Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Berlin.
Bulding the Internets since 1998, Founded Plazes (Sold to Nokia), Amen (Sold to Tape TV), Investor in Soundcloud, Dataminr, Narrative, Readmill, others.
Angel Investor, technical and financial background, focus on digital business models.
Entrepreneur and angel investor. Founder and CCO @gameduell. Managed 2 European Internet startups (>200 employees, >100 mio users, profitable, VC funded).
Dad | CEO | Founder @ufostart-ag @globumbus @zanox | Investor in Crowdsourcing & Bitcoin
http://thomashessler.com
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
Co-President @stanfordangels1 CEO in Healthcare 2.0. Experience in Life Science. Gov 2.0. Stanford Grad. Seed Investor.
http://jessesandoval.wordpress.com/
Co-Founder & CTO of Eventbrite. Mentor at seedcamp, startupbootcamp, lecamping, techpeaks. Advisor to European startups.
Founder @ eWings.com
Entrepreneur
Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabsGlobal Ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.
Founder SoundCloud.
Entrepreneur
http://steffenhoellinger.com
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
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.
Investor in @rapleaf, @aviary, @kikin.
Yahoo 2004-2011 • Headed DR Platform Mgmt @yahoo EMEA • Seeded DR Network Marketplace in EMEA (100+M $ in revenue).
International Growth & Product Management at @facebook • Investor in Silicon Valley & Berlin, e.g @wealthfront, @anyroad, @shift, @active-mind-technology
VC at @dfj-esprit; Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
http://scottsage.tumblr.com/
Managing Director at Kite Ventures
Investor in @madvertise, @lieferheld, @sponsorpay-com, @digitale-seiten-de, @mysportbrands.
Awarded Angel of the Year in Europe 2013 by EBAN
Social/mobile gaming executive, entrepreneur and investor.
http://www.gameschangedmylife.com
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
Co-founder and director of @plug-and-play-tech-center in Spain, expert in internationalization ( spanish speaking markets). Investor in @touristeye @ducksboard
Co founded Startupbootcamp. I ran Copenhagen, now Berlin. Partner at Rainmaking, a startup factory.
http://rainmaking.co.uk/blog/
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/
Life is short. Be happy. Seek change with abandon.
COO and Partner at @westtech-ventures - Seed VC in Berlin, Germany. Was Co-Founder of @german-startups-group
http://www.BerlinDigital.org
Associate at Point Nine Capital
http://heyni.co/
Entrepreneur, mentor and accredited angel investor with powerful mojo in launching, bootstrapping and growing new ventures.
Investor in @innovid, @profitect, @the-gifts-project, @sisense, @yedda.
http://yankeesabralimey.tumblr.com/
Technology Venture Capitalist
Director Marketplaces & Payment Innovation (Mobile Payments)
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
Serial entrepreneur and company builder
10+ companies co-founded, 20+ years tech entrepreneur in Berlin.
Founder & CEO @found-fair-ventures @mybet @Novedia
Founder and former CEO @onlinepizza-se, sold to @delivery-hero (now investor) • Investor @rivalfox
Angel Investments ★ CEE & West EU Startup Consultant ★ New Market Development ★ Matchmaker ★ Enabler ★ Entertainment, Sports, Fashion Industry
Search Strategy Consultant @wimdu. Founder @kombinat-fr-digitale-medien. Worked at @idealo. Angel Investor @hiddenmarkets-ug, Investor @visual-meta.
http://pip.net/
founded Vendisys and growing it with zero outside money
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.
Entrepreneur. Finance, tech and media. Founder LOAF, @premia-capital, @node-1. Co-founder @financial-times-tilt. Board member @financial-network-analytics
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
Worked at @sullivan-cromwell-llp, @hogan-lovells • Investor @blinkist-1, @amazine, @kirondo, @fotovio, University of San Diego MBA 1998
Co-Founder & President Mendeley • Worked at @sap, @university-of-cologne • MBA from WHU • Loves latin-american dances • Voted "Best European Founder 2013"
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/
Currently Products at GfK. Advisory Board of GMPVC, we help European start-ups finance media campaigns. Check out SimplySeven, my book about internet business.
entrepreneur, geek, gamer, treehugger
http://www.jenshilgers.net
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
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
Partner at @xlhealth, serial entrepreneur, startup mentor for Deutsche Telekom's @hub-raum and @microsoft-ventures-accelerator-berlin, @whu Alumnus
Intrapreneur and Entrepreneurial Investor, advisor and consultant, loves special situations
Founder of Lieferando ( sold to TakeAway.com), Founder RapidApe
Co-founder @Spreets, Advisor and Investor @airtasker, @the-search-party, @carmony, @Vicegolf
Principal at BDMI Fund. Finance Background (Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank). Exeter University 2003, MBA IE Business School 2007.
http://venturegeist.tumblr.com
COO and founder of ezeep, worked at DKSH, Roland Berger and Credit Suisse. Obtained a BSc (Hons) Business Studies degree at CASS Business School.
Founder of EPIC Companies, ex-Rocket Internet and CEO of multi-national ecommerce companies. Built and invested in startups across 5 continents.
Currently working as CTO at Wimdu, Rocket Internet in Berlin, Germany
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
I am working as entrepreneur, corporate executive and investor.
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/bojanbabic
Founder of apomio.de. Angel/Advisor of @conceptboard.com, @codingpeople.com, whitebox-concepts.com, jungfeld.com, storkfox.com
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
co-CEO of Deutsche Ventures • ESCP Professor • co-Founder @airtag @dhl Globalmail @index Europe
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/
CEO and founder of @7moments and Micro-Angel. Co-Founder of @plazes (acquired by @nokia).
Investor in @mt-performance, @captain-travel, @toptranslation, @adlocal, @venture-tv. MSc in Business and Information Science.
http://www.Venturetv.de
Co-founder of @investiere and an online retail company. Strong business and IT background. Master of Computer Science at @eth-zurich.
Founder @brands4friends, $200 mio exit to eBay, Founder of 5 companies, investor, entrepreneur
Founder of @piabo public relations, Business Angel and enthusiastic success driver for entrepreneurs. Connecting people is my passion.
Founder of Makerscore.
Autodidactic Engineer, Scientist and Philosopher.
Summer Analyst at e.ventures 2011. Co-Founded EBS NINE.
Early stage investing
currently invested in 30 Startups
Exits:
horoscopo.com
bellevip.com
Founder:
blogsfarm.com
financialred.com
viajered.com
http://cangurorico.com
founder and CEO of @vonchurch. Specialist in the Digital Entertainment Staffing sector.
10 years experience with Internet companies. CTO of a high volume company. Several successful exits.
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
Investor @kown-1, Principal @ftl, mentor @founder-institute St.Petersburg, ex-Russian Tech Journalist @CNews
Inbetween startups. Playing with tech (Arduino, RPi, Python, AngularJS, Go, Crypto, bitcoin,...) and getting fit again (Lifting iron).
Build 3 start-ups, in Europe and Australia. Strong strategy and product and service innovation skills, worked at @Booz & Company, @vodafone
Driving change in the media, entertainment and communications industries through angel investments and strategy consulting
Serial adviser, avid agitator, structured advocator and overall nice guy.
Partner bei Capra Venture Group
Pro in CEO and Founder Coaching
Founder of German Entrepreneurs Organization Accelerator Program - large network in startup hub Germany
Serial Entrepreneur
Co-founder & Product Manager at @bonagora
Founder @dotproduct
Founder @bitwyse-solutions-inc
Founder @visi-image
Member of the Executive and Investment Committees at OxonCapital. Provides strategic advisory to portfolio companies and non-portfolio clients.
Founder GetYourGuide • Investor @localuncle @foundd
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
Gaming (F2P & real-money) Entrepreneur & Product-Freelancer based in Berlin.
Former @bwin-party and @crowdpark. Investor in @zoomsquare.
Unternehmer
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor • Strong business background
http://goldmedia.de/blog/
former music entrepreneur/exec. music publisher, marketing booster, business angel
studied Philosophy & Economics at LSE
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Sr. V.P. at Special Risk Insurance Services, Inc.
A german based Family Office, currently invested in some german startups. @food-de starts in 2011 as our actually in-house project.
Investor in @p4m, @mondayworks, @timetotease-net.
MBA with Finance Specialization from Bocconi
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.
Paris: Co-founder @nouvelopticien @after_set @lemanegeparis / Berlin: Head of Marketing @misterspexfr Co-founder @kiipost
Entrepreneur,Muslim,Cosmopolitan,Adventure Capitalist
Founder @berlin-promotion-agency, @mamlaka-ventures-holding • Investor @neuronation-de, @movinary
mobile developer, entrepreneur & investor