Side Quests

I co-founded the Rotaract Club in my hometown Wittenberg to support young people through mentoring, workshops, and events – with a focus on equal access to education.

I gave a lecture on soft skills at TUM’s School of Management. Even though I never studied at a target university, I shared practical insights from my own journey with students who are just starting theirs.

At 16, I started selling souvenirs at the Augustiner tent during Oktoberfest. That job taught me sales, responsibility, and the value of performance-based pay – a defining experience before my startup journey began.

At the 84th Leadership Dialogue of the Scientific Society for Market-Oriented Management (WiGe), I spoke about the innovation power of Gen Z and advocated for entrepreneurial education, bold thinking, and more openness to startups in Germany.

Cozy networking with the Munich startup scene – with fire pits, mulled wine, and great people. I helped organize this community side event at the end of the year.

I’m part of the first AI-led venture fund, Boardy Ventures, created in collaboration with AngelList. The fund focuses on data-driven matching between startups and investors.

As a founder on the advisory board of Munich’s official startup platform, I bring a founder’s perspective into strategic discussions. Our goal: to connect founders, investors, and the city – and strengthen the local startup ecosystem.

I spent three days at the Süddeutsche Zeitung Economic Summit, talking with top business leaders and listening to ministers and the chancellor. I analyzed the tension between pessimism and optimism, reflected on why political progress is publicly torn apart, and came back with a renewed focus on building real change from the startup ecosystem.

I co-led an AI workshop with Volkswagen’s strategy team, exploring real use cases, governance impact, and how AI can be responsibly embedded into daily work. Together, we shaped practical next steps for driving digital transformation inside a global corporation.

I joined the Future Economy Study as a council member, working with leading organizations to explore how founders, social entrepreneurs, and changemakers are building new economic models — and helping turn these insights into a movement for a fairer, future-ready Europe.

I left my first startup, invested my last savings into founding inGemeinschaft, and helped build a mission-driven company focused on affordable housing, social connection, and reducing loneliness. Eighteen months later, the project was awarded the Munich Founder Prize — a milestone that marks both impact and momentum.

I joined the First Time Angels Lab 2025 to deepen my understanding of angel investing — from deal selection and due diligence to portfolio strategy and pitch analysis — and to build the mindset and skills needed to become a high-impact early-stage investor.

During Bits & Pretzels week, I co-hosted the ISAR Unfiltered afterparty with 250 founders and investors, connected the community across multiple side events, and helped create one of the most talked-about moments of the week — even making it into the startup scene headlines.