Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Berlin.
Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabsGlobal Ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.
Entrepreneur
http://steffenhoellinger.com
Founder @ eWings.com
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
Bulding the Internets since 1998, Founded Plazes (Sold to Nokia), Amen (Sold to Tape TV), Investor in Soundcloud, Dataminr, Narrative, Readmill, others.
International Growth & Product Management at @facebook • Investor in Silicon Valley & Berlin, e.g @wealthfront, @anyroad, @shift, @active-mind-technology
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).
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.
Entrepreneur
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).
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
VC at @dfj-esprit; Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
http://scottsage.tumblr.com/
Co-Founder & CTO of Eventbrite. Mentor at seedcamp, startupbootcamp, lecamping, techpeaks. Advisor to European startups.
Managing Director at Kite Ventures
Investor in @rapleaf, @aviary, @kikin.
Founder SoundCloud.
Angel Investor, technical and financial background, focus on digital business models.
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/
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
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 )
Awarded Angel of the Year in Europe 2013 by EBAN
Life is short. Be happy. Seek change with abandon.
European Angel Investor
Co founded Startupbootcamp. I ran Copenhagen, now Berlin. Partner at Rainmaking, a startup factory.
http://rainmaking.co.uk/blog/
Investor in @madvertise, @lieferheld, @sponsorpay-com, @digitale-seiten-de, @mysportbrands.
Investor in @innovid, @profitect, @the-gifts-project, @sisense, @yedda.
http://yankeesabralimey.tumblr.com/
Serial entrepreneur and company builder
10+ companies co-founded, 20+ years tech entrepreneur in Berlin.
Founder & CEO @found-fair-ventures @mybet @Novedia
Entrepreneur, mentor and accredited angel investor with powerful mojo in launching, bootstrapping and growing new ventures.
Associate at Point Nine Capital
http://heyni.co/
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
Angel Investments ★ CEE & West EU Startup Consultant ★ New Market Development ★ Matchmaker ★ Enabler ★ Entertainment, Sports, Fashion Industry
Technology Venture Capitalist
COO and Partner at @westtech-ventures - Seed VC in Berlin, Germany. Was Co-Founder of @german-startups-group
http://www.BerlinDigital.org
Director Marketplaces & Payment Innovation (Mobile Payments)
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.
Co-founder @Spreets, Advisor and Investor @airtasker, @the-search-party, @carmony, @Vicegolf
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
Co-Founder & President Mendeley • Worked at @sap, @university-of-cologne • MBA from WHU • Loves latin-american dances • Voted "Best European Founder 2013"
Partner at @xlhealth, serial entrepreneur, startup mentor for Deutsche Telekom's @hub-raum and @microsoft-ventures-accelerator-berlin, @whu Alumnus
Founder of EPIC Companies, ex-Rocket Internet and CEO of multi-national ecommerce companies. Built and invested in startups across 5 continents.
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
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, geek, gamer, treehugger
http://www.jenshilgers.net
Intrapreneur and Entrepreneurial Investor, advisor and consultant, loves special situations
Entrepreneur. Finance, tech and media. Founder LOAF, @premia-capital, @node-1. Co-founder @financial-times-tilt. Board member @financial-network-analytics
Currently working as CTO at Wimdu, Rocket Internet in Berlin, Germany
Search Strategy Consultant @wimdu. Founder @kombinat-fr-digitale-medien. Worked at @idealo. Angel Investor @hiddenmarkets-ug, Investor @visual-meta.
http://pip.net/
Founder of Lieferando ( sold to TakeAway.com), Founder RapidApe
Currently Products at GfK. Advisory Board of GMPVC, we help European start-ups finance media campaigns. Check out SimplySeven, my book about internet business.
founded Vendisys and growing it with zero outside money
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/
Principal at BDMI Fund. Finance Background (Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank). Exeter University 2003, MBA IE Business School 2007.
http://venturegeist.tumblr.com
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.
co-CEO of Deutsche Ventures • ESCP Professor • co-Founder @airtag @dhl Globalmail @index Europe
Early stage investing
currently invested in 30 Startups
Exits:
horoscopo.com
bellevip.com
Founder:
blogsfarm.com
financialred.com
viajered.com
http://cangurorico.com
Co-founder of @investiere and an online retail company. Strong business and IT background. Master of Computer Science at @eth-zurich.
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/
Founder of Makerscore.
Autodidactic Engineer, Scientist and Philosopher.
Summer Analyst at e.ventures 2011. Co-Founded EBS NINE.
Investor in @mt-performance, @captain-travel, @toptranslation, @adlocal, @venture-tv. MSc in Business and Information Science.
http://www.Venturetv.de
Founder of apomio.de. Angel/Advisor of @conceptboard.com, @codingpeople.com, whitebox-concepts.com, jungfeld.com, storkfox.com
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/bojanbabic
founder and CEO of @vonchurch. Specialist in the Digital Entertainment Staffing sector.
CEO and founder of @7moments and Micro-Angel. Co-Founder of @plazes (acquired by @nokia).
Founder of @piabo public relations, Business Angel and enthusiastic success driver for entrepreneurs. Connecting people is my passion.
Founder @brands4friends, $200 mio exit to eBay, Founder of 5 companies, investor, entrepreneur
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
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
I am working as entrepreneur, corporate executive and investor.
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.
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
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
Inbetween startups. Playing with tech (Arduino, RPi, Python, AngularJS, Go, Crypto, bitcoin,...) and getting fit again (Lifting iron).
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
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
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
Partner bei Capra Venture Group
Co-founder & Product Manager at @bonagora
Gaming (F2P & real-money) Entrepreneur & Product-Freelancer based in Berlin.
Former @bwin-party and @crowdpark. Investor in @zoomsquare.
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MBA with Finance Specialization from Bocconi
Investor in @p4m, @mondayworks, @timetotease-net.
former music entrepreneur/exec. music publisher, marketing booster, business angel
Paris: Co-founder @nouvelopticien @after_set @lemanegeparis / Berlin: Head of Marketing @misterspexfr Co-founder @kiipost
http://goldmedia.de/blog/
A german based Family Office, currently invested in some german startups. @food-de starts in 2011 as our actually in-house project.
Unternehmer
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor • Strong business background
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,Muslim,Cosmopolitan,Adventure Capitalist
Founder @berlin-promotion-agency, @mamlaka-ventures-holding • Investor @neuronation-de, @movinary
mobile developer, entrepreneur & investor
studied Philosophy & Economics at LSE
Sr. V.P. at Special Risk Insurance Services, Inc.