Slush x TechFounders: Investors' Pitches

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Welcome to the Slush x TechFounders meetup! Our friends from the North are finding their way to Munich to meet all of you and to judge the evening’s investor pitches. That's right, this time investors will be pitching and startups will be the audience. The lucky winner will receive a ticket to their conference!

Slush (http://www.slush.org/) brings together the leading actors of the global tech scene to Helsinki for something very special. Described by many as “Burning Man meets TED”, the event has grown in just a few short years to 15,000 attendees and 1 million live stream viewers. Close to 2,000 startups, 800 venture capitalists, and 700 journalists from over 100 countries come to Slush to drive business, and to experience the phenomenal atmosphere.

EVENT OUTLINE:

19:00 - 19:30: Registration and Beer

19:30 - 19:45: Welcome and Introduction

19:45 - 20:35: Investors' Pitches (5min + Q&A)

20:35 - 20:40: Deliberation and Announcement of the Winning Investor

20:40 - 22:00: Food, Networking, and Drinks

INVESTORS PITCHING:

We are excited to present our the evenings investors: Andreas Unseld from UnternehmerTUM-Fonds (http://www.unternehmertum.de/venture-capital.html), Daria Saharova from Vito Venture (http://vito.vc/), and Robert Gallenberger from b-to-v Partner (http://www.b-to-v.com/)s!

Andreas Unseld
Investment Manager at UnternehmerTUM Fonds

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Andreas Unseld works as Investment Manager at the UnternehmerTUM Fund. He has built up the technology scouting and startup coaching operations at UnternehmerTUM. He gained his venture capital experience while working at BV Capital in San Francisco. He has additionally established three own companies in IT services and new media.

LinkedIn (https://de.linkedin.com/in/andreasunseld)

Daria Saharova
Principal at Vito Ventures

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Daria Saharova has been active in the digital industry for over a decade. She served as an investment manager at SevenVentures, an investment arm of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media Group, and worked in the investment team at Holtzbrinck. Prior to joining Vito Ventures, Daria led the TMT DACH practice at Skillcapital, a buyside advisory firm for the Private Equity industry. Daria also founded Bellegs, an eCommerce startup, and is a co-founder of the Munich Founders Association. She started her career at KPMG and later at global investment bank Jefferies, where she worked in the international media team. Daria holds a diploma degree in business administration from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daria-saharova-080a632)

Robert Gallenberger
Venture Partner at b-to-v Partner

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Broad background across industrial technologies with B2B business models and strong technological differentiation, both hardware and software based.

Currently supporting the b-to-v team with new and existing advanced technology investments (IoT, Industrie 4.0, Enterprise software, Data & Analytics, Energy Efficiency, Robotics, AR/VR).

LinkedIn (https://de.linkedin.com/in/robertgallenberger)

JURY MEMBERS:

Jaakko Rauhala (https://fi.linkedin.com/in/jaakko-rauhala-59790765) – Head of Startup Operations at Slush

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Slush is the world’s leading technology conference held in Helsinki, Finland on November 30th-December 1st 2016. As the Head of Startup Operations, Jaakko is responsible for all of our attending startups and their stay in Helsinki.

Michael Kwapis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-kwapis-a29aa85a?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=Typr&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A211729857%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1475524706226%2Ctas%3Amicha) - Entrepreneur in Residence at TechFounders

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Michael Kwapis is Entrepreneur in Residence at the TechFounders accelerator program. He coaches the startups and has co-/founded several startups on his own. Michael also has experience in consulting, training and is interested in User Experience. He has co-written a book about how to become a good presenter (“Presentation Punk”).

Steve Hoffman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenrhoffman) - Founder and CEO, SayPay Technologies, Inc.

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Steve has 25+ years of experience in payments, digital banking, and authentication at Visa, Wells Fargo, and Infosys. As a Department Head at Visa in Emerging Technologies, he managed smart cards, e-commerce, and mobile payment programs. He is a published thought leader and has served as a speaker and panelist at many industry conferences. Steve holds 3 patents and has a BS in Business.