About
Tech entrepreneur who has co-founded a dating service ('97) and a blog network ('05), both of which were later acquired. 'Love to make customers happy by building superior digital products and help other founders succeed. Mentored several venture teams at Axel Springer, Innogy SE and Chemovator which resulted in several spin-in's and spin-off's. I am passionate about entrepreneurship, keeping a healthy disrespect for the status quo while respecting the numbers and creating awareness for lucid dreaming as a fundamental human capability
Experience
Co-Founder
showroom.fm · Berlin, Germany
Present
System of record for fresh, verified, on-display retail data for AI.
Mentor
Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator
Present
Supporting Axel Springer Plug&Play venture teams as venture coach as well as the AS PnP management, for instance by facilitating dealflow, such as Jobspotting which was later acquired in 2017.
Founder and Managing Director
summertime GmbH
Present
Start-Up investments
Co-Founder
SommerWilken · Berlin
Present
External Management Advisor and Venture Team Coach
Chemovator GmbH · Mannheim Area, Germany
Member of the Digital Advisory Board
Halma plc · Berlin, Germany
Supporting C-levels in executing on digitalizing venture portfolio and drive online sales
Mentor
innogy Innovation Hub · Berlin Area, Germany
Supporting the innovation hub as an instrument of corporate digital transformation by actively mentoring venture developers in building innovative businesses from scratch. The venture ucair was my main point of activity. I met the founders in March 2016 when there was an idea, we then acquired customers without building any tech. The venture was incorporated with 1m funding from innogy innovation hub after 6 months and passing several internal pitch rounds/gates. After accompanying the incorporation process, I supported the transition for another year. ucair was acquired by Above Surveying (UK) in February 2020.
Co-Founder and Managing Director
mokono was one of Europe´s largest blog community networks. Main markets included Germany, France and the UK. mokono was acquired in August 2011 and is now Populis.
C-Level Advisor to Hubert Burda Media
Wilken&Sommer · Offenburg
Advising C-level and senior management on opportunities and challenges arising from digital transformation
Education
Edinburgh Business School
MBA, Strategic Planning
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