Chris Philipps

Managing Partner

PHILIPPS & BYRNE · Berlin Area, Germany

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With hundreds of DDs under our belt, many billions of guided funding and very high customer satisfaction, we are leaders in the Tech Due Diligence industry. Located in Berlin, we perform Tech DDs and health checks for top Venture Capital and Private Equity firms, family offices, and startups worldwide. We are trusted Product and Technology advisors to founders and investors. We live and breathe technology and startups and are passionate about supporting growth from seed stage to exit. We say "Zero Bullshit", and we mean it.

Non-Executive Board Director

SIMCON · Würselen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

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SIMCON specialises in simulation and consulting services for plastic injection moulding processes. Their flagship software, Cadmould, is renowned for enhancing precision and efficiency in injection moulding simulations.

Member of the Industry Advisory Board

ecoplanet · Munich, Bavaria, Germany

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Advisor and Angel Investor

Every Health · Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland

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70% of queer people are unsatisfied with their access to adequate healthcare. 75 million LGBTQIA+ people in Europe are more likely to get sick, yet lack access to and have bad experiences with healthcare. Discrimination paired with lack of expertise among doctors for queer health topics lead to mistrust in providers ultimately creating a vicious circle to worse medical outcomes. We are building the first end-to-end healthcare provider for the LGBTQIA+ community. We're starting with holistic primary care for LGBTQIA+ patients in specialized doctor’s practices enabled by a fully digitalized patient experience to improve quality of care.

Member

EO Berlin · Berlin, Germany

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Community Member

2hearts

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The 2hearts community is about building tomorrow's tech society with cultural diversity. ❤️💙 I strongly believe that it's about time to build a more diverse and even stronger Tech and startup ecosystem.

Tech Advisor / Interim Cto

Chris Philipps · Berlin / worldwide

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Tech advisor for VC's and startups, Interim CTO. I have worked so far with more than 300 startups and scale-ups such as Zalando, auto1, OUTFITTERY, crealytics, Ryte (now semrush), hometogo, and many others, in Germany and internationally. I also advise and mentor successful young startups and Tech leaders in challenging growth phases (equity/fee model).

Author, Conference Speaker & Organizer

Chris Philipps · worldwide

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Author: * Contribution to book „StartUp!“ on Tech DD * Contribution to book "Die Lean BACK Perspektive" on modern leadership * Contribution to book "Agile Projekte mit Scrum, XP und Kanban im Unternehmen durchführen: Erfahrungsberichte aus der Praxis", 1st and 2nd edition * Contribution to book "Softwarequalität in PHP-Projekten" / "Real-World Solutions for Developing High-Quality PHP Framework and Applications", English and German edition * Several magazine articles and interviews Conference Speaker at: Tech Open Air (TOA) / Google Stage, UNIT Unicorns in Tech Conference, Code Talks, JAX, PHPUG, Meet Magento, Scrum Day, GTAC Google Test Automation Conference, and others Speaker and keynote speaker for corporate clients such as Continental. Event / UG / Conference Organizer and founder

Advisory Board Member & Angel Investor

Alaiko

Alaiko was one of Europe's leading logistics operating startups, and in 2024 it merged with Zenfulfillment to unlock the best of both worlds: Zenfulfillment's deep logistics expertise with Alaiko OS Operating System.

Board Observer

Farmers To You · Middlesex, Vermont, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Farmers To You creates a successful and sustainable food system model that benefits farmers, food producers, rural communities, urban families and the planet.

Tech Advisor

Nuri · Berlin, Deutschland

Tech advisor to management at Nuri (ex Bitwala)