Startups often find themselves confronted by an unequal access to financing
opportunities. Bank financing tends to be targeted more at established companies; at the same time, startups have to keep up with the best ideas in international competition. Further difficulties arise due to the prevalent opacity in the market for private equity, as well as due to weaknesses in the processing of financial information. What alternative forms of financing are there in Austria and Europe to stimulate the startup scene?
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Amber RIEDL
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Co-Founder & Managing Director, makerist GmbH, Berlin | |
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Michael STEINER
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Partner, CUDOS Group; Founder of Austrian Business Angel Days, Vienna | | | |
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Herbert TEMPSCH
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Deputy Head, Financing & Advisory, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna | | | |
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Co-Founder & Managing Director, makerist GmbH, Berlin
| 2003-2004 | Teaching Assistant, Political Science Dept, UBC - University of British Columbia, Vancouver |
| 2005-2008 | Editor Online & Print, Transparency International Secretariat, Berlin |
| 2008-2013 | Founder & CEO, 1001hochzeiten.de, Berlin |
| 2009-2013 | Founder & CEO, 1001hochzeitstische.de, Berlin |
| 2013-2015 | Co-Founder & Director Production and Marketing, makerist GmbH, Berlin |
| since 2013 | Shareholder 1001hochzeiten & foreverly.de |
| since 2015 | Co-Founder & Managing Director, makerist GmbH, Berlin |
Partner, CUDOS Group; Founder of Austrian Business Angel Days, Vienna
| | Master, Strategic Management, Singapore Management University, Singapore |
| | Business Analyst, Arthur D. Little |
| | Senior Consultant, Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen |
| 2007-2011 | Co-Founder & Managing Director, First Love Capital Beteiligungs-Management Gmbh & Co KG, Vienna |
| 2008-2014 | Founder and Project Manager, Austrian Business Angel Days, Vienna |
| 2011-2012 | Management Consultant, McKinsey & Company, Inc. Austria, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Partner, CUDOS Group, Vienna |
| since 2013 | Chairman of the Investment Committee, Austrian Founders' Fund / AWS Gründerfonds, Vienna |
| Member of the Management Board, SARSI Private Foundation, Vienna |
Deputy Head, Financing & Advisory, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna
| 1986 | Master, Commercial Science, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna |
| 1986-1988 | Business & Financial Analyst, BFAG-Beteiligungsfinanzierungsaktiengesellschaft, Vienna |
| 1988-1989 | Assistant to the CEO, GBI-Gesellschaft für Bundesbeteiligungen an Industrieunternehmen GmbH, Vienna |
| 1989-2010 | Managing Director, Head of Structured Finance, Unicredit Bank Austria, Vienna |
| 2010-2014 | Senior Vice President, Head of Financing & Advisory Austria, UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking, Vienna |
| since 2014 | Senior Vice President, Deputy Head of Financing & Advisory, Head of Export & Investment Finance, UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking, Vienna |
Member, Forum Alpbach Network, Brussels
| since 2013 | Advisor European Affairs, Commerzbank AG, Brussels |
