Speakers of 2017
Andreas Thümmler
He founded Corporate Finance Partners Group “CFP” in 1998, a leading European Tech & Internet Corporate Finance advisor with expertise and execution in mid-cap Tech Corporate Finance advisory and M&A transactions. In 2015 CFP merged with Acxit Capital Management to form ACXIT Capital Partners.
Dr Alex von Frankenberg
Dr Alex von Frankenberg has been active in the world of venture capital and start-ups since 2000 and became Managing Director of High-Tech Gründerfonds in 2005.
Dr Marcus C. Funke
Marcus C. Funke advises clients in all aspects of securities and corporate law, particularly in the areas of initial public offerings, rights offerings, and bonds, including high-yield bonds.
Hannah Klose
Hannah is a natural born host! Her talent for authentic and charming moderation as well as hands on stage training is unique and empowering.
Hans-Christian Boos
Chris Boos' (Arago) mission: empowering human potential, freeing up time for creativity and innovative thinking through AI.
Jan Andresen
Managing Director of Engagement at the Cyber Innovation Hub of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).
Tobias Schrödel
Live Hack at GrowthCon17
Tobias is maybe the „first IT-Comedian“. He explains technical vulnerabilities and correlations in a way, everybody can understand.
Dr Michael Hoppe
Steps for Children at GrowthCon17
Social entrepreneur/consultant-founder of foundation steps for children
Founded his own market research company during his studies.
Stephan Kress
Cybersecurity Panel at GrowthCon17
Stephan Kress is a lawyer in the Frankfurt office of Latham & Watkins and member of the global Technology Transactions Group.
Rudolf Scharping
Cybersecurity Panel at GrowthCon17
Rudolf Scharping, born in 1947, from 1975 until 2005 served on important political positions.
Peter Jaeger
Opening Panel AI/Deeptech at GrowthCon17
Peter Jaeger was born in Hamburg, Germany, and formed a career as information scientist and business economist.
Dr. Regina Engelstädter
“Deals across the Rhine” at GrowthCon17
Dr. Regina Engelstädter is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Frankfurt office.
Michael Brehm
VC-Panel at GrowthCon17
Michael is a serial tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Redstone.
Mehrdad Piroozram
FinTech Panel at GrowthCon17
Mehrdad Piroozram is the founder and general partner at InsurTech.vc.
Martin Micko
Opening Panel AI/Deeptech at GrowthCon17
Martin Micko is an experienced manager, who has been working in leadership positions at IBM, Sony or EMC².
Marc Bernegger
FinTech Panel at GrowthCon17
Aged 20, Marc founded usgang.ch and he is a founder of amiando.
Laurent Mouflin
“Deals across the Rhine” at GrowthCon17
Laurent Mouflin worked for 5 years within investment funds in France and England.
Kai Herzberger
AdTech-Panel at GrowthCon17
Kai Herzberger is heading the eComm & Transformational Retail team of Facebook for the DACH & EMEA region.
Jörg Binnenbrücker
VC-Panel at GrowthCon17
Jörg is managing partner at Capnamic Ventures. He is co-creator of the multi-company fund.
Hanns-Bertin Aderhold
Opening Panel AI/Deeptech at GrowthCon17
Hanns-Bertin Aderhold is founder and managing director of Cobrainer.
Gerald Hörhan
FinTech Panel at GrowthCon17
Gerald B. Hörhan is an Austrian investmentbanker, real estate investor, author and online entrepreneur.
Dr. Gunjan Bhardwaj
Opening Panel AI/Deeptech at GrowthCon17
Gunjan is the Founder and CEO of the Innoplexus group. He earlier worked at BCG and EY.
Dr. Daniel Röder
Pulse of Europe at GrowthCon17
Dr. Daniel Röder is one of the initiators of the civilian movement Pulse of Europe which was launched in late 2016.
Oliver Mahr
“Deals across the Rhine” at GrowthCon17
Oliver is Investment Manager at Deutsche Börse Venture Network to build a strong, international network of high-growth companies and top investors.
Matthias Kröner
“Deals across the Rhine” at GrowthCon17
Matthias Kröner is spokesman of the Fidor Bank AG board since January 2009.
Michael Schatzschneider
“Deals across the Rhine” at GrowthCon17
Michael (Euronext) has wide experience in corporate finance and worked at i.a. at BHF, Commerzbank
David Boles
Case Study „trivago’s NASDAQ IPO" at GrowthCon17
David Boles is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and advises clients in the areas of international capital markets and securities regulation.
Daniel Gutenberg
Unicorn or living dead? at GrowthCon17
Daniel Gutenberg – super angel investor, venture capitalist and unicorn hunter in the investment industry.
Thomas Bieri
Cybersecurity Panel at GrowthCon17
Tom has worked for the last 20 years in corporate finance / investment banking, starting in 1997.
Fabien Dombard
Cybersecurity Panel at GrowthCon17
For the past twelve years Fabien Dombard has been exploring the info-security arena with consistent curiosity and appetite.
Christian Angermayer
Christian Angermayer (36) is a serial entrepreneur and investor born in Germany and based in London.
Jean-Luc Cyrot
“Deals across the Rhine” at GrowthCon17
Jean-Luc Cyrot co-founded TIME for Growth in Paris in 2009 and is acting as Partner.
Benjamin Heimlich
AdTech-Panel at GrowthCon17
Benjamin Heimlich is managing editor of VentureCapital Magazin.
Andreas Schwend
AdTech-Panel at GrowthCon17
Andreas Schwend, born in 1968, studied industrial engineering in Stuttgart and worked as a technical project manager in the field of IT organization.
Aurore Belfrage
VC-Panel at GrowthCon17
Aurore Belfrage is a tech-geek-entrepreneur, angel investor, startup coach, social media marketer, speechwriter.
Christian Claussen
VC-Panel at GrowthCon17
Christian joined VENTECH/Paris in 2013 as the firms fourth Equity Partner with the mission to spearhead the investment activities in the DACH region.
Christian Kleinsorge
AdTech-Panel at GrowthCon17
Christian Kleinsorge, CEO Ingenious Technologies, works in the Online Business since over 15 years.
Christian Sauer
AdTech-Panel at GrowthCon17
Christian Sauer founded Webtrekk GmbH in 2004 alongside co-founder and CTO Norman Wahnschaff and remained until June 2017 the CEO of the company.