Another exciting Pitch Day is taking place!
The teams pitch for the 4th Berlin Startup Scholarship (BSS)
Numerous startup teams are eagerly awaiting their big day: the selection day before our jury for the Berlin Startup Scholarship!
We will reveal which teams make it shortly.
But a big thank you here to our wonderful jury.
From our own ranks, the wonderful startup coaches Nora Revermann and Viola Breuer are participating, as well as the co-director of the SIB Marvin Göldner.
The external jury members are:
Prof. Dr. Andrea Rumler | HWR Berlin
Andrea Rumler is a professor of general business administration and marketing. Before her academic career, she worked for three years at the Bertelsmann publishing group, most recently as marketing director. She then co-founded and served as managing director of the furniture retailer Modern Living Inc. in New York, USA. In 1997 she was appointed professor at the FHTW, later HTW, Berlin. From 2002 to 2003 she headed a program there to promote entrepreneurship among women, “Fit für die eigene Existenz”. From 2003 to 2005 she was the academic mentor of the HAFEN Incubator for female entrepreneurs in Berlin-Marzahn. In 2012 she moved to HWR Berlin and has since mentored a number of startups (including Mello, Native Foods, whoelse.ai, Strayz, Aam Digital and UpLyft).
“I am very much looking forward to being part of the jury for the Berlin Startup Scholarship! Early support for good business ideas is very important to maintain the long-term competitiveness of our country. My thanks in advance to all applicants for their great ideas!”
Norbert Herrmann | Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe
Norbert has been dealing with uncertainties to create enabling environments, in Berlin, in Johannesburg and elsewhere. Since 2017 Norbert has been handling startup-affairs at Berlin Government, Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises. He is keen on connecting with and better understanding and supporting the ecosystem. Before, he worked with the Berlin Institute of Technology, Centre for Entrepreneurship, eBay, Technology Foundation Berlin, and many more.
Furthermore he is supporting the Berlin Startup Report:
and the Startup Map
Aziz Sulaiman Rahim | Siemens Energy Ventures
As principal of Siemens Energy Ventures, Aziz sets the framework to identify and onboard new startup technologies to help solve today’s key challenges in the energy industry. In this role he is particularly interested in investment opportunities in the climate tech for Siemens Energy and leads Siemens Energy’s Venture Client unit to pilot and adopt startup solutions.
In his 5+ years within the Siemens Group, he held several leadership roles, in which he established global partnership networks, implemented the transfer of innovative technologies, and developed strategies for new business fields. In his role at Siemens Energy Ventures, Aziz is committed to turning today’s ideas into the reality of tomorrow by driving effective and meaningful partnerships between Siemens Energy and top global Startups.
„Early support structures like the “Startup Incubator Berlin” is especially important for founders because these efforts set the company’s foundation for future success to acquire customers and funding. I would like to contribute with my work as a Jury Member but also Berliner to find and support the next great Startup success story from Berlin!”
Daniel Bosch | The Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.
- Born 1978 in Bonn
- Married, 2 daughters
- Studied political science in Berlin
- In the online industry continuously since 2005:
- Sales & Marketing Director shirtinator AG
- Sales Director Campanda GmbH
- Founder and CEO Poster Printers SRL, Buenos Aires
- Founder and CEO eat-star.de, Berlin (sold to Lieferando)
- Founder and CEO mentavio.com, Berlin (now part of arztkonsultation ak GmbH, Schwerin)
- Since December 2021 Head of Startup Dealflow at BACB e.V.
The members of the BACB invest primarily in teams that are at an early stage and welcome support from our business angels with expertise, network and capital. Participating in the SIB jury session gives me the opportunity to meet founders with exciting ideas and to discover new investment opportunities for our members.
The Startup Incubator of HWR Berlin
At the Startup Incubator of HWR Berlin, founding ideas are developed to market readiness. To this end, we support academic founding teams with know-how, infrastructure and scholarships. We create a shared platform for entrepreneurial thinking and action (mindset) with the Berlin business community (including Siemens AG). As a lean incubator, we focus on speed in developing and validating business models with customers.
Since 2016, the Startup Incubator Berlin has been supporting founding teams with the Berlin Startup Scholarship, now also with the REACT Startup Scholarship. Over 30 startups have been helped by this financial and non-financial support, combined with the infrastructure provided by the HWR Berlin’s entrepreneurship center, to successfully develop their business ideas and products. Well-known startups such as Wonder, Forget Finance, SunCrafter and startupdetector are today successfully active in the market. Forget Finance recently closed a seed funding round of €3.8 million.
About the scholarships
