About
Investor / Entrepreneur / Startup Operator Always a student. Obsessed with people's ambitions. Please be aware that I usually do not respond to marketing messages.
Experience
Investment Partner
Company Building & Private Equity: - Learning do’s and don’ts of company building while managing M&A activities for TruVenturo's tech hub "DevelopX".
Vp Business Development and M&a
itravel GmbH · Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Startup: - Experiencing what impact a severe (industry) crisis has on all market participants, its employees, customers, partners and investors, and learning how to cope with it. Switching back and forth between survival and growth mode. Successfully raising significant funds while serving all stakeholders to the best of our abilities.
Co-Founder
Entrepreneurship: - Attempting to found a second company. This time as a team of 4 co-founders. Unfortunately, we could not commit to one idea. - Headhunting for SMEs in order to keep the lights on.
Founder
Neaker - The Natural Sneaker
Entrepreneurship: - Founding a barefoot sneaker company as solopreneur. I had to learn the hard way how vital prototyping and A/B-testing as well as starting a company alone is.
Investment Professional
Schubert & Co. GmbH · Köln und Umgebung, Deutschland
Private Equity: - Crunching numbers, doing SME transactions and executing key projects in portfolio companies.
Investment Manager
STS Ventures GmbH · Köln und Umgebung, Deutschland
Venture Capital: - Learning do’s and don’ts of venture investing while helping to build a VC fund. Started angel investing.
Investment Manager
The Angel Club
Venture Capital: - Sourcing and facilitating deals for all club members.
Intern - Business Development
Asia Venture Group / Trusted Company.com Sdn. Bhd. · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Chairman
WHU Studenten helfen e.V. · Vallendar
Education
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration & Management
Wildguide
Wilderness & Adventure Guide
Institut Kienbaum @ ISM
Certified Systemic Business Coach
Jönköping International Business School
Exchange Semester, Entrepreneurship and Marketing
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Management Abroad Course India, International Mangement
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