Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Berlin.
VC at @dfj-esprit; Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
http://scottsage.tumblr.com/
Founder @ eWings.com
Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabsGlobal Ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
http://steffenhoellinger.com
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
Investor in @rapleaf, @aviary, @kikin.
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.
Co-President @stanfordangels1 CEO in Healthcare 2.0. Experience in Life Science. Gov 2.0. Stanford Grad. Seed Investor.
http://jessesandoval.wordpress.com/
Yahoo 2004-2011 • Headed DR Platform Mgmt @yahoo EMEA • Seeded DR Network Marketplace in EMEA (100+M $ in revenue).
Managing Director at Kite Ventures
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.
Co-Founder & CTO of Eventbrite. Mentor at seedcamp, startupbootcamp, lecamping, techpeaks. Advisor to European startups.
Founder SoundCloud.
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.
Dad | CEO | Founder @ufostart-ag @globumbus @zanox | Investor in Crowdsourcing & Bitcoin
http://thomashessler.com
Entrepreneur and angel investor. Founder and CCO @gameduell. Managed 2 European Internet startups (>200 employees, >100 mio users, profitable, VC funded).
Awarded Angel of the Year in Europe 2013 by EBAN
Technology Venture Capitalist
European Angel Investor
Co-founder and director of @plug-and-play-tech-center in Spain, expert in internationalization ( spanish speaking markets). Investor in @touristeye @ducksboard
Social/mobile gaming executive, entrepreneur and investor.
http://www.gameschangedmylife.com
COO and Partner at @westtech-ventures - Seed VC in Berlin, Germany. Was Co-Founder of @german-startups-group
http://www.BerlinDigital.org
Angel Investments ★ CEE & West EU Startup Consultant ★ New Market Development ★ Matchmaker ★ Enabler ★ Entertainment, Sports, Fashion Industry
Investor in @madvertise, @lieferheld, @sponsorpay-com, @digitale-seiten-de, @mysportbrands.
Director Marketplaces & Payment Innovation (Mobile Payments)
Entrepreneur, mentor and accredited angel investor with powerful mojo in launching, bootstrapping and growing new ventures.
Life is short. Be happy. Seek change with abandon.
Serial entrepreneur and company builder
10+ companies co-founded, 20+ years tech entrepreneur in Berlin.
Founder & CEO @found-fair-ventures @mybet @Novedia
Investor in @innovid, @profitect, @the-gifts-project, @sisense, @yedda.
http://yankeesabralimey.tumblr.com/
Founder and former CEO @onlinepizza-se, sold to @delivery-hero (now investor) • Investor @rivalfox
Co founded Startupbootcamp. I ran Copenhagen, now Berlin. Partner at Rainmaking, a startup factory.
http://rainmaking.co.uk/blog/
Associate at Point Nine Capital
http://heyni.co/
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 )
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/
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
Founder of EPIC Companies, ex-Rocket Internet and CEO of multi-national ecommerce companies. Built and invested in startups across 5 continents.
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
founded Vendisys and growing it with zero outside money
Founder of Lieferando ( sold to TakeAway.com), Founder RapidApe
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/
Partner at @xlhealth, serial entrepreneur, startup mentor for Deutsche Telekom's @hub-raum and @microsoft-ventures-accelerator-berlin, @whu Alumnus
Search Strategy Consultant @wimdu. Founder @kombinat-fr-digitale-medien. Worked at @idealo. Angel Investor @hiddenmarkets-ug, Investor @visual-meta.
http://pip.net/
Co-Founder & President Mendeley • Worked at @sap, @university-of-cologne • MBA from WHU • Loves latin-american dances • Voted "Best European Founder 2013"
Currently working as CTO at Wimdu, Rocket Internet in Berlin, Germany
Co-founder @Spreets, Advisor and Investor @airtasker, @the-search-party, @carmony, @Vicegolf
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
COO and founder of ezeep, worked at DKSH, Roland Berger and Credit Suisse. Obtained a BSc (Hons) Business Studies degree at CASS Business School.
entrepreneur, geek, gamer, treehugger
http://www.jenshilgers.net
Principal at BDMI Fund. Finance Background (Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank). Exeter University 2003, MBA IE Business School 2007.
http://venturegeist.tumblr.com
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. Finance, tech and media. Founder LOAF, @premia-capital, @node-1. Co-founder @financial-times-tilt. Board member @financial-network-analytics
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.
Worked at @sullivan-cromwell-llp, @hogan-lovells • Investor @blinkist-1, @amazine, @kirondo, @fotovio, University of San Diego MBA 1998
Intrapreneur and Entrepreneurial Investor, advisor and consultant, loves special situations
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/
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/bojanbabic
founder and CEO of @vonchurch. Specialist in the Digital Entertainment Staffing sector.
co-CEO of Deutsche Ventures • ESCP Professor • co-Founder @airtag @dhl Globalmail @index Europe
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 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
I am working as entrepreneur, corporate executive and investor.
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
Co-founder of @investiere and an online retail company. Strong business and IT background. Master of Computer Science at @eth-zurich.
CEO and founder of @7moments and Micro-Angel. Co-Founder of @plazes (acquired by @nokia).
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
Founder of @piabo public relations, Business Angel and enthusiastic success driver for entrepreneurs. Connecting people is my passion.
Serial adviser, avid agitator, structured advocator and overall nice guy.
Investor @kown-1, Principal @ftl, mentor @founder-institute St.Petersburg, ex-Russian Tech Journalist @CNews
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
Driving change in the media, entertainment and communications industries through angel investments and strategy consulting
Founder GetYourGuide • Investor @localuncle @foundd
10 years experience with Internet companies. CTO of a high volume company. Several successful exits.
Member of the Executive and Investment Committees at OxonCapital. Provides strategic advisory to portfolio companies and non-portfolio clients.
Co-founder & Product Manager at @bonagora
Entrepreneur, Co-Founder, Angel
Build 3 start-ups, in Europe and Australia. Strong strategy and product and service innovation skills, worked at @Booz & Company, @vodafone
Founder @dotproduct
Founder @bitwyse-solutions-inc
Founder @visi-image
Consultant, founded digital music distributor Zebralution (exit to Warner Music Group) and e-book distributor A2EP, previously Head Of Music & Video at Vodafone
Gaming (F2P & real-money) Entrepreneur & Product-Freelancer based in Berlin.
Former @bwin-party and @crowdpark. Investor in @zoomsquare.
Inbetween startups. Playing with tech (Arduino, RPi, Python, AngularJS, Go, Crypto, bitcoin,...) and getting fit again (Lifting iron).
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
mobile developer, entrepreneur & investor
Unternehmer
A german based Family Office, currently invested in some german startups. @food-de starts in 2011 as our actually in-house project.
Paris: Co-founder @nouvelopticien @after_set @lemanegeparis / Berlin: Head of Marketing @misterspexfr Co-founder @kiipost
Sr. V.P. at Special Risk Insurance Services, Inc.
former music entrepreneur/exec. music publisher, marketing booster, business angel
http://goldmedia.de/blog/
Entrepreneur,Muslim,Cosmopolitan,Adventure Capitalist
Founder @berlin-promotion-agency, @mamlaka-ventures-holding • Investor @neuronation-de, @movinary
studied Philosophy & Economics at LSE
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.
MBA with Finance Specialization from Bocconi
Investor in @p4m, @mondayworks, @timetotease-net.
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor • Strong business background
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