Table Captains

Sven AchterGeneral Partner
Holtzbrinck Ventures

Anna AlexCo-Founder & Managing Director
OUTFITTERY

Kathrin AnselmManaging Director
limango

André BajoratFounder & CEO
figo

Colette BallouFounder
Ballou PR

Sylvius BardtInterim CEO
Trademob

Christian BaudisFounder
My Digital

Jan BeckerCo-Founder & Director
Grey Corp

Frank BoehnkeGeneral Partner
Wellington Partner

Dr. Oliver BohlDirector Digital Business Development
PAYBACK

Jürgen BöhmCo-Founder
Immobilienscout24

Peter BorchersFounder
HUB:RAUM

Julia BöschFounder & Managing Director
OUTFITTERY

Toon BoutenCEO
Tomorrow Focus

Harald BraunsteinFounding Partner
NFQ Capital

Michael BrehmVenture Partner
Rebate Networks

Bernhard BruggerCEO Europe
PAYBACK

Cornelius BüchnerEditor in Chief
starting-up

Jan ChristeEditor in Chief
t3n

Julia DerndingerFounder
Futuristen

Kai DiekmannEditor in Chief
Bild

Niels DoerjeManaging Director Product & Engineering
HRS

Dominik DommickManaging Director
PAYBACK

Thomas DoppelbergerHead of
Fraunhofer-Venture-Group

Rouven DresselhausCEO
Dresselhaus Ventures

Klaus EckManaging Director
Eck Consulting Groups

Johannes EndresEditor in Chief
c´t & heise online

Daniel EngelbartsCo-Founder & CEO
sparwelt

Magdalena EnzingerCo-Founder
TalentRocket

Sebastian ErasmusManaging Director
Leverate Media

Robin Eric-HaakFounder & Managing Director
Jobspotting

Ibrahim EvsanFounder & Managing Director
Social Trademarks

Daniel FieneJournalist
RP-Online

Tobias FlaitzCEO
Sedo

Markus FuhrmannVenture Partner
Team Europe Ventures

Christoph GerlingerCEO
German Startups Group

Alexander GössweinManaging Director
criteo

Dr. Marc GumpingerVenture Partner
Target Partners

Richard GutjahrJournalist
Bayerisches Fernsehen

Dr. Ulrike HandelCEO
ad pepper media

Curt Simon HarlinghausenCDO EMEA
Starcom

Daniel HasagicCo-Founder
European Health Care Invest

Stefan C. HeilmannManaging Director
IEG – Investment Banking Group

Maren HeltscheCo-Founder
Speakerinnen.org

Dirk HerzbachCIO
:agile accelerator

Andreas HoerrFounder
Insight M

Susann HoffmannFounder
EDITION F

Alex HofmannDeputy Editor in Chief
Gruenderszene

Dr. Wieland HolfelderEngineering Director
Google

Nick FranklinCEO
ChartMogul

Florian HuberCo-Founder & CEO
United Domains

Matthias HuneckeFounder & Chairman
Brille24

Jan IppenManaging Director
Ippen Digital

Jan Hendrik Merlin JacobCo-Founder & CTO
OnPage.org

Benjamin JostCo-Founder
TrustYou

Martin JunkerCo-Founder & CEO
Venture Stars

Tom KedorCo-Founder & CEO
Motortalk

Markus KnallEditor in Chief
merkur-online.de / tz.de

Dr. Wolfgang KrausePartner
Seventure Partners

Matthias KrönerBoard of Directors
Fidor

Alexander LasslopCo-Founder
mydays

Achim LederleManaging Director
Quantum Partners

Hendrik LesserFounder & Managing Director
Remote Control Productions

Christian MachtCEO
Rakuten Deutschland

Jochen MaiFounder
karrierebibel.de

Dr. Florian MannCEO
kununu

Sebastian MatthesEditor in Chief
Huffington Post

Dr. Dominik MatykaFounder & CEO
plista

Janis Meyer-PlathFounder
Friendsurance

Falk Müller-VeerseManaging Director
Cartena Capital

Dr. Jens MüffelmannCEO
Axel Springer Digital Ventures

Torsten OelkeCo-Founder & CEO
Smart Mobile Factory

Michael OschmannCEO
Mueller Medien

Jason Whitmire Partner
Earlybird

Arno SchäferCEO
Plattform 161

Paco PanconcelliManaging Director Germany
Quantcast

Matthias PantkeManaging Director
Ströer Digital

Jan-Eric PetersEditor in Chief
WeltN24

Lorenz PetersenFounder & CEO
Solute

Michael PraetoriusCEO
NOEO

Thomas PromnyCo-Founder & CEO
Velvet Ventures

Christian ReberCo-Founder & CEO
6 Wunderkinder

Raffaela ReinFounder & CEO
CareerFoundry

Julian RiedlbauerPartner
GP Bullhound

Sven RittauCo-Founder
zooplus

Benedict RodenstockFounder
Astutia

Philipp Roesch-SchlandererCo-Founder & CEO
Egym

Volker RofalskiExecutive Director
Logan Capital

Philipp RothEditor in Chief
AllFacebook

Nikolaus RöttgerEditor in Chief
Wired Germany

Andreas RührigPrivate Investor

Miriam RuppFounder
Mashup Communications

Prof. Dr. Klaus SailerManaging Director
Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship

Dr. Christian SallerPartner
Holtzbrinck Ventures

Dr. Christoph SamwerCo-Founder & Managing Director
Lendico

Bernhard SchmidPartner & General Manager Germany
XAnge

Frank SchmiechenEditor in Chief
Gründerszene

Dr. Helmut SchönenbergerManaging Director
UnternehmerTUM

Sebastian ShounCo-Founder & CTO
Stylight

Sonja SchwetjeEditor in Chief
n-tv

Robin SecklerManaging Director
Sport1

Frank SeehausManaging Partner
Acton Capital Partners

René SeifertCo-Founder & Co-CEO
Venturate

Sean Seton-RogersPartner
PROfounders

Christian Paavo SpiekerCo-Founder & CEO
One Advertising

Fabian SpielbergerCo-Founder & CEO
mydealz

Gian-Marco SpinosaHead of Social Media / Business Developement
Dentsu Aegis Network

Kay StädeleEditor
WuV

Daniel SteilEditor in Chief
Focus Online

Benjamin SterbenzEditor in Chief
Golem.de

Alexander StraubFounder & CEO
Straub Ventures

Birgit StröbelCo-Founder
Immobilienscout24

Harald A. SummaManaging Director
eco - Association of the German Internet Industry

Marcus TandlerCo-Founder & CEO
OnPage.org

Alexander KrugEditorial Board Member & Head of Content Development
Computerbild

Yvonne TeschFounder & CEO
CovetMe

Christian Thaler-WolskiPartner
Paua Ventures

Andreas ThümmlerManaging Partner
ACXIT Capital Partners

Oliver ThylmannFounding Partner
Giant Swarm

Jens TönnesmannEditor
DIE ZEIT

Jörg TrouvainCEO
7Travel

Niklas VeltkampBoard Member
Bitkom

Lucas von CranachCo-Founder & CEO
Onefootball

Philipp von StülpnagelManaging Director
RefinedLabs

Patrick WarnkingCountry Director Switzerland
Google

Jochen WegnerEditor in Chief
ZEIT Online

Stefan WiegardManaging Director
Webcapital

Dr. Ronald WiltscheckEditor in Chief
ChannelPartner

Nora-Vanessa WohlertCo-Founder & Editor in Chief
EDITION F

Markus WölflickCo-Founder
gutefrage

Axel HeinzFounder & Managing Director
Makerist

Benjamin BakCo-Founder
Lovoo

Franziska BluhmEditor in Chief
Wirtschaftswoche Online

Gerhard ThomasManaging Director
Burda Digital Systems

Günter GötzEditor in Chief
Internet World

Dr. Jens PippigManaging Director
ProSiebenSat1 Accelerator

Jessica HannanManaging Director
Covet.ME

Joachim MuellerCEO
Allianz

Kathrin StriedacherManaging Partner
Onvaria

Mengting GaoFounder & Managing Director
Kitchen Stories

Ron HillmannCo-Founder & Managing Director
Berlin Venture Partners

Sven SchielkeFounder
Nextfatbusiness

Tim RingelCEO
metapeople

Verena HubertzCo-Founder & CTO
Kitchenstories

Wolf Ingomar FaecksSapient
Managing Director

Nico ZeifangCo-Founder & CEO
Team Internet

Alexander SchwarzCo-Founder
Softonic

Claas van DeldenManaging Director
7 Commerce

Daniela MündlerCEO
Lottowelt

Dr. Dorothea von Wichert-NickCEO
PIA Performance Interactive Alliance

Dr. Marc-Oliver JauchPartner and Managing Director
Castik Capital Partners

Florian LehwaldFounder
KissMyAds

Frauke MispagelManaging Director
Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator

Fredrik HarkortCo-Founder & CEO
BodyChange

Fritz OidtmannManaging Partner
Acton Capital Partners

Ganna PolischukCo-Founder
Yalla Classifieds

Jan ReicheltCo-Founder
Mendeley

Jascha SamadiCo-Founder
Apprupt

Jean-Marc PatouillaudManaging Partner
Partech International

Katja von der BurgCEO
Projecter

Marco ParrilloMember of the Executive Board
Com! Magazin

Dr. Marius LissautzkiFormer Vice President Strategy & Operations
ProSiebenSat1

Marthe-Victoria LorenzCEO
fairplaid.org

Martin EnderleSupervisory Board
Rocket Internet

Dr. Michael GebertOwner
Crowd Mentor Network

Michiel GorisCEO
Interhyp

Oliver WimmerothCEO
Venista Ventures

Paul GebhardtCo-Founder
BonusBox

Peter GrosskopfChief Develoment Officer
HitFox Group

Philipp KlöcknerSearch Strategy Consultant & Angel Investor
Rocket Internet

Rainer BormannManaging Director
MehrWertWohn

Sascha KellertCEO
ezeep

Simon SchneiderInvestment Director
High-Tech Gründerfonds

Steffi CzernyManaging Director
DLD

Thomas JahnFounder
Verlag für Netzwirtschaft

Ulf HeydenCommercial Director
Tomorrow Focus

Yacine CocoFounder
TalentRocket

Steffen ReitzFounder
Gini

Denis BarteltCo-Founder & CEO
Startnext

Prof. Dr. Maximilian LevasierFounder
BambooVentures

Franziska SchäfermeyerInvestment Manager
Tengelmann Ventures

Christian GöttschFounder & CEO
Experteer

Christian JakubetzJournalist, Consultant, Lecturer
 

Falko OssmannCEO
Urban Media

Kurt MüllerCo-Founder
Target Partners

Gabriele BöhmerCEO
Munich Startup

Gero GrafManaging Director
Drivy

Gilles DespasFormer CEO
HolidayCheck

Jan SchustCEO
Check24

Friederike BehrendsCEO
Magine Germany

Marianne von WaldenfelsManaging Director
InStyle

Robert LangManaging Director
Criteo

Philipp HartmannFounder & Managing Director
Rheingau Founders

Scott WoodsHead of Northern Europe
LiveRail

Tanja KufnerManaging Director
Startup Bootcamp

Katharina KlausbergerCo-Founder
Shpock

Helmut SussbauerHead of Innovation Management
Deutsche Telekom

Jan SchlüterCo-Founder
Hashplay

Wolfgang GruppManaging Director
Trigema

Dominik WichmannEditor in Chief & Co-CEO
DLD

Titus DittmannFounder
Titus

Romy SchnelleInvestment Director
High-Tech Gründerfonds

Kaspar SzymanskiSEO Consultant
SearchBrothers

Alexander PiuttiCEO & Founder
GameGenetics

Olya KlueppelPartner
ESO Capital

Annette PawluEditor at Large
BILANZ

Prof. Dr. Julian KawohlProfessor for Strategic Management
HTW Berlin

Georg AltroggeCEO
MEEDIA

Anja ArnoldPartner & Managing Director
COOPERATIVA

Patrik BackmanManaging Partner
Open Ocean Capital

Michele ArcaroCEO
MeinProspekt

Joachim BaderVice President Continental Europe
Sapient

Manfred KlausManaging Partner
Plan.net

Philipp Alvares de Souza SoaresEditor
Manager Magazin

Michael TreskowPrincipal
Accel Partners

Markus HesselmannEditor in Chief Online
Tagesspiegel

Tobias ApelCOO
Fonpit

Nicolas BrandFintech enthusiast
Lakestar

Monty C. M. MetzgerFounder & Chairman
Digital Leaders Ventures

Clemens PetersenDirector Venture Capital
PWC

Carsten RudolphManaging Director
BayStartUp GmbH

Max NiederhoferPartner
Sunstone Capital

Urs KellerFounder
b2abc new media GmbH

Tamaz GeorgadzeFounder
Saving Global

Stefan Groß-SelbeckManaging Director
BCG Digital Ventures

Pia Victoria PoppenreiterCEO & Co-Founder
Ohlala.com

Ulrich SchäferHead of the business section
Süddeutsche Zeitung

Sebastian KonradVIP Area Manager
Audi AG

Holger FelgnerEx-CEO (Board Member)
TeamViewer

Michael NicklesAuthor & Online Editor
Nickles.de

Christian ReindlEVP Sales Consumer Goods
Wirecard

Mathias RochusCEO
R&E Media

Michael RömerPartner & Head
A.T. Kearney

Andreas WiniarskiPress Officer
Rocket Internet

Nina ZimmermannVP Product & Technology
Experteer

Gleb TritusCo-Creator
Lufthansa Innovation Hub GmbH

Otto BirnbaumPrincipal
Partech Ventures

Lisa BrackDeputy Editor in Chief
Chip Online

Christoph BraunManaging Partner
Acton Capital Partners

Christian ClaussenGeneral Partner
Ventech

Eran DavidsonFounder
Davidson Capital

Mario FischerPublisher & Editor in Chief
Website Boosting

Bastian GrimmCo-Founder
Peak Ace

Daniel GrözingerPartner
Parklane Capital

Andreas HartingManaging Director
Deloitte Digital

Jochen KalkaEditor in Chief
Werben und Verkaufen (WUV)

Till A. KästnerCEO & Commercial Director DACH
(former) LinkedIn

Ryan KottenstetteCEO
Cape Analytics

Alexander MeyerCOO/CFO
Teradata Marketing Cloud

Guido SandlerCEO
Bergfürst

Olaf StepputatDirector
Barco Audio Technologies

Eberhard WeiblenCEO
Porsche Consulting

Katharina WolffCEO
Premium Consultants

Andrew AndersonCTO
Airbus Defense & Space

Alexander ZumdieckManaging Director
Techstars METRO Accelerator