Awards & Recognition
★German Business Angel of the Year 2017 by Business Angels Network Germany
★Listed in EU-Startups Top 40 Business Angels rocking Europe (2017)
Notable Facts
→Serial entrepreneur who founded nebenan.de (Germany's largest neighborhood social network)
→Founded C1 Green Chemicals AG in 2022, raised €20M in 2025
→Angel investor in 70+ startups including Trivago, SumUp, ResearchGate
→Former Vice President of German Startups Association (2012-2021)
→Co-founded multiple successful companies: eDarling, MyVideo, iLove
→Member of 'Young Digital Economy' advisory board for German Ministry of Economics
→Member of The Trilateral Commission