About
Dennis is a Venture Capital investor at xdeck (www.xdeck.vc). xdeck invests into early-stage B2B tech startups from across Europe. Currently, xdeck has 25 portfolio firms and Dennis actively oversees 13 of them. Dennis raised the first xdeck VC fund of 20m EUR as part of a team of 4 investors. Next to the VC fund, xdeck also operates an equity-free accelerator program which Dennis helped launch and grow to now more than 100 alumni startups and 20 institutional partner firms. Over the last years, Dennis has led more than 10 junior xdeck team members. Dennis is also an active angel investor with currently five portfolio startups.In addition to his investment activities, Dennis is entrepreneurship lecturer at Steinbeis University and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management. He holds a Ph.D. degree from WHU and RWTH Aachen. He co-lectures the annual WHU seminar "New Venture Creation", out of which many successful startups have emerged over the last years, including Afilio, PowerUs, and Wa…
Experience
Partner
xdeck · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Present
xdeck is an early-stage venture platform that invests in disruptive B2B tech startups from across Europe. www.xdeck.vc
Pre-Seed Investor (Private Angel Investment)
Vamo · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Present
https://www.starting-up.de/news/news-investments/vamo-waermepumpen-start-up-sichert-sich-3-mio-euro-finanzierungsrunde.html
Pre-Seed Investor (Private Angel Investment)
10lift · Berlin, Germany
Present
https://www.pitchdrive.com/stories/liftos-raises-round-0
Pre-Seed Investor (Vc)
Augmented Industries · Munich
Present
https://tech.eu/2025/09/30/augmented-industries-raises-eur45m-pre-seed-for-faster-ai-guided-workflows/
Pre-Seed Investor (Vc)
VENMATE · Berlin, Germany
Present
https://www.startbase.de/news/venmate-erhaelt-600-000-euro-pre-seed-finanzierung/
Education
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Dr. rer. pol., Entrepreneurship
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Business & Management
Texas McCombs School of Business
Exchange Semester
W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University
Exchange semester
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Business & Management
Ziehenschule
Abitur
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