I am an Assistant Professor at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. My research sits at the intersection of entrepreneurial finance, corporate finance, household finance, financial accounting, and public policy. I study how young firms access capital, how different investors and public funding programs allocate financing, and how information and relationships shape entrepreneurial outcomes. Much of my work so far leverages population-scale Norwegian administrative data allowing me to study otherwise difficult-to-observe parts of entrepreneurial capital markets and to address broader questions about capital allocation, innovation, and policy design. I hold a PhD in Economics from ESMT Berlin (2021) and was a visiting PhD student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Swedish House of Finance.
Before joining academia, I worked in financial services: at PwC I audited banks and led projects implementing new banking regulations; at KPMG (Assistant Manager) I advised publicly listed German firms on financial accounting topics. I also founded a consulting firm that supported startups on fundraising and valuation. My daughter, DJing, tennis, and yoga keep me moving -- and good food fuels the rest.
You can find my current CV here (download).
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