Entrepreneurs, Deep-Tech Experts &
Investors
As a mentor, you are part of the venture platform you get access to exciting high-tech and deep-tech founders.
Mentors – you are in demand …
Tailor-made matchmaking with industry partners, potential customers, and investors is the DNA of HIGH-TECH.NRW.
We connect high potential start-ups with top-class partners from our network of experts who have their own start-up experience or have successfully managed or led departments or companies as managing directors or corporate professionals.
Our mentors advise and accompany the start-ups from our batches individually on issues related to the validation and commercialization of the business model, they contribute their expertise, diverse experience and first-hand knowledge of the industry and establish important contacts to potential pilot customers and investors.
Entrepreneurs, engineers, professors, scientists and investors
Our mentors are people who drive high-tech and deep-tech start-ups forward …
Philippe Bernet
Partner
Backbone Ventures
Sascha Berthold
Senior Consultant
Kainos Consulting, LLC
Dr. Christoph Gehlen
Kompetenzzentrumsleiter
TechnologieZentrumDortmund
Dr. Bernd Burchard
VP IP Management
Elmos Semiconductor SE
Tobias Schmitt
Partner
Bright Future Club
Eike Gerhardt
Investment Manager
Schumpeter Ventures
Dr. Marc Willuhn
CEO
Willuhn Consulting
Nick Bourne
Investment Manager
CNB Capital
Dr. David Dung
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Midel Photonics GmbH
Dr.-Ing. Evelyn Drabiniok
Manager Customer Product & Service
MHP Management und IT-Beratung GmbH
Dr. Thomas Heck
Managing Director
DITEC GmbH
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Lilienhof
Geschäftsführer
Techno Consult
Dennis Grimmer
Director
RSM Ebner Stolz
Malvine Komorek
Investment Managerin
Schauenburg International GmbH
Andreas Kunsmann
CEO
Polycare Research Technology GmbH
Tobias Dickmann
Market Manager Industrial Solutions
Lhoist Germany
Agnes Bührmann
Executive Client Partner Retail
Publicis Sapient
Marcus Collier-Wright
Innovations- & Förderberater
ZENIT GmbH
Dr. Jens Busse
Investment Director
Evonik Venture Capital GmbH
Philipp Grunewald
Geschäftsführer
Grunewald GmbH & Co. KG
Harald Küper
Partner
Küper Consulting
Marvin Urban
Geschäftsführer
Dörken Digital Ventures GmbH
Elliana Jensen-Abieva
Gründerin
CircularTech Forum
Christian Fortmann
Senior Partner
Fortmann Tegethoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Peter Brock
Managing Partner
BeeWyzer GmbH
Peter Grundig
CEO
GREATECH GmbH
Dr. Felix Müller
Beirat
Starcke GmbH & Co. KG
Robert Heggemann
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender
Heggemann AG
Silke Beaucamp
Geschäftsführerin
Beaucamp Unternehmensberatung
Matthias Poschmann
Geschäftsführer
Poschmann Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Philip Haverkamp
Business Development Manager
Wi Ventures
Sven Grave
Geschäftsführer
DigitalHub münsterLAND
Kilian Reuß
Geschäftsführer
Medical Magnesium GmbH
Carl-Luis Rieger
Managing Director
WEPA Ventures
Ella Gemünd
Geschäftsführerin
TechHub.K67
Dr. Marc Willuhn
Geschäftsführer
Willuhn Consulting
Dr. Holger Winter
CSO
CeNTech GmbH
Dr. Olaf Jöressen
Sen. Investment Manager
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Göran Göhring
Founder
GGrise GmbH
Jürgen Valentin
Technology and Management Consultant
Dr. Jürgen Wesemann
Manager Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technologies
Ford Research & Innovation Center Aachen
Marco Cabras
CEO
newskontor GmbH
Thomas Gebauer
CEO
Redox One
Amanda-Stella Birkenholz
Principal
UVC Partners
Dr.-Ing. Alexander Lüking
Co-Founder & Business Development
FibreCoat GmbH
Dr. Sebastian Dreßen
R&D Strategy Manager
Siemens AG
Alexander Kanitz
Co-Founder & CIO
LIDROTEC
Peter Kurstjens
Managing Director
Kurstjens & Co.
Thomas Kolbusch
Vice President
Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH
Dr. Robert Harrison
Joint Managing Partner
Sonnenberg Harrison Partnergesellschaft mbB
Andreas Dannheisig
Procurement Supervisor
Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH
Ingrid Hiesinger
Geschäftsführerin
Revotech GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Carsten L. Herzhoff
Geschäftsführer
Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Sebastian Tegethoff
Senior Partner
Fortmann Tegethoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Markus Sudhoff
CEO
Climate Founders GmbH
Carsten Werle
Managing Partner
ALLINCAPITALS
Timo Bey
Operating Partner
8 impact GmbH i.G.
Markus Kerkhoff
Geschäftsführer
Poppe & Potthoff GmbH
Daniel Walinski
Managing Director
Curious Capital GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Philip Gabriel
Senior Marketing Expert
BatchOne
Matthias Schulz
Director New Business & Innovation
Otto Krahn New Business GmbH & Co. KG
Niklas Hebborn
Partner
Freigeist Capital
Prof. Dr. Volker Breithecker
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Dr.-Ing. Klaus Welschof
ex-Head of Aerospace Division
Otto Fuchs KG
Niko Freitag
Fördermittelberater
NF Consulting
Stefan Sorge
Geschäftsführer
WTL Startup Studio
Dr. Sven Langbein
Geschäftsführer
Hoffmann Kunststoff- und Antriebstechnik
Dr. Florian Kruse
Geschäftsführer
Point-8 GmbH
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Heuken
VP Advanced Technologies
AIXTRON SE
Timm Sorgnitt
Lead Innovation Manager Startups
CHG-MERIDIAN AG
Marc Linstädter
Head of Marketing & CINO
GEFA Bank GmbH
Dr. Lars Gussen
Investment Manager
TechVision Fonds
Josef van der Linde
Director New Ventures
Viega GmbH & Co.
Marius Rosenberg
CPO
Start2 Group
Ing. Alessandro Silvestro
Principal Director I4.0 and Sustainability Strategist
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Dr. Frédéric du Bois-Reymond
Partner
Earlybird-X
Simon Liang
Investment Manager
HBG Ventures
Jan-Frederik Kremer
Geschäftsführer
Industrieverband Schneid- und Haushaltwaren e.V.
Dr. Hagen Watschke
Regional Innovation Management / Engineered Products Development
voestalpine HPM Deutschland Beteiligungs SE
Meike Neitz
Founder & Managing Director
embassidy
Götz Hilber
Co-Founder
Rematter AG
Daniel Salamon
Unternehmer & Angel Investor
Dr. Ralf Jede
ex-CEO
RAITH GmbH
Friedrich Grimm
Co-Founder
MARCLEY
Dirk Hauschild
Senior Strategic Marketing Expert
Focuslight Technologies Inc.
Lisa Schneider
Investment Associate
Aramco Ventures
Sebastian Hanny-Busch
Prokurist
NRW.Bank
Alexander Goldberg
Partner
Goldberg Ullrich Rechtsanwälte PartG mbH
Jörg Ihne
CTO & Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Otto Fuchs KG
Berat Gider
Manager Public Sector & Funding
KPMG
Dr. Alexander Küsshauer
Startup Coach Business Development
Universität Bonn
Oliver Strauss
Managing Partner
Strauss Unternehmensberatung GmbH
Christian Kersten
CEO
Blackdor
Dr.-Ing. Ralf M. Bertenburg
Technologieberater
RMB TeCon
Jan Leicht
Managing Partner
Simon Capital
Ann-Christin Kortenbrede
Investment Mangerin
Gründerfonds Ruhr
Stefan Schmersal
Beiratsvorsitzender
steute Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
Dr.-Ing. Harald Cremer
CEO
NWMP Management GmbH
Sebastian Nickel-Eberle
Geschäftsführer
Westar Internationale Spedition GmbH
Gregor Unger
Managing Partner
Caesar VC
Phil Derichs
Leiter
Gründer- und Technologiezentrum Solingen
Nikolas von Cappeln
Principal
STS Ventures / Campus Capital
Mareike Mutzberg
Co-Founder | CEO
Yeronimo GmbH
Robin Schäfer
Co-Founder & CEO
the collective
Akin Özdemir
Investment Manager
BitStone Capital
Dr. Hans-Hermann Schreier
Ehrenvorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats
Nanofocus AG
Arnas Bräutigam
Co-Founder
AddedVal.io
Dr. Dadhichi Paretkar
Transfer Scout GATEWAY
Universität zu Köln
Till Rösnick
Investment Manager
WEPA Ventures
Dr. Stephan Kirchmeyer
Management Consultant Organic and Printed Electronics
Christian Els
Co-Founder & CEO
sentin
Niclas Fritz
Managing Director
BatchOne GmbH
Dominique Bouwes
COO
SaxonQ
Oliver Weimann
Co-Founder & CEO
Quantum Cybersecurity Group
Guido Vogel
Head of Sales
Lemonbeat GmbH
Johannes Gerhardt
Managing Consultant & Business Lead
ONE Business & Technology GmbH
Prof. Dr. Michael Bäcker
Geschäftsführer
MaTEch Consult GmbH
Matthias Vaterrodt
Leiter Venture Clienting
TÜV NORD Group
Tobias Haubold
Marketing & Sales Consultant
Marion Willems
Unternehmerin, systemische Coachin und Mediatorin
Christian Rahn
Marketing Expert
CMO2Go
Uwe Kessel
Geschäftsführer
Rotonda Business Club
Dr. Markus Riester
CEO
maristechcon
Dr. Volker Sinhoff
CEO
ELEMENT 3 – 5 GmbH
Ralf Knoll
CEO
INOPTEC Limited
Yannick Frank
General Partner
Partners-in-Clime.com
Stefan Fritz
Partner
PRIMEPULSE SE
Ion Hauer
Principal
APEX Ventures
Tim van der Linden
Venture Partner
Global Entrepreneurship Centre
Havva Coskun-Dogan
Prokuristin
AGIT mbH
Carsten Puschmann
CEO & Co-Founder
Scale Now GmbH
Alexander Hoffmann
Managing Partner
Impact & Climate Tech VC
Prof. Dr. Bastian Halecker
Founding Partner
German Deep Tech Institute
Daniel Wauben
Geschäftsführer
ChemCologne e.V.
Dr. Patrick Müller
Anwalt & Equity Partner
HEUKING
Prof. Dr. Heiko Kopf
Dekan
Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt
Jörg Sommer
Managing Partner
peach.ventures
Dr. Jan Stuhrmann
R&D Manager
Kirchhoff Automotive GmbH
Moritz Vohler
Investment Team
better ventures
Florian Mrosek
Partner
ESA BIC NRW
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Become a mentor and help shape deep-tech in NRW
The right mentors are a crucial success factor for young founders, because entrepreneurial expertise and industry knowledge can often only be built up through years of experience. This knowledge helps start-ups to ask the right strategic questions early on and to prepare themselves in the best possible way for further development, scaling or financing of their companies.
We are constantly expanding our partner network and are always pleased to receive interest from mentors with a strong value-add from the defined technology and industry fields:
- High-tech and deep-tech experts from high-tech companies
- High-tech founders who want to give something back
- Serial founders and entrepreneurs who believe in the tech ecosystem in NRW
- Business angels, VCs and family offices interested in deep-tech ventures
In return, mentors not only get exclusive access to our portfolio, but also become an official part of the high-tech and deep-tech ecosystem in NRW at the same time.
The activity as a mentor is carried out exclusively on a voluntary basis.
Corporate Partners und Sponsorship
In addition to mentorship, you and your company can also act as corporate partners and benefit from the various networking formats for your company as well.
Talk to us about this and we will be happy to help you!
Are you interested?
Are you curious now? Register now and accelerate high-tech and deep-tech ventures.