Experience

signals

• Germany
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Lead & Director

  • May 2020 - Present

  signals is an industry-agnostic startup and innovation ecosystem backed by one of Germany's leading insurance services, Signal Iduna: * With the signals Pre-Seed Program we back early-stage founders on their journey to product-market-fit with pre-seed funding of up to 250k€ and the potential for follow-on investment through signals VC. * With the signals Startup Client we enable mutually beneficial partnerships and offer startups a fast-track to win Signal Iduna as a client.* The signals Open Studios are the physical community and event platform that fosters a fruitful exchange within our ecosystem.

• Head of Venture Development

  • Jul 2018 - May 2020

  The signals Pre-Seed Program was designed with a "founder first" and "pay it forward" attitude at heart. With our 3 months, equity-free Founder Fellowship, we support early-stage founders to validate their product on the market and get funding ready. On top of the Fellowship we do pre-seed investments up to 250k€. More info on: hellosignals.com/pre-seedsignals is a collaborative innovation ecosystem backed by one of Germany's leading insurance services, Signal Iduna. signals helps founders to ideate and validate new business ideas and brings in pre-seed as well as follow-on investment via signals.vc



Freelance

• Business Development & Innovation Consultant

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2018

  Reference projects: - www.Reisekosten-Gorilla.com: Reisekosten-Gorilla is a Saas-company offering easy to use travel expense management to small and medium-sized businesses. The scope of the Freelance project included: pricing, partnership management, legal setup, setup of sales and marketing activities- INNOQ: INNOQ is a leading IT consultancy. Tasks included: setup of a new business unit for digital products and ventures, introduction of new methodologies such as Google Design Sprints, partner acquisition, design of a Tech4Equity-investment model and screening of investment opportunities



Project A Ventures

• Germany
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Venture Development Manager

  • Jun 2016 - May 2017

  Project A Ventures is an early-stage fund investing in entrepreneurs in the fields of e-commerce & marketplaces, infrastructure & data and software as a service.



GMPVC German Media Pool

• Germany
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Jul 2015 - May 2016

• Investment Manager

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

• Associate

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2014



Raffay Media Ventures GmbH

• Principal

  • Jul 2015 - May 2016

• Investment Manager

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2015



qipoqo

• Co-founder

  • Feb 2012 - 2013

  qipoqo is a platform to swap services via a virtual currency (winner of the camp champ award 2012). Why spend time on things you don't like? Swap these tasks for what you love and are good at!



TED Conferences

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Leader

  • Sep 2011 - Apr 2012

  Team Coordination and Event Management of TEDxESADE - university conference with the aim to inspire and share "ideas worth spreading".



Springstar GmbH

• Entrepreneur in Residence

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Project Focus Gourmeo - Online-Reservations for Premium Restaurants:- Establishment of Marketing Channels & PR agency - Conception of international sales organisation (hierarchy structures, salary & benefit structures, contracts) - Set-up of sales force in 6 cities in Germany



Challenge the Best (Student Union event)

• Co-Founder

  • Sep 2008 - Mar 2010

  Student conference, bringing together the most talented European students with excellent scholars and experts for direct and intergenarational dialogues:- Conception of the event- In charge for organisation of the 4-day event with 40 selected international students and 5 honorable speakers amongst them Nobel Laureates Prof. Eric Maskin and Prof. Dr. Richard Ernst- Setting up of Corporate Design - Event Management (locations, catering, accomodation & transportation for guests and students)- Coordination of the activites on the event itself, managing 25 volunteers (drivers, caterers, attendants)