The German Startup Conference 2021

The German Startup Conference 2021 gathers founders, VCs, executives, seed fund partners, general partners, journalists and bloggers from across Germany and the wider world.

Hosted by Startup Network Europe, and proudly sponsored by Twilio, Fiverr and Personio, this is a pitch-free and practical event where you will get ideas that you can implement in your Startup tomorrow. This webinar includes a special section of German Startup Founders in the United States.

Please note that this webinar is completely free to attend.

Agenda (Berlin Time)

5.00pm-5.10pm: Webinar Opening

• Adam Patrick Fulham, Founder of Startup Network Europe

5.10pm-5.20pm: Silicon Germany Rapid Fire Talks, Part 1

• Nancy Nemes, Founder & General Manager at #humanAIze & Nemes Ventures
• Anna Franziska Michel, Founder & CEO of yoona.ai
• Nina Geiss, CMO of ViveLaCar & CEO of TaylorFlynn
• Tatyana Eliseeva, Co-Founder of HealthCaters

5.20pm-5.30pm: Silicon Germany Rapid Fire Talks, Part 2

• Simon Glass, CEO & Director at qodeo
• Dennis Stangl, Online Marketing & Sales Manager at SalsUp
• Jessica Espinoza, Vice President for Private Equity & Venture Capital Investments at DEG/KfW and Chair of The 2X Challenge
• Raphael Steil, Co-Founder of getquin

5.30pm-5.40pm: "How to Engage and Retain Your Customers" Fireside Chat

• Frank Yaw-Owusu, Ecosystem Developer, EMEA & Global Emerging Markets at Twilio Startups

5.40pm-6.00pm: Silicon Germany Rapid Fire Talks, Part 3

• Ralf G.J. Knoll, Founder & CEO of INOPTEC
• Nina Levchuk, Startups & VCs and Technology Lead at Google & Co-Founder of FemTechAcademy
• Patty Lee, CEO & Co-Founder of Orbit Health
• Marc Schiekofer, Head of Growth at Planetly
• Leitha Matz, Co-Founder & CPO of FinMarie
• Laura Esnaola, Founder & CEO of Care With Care
• Ashish Kumar Mittal, Vice President at Bank Open

6.00pm-6.10pm: “How to Outsource Effectively” Fireside Chat

• David Miltner, Head of Growth Marketing International Expansion at Fiverr

6.10pm-6.15pm: “U.S. Market Entry for German Startups & Scaleups”

• Katrin Jakob, Founder of California Business Associates

6.15pm-6.35pm: Silicon Valley Panel Discussion

• Thomas Neubert, Founder of the Transatlantic AI eXchange, Chair and Co-Founder of The German American Business Association Northern California, and Senior Director of Strategic Business Development & Innovation at Intel
• Neeraj Berry, Founder & General Partner of Tet Ventures
• Ekaterina Grib, Co-founder of KEWAZO
• Ralf Hirt, Founder & CEO of 8W8 Global Business Builders
• Simone Lis, Founder & Matchmaker-In-Chief of MatchlabN
• Peter Ebert, Head of Partnerships & Sales Americas at scoutbee
• Dirk Lueth, Co-Founder of Uplandme
• Gunther Hofmann, Managing Director of Corporate Finance Associates, Chairman of The Association of American European Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations and Co-Chair for Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship at the German American Business Association
• Kati Schmidt, Director of Growth and Campus Operations at Course Hero
• Jens Weitzel, Founder & Managing Partner of Yabusame Partners and Co-Chair for Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship at the German American Business Association
• Stephan Klaschka, Founder & Owner of Klaschka and Co.
• Liliana Nordbakk, CEO of TreBiome Inc. and Angel Investor at Band of Angels

6.35pm-6.45pm: "How to Recruit for Startups" Fireside Chat

• Julian Scholze, Team Lead Talent Acquisition - Product & Analytics at Personio

6.45pm-6.55pm: "How decentralised finance (DeFi) on the blockchain is changing the world of finance"

• Garry Krugljakow, Blockchain Investor & Formerly Founder & CEO of VAI

6.55pm-7.00pm: Concluding Remarks

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Interested in being a sponsor of this event? Email Adam at adam {at} startupnetwork {dot} eu

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Please note that this event will be recorded and published on online video-sharing platforms such as YouTube.

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By signing up to this event, registrants agree to allow Startup Network Europe and the event sponsors to contact them regarding their registration and attendance at the event. The data that is collected will also be shared by Startup Network Europe and the event sponsors for post-event follow up communications, such as new event announcements, newsletter updates and sales & marketing outreach.

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Registrants will receive an email with Zoom login information on the day of the event.