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 …
Ingrid Hiesinger
Executive Director
Revotech GmbH & Co. KG
Jürgen Valentin
Head of Innovation
Nanofocus AG
Dr. Jens Busse
Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital GmbH
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Dr. Hans-Hermann Schreier
Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Nanofocus AG
Dr. Bernd Burchard
VP Intellectual Property
Elmos Semiconductor SE
Jonas Pauly
Investment Manager
Henkel Ventures
Sebastian Hanny-Busch
Procurator
NRW.BANK
Uwe Kessel
Executive Director
Rotonda Business Club
Silke Beaucamp
Executive Director
Beaucamp Consulting
Berat Gider
Manager Public Sector & Funding
KPMG
Daniel Wauben
Executive Director
ChemCologne e.V.
Dominique Bouwes
COO
SaxonQ
Dr.-Ing. Harald Cremer
Clustermanager
NMWP.NRW
Dr. Felix Müller
Head of Scientific Relations
Evonik Operations GmbH
Thomas Gebauer
CEO
Redox One
Dr. Sebastian Tegethoff
Senior Partner @ Fortmann Tegethoff Patentanwälte
Dr. Stephan Kirchmeyer
Management Consultant Organic and Printed Electronics
Dr.-Ing. Evelyn Drabiniok
Innovation Manager
TU Dortmund
Prof. Dr. Michael Bäcker
Executive Director
MaTech-Consult GmbH
Prof. Dr. Heiko Kopf
Innovation and Technology Management Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences
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Markus Kerkhoff
Executive Director
Poppe & Potthoff GmbH
Dr. Ralf BertenburgExecutive Director
RMB TeCon GmbH
Dr. Robert Harrison
Managing Partner
Sonnenberg Harrison Partners
Stefan Schmersal
Managing shareholder of steute Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Heuken
VP Advanced Technologies
Aixtron SE
Dr.-Ing. Klaus Welschof
Consulting Business Development
Ex-GL Aerospace Otto Fuchs KG
Dr. Ralf Jede
CEO
Raith GmbH
Thomas Kolbusch
Director
COATEMA Coating Machinery GmbH
Dr. Alexander Kanitz
Executive Director
LIDROTEC GmbH
Guido Vogel
Head of Sales
Lemonbeat GmbH
Andreas Dannheisig
Supervisor Innovation Sourcing
Kirchhoff Automotive
Dr. Holger Winter
CSO
CENTech GmbH
Steven Bakker
Commercial Director
SAERTEX GmbH & Co. KG
Phil Derichs
Managing Director
Technology Center Solingen
Kilian Reuß
Executive Director
Medical Magnesium GmbH
Philipp Grunewald Executive Director
Grunewald GmbH & Co. KG
Friedrich Grimm
Business Model Expert
REACH Münster
Gregor Unger
Managing Partner
Cesars Business Angels
Dr. Frédéric du Bois-Reymond Partner
Earlybird UNI-X
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Joerg Sommer
Managing Partner
peach.ventures
Markus Sudhoff
CEO
Climate Founders GmbH
Niklas Hebborn
Partner & Investment Manager
Freigeist Capital GmbH
Göran Göhring
Managing Partner
Stagg & Friends
Christian Rahn
Marketing Expert
CMO2go
Matthias Poschmann
Managing Director, poschmann kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Prof. Dr. Volker Breithecker
Economics & Tax
Uni Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Thomas Heck
Executive Director
DITEC GmbH
Dirk Hauschild
Director Optical Research & Engineering
Focuslight Technologies Inc.
Nick Bourne
Investment Manager
CNB Capital
Martin Gründkemeyer
Executive Director
Netzwerk Oberfläche NRW e.V.
Johannes Herrnsdorf
Executive Director
MiNaCon GmbH
Christian Fortmann, LL.M.
Senior Partner
Fortmann Tegethoff Patent
Dr. Dadhichi Paretkar
Deep-Tech Expert Materials
University of cologne
Carl-Luis Rieger
Managing Director
WEPA Ventures
Götz Hilber
Crowdinvesting Manager
GLS Bank
Dr. Volker Sinhoff
CEO
ELEMENT 3 – 5 GmbH
Niclas Fritz
Managing Director
BatchOne GmbH
Jörg Ihne
CTO & Member of the Executive Board
Otto Fuchs KG
Dr. Patrick Müller, LL.M.
Salaried Partner
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
Dennis Grimmer
Partner
ADVANT Beiten
Dr. Cédric Müller, LL.M.
Partner
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Tobias Dickmann
Market Manager – Industrial Solutions
Lhoist Germany
Till Rösnick
Investment Manager
WEPA Ventures
Alexander Hoffmann
Managing Partner
Impact & Climate Tech VC
Dr. David Dung
Co-Founder
Midel Photonics
Amanda-Stella Birkenholz
Investment Manager
UVC Partners
Dr. Florian Kruse
CEO
Point-8 GmbH
Ann-Christin Kortenbrede
Investment Managerin
eCAPITAL
Sven Grave
CEO
Digital Hub münsterLAND
Marius Rosenberg
CEO
RWTH Innovation GmbH
Marc Linstädter
Head of Marketing
GEFA Bank GmbH
Prof. Dr. Bastian Halecker
Founding Partner
German Deep Tech Institute
Alexander Goldberg
Partner
GoldbergUllrich Rechtsanwälte
PartG mbH
Robert Heggemann
Chairman of Supervisory Board
Heggemann AG
Philip Haverkamp
Business Development Manager
WI Ventures
Stefan Fritz
Partner
PRIMEPULSE SE
Oliver Weimann
Co-Founder & CEO
SCALE NOW GmbH
Jürgen Wesemann
Manager Technology &
Strategy Integration
Ford
Marco Cabras
CEO
newskontor GmbH
Peter Kurstjens
CEO
Kurstjens & Co
Malvine Komorek
Investment Mananger
SCHAUENBURG International GmbH
Dr. Olaf Joeressen
Senior Investment Manager
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Christian Kersten
CEO
Blackdor
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Lilienhof
Deep-Tech Consulting
Dr. Sebastian Dreßen
Research & Innovation Ecosystems
Siemens AG
Ralf Knoll
CEO
KEnC Ventures GmbH
Sebastian Nickel-Eberle
CEO
Westar
Dr. Jan Stuhrmann
R & D Manager
Kirchhoff Automotive GmbH
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Niklas Walinski
Managing Director
Curious Capital GmbH
Jan-Frederik Kremer
CEO
AiF FTK
Akin Özdemir
Investment Manager
BitStone Capital
Dr. Lars Gussen
Investment Manager
TechVision Fonds
Ann-Christin Kortenbrede
Investment Manager
eCAPITAL
Eike Gerhardt
Investment Manager
Schumpeter Ventures
Nicolas von Cappeln
Principal
STS Ventures / Campus Capital
Patrick D. Reschke
CEO
Northdocks GmbH
Peter Grundig
CEO
GREATECH GmbH
Dr. Marc Willuhn
CEO
Willuhn Consulting
Tim van der Linden
Venture Partner
Global Entrepreneurship Center
Robin Schäfer
CEO
the collective
Joerg Sommer
Managing Partner
peach.ventures
Niko Freitag
Funding Advisor
NF Consulting
Matthias Vaterrodt
Head of Venture Clienting
TÃœV NORD GROUP
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 and 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!
Interest raised?
Curious to learn more? Sign up now and accelerate high-tech and deep-tech ventures.
