German Startup Changemakers: Will Fischer
Will Fischer, the Managing Partner at Voxdale, is passionate about solving the world’s hardest problems in unique ways. He’s worked in the fields of aerospace, nanotechnology, semiconductor equipment, robotics, mechatronics, consumer products, and smart furniture. He spent years working at startups and founding two of his own. Find out what is it about entrepreneurship that…
German Startup Changemakers: Fridtjof Gustavs & MotionLab.Berlin
Fridtjof Gustavs is the Founder of MotionLab.Berlin, a HardTech innovation hub, which provides HardTech startups with tailored tools to improve our way of living. In addition to coworking offices, and meeting rooms, they primarily offer access to a large machine park consisting of 3D printers, laser cutters, electronics, and a creative community of engineers, designers, creators,…
German Startup Changemakers: Anna-Lena Gerber
Anna-Lena Gerber is a mission to improve the lives of families through community-building and social innovation. She is the Co-Founder & CEO of Mello, a Berlin-based startup and Techstars Accelerator alumni, which aims to help parents build strong local support networks online and in the real world. Find out how she entered the startup world, what is it…
German Startup Changemakers: Jackson Bond
We had a chat with Jackson Bond, the Co-founder of relayr, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) powerhouse delivering a complete solution for risk-free digital transformations. His contribution to the startup ecosystem in Berlin consists of mentoring startups, participating in investor networks, and investing back into the ecosystem. Read more about Jackson’s mission at relayr,…
German Startup Changemakers: Tobias Szarowicz
Tobias Szarowicz is an Investment Manager at Sunbo Angel Partners and a General Manager at Startups Berlin, an international startup hub that wants to empower ordinary people to harness great ideas and turn dreams into reality. Find out how Tobias entered the startup world, how he’s shaping the ecosystem in Berlin and what he thinks…
German Startup Changemakers: Maria Gross
We talked to Maria Gross, the Managing Director at GERMANTECH, an important initiative to target and foster entrepreneurship and establish digital ecosystems in Germany and beyond. Find out how she entered the startup world, what’s her mission at GERMANTECH and what lessons for founders she shared with us. 1. Hi Maria, thank you for agreeing…
Reasons Why Founding a Startup in Berlin Will Ruin Your Life
Starting a startup is tough. It could probably ruin your life wherever you are. What do we mean by ruin your life? After you’ve embarked on a startup journey, and felt what’s it like to move fast and break things, it is highly unlikely you will ever be happy again climbing a corporate ladder. After…
Our New Year Wishes for the Berlin Startup Community
The Berlin startup scene seems to have largely avoided the dip in startup life that has been going on in other European cities. Although incubators and accelerators remain active in Berlin, the startup ecosystem is able to rely on the startup ecosystem itself. When you join an accelerator you get all your knowledge from a…
Luuz Bielars: The New Berlin Event Manager
Luuz Bielars is the new Event Manager at GTEC, the German Tech Entrepreneurship Center. The collaboration GTEC has with Leapfunder lets her co-organize the Investor Readiness Sessions every Wednesday and the Investor Round Table every second Friday of the month. Find out more about her background, what’s the main focus for the future events and…
Startup Changemakers: Benjamin Aaron Snow
Benjamin founded Civocracy from what he saw as a clear fundamental problem, the non-leveraging of technology for transparency and civic participation. He spent 12 months researching, developing prototypes and the business model prior to co-founding the company in May 2015. Find out more about his background, what is it about democratic innovation that particularly attracts…
