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Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
2022
2022
2022 - 2024
3D human embodiment for AI agents. Helped the founders restructure the company from a bootstrapped, consulting- & licensing-based German academic spinoff into a venture-backed global GenAI startup backed by Tier 1 US VCs & angels. - Raised $6M Seed round with founders - Led sales & business development, including deals with 7 out of the Top 10 NASDAQ companies - Led data & compute deals - Led technology licensing deals with Max Planck’s TTO, including more than a dozen technologies - Led IP & patent strategy - Supported founders re product & milestones - Non-voting board presence
2021
Small angel tickets for (pre-)seed deep tech startups. Including: Zama (fully homomorphic encryption), Trisk Bio (biomanufacturing), Chemify (robotic alchemist), Turing Biosystems (hybrid AI for pharma), Planet A Foods (chocolate without cocoa beans), Meshcapade (AI for digital humans), Neatleaf (greenhouse automation), Noyes Technologies (warehouse automation, acquired by Knapp AG) & some unannounced/stealth
2021 - 2023
2021 - 2023
Vsquared Ventures is an early stage VC focused on deep tech startups.
2022 - 2023
2022 - 2023
2017 - 2020
2017 - 2020
Acquired by Agile Robots. Lightweight robots with a sense of touch. Still THE standard embodied AI platform used in AI & robotics research. Responsibilities included ... - Corporate Development (e.g. acquired two companies, created a JV with a large industrial company), - Fundraising with CEO (we raised more than €63M+ in equity), - IP (e.g. FTOs, patent strategy, creating a portfolio of 100+ patent families and design patents), - Ecosystem (e.g. created partnerships with companies that want to build on top of our HW & SW platforms), - Business Development (e.g. approached and closed large enterprise customers together with sales, created sales & RnD partnerships with large enterprises),
2017 - 2017
2017 - 2017
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) is the corporate venture company of the Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the largest private companies worldwide with more than 70 billion Euros of sales. Founded in 1886, Bosch is a leading global supplier of automotive, industrial technology, consumer goods and building technology. I supported RBVC with DD & sourcing and created an investment thesis regarding DLT & blockchain that led to the world's first direct token investment of a major corporate.
2016 - 2017
2016 - 2017
Part Three of the Kastanienbaum/KBee/Franka Emika saga. What a wild ride it was. Acquired by Agile Robots.
2016 - 2016
2016 - 2016
KBee was a JV between KUKA & Kastanienbaum. It developed collaborative robotic systems (HW & SW). I did everything related to business development.
2016 - 2016
2016 - 2016
Siemens Technology Accelerator's mission is to build new businesses with cutting-edge Siemens technologies & builds technology businesses by founding start-ups or selling and licensing technologies. I created market analyses, termsheets, business plans, licensing teasers, financial models und waterfall analysis in sectors such as electromobility, performance materials, gas sensors, software for the oil & gas industry und aviation.
2015 - 2015
2015 - 2015