Connecting Capital & Innovation

For a strong economic centre, Germany needs to focus on innovative solutions and technologies. Start-ups and innovation investments have become the most important asset class and form the backbone of our future economy. However, family offices in particular are still far from having arrived in the ‘start-up’ asset class.

I am a Bridgemaker between family offices and innovative startups. Through my international network, I have access to the most promising startups in the DACH region as well as to high-class tech startups in the USA.

As the founder of Scale Now Ventures and two private business investment clubs, I provide family offices and investors with numerous high-potential investment opportunities.

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What I do

Investment

I support start-ups in the pre-seed and seed phase via various investment funds in all financing matters, from the procurement of venture capital, the identification of suitable financing, the provision of my network to the preparation of financing rounds.

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Venture Building

As a strategic partner, me and my team of around 30 experts from various disciplines support my portfolio start-ups and help them to build up their businesses efficiently. With many years of experience and a proven track record, my team and I optimise existing business models for successful scaling.

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Advisory

I provide my portfolio start-ups with my internal experts, who use their expertise and experience to develop and expand the individual specialist areas in order to realise the best possible potential of the portfolio start-ups and create the conditions for a successful establishment on the market.

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In the ‘How to Hack’ podcast, I showcase exciting stories every week

Since 01.10.2024 I am Head of Audio of the Business Punk Podcast ‘How to Hack’.

In the ‘How to Hack’ podcast, I talk to numerous exciting founders and investors about their success stories and offer captivating insights behind the scenes. If you need any inspiration and ideas for innovation, digitalisation and the latest trends of tomorrow, you've come to the right place with me and ‘How to Hack’.

Following the great success of ‘How to Hack’, the Business Punk podcast family will be expanded to include two more formats from April 2025. ‘How to Invest’ and “How to Marketing” deal with more specific topics and get down to the nitty gritty. I am also involved in the new formats as Head of Audio. The hosts are  Phillip Böndel and Sherin Maruhn.