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Company Start - End Sessions & Speakers Speaker Title Company7:30 - 8:20 Breakfast
8:20 - 8:40 Welcome Note
Marco Rodzynek Founder & CEO NOAH Advisors
Dr. Jens Müffelmann CEO Axel Springer Digital Ventures
8:40 - 9:00 Axel Springer Opening Keynote
Dr. Mathias Döpfner CEO Axel Springer
Insurance & Finance
9:00 - 9:20 Champions in Insurance & Finance
9:00 - 9:10 Dr. Christian Ricken COO of Private & Business Clients Deutsche Bank
9:10 - 9:20 Stefan Tirtey Managing Director CommerzVentures
9:20 - 11:10 Challengers in Insurance & Finance
9:20 - 9:30 Dr. Henrich Blase CEO CHECK24
9:30 - 9:40 Sebastian Diemer CEO Kreditech
9:40 - 9:50 Michiel Goris CEO Interhyp
9:50 - 10:00 Dror Efrat Founder & CEO Investing.com
10:00 - 10:10 Robert Henker Founder & CEO Cashboard
10:10 - 10:20 Ismail Ahmed CEO WorldRemit
10:20 - 10:30 Valentin Stalf Co-Founder & CEO Number26
10:30 - 10:40 Tony Gallippi Co-Founder & Executive Chairman BitPay
10:40 - 10:50 Raffael Johnen Co-Founder & CEO auxmoney
10:50 - 11:00 Michael Schmidt Chairman & Co-Founder Algomi
11:00 - 11:10 Jan Beckers Founder & CEO HitFox Group
Lake Star Keynote
11:10 - 11:30 Keynote
Dr. Klaus Hommels Founder & CEO Lake Star
Media, Telecom & Gaming
11:30 - 12:00 Champions in Media, Telecom & Gaming Sector
11:30 - 11:40 Arianna Huffington Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief The Huffington Post
11:40 - 11:50 Dr. Christian Wegner Member of Executive Board ProSiebenSat.1
11:50 - 12:00 Donata Hopfen Publishing Director and Head of Management Bild Group
12:00 - 12:10 Facebook Keynote
Martin Ott Regional Director for NE & CEE Facebook
12:10 - 13:00 Challengers in Media, Telecom & Gaming Sector
12:10 - 12:20 Martin Varsavsky CEO FON
12:20 - 12:30 Cristina Riesen General Manager, EMEA Evernote
12:30 - 12:40 Matthias Henze Co-Founder Jimdo
12:40 - 12:50 Or Offer Founder & CEO SimilarWeb
12:50 - 13:00 Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon CEO auFeminin
Günther H. Oettinger Keynote
13:00 - 13:20 Keynote
Günther Oettinger Commissioner Digital Economy & Society EU Parliament
Gaming
13:20 - 13:40 Gaming Panel
Branko Milutinovic Founder & CEO Nordeus
Khaled Helioui CEO Bigpoint
Jens Begemann Founder & CEO Wooga
Divinia Knowles President & CEO Mind Candy
Marco Rodzynek Founder & CEO NOAH Advisors
Education
13:40 - 14:00 Champions in Education
13:40 - 13:50 Michael Hüther Director IWKöln
13:50 - 14:00 Barry O’Callaghan CEO RiseGlobal
14:00 - 14:50 Challengers in Education
14:00 - 14:10 Stefan Wisbauer CFO Lecturio
14:10 - 14:20 Johan Brand Co-Founder & CEO Kahoot!
14:20 - 14:30 Charlie Harrington Co-Head of Knewton UK Knewton
14:30 - 14:40 Markus Witte CEO Babbel
14:40 - 14:50 Arndt Kwiatkowski Co-Founder & CEO Bettermarks
14:50 - 15:00 Jonathan Satchell CEO Learning Technologies Group
Travel & Tourism
15:00 - 15:20 Champions in Travel & Tourism
15:00 - 15:10 Glenn Fogel Head of Worldwide Strategy Priceline Group
15:10 - 15:20 Karl Ulrich Garnadt CEO Lufthansa German Airlines
15:20 - 15:30 Challengers in Travel & Tourism
15:20 - 15:30 Johannes Reck Founder & CEO GetYourGuide
15:30 - 15:40 Jasmin Taylor Founder & CEO JT Touristik
Healthcare & Science
15:40 - 16:00 Champions in Healthcare & Science
15:40 - 15:50 Jessica Federer Chief Digital Officer Bayer
15:50 - 16:00 Dr. Rudolf Freytag CEO Siemens Innovative Ventures
16:00 - 16:40 Challengers in Healthcare & Science
16:00 - 16:10 Mariusz Gralewski Founder & CEO DocPlanner
16:10 - 16:20 Simon Bolz Co-Founder & MD Klara
16:20 - 16:30 Jörg Land Managing Director Tinnitracks
16:30 - 16:40 Thomas Serval CEO Kolibree
16:40 - 17:00 Digital Disruption in Healthcare – Where is the Google of Healthcare and Why Haven’t We Seen One Yet?
Ulli Jendrik Koop Founder & CEO XLHealth
Daniel Nathrath Co-Founder & CEO medx
Juliane Zielonka Founder & CEO LARA Companion
Frank Neumann Partner Roman Rittweger Advisors in Healthcare
Dr. Med. Roman Rittweger Managing Partner Roman Rittweger Advisors in Healthcare
Home Automation
17:00 - 17:10 Keynote – Champion
Christian Arnold Managing Director enera
17:10 - 17:50 Challengers in Home Automation
17:10 - 17:15 Mark Dare Schmiedel Founder & CEO Lofts to Go
17:15 - 17:20 Torben Friehe CEO 1aim
17:20 - 17:30 Christopher Schläffer Founder & CEO Yetu
17:30 - 17:40 Christian Deilmann Co-Founder & CEO Tado
17:40 - 17:50 Fred Potter CEO Netatmo
17:50 - 18:00 Stefan Goetz Managing Director Hellman & Friedman
Media, Telecom & Gaming
18:00 - 18:20 Media in the Digital World
Henry Blodget Co-Founder & CEO Business Insider
Advertising
18:20 - 18:35 Keynote
Sir Martin Sorrell CEO WPP
Retail
18:35 - 19:00 Interview
Oliver Samwer Co-Founder Rocket Internet
Marco Rodzynek Founder & CEO NOAH Advisors
22:00 - 2:00 NOAH Party with DJ Sven Väth at Spindler & Klatt
Main Stage – Day 1 (9 June 2015)
Company Start - End Sessions & Speakers Speaker Title Company8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
Advertising
9:00 - 9:40 Challengers in Advertising
9:00 - 9:10 Scott Button Co-Founder & CEO Unruly
9:10 - 9:20 Ragnar Kruse CEO Smaato
9:20 - 9:30 Amiad Solomon Chairman & Co-Founder Komoona
9:30 - 9:40 Michael Altendorf Founder & CEO ADTELLIGENCE
9:40 - 10:00 Champions in Advertising
9:40 - 9:50 Dirk Fromm CEO Omnicom Media Group
9:50 - 10:00 Philipp Justus VP DACH & CEE Google
Keynote Speeches
10:00 - 10:10 AXA
Thomas Buberl CEO Germany AXA
10:10 - 10:20 Transform @ Scale: How Old Economy Gets Ready for New Economy
Karel Dörner Partner McKinsey&Company
10:20 - 10:30 European Billion $ Internet Club
Mattias Ljungman Partner Atomico
10:30 - 10:40 Morgan Stanley
Ed Hill Wood Head of European Internet Morgan Stanley
10:40 - 10:50 HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
Dr. Christian Saller General Partner HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
10:50 - 11:00 Disruption Through Hardware
Benjamin Joffe General Partner HAXLR8R
Sigmar Gabriel Keynot
11:00 - 11:20 German Parliament
Sigmar Gabriel Vice Chancellor Germany German Parliament
Retail
11:20 - 12:50 Challengers in Retail
11:20 - 11:30 Klaus-Peter Schulenberg CEO CTS Eventim
11:30 - 11:40 Michael Lahyani Founder & CEO Propertyfinder.ae
11:40 - 11:50 Dominik Richter Founder & CEO HelloFresh
11:50 - 12:00 Chris Öhlund CEO Verivox
12:00 - 12:10 Konstantin Urban Co-Founder & Managing Director Windeln.de
12:10 - 12:20 Thierry Petit Co-Founder & CEO Showroomprive.com
12:20 - 12:30 Pieter Van Der Does Co-Founder & CEO Adyen
12:30 - 12:40 Christian Bubenheim SVP AutoScout24
Blake Kleinman Managing Director Hellman & Friedman
12:40 - 12:50 Niklas Östberg Co-Founder & CEO Delivery Hero
Artificial Intelligence Panel
12:50 - 13:05 Artificial Intelligence Panel
Chris Boos CEO arago
Oleg Tscheltzoff Founder & CEO Fotolia
Philipp Freise Partner KKR
Mobility
13:05 - 14:45 Challengers in Mobility
13:05 - 13:15 Nicolas Brusson Co-Founder BlaBlaCar
13:15 - 13:25 Shahar Waiser Co-Founder & CEO GetTaxi
13:25 - 14:20 Jochen Engert Co-Founder & CEO FlixBus
13:35 - 14:45 Gero Graf Managing Director Drivy
13:45 - 13:55 Keynote – Champion
Christoph Hartung Head of Connected Car Daimler
13:55 - 14:20 Connected Car Panel
Dieter May SVP Digital Business Models BMW
Bo Ilsoe Partner Nokia Growth Partners
Scott Lyons Business & Partner Development Ford
Philipp von Hagen Member of Executive Board Porsche SE
Holger Weiss CEO AUPEO!
Media, Telecom & Gaming
14:20 - 14:50 Keynote
Eric Schmidt Executive Chairman Google
SevenVentures Pitch Day
14:50 - 15:50 SevenVentures Pitch Day
Finalists
Fitness, Wearables & Sport
15:50 - 16:30 Challengers in Fitness, Wearables & Sport
15:50 - 16:00 Florian Gschwandtner Co-Founder & CEO Runtastic
16:00 - 16:10 Lucas von Cranach Founder & CEO Onefootball
16:10 - 16:20 Cedric Hutchings CEO Withings
16:20 - 16:30 Mike Lee Co-Founder & CEO MyFitnessPal
Martin Schulz Keynote
16:30 - 16:50 Europe’s Digital Future in the 21st Century
Martin Schulz President EU Parliament
Venture Capital
16:50 - 17:35 Venture Capital Panel
Sonali De Rycker Partner Accel
Dom Vidal Partner Index Ventures
Dr. Hendrik Brandis Co-Founder & Partner Earlybird
Manu Gupta General Partner Lake Star
Frank Thelen Managing Director e42
Nenad Marovac Managing Partner DN Capital
Reshma Sohoni Partner Seedcamp
Tomasz Czechowicz Managing Partner MCI Management
Marco Rodzynek Founder & CEO NOAH Advisors
17:35 - 18:30 Networking Drinks Party
Main Stage – Day 2 (10 June 2015)
Time Company Speaker Session
7:30 - 8:20 Breakfast
10:25 - 11:10
• Martin Reck
• Managing Director
• Deutsche Börse
• Deutsche Börse Venture Network
11:20 - 12:05
• Christoph von Bülow
• Country Manager
• Adyen Germany
• How Omni-Channel Approach to Payments Brings Huge Benefits to
Retailers and How it Fits in with the Overall Omni-Channel Trend
12:15 - 13:00
• Olya Klueppel
• Partner
• ESO Capital
• Growth Without Equity – Why Entrepreneurs Choose Debt
CMO Event
14:00 - 14:45
• Jin Choi
• Industry Lead FMCG & Retail DACH
• Massive Reach with Video on Mobile
14:50 - 15:35
• Dr. Philipp Meixner
• Director Investments
• SevenVentures
• Converting Pan-European Reach into Value – the Case of Media
Investments
15:40 - 16:25
• Toby Roberts
• Global Head of Strategy
• PHD Worldwide
• Media, Technology and the Future of Marketing
16:30 - 17:00
• Arne Bergmann
• Managing Director Marketing & Sales
• ASMI
• Digital Disruption – Using the Power of Multichannel
17:05 - 17:50
• Scott Button
• Co-Founder & CEO
• Unruly
• What is the Content Stack & Why Is It the Next Big Thing in Ad Land?
17:55 - 18:10
• Stefan Längin
• Vice President Europe
• ADTELLIGENCE
• Higher Revenues with Personalisation & Big Data
22:00 - 2:00 NOAH Party with DJ Sven Väth at Spindler & Klatt
Workshop Stage – Day 1 & 2
Day 1 (9 June 2015)
Time Company Speaker Session
8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast
10:25 - 11:10
• Dr. Karsten von Diemar
• VP Product Management
• ConCardis
• ConCardis – Payments Made in Germany`
11:20 12:05
• Owen Tyzack
• Senior Sales Director
• SimilarWeb
• TBA
12:15 - 13:00
• Michael Buck & Dr. Klemens Skibicki
• Co-CEOs
• Convidera
• Enabling Digital Transformation
14:50 - 15:35
• Markus Berger-de León & Mark Bothorn
• Digital VP & Senior Manager Design
• McKinsey Digital Labs
• Big Digital – How Incumbents Leverage Data & Design to Win
15:45 - 16:30
• Ole Mensching
• CEO
• CAREERTEAM
• Aggressive Recruiting and Unbreakable Retention. What Rocket
Internet Does Right and What DAX Corporates Do Better.
17:30 - 18:30 Departing Drinks & Networking Snacks
Day 2 (10 June 2015)
Attendees Key Contact
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David KuczekBarbod NaminiChristian SallerSven AchterChristoph Jung
([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])
([email protected])([email protected])
4
Tomasz CzechowijlczSylwester JanikTomasz DanisMaciej Bogaczyk
([email protected])([email protected])[email protected]
4
Bastian WeskeFranziska SchaefermeyerJan SessenhausenDavid Dann
([email protected])([email protected])
([email protected])([email protected])
4
Stefan TirteyHeiko SchwenderMarina VukovicPaul Morgenthaler
([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])
4
Dominique VidalTheresa KosminskiTimm SchipporeitJan Hammer
([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])
3Sonali de RyckerLuciana LixandruMichael Treskow
([email protected])([email protected])
3Dominik AlvermannFritz OidtmannHarald Ebrecht
([email protected])([email protected])
3Jens-Philipp KleinMarc-Olivier LueckeChristophe Maire
([email protected])([email protected])
3Cedric KöhlerPawel SchapiroGert Köhler
([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])
3Bernd Grosse LordemannJochen KoenigDario Suter
([email protected])([email protected])
3Bruno CremelAndré Francois-PoncetPhilippe Collombel
([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])
3Edgar HardlessGil PrashkerPui Yan Leung
([email protected])([email protected])
2Pekka MakiZbigniew Lapinski
([email protected])([email protected])
2Mattias LjungmanYann De Vries
([email protected])([email protected])
2Zoé FabianMarc Flamme
([email protected])([email protected])
2Iskender DirikThomas Preuss
([email protected])([email protected])
2Marti EscursellJuan Teijeiro
([email protected])([email protected])
2Alexander PichlerKlaus Gummerer
([email protected])([email protected])
2Hendrik BrandisChristian Nagel
([email protected])([email protected])
2Chloé GiardGuillaume Durao
([email protected])([email protected])
2Gregory ShirinKonstantin Kardyshev
([email protected])([email protected])
2Walter MasalinBo Ilsoe
([email protected])([email protected])
2Sake BoschRoel de Hoop
([email protected])([email protected])
2Jens PippigSebastian Pregardien
([email protected])([email protected])
2Jochen GutbrodAljoscha Kaplan
([email protected])([email protected])
2Michael BrehmThomas Baum
([email protected])([email protected])
2Tobias JohannPhilipp Hartmann
([email protected])([email protected])
2Alexander BuchbergerFrederick Mallinckrodt
([email protected])([email protected])
2Oliver HolleDaniel Keiper-Knorr
([email protected])([email protected])
2Marc GumpingerOlaf Jacobi
([email protected])([email protected])
2Michael BoshammerThomas Grota
([email protected])([email protected])
2Martijn HamannChristoph Neuhaus
([email protected])([email protected])
2Stephan WirriesChristian Claussen
([email protected])([email protected])
2Min-Sung KimUlli Jendrik Koop
([email protected])([email protected])
Investor Contact Sheet
Premium Partners - Event Sponsors
Attendees Key Contact
2Curt GunsenheimerErkan Kilicaslan
([email protected])([email protected])
2Tero OjanperäJari Tuovinen
([email protected])([email protected])
2Floris van AlkemadeHerman Hintzen
([email protected])([email protected])
1 Marco Buhlmann ([email protected])
1 Andreas Burwick ([email protected])
1 Vladislav Poshmorga ([email protected])
1 Jason Pinto ([email protected])
1 Javier Cebrian ([email protected])
1 Daniel Aegerter ([email protected])
1 Bernd Schruefer ([email protected])
1 Joern-Carlos Kuntze ([email protected])
1 Jens Düing ([email protected])
1 Jan Alberti ([email protected])
1 Sebastian Koch ([email protected])
1 Snezhana Sukhoroslova ([email protected])
1 Joerg Binnenbruecker ([email protected])
1 Lars Hinrichs ([email protected])
1 Denis Shafranik ([email protected])
1 Victor Belogub ([email protected])
1 Peter Richarz ([email protected])
1 Bernd Hardes ([email protected])
1 Sebastian Kuss ([email protected])
1 Tomas Obrtac ([email protected])
1 Gizem Koc ([email protected])
1 Malcolm Myers ([email protected])
1 Jonathan Becker ([email protected])
1 Alexander Frolov ([email protected])
1 Christoph Gerlinger ([email protected])
1 Alexander Samwer ([email protected])
1 Jochen Klueppel ([email protected])
1 Ihor Stefurak ([email protected])
1 Alexander Eulenburg ([email protected])
1 Pawel Ciesielski ([email protected])
1 Benjamin Joffe ([email protected])
1 Simon Schneider ([email protected])
1 Stefan Peters ([email protected])
1 Daniel Gutenberg ([email protected])
1 Zach Tan ([email protected])
1 Cornelis Jansen ([email protected])
1 Christophe Raynaud ([email protected])
1 Udo Schloemer ([email protected])
1 Matthias Hornberger ([email protected])
1 Manu Gupta ([email protected])
1 Tatiana Kim ([email protected])
1 Benjamin Rohe ([email protected])
1 Hans-Juergen Schmitz ([email protected])
1 Sergey Azatyan ([email protected])
1 Jessica Nilsson ([email protected])
1 Raphael Strauch ([email protected])
1 Pawel Chudzinski ([email protected])
1 Thies Sander ([email protected])
1 Harald Nieder ([email protected])
1 Samuli Siren ([email protected])
1 Alexander Pavlov ([email protected])
1 Lars Andersen ([email protected])
1 Reshma Sohoni ([email protected])
1 Max Niederhofer ([email protected])
1 Felix Artmann ([email protected])
1 Lorenz Hartung ([email protected])
1 Nils Reimelt ([email protected])
1 Goran Strandberg ([email protected])
1 Abe Finkelstein ([email protected])
1 Bjoern Rentzsch ([email protected])
1 Christian Hernandez ([email protected])
1 Bernhard Schmid ([email protected])
1 Frederic Halley ([email protected])
1 Julie Curran ([email protected])
Venture Capital (€0-50m)
Investor Contact Sheet
Growth Capital (€50-250m)
Attendees Key Contact
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Nathalie BrulsChris CaulkinGabriel CaillauxPaul OdefeyJoern NikolayChristian Figge
([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])
3Leonard ClemensTorsten WinklerJussi Wuoristo
([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])
2Onur TurnaYomi Kastro
([email protected])([email protected])
2Scott CollinsJohan Olsson
([email protected])([email protected])
2Morgan SeiglerStefan Dandl
([email protected])([email protected])
2Johan KampeDavid Bateman
([email protected])([email protected])
Attendees Key Contact
1 Mark Joseph ([email protected])
1 Christian Resch ([email protected])
1 Martina Barabasova ([email protected])
1 Harley Miller ([email protected])
1 Stina Andersson ([email protected])
1 Jean Schmitt ([email protected])
1 Michael Farrell ([email protected])
1 Uwe Andreas Kraemer ([email protected])
Private Equity (€250-1,000+m)
Attendees Key Contact
1 Thomas Klews ([email protected])
1 Christoph Braks ([email protected])
1 Ulf Pagenkopf ([email protected])
1 Helge Luetzen ([email protected])
1 Ranjan Singh ([email protected])
1 Aloysius von Mitschke-Collande ([email protected])
1 Louise Green ([email protected])
Debt
Attendees Key Contact
2Natalia NowakOlya Klueppel
([email protected])([email protected])
2Fatou DiagneStephanie Heller Galantine
([email protected])([email protected])
1 Marten Vading ([email protected])
Attendees Key Contact
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Philipp Thun-HohensteinStefan GoetzJohannes KorpBlake KleinmanZita Saurel
([email protected])([email protected])
([email protected])([email protected])([email protected])
2Lucian SchoenefelderPhilipp Freise
([email protected])([email protected])
2John HahnRoderik Schlosser
([email protected])([email protected])
2Malte JanzarikScott Myers
([email protected])([email protected])
Strategic Partners - Event Sponsors
Premium Partners - Event Sponsors
Premium Partners - Event Sponsors
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COMPANY OVERVIEWKEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs
SPEAKER BIO
MARCO RODZYNEK | NOAH ADVISORS
Founder & CEO
In 2009, Marco Rodzynek founded NOAH Advisors, a Pan-European Internet-focused
corporate finance boutique. Marco has over 16 years of investment banking experience
covering the Internet and media space, having started his career at Lehman Brothers where
he was the Head of European Internet Investment Banking. Since early 1998, he has been
involved in 50 announced M&A deals with a total transaction value of over $100 billion and
worked on 10 capital market transactions which raised $16 billion
NOAH Advisors is a leading corporate finance boutique focused on sizable European Internet
companies. The NOAH team advises on secondary sell-side transactions, as well as selected
buy-side mandates and private debt and equity capital raisings for mature Internet companies.
Since its foundation in 2009, NOAH has completed 22 transactions. In 2014, NOAH Advisors
most notably closed the $800m sale of Fotolia to Adobe, the sale of Facile.it to Oakley Capital,
the $230m sale of Yad2 to Axel Springer and the €80m sale of Trovit to Next Co.
Headquarters Pan-European
Founded 2009
No of Employees 14
Active Markets Europe
Business Overview Internet-focused corporate finance boutique
Recent Milestones $800m sale of Fotolia to Adobe in Dec 2014
KPI #1 22 completed transactions
Ownership Private
Website noah-advisors.com
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COMPANY OVERVIEWKEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs
SPEAKER BIO
DR. JENS MUFFELMANN | AXEL SPRINGER DIGITAL VENTURES
CEO
Jens graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin and with an
MBA from Stevens Institute of Technology and Fordham University. He completed his doctoral
studies in Organizational Science at the University of German Federal Armed Forces and
Columbia University. From 2004 until 2014 he oversaw the Electronic Media Division and was
responsible for the formation of the internet, TV and radio portfolio. In June 2014 he was
appointed COO for 200 portfolio companies in the newly established Marketing and
Classifieds Division as well as Chief Executive Officer of Axel Springer Digital Ventures.
Axel Springer SE is a Germany-based media holding company that is engaged in publishing
newspapers and magazines, as well as the operation of digital sales channels. The
Company’s business activities are divided into five business segments: Newspaper National;
Magazines National; Print International; Digital Media, and Services/Holding. The Newspapers
National segment includes German newspapers and advertising supplements. The Magazines
National segment encompasses magazines distributed in Germany. The Print International
segment comprises newspapers and magazines published outside of Germany. The Digital
Media segment encompasses all online activities in Germany and abroad, such as the portals
of BILD Group and WELT Group, as well as the activities and investments in the television
and radio sector. The corporate Services/Holding segment consists of the Company’s three
own national newspaper printing plants as well as logistics division and holding company-
related functions.
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Office LocationsHamburg, Paris, Zurich, Warsaw, London
among others
Founded 1946
No of Employees 12,800
Active Markets DACH region
Business Overview Media Company
Recent Milestones Acquisition of yad2 in 2014
Key FinancialsAchieved €3bn of revenue and €507m of
EBITDA
Website axelspringer.de
Media, Telecom & Gaming
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COMPANY OVERVIEWKEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs
SPEAKER BIO
DR. MATHIAS DOPFNER | AXEL SPRINGER
Chairman & CEO
Mathias has been with Axel Springer SE since 1998. Initially as editor-in-chief of Die Welt. Dr.
Mathias Dopfner became member of the Executive Board responsible for the Multimedia Divisi
on in July 2000 and took charge of the Newspapers Division as well in October 2000. He ha
s been CEO of the Axel Springer SE since January 2002. Mathias studied musicology, Germa
n and theatrical arts in Frankfurt and Boston. He started his career as a journalist at the “Fr
ankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” in 1982. He was director of a PR agency from 1988 to 1990.
Axel Springer SE is a Germany-based media holding company that is engaged in publishing
newspapers and magazines, as well as the operation of digital sales channels. The
Company’s business activities are divided into five business segments: Newspaper National;
Magazines National; Print International; Digital Media, and Services/Holding. The Newspapers
National segment includes German newspapers and advertising supplements. The Magazines
National segment encompasses magazines distributed in Germany. The Print International
segment comprises newspapers and magazines published outside of Germany. The Digital
Media segment encompasses all online activities in Germany and abroad, such as the portals
of BILD Group and WELT Group, as well as the activities and investments in the television
and radio sector. The corporate Services/Holding segment consists of the Company’s three
own national newspaper printing plants as well as logistics division and holding company-
related functions.
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Office LocationsHamburg, Paris, Zurich, Warsaw, London
among others
Founded 1946
No of Employees 12,800
Active Markets DACH region
Business Overview Media Company
Recent Milestones Acquisition of yad2 in 2014
Key FinancialsAchieved €3bn of revenue and €507m of
EBITDA
Website axelspringer.de
Media, Telecom & Gaming
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COMPANY OVERVIEWKEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs
SPEAKER BIO
DR. CHRISTIAN RICKEN | DEUTSCHE BANK
COO of Private & Business Clients
Dr. Christian Ricken is COO of Deutsche Bank’s Private & Business Clients (PBC) division
since 2008. He is responsible for managing PBC’s cost base, performance, strategy and asset
& liability management. Dr. Ricken plays a key role in setting the division’s strategy. Dr.
Ricken holds several Supervisory Board mandates and is member of the Board of Directors of
HuaXia Bank, China. Additionally, he is head of the audit committee of Postbank AG and
Deutsche Bank PGK AG. He studied Business Administration at the Bundeswehr University in
Hamburg and graduated with a doctoral degree in 1997.
Deutsche Bank AG is a German global banking and financial services company with its
headquarters in the Deutsche Bank Twin Towers in Frankfurt. It has more than 90,000
employees in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia-
Pacific and the emerging markets. In 2009, Deutsche Bank was the largest foreign exchange
dealer in the world with a market share of 21 per cent. It is considered to be one of the most
prestigious and most influential banks in the world.
Deutsche Bank comprises five corporate divisions: Corporate Banking & Securities (CB&S),
Private & Business Clients (PBC), Global Transaction Banking (GTB), Deutsche Asset &
Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM) and the Non-Core Operations Unit (NCOU).
Headquarters Frankfurt, Germany
Office Locations 2,800 worldwide
Founded 1870
No of Employees 98k employees
Active Markets 71 countries
Business Overview Financial Services
Recent MilestonesAwarded “Best M&A advisory services in the
industrial sector” in 2015
KPI #1 2,800 branches globally
KPI #2 €1.709bn of total assets
Key Financials 39.4bn of revenues in 2014
Website db.com
Insurance & Finance
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COMPANY OVERVIEWKEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs
SPEAKER BIO
STEFAN TIRTEY | COMMERZ VENTURES
Managing Director
Previous to joining CommerzVentures as MD in October 2014 Stefan spent 12 years at
Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures investing in disruptive technology and internet start-
ups across Europe. Stefan led Series A investment in SoundCloud and spend five years on
the board of the company helping to build it into one of the fastest growing European internet
companies. As an investor he likes founders with big ideas, ambition, and an ability to
articulate why they can dominate a particular space. He holds an MBA from Insead and a Dipl.
from RWTH Aachen.
Commerzbank AG is a global banking and financial services company founded in 1870 with its
headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.
Commerzbank is Germany's second-largest bank, holding a nationwide network of branch
offices, numerous offshore branch offices and representations in more than 50 countries
globally which employed a total of 51,782 employees as at June 2014.
Commerzbank offers its clients retail and commercial financing services, investment banking
services, asset management & private banking services.
Headquarters Frankfurt, Germany
Office Locations Numerous offices in 50 countries
Founded 1870
No of Employees 52k
Active Markets Worldwide
Business Overview Financial Services
KPI #1 Core Tier 1 ratio at 11.87%
KPI #2 Awarded ‘”Top Syndicated Loan House”
KPI #3Finances more than 30% of Germany’s foreign
trade
Key Financials Revenues of €9bn in 2014
Website commerzbank.com
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DR. HENRICH BLASE | CHECK 24
Co-founder & CEO
Dr. Henrich Blase is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CHECK24 GmbH. Mr. Blase
is also an Investor and Mentor at M Cube Incubator GmbH. Previously, he was working for
Bain & Company. Mr. Blase studied Business Administration at University of Cologne.
Germany’s leading comparison portal for insurance quotes, consumer credit comparison and
other financial products. Recently the service has been extended by a utilities comparison
(electricity and natural gas) as well as travel, hotel and rental car comparisons.
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Office LocationsBerlin, Hamburg, Freiburg, Cologne, Münster,
Frankfurt
Founded 1999
No of Employees 800
Business Overview Online broker of utilities and financial services
Website check24.de
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SEBASTIAN DIEMER | KREDITECH
Co – founder & CEO
Sebastian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kreditech. Sebastian built Kreditech based on his
vision of building a digital bank that replaces traditional brick and mortar banks. Founded in
2012, Kreditech has become the market leader in big data scoring and online lending.
Sebastian has previously held a management position at Rocket Internet and led Gigalocal as
its CEO. Prior to selling his first startup, PredictX, he gained experience at Deutsche Bank and
Roland Berger. Sebastian holds a degree in management and strategy from the London
School of Economics.
Headquarters Hamburg, Germany
Office Locations
Peru, Lima; Poland, Warsaw; Russia, Moscow;
Czech Republic, Prague; Australia, Sydney;
Mexico, Mexico City; Dominican Republic,
Santo Domingo; Kazakhstan, Almaty
Founded 2012
No of Employees 200
Active Markets 9 markets globally
Business Overview Consumer Finance Technology
Recent Milestones Launch of flexible credit line “Flexinero”
KPI #1 €100m lending run rate
KPI #2 35 sec. average scoring time
Key FinancialsRevenue of €50m in 2014, growing at a rate of
70% per quarter
Website kreditech.com
Kreditech uses big data and complex machine-learning algorithms to serve a simple mission:
to become the “world bank” for the underbanked by making sustainable credit decisions
available for everyone worldwide. The technology is fully automated and identifies and scores
individuals online in seconds – based on up to 20,000 different data points. Via its
subsidiaries’ consumer platforms Kredito24, Zaimo and Flexinero, the customer completes the
paperless application process in seconds. Customers apply online, mobile or via SMS and
receive the funds via their bank account, credit card or at an ATM in under 15 minutes.
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MICHIEL GORIS | INTERHYP
CEO
Michiel joined Interhyp in 2008 as a member of the management board and serves as the
CEO since January 2011. In 1997 he joined ING Group in Amsterdam. From 2002 to 2006 he
worked for ING-DiBa in Frankfurt as CFO, CRO, COO and management board member. From
2006 to 2008 he was General Manager and CFO at ING Direct in Amsterdam. Michiel
graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Groningen and holds the Dutch
title of Certified Public Accountant.
Interhyp AG operates as a distributor of residential mortgages in Germany. The company also
provides insurance products related to properties and their financing. It offers its broking
services directly under the Interhyp brand; and through local residential mortgage brokers and
independent financial advisors under the Prohyp and MLP Hyp brands. The company is based
in Munich, Germany. Interhyp AG is a subsidiary of ING Direct N.V.
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Office Locations 81
Founded 1999
No of Employees 1100
Active Markets Germany
Business Overview Retail mortgage broker
KPI #1 66k+ contracts in 2014
KPI #2 €12bn closed volume in 2014
Key Financials Achieved €118m of revenue in 2014
Ownership ING (100%)
Website interhyp.de
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DROR EFRAT | INVESTING.COM
Founder & CEO
Dror Efrat is the CEO & Founder of Fusion Media Limited, owner of investing.com
Investing.com is a global financial portal and internet brand composed of 23 editions in 19
languages and mobile apps for Android and iOS that provide news, analysis, streaming quotes
and charts, technical data and financial tools about the global financial markets. Each edition
covers a broad variety of local and global financial vehicles including Stocks, Bonds,
Commodities, Currencies, Interest Rates, Futures and Options. Founded in 2007,
Investing.com has a growing readership worldwide and is now a leading global financial portal
committed to constantly launching innovative features and sections to ensure an optimal one-
stop source for its readers.
Headquarters Nicosia, Cyprus
Office Locations Madrid, Spain; Tel Aviv, Israel
Founded 2007
No of Employees 100+
Active Markets Worldwide
Business Overview Financial news portal
Monthly Visits 22m
KPI #1 220m monthly page views
KPI #2Top 10 in Finance & Investing category
globally
KPI #35.3m Unique visitors in 2014 ( 30% growth
YoY)
Website Investing.com
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ROBERT HENKER | CASHBOARD
Co-founder & CEO
Robert Henker is the founder and CEO of Refined Investment, owner of Cashboard. He is
responsible for issues related to strategy, organization and law. On the partner side, he takes
care of institutional partnerships with asset managers and brokers. Robert studied Economics-
Computer Science in Dresden and holds an MBA from ESCP Europe business school. From
2011 to 2012, he participated in an intensive study of the German Frankfurt Stock Exchange
and the EBS Business School Oestrich- Winkel, receiving his certification as a consultant for
capital market products and portfolio manager in the German stock exchange.
Cashboard is a web-platform allowing private investors to invest in a personal tailored and
diversified portfolio in three simple steps. It’s the first integration of modern asset classes (like
Crowdinvesting, P2P Lending and Social Trading) with settled investments (stocks, funds,
ETF) in one platform in one account.
Portfolio management, tax-optimization and loss protection are done automatically by a
proven software (the existing business Refined Investment - No.1 Online-Trading platform in
Germany) and can be customized individually. Clients can choose to invest automatically and
lean back or build, share and monetize their individual portfolios to others using a link to social
media.
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Founded 2014
Active Markets Germany
Business Overview Online portfolio management
Recent MilestonesTop 10 finalist for the “Next Bank Europe
Award 2014” in the category New Banking
KPI #1Winner of the SevenVentures Pitch Day at the
NOAH Conference 2014 in London
Key Investors ProsiebenSat1
Website Cashboard.de
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ISMAIL AHMED | WORLDREMIT
Founder & CEO
Ismail Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Worldremit.
WorldRemit is an award-winning online money transfer business enabling migrants and expats
to send money to family and friends in more than 120 receive countries using a variety of
payment options including debit cards, credit cards and innovative local payment methods.
With more than 50 send countries, WorldRemit is the world's largest dedicated online
remittances platform.
The service offers customers a wide range of pay-out options in receive countries including
instant cash pickup, transfers to mobile wallets, bank deposits and international airtime top-up.
WorldRemit uses a transparent pricing system with clearly displayed and guaranteed
exchange rates giving the sender the freedom to decide how much to send and the peace of
mind that comes from knowing exactly how much will be received.
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Founded 2010
No of Employees 150
Active Markets 120 countries
Business Overview Money transfer service
KPI #1 Raised $140m+
Key InvestorsAccel Partners, Techmology Crossver
Ventures
Website worldremit.com
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VALENTIN STALF | NUMBER 26
Co-founder & CEO
Valentin founded Number 26 in 2013 and serves as the CEO. He studied Accounting &
Finance at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), Sophia University in Tokyo and Vienna
University of Economics and Business Administration. During his studies he worked in a
number of fields including Strategy Consulting (Roland Berger) and Investment Banking
(Deutsche Bank). After graduating from St. Gallen University in 2012 he joined the Internet
Incubator Rocket Internet and was involved in building different companies including Payleven
and Paymill among others.
Cashboard is a web-platform allowing private investors to invest in a personal tailored and
diversified portfolio in three simple steps. It’s the first integration of modern asset classes (like
Crowdinvesting, P2P Lending and Social Trading) with settled investments (stocks, funds,
ETF) in one platform in one account.
Portfolio management, tax-optimization and loss protection are done automatically by a
proven software (the existing business Refined Investment - No.1 Online-Trading platform in
Germany) and can be customized individually. Clients can choose to invest automatically and
lean back or build, share and monetize their individual portfolios to others using a link to social
media.
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Founded 2013
No of Employees 10
Active Markets Germany
Business Overview Online bank account service
KPI #1 8,500 customers and 15,000 in the waiting list
KPI #2 Raised $12.7m
Key InvestorsEarlybird, Axel Springer Plug and Play, Valar
Ventures, Daniel Aegerter and others
Website Cashboard.de
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TONY GALLIPPI | BITPAY
Co-founder – Executive Chairman
BitPay is the leading payment service provider specializing in the peer-to-peer virtual currency
Bitcoin. Using BitPay enables merchants to easily accept bitcoins for payment just like with
Visa, Mastercard, Paypal or cash. Merchants can choose what percentage of revenues are
kept in bitcoins or converted to a fiat currency and then the amount is deposited directly into
their bank account. BitPay has eliminated processing fees, offering a freemium model with a
basic plan for accepting bitcoin for free.
Headquarters Atlanta, USA
Office Locations Amsterdam, San Francisco, Buenos Aires
Founded 2011
No of Employees 69
Active Markets Worldwide
Business Overview Bitcoin payments service provider
Target Segment E-commerce
KPI #1 50k business globally using Bitpay’s services
Selected Clients Microsoft, Adyen, Newegg
Key Investors Index Ventures, Founders Fund
Website bitpay.com
Tony co-founded BitPay in 2011 and served as the CEO until May 2014, when he became
Executive Chairman. He is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and BitPay’s
external affairs. Tony dedicates his time to building partnerships and broadening business
relationships, liaising with investors, expanding BitPay’s international presence, and ultimately
ensuring BitPay is contributing to the overall bitcoin ecosystem. Gallippi has fifteen years of
experience in sales and marketing within the Robotics industry.Gallippi has a Bachelor’s
degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology
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RAFFAEL JOHNEN | AUXMONEY
Founder & CEO
Rafeal co-founded Auxmoney and currently serves as the CEO. He has an investment
banking background at Rothschild with focus on M&A, corporate finance and debt advisory.
He is the Co-Founder of Excellion Capital, a successful corporate finance and investment
boutique based in London. Prior to founding his own businesses, Raffael was a Vice President
at Rothschild Investment Bank in Frankfurt. Raffael has significant experience in M&A, Private
Equity advisory as well as debt advisory and restructuring. He studied Business
Administration at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands.
auxmoney is an online marketplace that connects credit-worthy borrowers and savvy investors
so that both can benefit financially. Operating fully online with no branch network and by using
technology to drive down cost and deliver an amazing experience, auxmoney eliminates the
high cost and complexity of traditional bank lending. With more than 40,000 financed loans,
www.auxmoney.com is Germany’s leading online credit marketplace. To date, more than
50,000 investors have invested about € 250 million in private loans on auxmoney’s platform to
achieve above-average returns compared to other interest-bearing products.
One of the reasons auxmoney can offer more attractive rates to borrowers is its sophisticated
proprietary scoring system, which combines in-depth consumer scoring knowledge with the
latest online, social and behavioural data.
Headquarters Dusseldorf, Germany
Founded 2007
No of Employees 100
Active Markets Germany
Business Overview Online p2p lending platform
KPI #1 500k+ members
KPI #2 Raised $28m
Key InvestorsIndex Ventures, Foundation Capital, Partech
Ventures
Website auxmoney.com
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