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.
Alberto Pérez-Arranz
Year of foundation:
Head of Portfolio & Investments
Position:
Wayra
Whitespace
Company:
Began leading the startup investments of Telefónica in the DACH region as part of Wayra Germany in 2019
Andri Stocker
Year of foundation:
Sales Lead DACH (Clarity AI) & Co-Founder (HiddenGyms)
Position:
Clarity AI & HiddenGyms
Whitespace
Company:
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.
Anna Hüttl
Year of foundation:
Manager Startup ecosystem
Position:
NEXT MANNHEIM
Whitespace
Company:
Arne Böhm
Year of foundation:
Sales Coach & Co-Founder of SaleUp
Position:
SaleUp
Whitespace
Company:
Bartosz Kajdas
Year of foundation:
Science-Tech Venture Building Expert
Position:
Pitch-Competition-Alert
Whitespace
Company:
Bennet F. Jakob
Year of foundation:
Tax consultant/auditor
Position:
Jakob & Partner
Whitespace
Company:
Bernd Korz
Year of foundation:
CEO/CVO
Position:
alugha
Whitespace
Company:
Accidental Genius. Pioneer. Visionary. Entrepreneur. Keynote speaker. Dad. Husband. Dog person. Writer.
Björn Goß
Year of foundation:
Founder & CEO
Position:
Stocard
Whitespace
Company:
Carlyn Gabon
Year of foundation:
Senior Manager, Growth at Wingcopter
Position:
Wingcopter
Whitespace
Company:
Senior Manager, Growth at Wingcopter
Caroline Aumeran
Year of foundation:
Venture Builder in the Field of Energy and Sustainability
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Charles Ahmadzadeh
Year of foundation:
Engineering
Position:
Clipboard Health
Whitespace
Company:
Christian Dahlen
Year of foundation:
Business Angel and SAP VP
Position:
SAP
Whitespace
Company:
Vice President at SAP advising executives on investment decisions for SAP’s product portfolio & active business angel.
Christian Els
Year of foundation:
CEO and Co-founder
Position:
Sentin
Whitespace
Company:
Brings a wealth of experience in sales, customer development, organization building, digital business model design & financing.
Christian Grobe
Year of foundation:
Co-Founder
Position:
Billie
Whitespace
Company:
Christoph Zöller
Year of foundation:
Founder
Position:
Instaffo
Whitespace
Company:
Engaged in bringing tech talent and companies together for years and built up a company with around 50 employees today.
Claire Mula
Year of foundation:
Technology entrepreneur, founder of Sprooki & scale-up expert
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Advisor to investors and supports future and fellow entrepreneurs through education, research and coaching.
Colin Bennett
Year of foundation:
Speaker and trainer for for rhetoric and persuasive speaking
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Speaker and trainer for business people since 20 years, specialized on pitch training, rhetoric and audience psychology.
Collin Bennett
Year of foundation:
Pitch coach
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Constantin Papadopoulos
Year of foundation:
Sales Coach & Co-Founder
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Snipers.Sale
Daniela Bach
Year of foundation:
Principal of HTGF
Position:
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Whitespace
Company:
Dietz Ulrich
Year of foundation:
Global sourcing & offshoring for IT / SW / technology
Position:
aproxITo GmbH
Whitespace
Company:
Dmitri Sarle
Year of foundation:
Serial Entrepreneur
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Founder of Earthians & Weeklyaction.club. Startup angel investor. Philosopher. Mentor.
Dr. Alexia Wahl
Year of foundation:
Corporate lawyer/ M&A
Position:
SZA
Whitespace
Company:
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
Year of foundation:
AI and Business Model Expert
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
An experienced entrepreneur, advisor & investor with a background in AI and extensive business experience,
Dr. Heino Freudenberg
Year of foundation:
Family entrepreneur, founder and start-up investor from Heidelberg
Position:
TMC Sensortechnik GmbH, JANTOR GmbH
Whitespace
Company:
Dr. Markus Pilz
Year of foundation:
Chairman
Position:
vectorsoft AG
Whitespace
Company:
Dr. Martin Gutfleisch
Year of foundation:
COO
Position:
Varmo
Whitespace
Company:
Dr. Matthias Heusel
Year of foundation:
Startup Lawyer
Position:
Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Whitespace
Company:
Advises startups and venture capital investors on all matters of corporate law and M&A.
Dr. Simon Apel
Year of foundation:
IT/IP Lawyer
Position:
SZA
Whitespace
Company:
Advises primarily on questions of copyright law, software projects & unfair competition law, with a specialty practice in the field of improper product imitation.
Emmanuel Cassimatis
Year of foundation:
Portfolio Growth
Position:
SAP.io
Whitespace
Company:
Erdinç Koç
Year of foundation:
Funding and VC Expert
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Eva Haas
Year of foundation:
Freelance controller & startup consultant
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Fabian Silberer
Year of foundation:
CEO & Co-Founder
Position:
sevDesk
Whitespace
Company:
Co–founder and CEO of sevDesk, a cloud-based accounting software for self-employed and small businesses.
Fernanda Ivatiuk
Year of foundation:
Co-founder of Edtech Beetools & Sales Entrepreneur
Position:
SalesPlaybook
Whitespace
Company:
Frank Steffen
Year of foundation:
Senior Coach
Position:
scale up
Whitespace
Company:
Gunther Deppner
Year of foundation:
Head of IBSO Products Business Development EMEA/MEE/APJ
Position:
SAP SE
Whitespace
Company:
Ian O’Rourke
Year of foundation:
Founder & CEO
Position:
Adthena Ltd
Whitespace
Company:
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
Year of foundation:
Managing Director at Accenture, Founder& CEO fable+
Position:
fable+
Whitespace
Company:
15 years of consulting experience in the area of organizational transformation and agilization.
Inga-Marit Nölle
Year of foundation:
Head of Finance & Investment
Position:
innoWerft
Whitespace
Company:
Jan Friedrichson
Year of foundation:
Corporate/M&A Lawyer & Partner
Position:
SZA
Whitespace
Company:
Advises investors, founders, start-ups and grown-ups on all matters of corporate law and M&A.
Janina Rüger-Aamot
Year of foundation:
Business coach & leadership coach for founders & teams
Position:
econoyou
Whitespace
Company:
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
Year of foundation:
CTO and Co-Founder
Position:
hoolah
Whitespace
Company:
A highly experienced technology executive with very strong commercial acumen who has occupied CIO/CTO roles for nearly 20 years.
Jeff Perlman
Year of foundation:
Founder and Consultant, Revenue Ninja; ex-CEO, OneSaas (acquired by Intuit)
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Founder at Revenue Ninja, providing outsourced revenue optimisation strategy to the start-up community.
Jenny von Podewils
Year of foundation:
Co-CEO of Leapsome
Position:
Leapsome
Whitespace
Company:
Together with Kajetan Armansperg, she supports companies in building successful teams with people enablement technology.
Joao Duarte
Year of foundation:
Position:
Verne Ventures
Whitespace
Company:
Jochen Morsbach
Year of foundation:
Attorney at Law and Partner
Position:
Weitnauer
Whitespace
Company:
Advises technology-oriented companies in legal aspects of IT and data protection issues as well as start-up projects and financing issues.
Jochen Wierz
Year of foundation:
Partner and a leadership member of FalkenSteg's Corporate finance practice
Position:
FalkenSteg
Whitespace
Company:
Jonas Braun
Year of foundation:
Co-Founder & Head
of Sales
Position:
SaleUp
Whitespace
Company:
Julia Koziol
Year of foundation:
Startup consultant
Position:
Die Techniker
Whitespace
Company:
Julia Schwendner
Year of foundation:
Attention Manager
Position:
hypr
Whitespace
Company:
PR professional with focus on B2B topics.
Kai Grunwald
Year of foundation:
Attorney at law & partner
Position:
Weitnauer
Whitespace
Company:
Klaus Wächter
Year of foundation:
Chairman of the Business Angels RLP
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Chairman of the Business Angels RLP.
Lars Olsson
Year of foundation:
Founder and CPO
Position:
Cashlink
Whitespace
Company:
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
Year of foundation:
Startup Scout & Advisor
Position:
German Accelerator
Whitespace
Company:
Part of the scouting team at German Accelerator and advises startups on their international expansion plans.
Leo Grafmüller
Year of foundation:
Business Model Innovation Manager
Position:
HIMA / himalaya exploration lab
Whitespace
Company:
Manages business model innovation at himalaya – HIMA’s Exploration Lab.
Lily Mizani
Year of foundation:
Sales Expert & founder
Position:
Heartcoresales
Whitespace
Company:
Sales Expert & founder of Heartcoresales.
Lisa Mo Wagner
Year of foundation:
Product Coach
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Lisa befähigt als Product Coach Teams und Leader dabei, effektiv Produkte zu bauen, die wertvoll für Kund*innen und Unternehmen zugleich sind. Sie teilt gerne Ihre Erfahrungen aus fast 10 Jahren in Organisationen vom early-stage Startups bis zum Großkonzern, in Branchen wie ad teach, e-commerce, ed tech oder fin tech , in Deutschland und Kanada.
Lisa is a product person with a strong focus on inclusive and empowering product management. She believes the most effective product leaders excel at strategic skills like empathy, listening and facilitation. Put your team first and trust they will put your customer first. Her 10 years of experience range from early-stage startups to corporates in Europe and Canada across industries like retail, ad tech, e-commerce, ed tech and fin tech.
Lubomila Jordanova
Year of foundation:
CEO & Founder
Position:
Plan A
Whitespace
Company:
Lucas Trunk
Year of foundation:
Digital ecosystem and platform expert
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Responsible for the development of digital business models in a large industrial company and an expert when it comes to digital ecosystems & platforms.
Maeva Cifuentes
Year of foundation:
CEO Flying Cat Marketing
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Founder of Flying Cat Marketing.
Malte Zander
Year of foundation:
Sales and Growth Hacking Coach
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Manuel Hartmann
Year of foundation:
B2B sales expert & founder of The Sales Playbook
Position:
The Sales Playbook
Whitespace
Company:
Helps committed B2B Entrepreneurs hit product-market-fit and scale sales quickly with flexible, affordable, no bullshit Sales Acceleration Enablement.
Marcel Pfenning
Year of foundation:
Sales Trainer
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
As a trainer & consultant for companies and business owners, he enforces and supports innovation for small and mid-sized companies.
Marcus Erken
Year of foundation:
Startup Finance Expert
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Founding partner of Sunfish Partner and lecturer in the field of entrepreneurship.
Maren Osterlitz
Year of foundation:
Head of Venture Funding
Position:
innoWerft
Whitespace
Company:
Mark Miller
Year of foundation:
One of the founders of Carlsquare
Position:
Carlsquare
Whitespace
Company:
Worked for the Deutsche Bank and as an analyst at Bertelsmann AG, where he examined strategic investment opportunities.
Michael Rosenbaum
Year of foundation:
CEO
Position:
Spacer & Parkhound
Whitespace
Company:
Mirko Twardy
Year of foundation:
Founder
Position:
Das Fördercafé
Whitespace
Company:
Moritz Luck
Year of foundation:
Co-Founder and Investor
Position:
Phytonics and Enscape
Whitespace
Company:
Nikolai Ladanyi
Year of foundation:
Active entrepreneur and angel investor. Scaling Up coach
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Active entrepreneur and angel investor himself, and combines this with a deep understanding of psychology.
Nora Zybura
Year of foundation:
Management scholar
Position:
University of Mannheim & Mannheim Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MCEI)
Whitespace
Company:
Management scholar, doctoral candidate and lecturer at the Chair of SME research and Entrepreneurship.
Oliver Lesche
Year of foundation:
Business Angel and Serial Entrepreneur
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Business Angel and Serial Entrepreneur.
Patrick Brienen-Lucius
Year of foundation:
Consultant & Coach for B2B Marketing and Sales - Keynote Speaker
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Paulina Banszerus
Year of foundation:
Investment Manager
Position:
Schenker Ventures
Whitespace
Company:
Peter Fricke
Year of foundation:
Head of Deutsche Boerse Venture Network
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Responsible for pre-IPO and IPO-related services including the Deutsche Börse Venture Network.
Prof. Dr. Michael Graef
Year of foundation:
Professor for Entrepreneurship
Position:
Worms University
Whitespace
Company:
Regine Harr
Year of foundation:
Start Up Sales Coach, Pitch Trainer, Positioning Specialist, Investor, Entrepreneur
Position:
Sales 360
Whitespace
Company:
Reinhard Ematinger
Year of foundation:
Expert in Business Model Innovation
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Advisor and Lecturer on Business Model Innovation and Customer Value Creation.
Robert Leinders-Krog
Year of foundation:
CEO of XY01, advisor, growth-hacker
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Oslo-based advisor & growth hacker for next generation global brands. A brand management expert and entrepreneur at the core.
Roland Bätz
Year of foundation:
Founder & Advisor
Position:
THE SCALING COMPANY
Whitespace
Company:
Advisor for Founders, Startups & Corporates
Sandra van de Pas
Year of foundation:
Sales Coach
Position:
Coaching Van de Pas · Selbstständig
Whitespace
Company:
Coach & Training mit Schwerpunkt Sales, Business und Change | Einzel- & Team-Sitzungen | Privat & Firmenkunden
Sascha Dahlke
Year of foundation:
Director and a member of FalkenSteg's Corporate finance practice
Position:
FalkenSteg
Whitespace
Company:
Sascha Kronberg
Year of foundation:
Founder & CEO
Position:
Telesalestraining.de
Whitespace
Company:
Simon Schmincke
Year of foundation:
General Partner
Position:
Creandum
Whitespace
Company:
Sonja Wilkens
Year of foundation:
Startup consultant
Position:
Economic Development Department of the City of Mannheim
Whitespace
Company:
Sophie Chung
Year of foundation:
CEO and Founder
Position:
Qunomedical
Whitespace
Company:
Stefan Bley
Year of foundation:
Position:
Netzwerk Smart Production
Whitespace
Company:
Stefanie Kraus
Year of foundation:
Co-founder & CEO
Position:
Loady
Whitespace
Company:
Stephanie Leue
Year of foundation:
Product Leadership Coach for companies
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Susanne Fichtner-Feigl
Year of foundation:
Investor & Business Angel
Position:
ff2-Consulting GmbH
Whitespace
Company:
Founder & Managing Director
Sven Birkner
Year of foundation:
Consultant Startups and SMEs
Position:
VR Bank Rhein-Neckar eG
Whitespace
Company:
Sven Birkner
Year of foundation:
Banking for startups & SMEs
Position:
VR Bank Rhein-Neckar eG
Whitespace
Company:
Sven Soltau
Year of foundation:
Expert CRM, tech stack and online marketing
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Tammy Bieth
Year of foundation:
Start-up and university consultant
Position:
Techniker Health Insurance
Whitespace
Company:
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
Year of foundation:
Award-winning technology entrepreneur
Position:
Whitespace
Company:
Visionary award-winner technology entrepreneur and pioneer in the field of Perceptual Display Processing for the consumer and automotive industry.