Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Berlin.
Entrepreneur
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
Angel Investor, technical and financial background, focus on digital business models.
Yahoo 2004-2011 • Headed DR Platform Mgmt @yahoo EMEA • Seeded DR Network Marketplace in EMEA (100+M $ in revenue).
Co-Founder & CTO of Eventbrite. Mentor at seedcamp, startupbootcamp, lecamping, techpeaks. Advisor to European startups.
Co-President @stanfordangels1 CEO in Healthcare 2.0. Experience in Life Science. Gov 2.0. Stanford Grad. Seed Investor.
http://jessesandoval.wordpress.com/
Entrepreneur
http://steffenhoellinger.com
Dad | CEO | Founder @ufostart-ag @globumbus @zanox | Investor in Crowdsourcing & Bitcoin
http://thomashessler.com
Investor in @rapleaf, @aviary, @kikin.
VC at @dfj-esprit; Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
http://scottsage.tumblr.com/
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
International Growth & Product Management at @facebook • Investor in Silicon Valley & Berlin, e.g @wealthfront, @anyroad, @shift, @active-mind-technology
Co-founder & General Partner @sparklabsGlobal Ventures & @sparklabs Accelerator in Seoul. Former Executive at @facebook. Father of 4. Mountain Biker.
Founder @ eWings.com
Managing Director at Kite Ventures
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.
Bulding the Internets since 1998, Founded Plazes (Sold to Nokia), Amen (Sold to Tape TV), Investor in Soundcloud, Dataminr, Narrative, Readmill, others.
Entrepreneur and angel investor. Founder and CCO @gameduell. Managed 2 European Internet startups (>200 employees, >100 mio users, profitable, VC funded).
Technology Venture Capitalist
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/
COO and Partner at @westtech-ventures - Seed VC in Berlin, Germany. Was Co-Founder of @german-startups-group
http://www.BerlinDigital.org
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/
European Angel Investor
Life is short. Be happy. Seek change with abandon.
Investor in @innovid, @profitect, @the-gifts-project, @sisense, @yedda.
http://yankeesabralimey.tumblr.com/
Director Marketplaces & Payment Innovation (Mobile Payments)
Angel Investments ★ CEE & West EU Startup Consultant ★ New Market Development ★ Matchmaker ★ Enabler ★ Entertainment, Sports, Fashion Industry
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
Awarded Angel of the Year in Europe 2013 by EBAN
Co-founder and director of @plug-and-play-tech-center in Spain, expert in internationalization ( spanish speaking markets). Investor in @touristeye @ducksboard
Investor in @madvertise, @lieferheld, @sponsorpay-com, @digitale-seiten-de, @mysportbrands.
Founder and former CEO @onlinepizza-se, sold to @delivery-hero (now investor) • Investor @rivalfox
Entrepreneur, mentor and accredited angel investor with powerful mojo in launching, bootstrapping and growing new ventures.
Serial entrepreneur and company builder
10+ companies co-founded, 20+ years tech entrepreneur in Berlin.
Founder & CEO @found-fair-ventures @mybet @Novedia
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"
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/
Worked at @sullivan-cromwell-llp, @hogan-lovells • Investor @blinkist-1, @amazine, @kirondo, @fotovio, University of San Diego MBA 1998
entrepreneur, geek, gamer, treehugger
http://www.jenshilgers.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
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.
Partner at @xlhealth, serial entrepreneur, startup mentor for Deutsche Telekom's @hub-raum and @microsoft-ventures-accelerator-berlin, @whu Alumnus
Currently Products at GfK. Advisory Board of GMPVC, we help European start-ups finance media campaigns. Check out SimplySeven, my book about internet business.
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 @Spreets, Advisor and Investor @airtasker, @the-search-party, @carmony, @Vicegolf
Entrepreneur. Finance, tech and media. Founder LOAF, @premia-capital, @node-1. Co-founder @financial-times-tilt. Board member @financial-network-analytics
founded Vendisys and growing it with zero outside money
COO and founder of ezeep, worked at DKSH, Roland Berger and Credit Suisse. Obtained a BSc (Hons) Business Studies degree at CASS Business School.
Principal at BDMI Fund. Finance Background (Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank). Exeter University 2003, MBA IE Business School 2007.
http://venturegeist.tumblr.com
Founder of EPIC Companies, ex-Rocket Internet and CEO of multi-national ecommerce companies. Built and invested in startups across 5 continents.
Search Strategy Consultant @wimdu. Founder @kombinat-fr-digitale-medien. Worked at @idealo. Angel Investor @hiddenmarkets-ug, Investor @visual-meta.
http://pip.net/
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
Intrapreneur and Entrepreneurial Investor, advisor and consultant, loves special situations
CEO and founder of @7moments and Micro-Angel. Co-Founder of @plazes (acquired by @nokia).
Founder @brands4friends, $200 mio exit to eBay, Founder of 5 companies, investor, entrepreneur
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/bojanbabic
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 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
co-CEO of Deutsche Ventures • ESCP Professor • co-Founder @airtag @dhl Globalmail @index Europe
Founder of @piabo public relations, Business Angel and enthusiastic success driver for entrepreneurs. Connecting people is my passion.
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/
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
founder and CEO of @vonchurch. Specialist in the Digital Entertainment Staffing sector.
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 of @investiere and an online retail company. Strong business and IT background. Master of Computer Science at @eth-zurich.
I am working as entrepreneur, corporate executive and investor.
10 years experience with Internet companies. CTO of a high volume company. Several successful exits.
Consultant, founded digital music distributor Zebralution (exit to Warner Music Group) and e-book distributor A2EP, previously Head Of Music & Video at Vodafone
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
Investor @kown-1, Principal @ftl, mentor @founder-institute St.Petersburg, ex-Russian Tech Journalist @CNews
Founder @dotproduct
Founder @bitwyse-solutions-inc
Founder @visi-image
Entrepreneur, Co-Founder, Angel
Partner bei Capra Venture Group
Driving change in the media, entertainment and communications industries through angel investments and strategy consulting
Co-founder & Product Manager at @bonagora
Gaming (F2P & real-money) Entrepreneur & Product-Freelancer based in Berlin.
Former @bwin-party and @crowdpark. Investor in @zoomsquare.
Member of the Executive and Investment Committees at OxonCapital. Provides strategic advisory to portfolio companies and non-portfolio clients.
Serial adviser, avid agitator, structured advocator and overall nice guy.
Pro in CEO and Founder Coaching
Founder of German Entrepreneurs Organization Accelerator Program - large network in startup hub Germany
Serial Entrepreneur
Build 3 start-ups, in Europe and Australia. Strong strategy and product and service innovation skills, worked at @Booz & Company, @vodafone
Founder GetYourGuide • Investor @localuncle @foundd
Sr. V.P. at Special Risk Insurance Services, Inc.
Paris: Co-founder @nouvelopticien @after_set @lemanegeparis / Berlin: Head of Marketing @misterspexfr Co-founder @kiipost
mobile developer, entrepreneur & investor
A german based Family Office, currently invested in some german startups. @food-de starts in 2011 as our actually in-house project.
MBA with Finance Specialization from Bocconi
Entrepreneur,Muslim,Cosmopolitan,Adventure Capitalist
Founder @berlin-promotion-agency, @mamlaka-ventures-holding • Investor @neuronation-de, @movinary
Entrepreneur, Advisor & Investor • Strong business background
former music entrepreneur/exec. music publisher, marketing booster, business angel
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Unternehmer
Investor in @p4m, @mondayworks, @timetotease-net.
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.
http://goldmedia.de/blog/
studied Philosophy & Economics at LSE