach, hessel-consulting.de
• Thilo Plikat: Productmanager, Finn GmbH
• Thom Cummings: CMO, Grover
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• Thomas Kraus: Former CEO, TNT Express Germany
• Thomas Bloch: Co-Founder and Executive Board Member, vaamo
• Thomas Hartmann: General Manager, Lean Startup Practitioner, str84wd
• Thomas Promny: CEO, Velvet Ventures
• Thomas Koch, Andersen
• Thomas Suwelack: CEO, 21done
• Thomas Kahl: Partner, Taylor Wessing
• Tienko Rasker: Founder & CEO, Leapfunder
• Till Kaestner: Founder, Managing Director, BrightSide Holding UG
• Till Kraemer: Founder, Mallorca Entrepreneurs Hub
• Tim Keough: Founder & CEO, WythMe
• Tim Schumacher: Managing Director, TS Ventures GmbH
• Tim Von Törne: Co-Founder & COO, Kopernikus Automotive
• Tim Breker: Founder, VYTAL
• Tim Kirchner: Business Director, The Nest by Webhelp
• Tim Cakir: Chief Growth Officer, TaskDrive
• Timo Marks: Managing Director, OneFID GmbH
• Timo Bey: CEIM
• Timothy Kotin: CEO & CoFounder, Superfluid Labs
• Tina Riedesel: Senior Manager, KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
• Tina Dreimann: Founder, Better Ventures Group
• Tobias Tschötsch: Founder & Managing Director, Contorion
• Tobias Dickmeis: Co-Founder, Tandem
• Tobias Schiwek: CEO, Divimove
• Tobias Gantner: Founder and CEO, Healthcare Futurists
• Tobias Wittich: Board Member, Reaktor Berlin
• Tobias Schulz: Investment Manager, High-Tech Gründerfonds
• Tobias Henz: Project Manager, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
• Toby Bakic: Director International, Westwing
• Tom Josczok, Stiftung Wirkungsanteil
• Tomasz Sieroń: CEO Poland, Frontkom
• Tomi Räsänen: Founder, CEO, Shaping Diamonds
• Tomi Räsänen: CoFounder & CMO, Shaping Diamonds
• Ton Steenwinkel: Founding Member, AngelEngine EV
• Tony E. Kula: Investor and Business Angel
• Torben Rabe: Country Director Germany, qonto
• Tracy Mehoke: Education Product Management: Data, BI, Learning Analytics, Alef Education
• Trevor Longino: Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers
• Tyler Crowley: Tyler Crowley - Founder & CEO, Skweal (Paris FI), Skweal
• Ulrich Neidel: CTO, Vizuu GmbH
• Uri Levanon: VP Biz Dev, Ludeo
• Urte Zahn: Head Coach for Startups, SIBB Incubator
• Uschi Joshua: President, German American Business Association
• Uwe Bingel: Managing Partner / COO - Co-Founder, ub Consulting
• Vahid Imani: Founder & CEO, Fitrate GmbH
• Val Racheeva: Founder & CEO, Female Founder Space
• Vamsi Krishna: Business Angel , Business Angel
• Varun Jain: Senior Product Manager, The Startup Doctor
• Vasileios Stoidis: President and CEO, 7L International Inc and MassiveGrid Inc
• Veit Reichert: Lawyer, Anwaltskanzlei Reichert
• Verena Sturm: Founder, Avestu Institute
• Veronica Kirin: Entrepreneur Coach, Self employed
• Veroniek Vermeulen: Founder, Silatha
• Vicky Arndt: Co-Founder & Partner , Gravity
• Victor Huerbe: Investor, Flash Ventures
• Vidya Munde Müller: Director Founder Institute | Social Tech Entrepreneur | Adjunct Faculty at Schiller International University, Givetastic
• Viktoria Lindner: CEO, Done Trainings!
• Vivek Sharma: Strategy and growth consultant, Tom Spike
• Vlad Panait: Managing Partner & founder, Sparking Capital
• Vladimir Pletyukhin: Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
• Vladislav Svetashkov: CEO, brezzl. GmbH
• Volker Glaeser: Partner and Managing Director, Reply
• Volker Glaeser: Managing Director, Twice Reply GmbH
• Volker Ruerup: Managing Director, Patent Pilot
• Volker Binder: Director Sales & WW AI Coordinator , Microsoft
• Weston Hankins: Founder, Footstep Ventures
• Wilhelm Stein: Founder and CEO, Sunmaxx PVT
• Wolfgang Hennes: Entrepreneur, Oneclick Group AG
• Wolfgang Lauterbach: CEO, sorglosinternet
• Wolfgang Dykiert: CEO, dykiert beratung Gründungs- und Fördermittelberatung
• Wolfram Graetz: CEO, PhraseApp
• Xaver Lehmann: Managing Director & Co-Founder, e-bot7
• Xavier Aubry: CEO, Appear Networks
• Xavier Sarras: Managing Director, Zum goldenen Hirschen
• Yanick J. Steinbeck: Founder, bilateralstimulation.io, Startup Advisor
• Yascha Roshani: CEO, Honest & Rare
• Yemi Oluseun: Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
• Yulia Bogdanova: Founder, Resilient Sales
• Yuval Ron: CEO, Wrong Notes Music
• Yves Gendronneau: Senior Finance Manager, Blickfeld GmbH
• Zartaj Ahmed: Chief Executive Officer, Qriosity Inc.
• Zeeshan Mahmood: Director, Strategic Portfolio Management, Avantor
• Zeff Sherriff: Co-Founder, Talentif
• Zerrin Börcek: CEO, fe:male Innovation Hub

• And many more to be announced.

Join us in Germany to build a great company in 2025. 

Apply to the Germany Spring 2025 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.