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The Team

Hi, this is us! The networkers, mentors, brand and project managers behind the Founders Foundation brand.

Every day, we work on cultivating outstanding talents and making the international startup scene even more interconnected.

We have a simple reason for doing what we do: We want to actively help shape the digital future and blaze a trail for the innovative tech ideas of our talented founders.

Clara Bergediek

Program Manager Executive Education

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Simon Brakhage

Head of Hinterland of Things

Jennifer Trulley

Executive Assistant to the Managing Director, drives Finance and Operations

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Malena Wöstmann

Marketing Manager Hinterland of Things

Louis Schulze

Ecosystem Development Manager

Julia Trulley

Brand and Communications Manager

Marie-Andree Barthelemy

Project Manager Open Innovation City

Dominik Gross

Managing Director and Co-Founder

Janina Ostendorf

Partnership Manager Education

Sonja Retzlaff

Online Marketing Manager

Moritz Köster

Regional Network and Project Manager

Janna Kramer

Team People and Operations

Anna-Luisa Korte

Director Brand and Content

Sebastian Fischer

Project Manager Open Innovation City

Julia Gerner

Program Manager Accelerator

Leo Gonzalez Schilder

Creative and Design Manager

Miriam Kleiner

Talent Manager Education

Jennifer Niemeyer

Operations Manager Education

Dana Frischetto

Copy and Video Content Manager

Nils Lohmann

Video & Creative Content

Jasmin Tellbüscher

Eventmanager

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Elias Weike

Program Manager Startup School

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Stephan Jacquemot

Director Founders Education

Lena Schüler

Front Desk Manager

Sophia Klossok

Team Ecosystem

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Annika Rubart

Content & Media

Hannes Ill

Team Education

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Corinna Powalla

Director
People & Growth

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OUR MANAGEMENT

Sebastian and Dominik are true startup and innovation experts. Both live and breathe startup culture and a entrepreneurial mindset. They are always ready to listen to talents talk about their ideas.

Sebastian Borek

Co-Founder & CEO

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Dominik Gross

Co-Founder & CFO

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Our Directors

Beside our two founders, two experienced experts round out the Founders Foundation Management Board.

Anna-Luisa Korte

Director Brand & Content

Anna and her team are responsible for communicating the contents and visuals of the Founders Foundation brand. She is the Foundation’s voice in the press.

Anna’s strength are strategic and structured planning combined with a positive attitude. She knows the Founders Foundation in and out and lives by the lean startup approach.

Stephan Jacquemot

Director Education

Stephan and his team are responsible for the department Founders Education where talents are trained to become entrepreneurs using various formats. Stephan has been a successful angel investor for many years. He knows first-hand what's most important when forming a startup. He lives by the words "founders first"!

Stephan Jacquemot

Director Education

Stephan and his team are responsible for the department Founders Education where talents are trained to become entrepreneurs. Stephan has been a successful angel investor for many years. He knows first-hand what’s most important when forming a startup. He lives by the words “founders first”!

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