Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Berlin.
Angel Investor, technical and financial background, focus on digital business models.
Entrepreneur
http://steffenhoellinger.com
Co-President @stanfordangels1 CEO in Healthcare 2.0. Experience in Life Science. Gov 2.0. Stanford Grad. Seed Investor.
http://jessesandoval.wordpress.com/
Investor in @rapleaf, @aviary, @kikin.
Co-founder @yachtico Previously co-founded startups in US and China. Stanford Sloan Fellow 2008. Now in Berlin, invests in 5-6 early stage startups a year.
Managing Director at Kite Ventures
Co-Founder & CTO of Eventbrite. Mentor at seedcamp, startupbootcamp, lecamping, techpeaks. Advisor to European startups.
Yahoo 2004-2011 • Headed DR Platform Mgmt @yahoo EMEA • Seeded DR Network Marketplace in EMEA (100+M $ in revenue).
Founder SoundCloud.
International Growth & Product Management at @facebook • Investor in Silicon Valley & Berlin, e.g @wealthfront, @anyroad, @shift, @active-mind-technology
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
Founder @ eWings.com
Entrepreneur
Dad | CEO | Founder @ufostart-ag @globumbus @zanox | Investor in Crowdsourcing & Bitcoin
http://thomashessler.com
VC at @dfj-esprit; Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
http://scottsage.tumblr.com/
Bulding the Internets since 1998, Founded Plazes (Sold to Nokia), Amen (Sold to Tape TV), Investor in Soundcloud, Dataminr, Narrative, Readmill, others.
Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabsGlobal Ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.
Entrepreneur and angel investor. Founder and CCO @gameduell. Managed 2 European Internet startups (>200 employees, >100 mio users, profitable, VC funded).
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
Angel Investments ★ CEE & West EU Startup Consultant ★ New Market Development ★ Matchmaker ★ Enabler ★ Entertainment, Sports, Fashion Industry
Serial entrepreneur and company builder
10+ companies co-founded, 20+ years tech entrepreneur in Berlin.
Founder & CEO @found-fair-ventures @mybet @Novedia
Life is short. Be happy. Seek change with abandon.
Awarded Angel of the Year in Europe 2013 by EBAN
Worked at a European VC, changed to other side of the table doing Corp. M&A for a large mutlinational media company, did some deals, back (for good) into VC now
Angel investor and mentor for those having exciting business ideas, ready kicking off their company. Core competency and areas of interest: SaaS (eg. @freeagent @geckoboard @positionly @riskmethods @minubo @contentful @softgarden )
European Angel Investor
Co founded Startupbootcamp. I ran Copenhagen, now Berlin. Partner at Rainmaking, a startup factory.
http://rainmaking.co.uk/blog/
Investor in @innovid, @profitect, @the-gifts-project, @sisense, @yedda.
http://yankeesabralimey.tumblr.com/
Co-founder and director of @plug-and-play-tech-center in Spain, expert in internationalization ( spanish speaking markets). Investor in @touristeye @ducksboard
Technology Venture Capitalist
Associate at Point Nine Capital
http://heyni.co/
Co-Founder of Picanova Group, first startup founded out of highschool, Entrepreneur, Onlinemarketing Generalist, Angel Investor and Master in General Management
http://www.picanova.org/en/
Investor in @madvertise, @lieferheld, @sponsorpay-com, @digitale-seiten-de, @mysportbrands.
Director Marketplaces & Payment Innovation (Mobile Payments)
Social/mobile gaming executive, entrepreneur and investor.
http://www.gameschangedmylife.com
Founder and former CEO @onlinepizza-se, sold to @delivery-hero (now investor) • Investor @rivalfox
COO and Partner at @westtech-ventures - Seed VC in Berlin, Germany. Was Co-Founder of @german-startups-group
http://www.BerlinDigital.org
Entrepreneur, mentor and accredited angel investor with powerful mojo in launching, bootstrapping and growing new ventures.
Founder of Lieferando ( sold to TakeAway.com), Founder RapidApe
Co-Founder & President Mendeley • Worked at @sap, @university-of-cologne • MBA from WHU • Loves latin-american dances • Voted "Best European Founder 2013"
Rated as one of the 'Top 20 Most Influential EU Investors' http://bit.ly/gtEdWl, which basically means I tweet and blog a lot. Running @liquid-labs-2 GmbH.
http://www.jozefak.com
Founder of EPIC Companies, ex-Rocket Internet and CEO of multi-national ecommerce companies. Built and invested in startups across 5 continents.
entrepreneur, geek, gamer, treehugger
http://www.jenshilgers.net
Intrapreneur and Entrepreneurial Investor, advisor and consultant, loves special situations
Principal at BDMI Fund. Finance Background (Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank). Exeter University 2003, MBA IE Business School 2007.
http://venturegeist.tumblr.com
Founder and CEO @powtoon | Founder @greenwave-incubator | Launched DB.com's E-Trade (now forex.com) | Launched OILspace.com (now aspectenterprise.com)
http://www.greenwaveincubator.com/category/dontmisstheboat/
I invest both time and money into startups + also give lectures about biz models, entrepreneurship and e-commerce at various universities in Europe.
http://blog.makeastartup.com
Entrepreneur. Finance, tech and media. Founder LOAF, @premia-capital, @node-1. Co-founder @financial-times-tilt. Board member @financial-network-analytics
Currently Products at GfK. Advisory Board of GMPVC, we help European start-ups finance media campaigns. Check out SimplySeven, my book about internet business.
Scala, C++, Java, C#, server-side development, peer-to-peer networks. Back in 2005 I created Morpheus, the most popular p2p app in North America.
founded Vendisys and growing it with zero outside money
Partner at @xlhealth, serial entrepreneur, startup mentor for Deutsche Telekom's @hub-raum and @microsoft-ventures-accelerator-berlin, @whu Alumnus
Co-founder @Spreets, Advisor and Investor @airtasker, @the-search-party, @carmony, @Vicegolf
Search Strategy Consultant @wimdu. Founder @kombinat-fr-digitale-medien. Worked at @idealo. Angel Investor @hiddenmarkets-ug, Investor @visual-meta.
http://pip.net/
Currently working as CTO at Wimdu, Rocket Internet in Berlin, Germany
CEO Smart Mobile Factory, Initiator of div. incubators (e.g. YOU IS NOW of ImmobilienScout24), Investor JustBook, No. 6 of NEXT100 (2013), mobile, incubation
http://youisnow.com
Worked at @sullivan-cromwell-llp, @hogan-lovells • Investor @blinkist-1, @amazine, @kirondo, @fotovio, University of San Diego MBA 1998
COO and founder of ezeep, worked at DKSH, Roland Berger and Credit Suisse. Obtained a BSc (Hons) Business Studies degree at CASS Business School.
CEO and founder of @7moments and Micro-Angel. Co-Founder of @plazes (acquired by @nokia).
CEO of axelspringerplugandplay Founder @alando-de-ag, @denkwerk @betterplace-org • Worked at @m10-gmbh, @humboldt-viadrina-school-of-governance @ebay-germany
https://www.rebelmouse.com/joerg/
I am working as entrepreneur, corporate executive and investor.
Founder of Makerscore.
Autodidactic Engineer, Scientist and Philosopher.
Summer Analyst at e.ventures 2011. Co-Founded EBS NINE.
Invested in 35 startups through @88mph in Nairobi & Cape Town - Lagos from Sept 2014. Hit me up if interested in mobile, startups, & investing in @africa
Founder @brands4friends, $200 mio exit to eBay, Founder of 5 companies, investor, entrepreneur
founder and CEO of @vonchurch. Specialist in the Digital Entertainment Staffing sector.
Founder of @piabo public relations, Business Angel and enthusiastic success driver for entrepreneurs. Connecting people is my passion.
Founder of apomio.de. Angel/Advisor of @conceptboard.com, @codingpeople.com, whitebox-concepts.com, jungfeld.com, storkfox.com
Investor in @mt-performance, @captain-travel, @toptranslation, @adlocal, @venture-tv. MSc in Business and Information Science.
http://www.Venturetv.de
co-CEO of Deutsche Ventures • ESCP Professor • co-Founder @airtag @dhl Globalmail @index Europe
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/bojanbabic
Co-founder of @investiere and an online retail company. Strong business and IT background. Master of Computer Science at @eth-zurich.
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
Early stage investing
currently invested in 30 Startups
Exits:
horoscopo.com
bellevip.com
Founder:
blogsfarm.com
financialred.com
viajered.com
http://cangurorico.com
Investor @kown-1, Principal @ftl, mentor @founder-institute St.Petersburg, ex-Russian Tech Journalist @CNews
Member of the Executive and Investment Committees at OxonCapital. Provides strategic advisory to portfolio companies and non-portfolio clients.
Gaming (F2P & real-money) Entrepreneur & Product-Freelancer based in Berlin.
Former @bwin-party and @crowdpark. Investor in @zoomsquare.
Consultant, founded digital music distributor Zebralution (exit to Warner Music Group) and e-book distributor A2EP, previously Head Of Music & Video at Vodafone
Entrepreneur, Co-Founder, Angel
Founder @dotproduct
Founder @bitwyse-solutions-inc
Founder @visi-image
Driving change in the media, entertainment and communications industries through angel investments and strategy consulting
Michael started a text based bulletin board system with some Zyxel U1496 as a file-share system at 15 years old, converting this into the first graphic based BBS and soon after selling it as a “real” internet company to a German Telco at the age of 18. Th
Inbetween startups. Playing with tech (Arduino, RPi, Python, AngularJS, Go, Crypto, bitcoin,...) and getting fit again (Lifting iron).
Partner bei Capra Venture Group
Founder GetYourGuide • Investor @localuncle @foundd
Serial adviser, avid agitator, structured advocator and overall nice guy.
Build 3 start-ups, in Europe and Australia. Strong strategy and product and service innovation skills, worked at @Booz & Company, @vodafone
10 years experience with Internet companies. CTO of a high volume company. Several successful exits.
Co-founder & Product Manager at @bonagora
Pro in CEO and Founder Coaching
Founder of German Entrepreneurs Organization Accelerator Program - large network in startup hub Germany
Serial Entrepreneur
Investor in @p4m, @mondayworks, @timetotease-net.
former music entrepreneur/exec. music publisher, marketing booster, business angel
Unternehmer
A german based Family Office, currently invested in some german startups. @food-de starts in 2011 as our actually in-house project.
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mobile developer, entrepreneur & investor
Head of TechOps @ Zalando. Intel Capital, Fraunhofer. 1st web startup out of high school. Lived in Tokyo for 6 yrs. Engineering background. MSc degree from UOL.
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor • Strong business background
MBA with Finance Specialization from Bocconi
Sr. V.P. at Special Risk Insurance Services, Inc.
studied Philosophy & Economics at LSE
http://goldmedia.de/blog/
Entrepreneur,Muslim,Cosmopolitan,Adventure Capitalist
Founder @berlin-promotion-agency, @mamlaka-ventures-holding • Investor @neuronation-de, @movinary
Paris: Co-founder @nouvelopticien @after_set @lemanegeparis / Berlin: Head of Marketing @misterspexfr Co-founder @kiipost