MENTORS & SPEAKERS

Change (and her love for the city of Berlin) is the only constant in Maria's life - that's why she keeps on questioning the status quo, develops new ideas and gets her energy out of the challenge. She started her career at Daimler, studied Nonprofit-Management and travelled the world. Just to learn that everything she always seeked was working in a diverse field. After working for different accelerators & incubators and growing, failing & learning with her own startups she joined GERMANTECH. As the Managing Director she loves bringing together diverse stakeholders to learn from each other and work on a sustainable future.

Robin is Managing Director of shapingwork. He is also an Advisory Board Member at Zigurat Innovation and Technology Business School in Barcelona, a lecturer at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and the International School of Management. As former Managing Director of the German Tech Entrepreneurship Center (GTEC), he is now serving as an expert on educational topics. Robin is also a member of the advisory board of several EU-funded innovation projects under the H2020 framework. The World Economic Forum recognized Robin as a Global Shaper in 2015 and as a European Digital Leader in 2017.

Felix Blobel advises investors, growth companies and founders on a regular basis regarding equity financings, acquisitions and exit transactions. He regularly deals with complex M&A transactions, with a special focus on tech companies and the real estate industry. Felix also has special expertise in stock corporation law. He is also admitted as a notary in Berlin.

Technology pioneer, creative thinker, passionate speaker, and cross-industry digital transformation advisor. Over 28 years in IT, Technology, Media, and Innovation as Executive and strategist for Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders such as Coca-Cola, Deutsche Telekom, AOL, and Pixelpark. Board Member of the European Technology Chamber and Faculty Member of the Futur/io Institute. Driven by exploring, connecting, and researching on transformation, disruptive technologies, new business models, and global societal challenges for a sustainable future. With a love for coffee, gadgets, and people.

From idea to business. Entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in building and growing innovative businesses with and for international corporations as well as start-ups. Internet pioneer, founder, mentor and angel investor with academic background and teaching experience.

Bianca is a Startup Pitch Coach, a Public Speaking Trainer.

Her background is in acting, psychology and 8 years of experience in coaching Tech Entrepreneurs & Industry leaders in Europe, the middle east and Africa. She enables her clients to sharpen their message, story-lining a TEDx talk, and to perform their speech with integrity and presence. Bianca deeply cares for political change and systemic activism co-founded two parties and one company.

Serial entrepreneur and digital mastermind, Oliver Skopec is on a mission to create the number one e-commerce platform for Africa. Recognising the enormous digital potential in Africa, in 2014 Oliver Skopec co-founded TUPOMOJA - an Africa-focused online and SMS marketplace. Today, it is the fastest-growing e-commerce platform for Tanzania and East Africa. When it comes to building high-growth, dynamic digital businesses, Oliver Skopec’s experience and acumen is second to none. He is partner of a Berlin-based innovation consulting firm (Berlin Institute for Innovation), which helps companies of all sizes analyzing their product performance and customer experience, focusing on features, pricing, and conversions. He has been Director Product at Holtzbrinck Digital, has a number of his own startups under his belt (Rent’n’Roll and Fashion Friends), and had a stint as head of SchülerVZ (part of StudiVZ - Germany’s answer to Facebook), building it up to 5 million users.

Benjamin Rohé is an entrepreneur who co-founded a public company amongst other startups and has worked in the tech, renewable energy, digital space since 1997.

He has been investing time and money into startups throughout Europe, forming angelfund.vc, which also served as a Partner in the Venture Capital Funds of Redalpine Venture Partners AG in Switzerland. He is an accredited investor by the European Investment Fund (EIF - EAF). He co-authored several books and industry specific articles.

He has given talks and lectures at different European Universities as well as at various European startup and economic conferences. Those include the Economic Forum, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, Maastricht University, Center for Digital Technology & Management (Munich), European School of Management and Technology (Berlin) and the Zeppelin University where he also helped to create an investment fund for startups.

In 2014 Benjamin founded GERMANTECH. He serves today as Founder and Chairman of the Board. Founding Partners and Industry Partners include Noerr LLP, Union Investment, TishmanSpeyer, RWE, Henkel and 2 foundations.

Jovan Stevovic provides you with insights from the perspective of an Italian founder that made it in Germany. With Chino.io he is building a safer place for health sensitive data in the EU, creating products to help to create secure, interoperable, high quality services, and improve healthcare in Europe.

Mirco Dragowski studied law at the FU. After his state examination, he became a member of the Berlin House of Representatives. Until 2018, he was managing director of the Startup Association and now works as an independent consultant.

Managing or supporting large scale and small scale projects by creating an enabling environment!

Mario is founder, lecturer and networker with passion. With his company 36 Chambers he helps startups to enter new markets and thus enlarge their impact.

Dennis designs and implements scalable processes that stimulate growth of startups and companies. He excels at guiding startups through their first investment and makes sure they are investor-ready for potential follow-ups as well as have a healthy relationship with all investors involved.