About
Max is a founding partner of Sunfish Partners. Sunfish (www.sunfish.vc) is an early stage VC that invests in the best technical founders from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). We invest between EUR 250k and EUR 500k in pre-seed rounds in companies and teams primarily active in Space Tech and and Defense Tech. Since 2009 he has been actively investing as a business angel supporting tech startups with several successful exits along the way. While being an "investor by profession", Max is still an "entrepreneur by heart", having co-founded and managed several companies before becoming a VC. Max holds a Master's Degree (Dipl. Kfm.) in Business Administration from WHU Vallendar.
Experience
Founding Partner
Sunfish Partners · Berlin Area, Germany
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Sunfish Partners is an early stage VC that invests in defense tech startups from Eastern Europe (CEE). www.sunfish.vc
Business Angel
MWM Investments GmbH · global
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Active business angel since 2009. Proud investor in wooga.com (exited), test.io (exited), digitalperformance.de (exited), ramp.network, likeminded.care, golocad.com, minutia.co, theblockbrain.io, eleet.games, airmo.io, loovara.com, and many others.
Founding Investor
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Helped to launch Wooga as one of the first investors and mentors. Wooga has since then become one of the leading European mobile games companies.
Founding Investor & Consultant
Loovara Intimate GmbH (ehem. DSM Internet GmbH) · Berlin
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Successfully launched several brands in the drugstore category on Amazon in Germany, UK, France, and Italy.
Member of the Board & Consultant
Supported the founding team in corporate strategy, business development, sales, and fundraising
Head of Mobile
Project A Ventures · Berlin
Established a mobile unit for Berlin based company builder Project A. Led a team of 8 people and established a process to efficiently develop and launch mobile apps. Successfully launched three apps on Android and iOS (e.g. Shirtagram and Yay!) and invested in companies like 42matters and uberall.
Founder & Ceo
Online Advertising Solutions Ltd. · Berlin, Germany
Co-founded and managed video ad-serving solutions provider and video advertising networks www.spotrails.com and www.captainad.com
Co-Founder
LinkLift Ltd. · Berlin, Germany
Co-Founded an Online Marketing Platform for Search Engine Optimization.
Education
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Master of Business Administration (Dipl. Kfm.)
ESCNA Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Nantes Atlantique
Exchange Semester
Georgia Institute of Technology
Exchange Semester
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