FOUNDERS FAMILY
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.
Dominik Gross
Managing Director and Co-Founder
Simon Brakhage
Head of Hinterland of Things
Jennifer Trulley
Executive Assistant to the Managing Director, drives Finance and Operations
Malena Wöstmann
Marketing Manager Hinterland of Things
Elias Weike
Program Manager Accelerator
Sven Grabbe
Partner Manager EdTech Next
Vito Kahle
Startup Scout Hinterland of Things
Leo Gonzalez Schilder
Creative and Design Manager
Anna-Luisa Korte
Director Brand and Content
Ines Beschorner
HR Talent Acquisition Manager
Nils Lohmann
Video & Creative Content
Anne Bangemann
Project Manager HR
Miriam Kleiner
Talent Manager Education
Jennifer Niemeyer
Operations Manager Education
Dana Frischetto
Copy and Video Content Manager
Corinna Powalla
Director
People & Growth
JULIA SOBHAN-SARBANDI
PROJEKT MANAGER HINTERLAND OF THINGS
Theo
Feel Good Manager
GRETA KÄMPER
PROJEKTMANAGER HINTERLAND OF THINGS
Wiebke Kersten
Project Manager Open Innovation City
CELINE BRILKA
TEAM HINTERLAND OF THINGS
Simon Scherer
Venture Developer
NURIT DE HAIR
OPERATIONS MANAGER EDUCATION
Celine Hilbich
Talent Manager EdTech Next
STEPHAN JACQUEMOT
DIRECTOR FOUNDERS EDUCATION
Selena Browne
Social Media Manager
Alexandra Otto
HR Manager
Marius Winkels
Performance Marketing & Kampagnen Manager
Joyce Herberg
Online Marketing & Kampagnen Manager
Maimuna Sillah
EdTech Next Operations Manager
Suki
Feel Good Manager
Leonie Trogemann
Startup Education
Frida
Feel Good Manager
Nik Riesmeier
Lead EdTech Next
Nikita Bryde
Office & Event Manager
Jana Ruhkieck
Mediendesignerin
Melissa Redeker
Werkstudentin Startup Education
Julia Trulley
Brand and Communications Manager
OLGA HURTYNIN
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
DENNIS BIRKHÖLZER
PROGRAM MANAGER EDTECH NEXT INCUBATOR
Jan Leplow
Partner Manager Hinterland of Things
Krysta Brown-Ippach
PR & Communications Manager
Leon Marvin Herzog
Education
Denise Linnenbrügger
Platform & Operations Manager Hinterland of Things
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