About
Experienced entrepreneur and venture builder with broad expertise in startups, venture building and ecosystem development.Currently, I'm building 11 Pioneers, my own personal company builder in the education space.11 Pioneers' first venture, our AI & Automation Pioneers is profitable and growing - reach out if you are interested in leading one of our future portfolio companies as MD & co-owner. With SouthwestX, the Startup Factory in my home region I helped to establish, I'm investing and working hands-on with high-potential early stage entrepreneurs. We are investing in the earliest stages - even pre-incorporation and act as a true co-founder. Get in touch via Linkedin or fabian.klein@southwestx.eu.Formerly, I co-founded Studybees, an edtech startup providing a smart learning platform and offline exam bootcamps all over Germany. After 7 years, we sold our company to Studocu. After selling Studybees, I joined Campus Founders to support the European edtech ecosystem by building…
Experience
Senior Incubation Manager
SOUTHWESTX · Stadtverband Saarbrücken
Present
Investing in founders, researchers and builders who rethink AI, DeepTech and Green Transformation. We invest up to 100.000€ as the first investor (even pre-incorporation) and work hands-on with entrepreneurial teams as experienced co-founders, having built and scaled startups ourselves. Get in touch if you are working on a new entrepreneurial project!
Founding Team Southwestx
SOUTHWESTX · Saarbrucken
Building a leading Startup Factory in SouthwestX in my home region - creating and supporting the next generation of founders and building bridges between Germany and France to enable European Sovereignty.
Founder
Studybees GmbH · Mannheim und Umgebung, Deutschland
Present
Studybees was a fast-growing Edtech start-up for university students, building a smart learning platform for personalized learning paths as well as an online tutoring marketplace. We became the market-leading provider for in-person exam preparation courses for business students throughout Germany. Studybees got acquired by Studocu in 2022.
Chief Product Officer
Studybees GmbH
Chief Marketing Officer
Studybees GmbH
Advisor Venture Clienting
Sopra Steria · Deutschland
Advising Sopra Steria on model, setup and strategy for the establishment of their Venture Client Unit Sopra Steria Ventures Germany.
Head of Learntech Hub
Campus Founders · Region Heilbronn
The LearnTech Hub connects Europe's most creative minds in a unique ecosystem around the future of learning and work. As the initiator of this ecosystem, we actively facilitate the collaboration between startups, companies, and educational institutions.
Venture Manager
Campus Founders · Stadt Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Intern
Deutscher Bundestag · Berlin
Intern
Heidelberg Alumni France · Paris
Education
University of St Andrews
Master's degree, Peace and Conflict Studies, School of International Relations
Heidelberg University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, Public Law
Sciences Po
Certificat du Programme International, International Relations and Economics
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