Up2B Mentors & Experts
We work with over 80 coaches, mentors and experts with lots of experience in all startup-relevant topics. So no matter what are your biggest challenges, we'll always find the right person to support you and your business.
Would you like to work with us?
We’re always looking for inspiring coaches and mentors with an entrepreneurial background. If you are a passionate founder, experienced in consulting and coaching startups, Up2B might be a good match. Just get in touch with our team so that we can discuss further collaboration.
Fernanda Ivatiuk
Position:
Co-founder of Edtech Beetools & Sales Entrepreneur
Company:
SalesPlaybook
Whitespace
About:
Kai Grunwald
Position:
Attorney at law & partner
Company:
Weitnauer
Whitespace
About:
Stefan Bley
Position:
Company:
Netzwerk Smart Production
Whitespace
About:
Mirko Twardy
Position:
Founder
Company:
Das Fördercafé
Whitespace
About:
Anna Hüttl
Position:
Manager Startup ecosystem
Company:
NEXT MANNHEIM
Whitespace
About:
Andri Stocker
Position:
Sales Lead DACH (Clarity AI) & Co-Founder (HiddenGyms)
Company:
Clarity AI & HiddenGyms
Whitespace
About:
Andri is Sales Lead of Clarity AI in the DACH region and has more than 10 years of experience in building and managing sales organisations. He has been active himself since 2016 as the founder of PHYNE and HiddenGyms and previously helped build the Mannheim-based software startup Adtelligence. Andri holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona.
Malte Zander
Position:
Sales and Growth Hacking Coach
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Sascha Kronberg
Position:
Founder & CEO
Company:
Telesalestraining.de
Whitespace
About:
Nora Zybura
Position:
Management scholar
Company:
University of Mannheim & Mannheim Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MCEI)
Whitespace
About:
Management scholar, doctoral candidate and lecturer at the Chair of SME research and Entrepreneurship.
Oliver Lesche
Position:
Business Angel and Serial Entrepreneur
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Business Angel and Serial Entrepreneur.
Patrick Brienen-Lucius
Position:
Consultant & Coach for B2B Marketing and Sales - Keynote Speaker
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Paulina Banszerus
Position:
Investment Manager
Company:
Schenker Ventures
Whitespace
About:
Peter Fricke
Position:
Head of Deutsche Boerse Venture Network
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Responsible for pre-IPO and IPO-related services including the Deutsche Börse Venture Network.
Reinhard Ematinger
Position:
Expert in Business Model Innovation
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Advisor and Lecturer on Business Model Innovation and Customer Value Creation.
Robert Leinders-Krog
Position:
CEO of XY01, advisor, growth-hacker
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Oslo-based advisor & growth hacker for next generation global brands. A brand management expert and entrepreneur at the core.
Sascha Dahlke
Position:
Director and a member of FalkenSteg's Corporate finance practice
Company:
FalkenSteg
Whitespace
About:
Dr. Simon Apel
Position:
IT/IP Lawyer
Company:
SZA
Whitespace
About:
Advises primarily on questions of copyright law, software projects & unfair competition law, with a specialty practice in the field of improper product imitation.
Simon Schmincke
Position:
General Partner
Company:
Creandum
Whitespace
About:
Sonja Wilkens
Position:
Startup consultant
Company:
Economic Development Department of the City of Mannheim
Whitespace
About:
Sophie Chung
Position:
CEO and Founder
Company:
Qunomedical
Whitespace
About:
Stephanie Leue
Position:
Product Leadership Coach for companies
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Sven Birkner
Position:
Consultant Startups and SMEs
Company:
VR Bank Rhein-Neckar eG
Whitespace
About:
Sven Soltau
Position:
Expert CRM, tech stack and online marketing
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Tammy Bieth
Position:
Start-up and university consultant
Company:
Techniker Health Insurance
Whitespace
About:
My name is Tammy Bieth and I have been working at TK since 2015. Since 2018, I have been dealing with the questions of founders and support them with my know-how when it comes to the right health insurance and their health
Tara Akhavan
Position:
Award-winning technology entrepreneur
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Visionary award-winner technology entrepreneur and pioneer in the field of Perceptual Display Processing for the consumer and automotive industry.
Tatjana Winter
Position:
Venture Development Manager
Company:
DB Digital Ventures
Whitespace
About:
Tatjana Winter is an expert in entrepreneurship, startups and innovation. At Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures she is responsible for scouting and investing in startups and integrating them into Deutsche Bahn
Thomas Fandrich
Position:
Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer
Company:
Quantilope
Whitespace
About:
Thomas Hipp
Position:
Research associate and doctoral candidate at the Chair of SME Research and Entrepreneurship at the University of Mannheim
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Has been coaching 100+ startups and founder teams primarily in pre-seed and seed phases.
Thorsten Heilig
Position:
Co-Founder and CEO
Company:
Paretos
Whitespace
About:
Thomas Prexl
Position:
Company:
Technologiepark Heidelberg
Whitespace
About:
Tim Bolte
Position:
Investment & Deep Tech Advisor
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Independent advisor with 20+ years of experience in the B2B software and deep tech area.
Tobias Körner
Position:
Attention Specialist
Company:
hypr
Whitespace
About:
Consults and supports companies and founders in all terms of PR.
Valentin Splett
Position:
Sales Coach & Founder
Company:
PeakSpirit
Whitespace
About:
Vera Lyko
Position:
Systemic coaching for founders
Company:
econoyou
Whitespace
About:
Systemic coaching for founders.
Verena Kleinmann
Position:
Entrepreneur – Lecturer – Consultant, Marketing Strategy and Social Media
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Entrepreneur – Lecturer – Consultant, Marketing Strategy and Social Media.
Alberto Pérez-Arranz
Position:
Head of Portfolio & Investments
Company:
Wayra
Whitespace
About:
Began leading the startup investments of Telefónica in the DACH region as part of Wayra Germany in 2019
Dr. Alexia Wahl
Position:
Corporate lawyer/ M&A
Company:
SZA
Whitespace
About:
Dr Alexia Wahl works in the area of corporate law / M&A and advises national and international clients on M&A transactions and all corporate law matters.
Dr. Arndt Schwaiger
Position:
AI and Business Model Expert
Company:
Whitespace
About:
An experienced entrepreneur, advisor & investor with a background in AI and extensive business experience,
Arne Böhm
Position:
Sales Coach & Co-Founder of SaleUp
Company:
SaleUp
Whitespace
About:
Bernd Korz
Position:
CEO/CVO
Company:
alugha
Whitespace
About:
Accidental Genius. Pioneer. Visionary. Entrepreneur. Keynote speaker. Dad. Husband. Dog person. Writer.
Björn Goß
Position:
Founder & CEO
Company:
Stocard
Whitespace
About:
Carlyn Gabon
Position:
Senior Manager, Growth at Wingcopter
Company:
Wingcopter
Whitespace
About:
Senior Manager, Growth at Wingcopter
Caroline Aumeran
Position:
Venture Builder in the Field of Energy and Sustainability
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Christian Dahlen
Position:
Business Angel and SAP VP
Company:
SAP
Whitespace
About:
Vice President at SAP advising executives on investment decisions for SAP’s product portfolio & active business angel.
Christian Els
Position:
CEO and Co-founder
Company:
Sentin
Whitespace
About:
Brings a wealth of experience in sales, customer development, organization building, digital business model design & financing.
Christian Grobe
Position:
Co-Founder
Company:
Billie
Whitespace
About:
Christoph Zöller
Position:
Founder
Company:
Instaffo
Whitespace
About:
Engaged in bringing tech talent and companies together for years and built up a company with around 50 employees today.
Claire Mula
Position:
Technology entrepreneur, founder of Sprooki & scale-up expert
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Advisor to investors and supports future and fellow entrepreneurs through education, research and coaching.
Colin Bennett
Position:
Speaker and trainer for for rhetoric and persuasive speaking
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Speaker and trainer for business people since 20 years, specialized on pitch training, rhetoric and audience psychology.
Constantin Papadopoulos
Position:
Sales Coach & Co-Founder
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Snipers.Sale
Dmitri Sarle
Position:
Serial Entrepreneur
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Founder of Earthians & Weeklyaction.club. Startup angel investor. Philosopher. Mentor.
Emmanuel Cassimatis
Position:
Portfolio Growth
Company:
SAP.io
Whitespace
About:
Erdinç Koç
Position:
Funding and VC Expert
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Eva Haas
Position:
Freelance controller & startup consultant
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Fabian Silberer
Position:
CEO & Co-Founder
Company:
sevDesk
Whitespace
About:
Co–founder and CEO of sevDesk, a cloud-based accounting software for self-employed and small businesses.
Frank Steffen
Position:
Senior Coach
Company:
scale up
Whitespace
About:
Ian O’Rourke
Position:
Founder & CEO
Company:
Adthena Ltd
Whitespace
About:
Founded several companies and involved in the technology & start-up industry for the past 23 years in Silicon Valley, Taiwan, England and Australia.
Ilhan Scheer
Position:
Managing Director at Accenture, Founder& CEO fable+
Company:
fable+
Whitespace
About:
15 years of consulting experience in the area of organizational transformation and agilization.
Janina Rüger-Aamot
Position:
Business coach & leadership coach for founders & teams
Company:
econoyou
Whitespace
About:
Janina Rüger-Aamot, BusinessCoach, Leadership-coaching for founders and teams to strengthen presence, communication and appearance, focal points, Presentation (convince and inspire), Stage fright (individual causes and solutions), Presence (know, use and strengthen your own impact), leadership (team development), Spotlight - Dealing with pressure
Vita: Since 2021 co-managing director of econoyou UG with Vera M. Lyko, Since 2017 business coach with a focus on leadership, presence and presentation ("The Art of Appearance"), Degrees as a concert musician, conductor, musicologist (MA), pedagogue
Jason Van
Position:
CTO and Co-Founder
Company:
hoolah
Whitespace
About:
A highly experienced technology executive with very strong commercial acumen who has occupied CIO/CTO roles for nearly 20 years.
Jeff Perlman
Position:
Founder and Consultant, Revenue Ninja; ex-CEO, OneSaas (acquired by Intuit)
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Founder at Revenue Ninja, providing outsourced revenue optimisation strategy to the start-up community.
Jenny von Podewils
Position:
Co-CEO of Leapsome
Company:
Leapsome
Whitespace
About:
Together with Kajetan Armansperg, she supports companies in building successful teams with people enablement technology.
Joao Duarte
Position:
Company:
Verne Ventures
Whitespace
About:
Jochen Morsbach
Position:
Attorney at Law and Partner
Company:
Weitnauer
Whitespace
About:
Advises technology-oriented companies in legal aspects of IT and data protection issues as well as start-up projects and financing issues.
Jochen Wierz
Position:
Partner and a leadership member of FalkenSteg's Corporate finance practice
Company:
FalkenSteg
Whitespace
About:
Jonas Braun
Position:
Co-Founder & Head
of Sales
Company:
SaleUp
Whitespace
About:
Julia Schwendner
Position:
Attention Manager
Company:
hypr
Whitespace
About:
PR professional with focus on B2B topics.
Klaus Wächter
Position:
Chairman of the Business Angels RLP
Company:
Whitespace
About:
Chairman of the Business Angels RLP.
Lars Olsson
Position:
Founder and CPO
Company:
Cashlink
Whitespace
About:
Lars ist Gründer und Chief Product Officer bei Cashlink, dem Europa-weit führenden Software-as-a-Service-Anbieter für den Vertrieb von tokenisierten Finanzprodukten. Seit der Gründung des Start-Ups 2016 ist Lars für die Weiterentwicklung des Produkts verantwortlich und hat alle Phasen in einem Start-Up miterlebt. Schon im Studium am KIT in Karlsruhe und in Stanford faszinierte ihn das Design von Software-basierten Produkten und Dienstleistungen - am liebsten in Bereichen, in denen es noch keine Benchmarks oder Best-Practices gibt.
Lena Esseln
Position:
Startup Scout & Advisor
Company:
German Accelerator
Whitespace
About:
Part of the scouting team at German Accelerator and advises startups on their international expansion plans.
