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 startups.
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 startups with top-class partners from our network of experts who have their own startup experience or have successfully managed or led departments or companies as managing directors or corporate professionals.
Our mentors advise and accompany the startups 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 with potential pilot customers and investors.
Entrepreneurs. Engineers. Professors. Scientists and investors.
People who really drive high-tech and deep-tech startups …
Ingrid Hiesinger
Executive Director
Revotech GmbH & Co. KG
Jürgen Valentin
Leiter Innovation
Nanofocus AG
Dr. Jens Busse
Investment Manager
Evonik Venture Capital GmbH
Dr. Olaf Joeressen
Senior Investment Manager
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Dr. Hans-Hermann Schreier
Ehrenvorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats, 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
Venture Center
NRW.BANK
Daniel Wauben
Executive Director
ChemCologne e.V.
Dominique Bouwes
Business Director
Micronit GmbH
Dr.-Ing. Harald Cremer
Clustermanager
NMWP.NRW
Dr. Felix Müller
Head of Scientific Relations
Evonik Operations GmbH
Thomas Gebauer
CEO
Battrion AG
Dr. Sebastian Tegethoff
Senior Partner @ Fortmann Tegethoff Patentanwälte
Dr. Stephan Kirchmeyer
Management Consultant Organic and Printed Electronics
Dr.-Ing. Evelyn Dabriniok
Innovation Manager
TU Dortmund
Prof. Dr. Michael Bäcker
Executive Director
MaTech-Consult GmbH
Prof. Dr. Heiko Kopf
Innovations- und Technologiemanagement Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt
Friedrich Grimm
Business Model Expert
REACH Münster
Markus Kerkhoff
Executive Director
Poppe & Potthoff GmbH
Dr. Ralf Bertenburg
Executive 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
Executive Director
Technologiezentrum Solingen
Kilian Reuß
Executive Director
Medical Magnesium GmbH
Philipp Grunewald
Executive Director
Grunewald GmbH & Co. KG
You also want to give something back?
Gregor Unger
Managing Partner
Cesars Business Angels
Dr. Frédéric du Bois-Reymond Partner
Earlybird UNI-X
Dr. Anika Rajnai
Head of HR
Rock Tech Lithium Inc.
Prof. Dr. Martin Hill
Shareholder
Hill GmbH
Markus Sudhoff
CEO
Climate Founders GmbH
Niklas Hebborn
Partner & Investment Manager
Freigeist Capital GmbH
Göran Göhring
Managing Partner
Stagg & Friends
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Lilienhof
Deep-Tech Consulting
Matthias Poschmann
Executive 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
Universität zu Köln
Carl-Luis Rieger
Managing Director
WEPA Ventures
Götz Hilber
Crowdinvesting Manager
GLS Bank
Dr. Volker Sinhoff
CEO
AIXaTech GmbH
Niclas Fritz
Managing Director
BatchOne GmbH
Jörg Ihne
CTO & Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
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
Executive Director
Point-8 GmbH
Marie Asano
Partner
ECBF
Sven Grave
Executive Director
Digital Hub münsterLAND
Marius Rosenberg
Executive Director
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 the supervisory board
Heggemann AG
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 startups to ask the right strategic questions early on and to best prepare 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 receive exclusive access to our portfolio, but also become an official part of the high-tech and deep-tech ecosystem in NRW.
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!
Interested?
Have you become curious? Sign up now and accelerate high-tech and deep-tech ventures.