amberra

》Currently setting up a new corporate venture capital fund to invest in beyond-banking business models  for one of the biggest banking groups in Germany (Genossenschaftliche Finanzgruppe).

》Please reach out to selma.peters@amberra.de if you have developed an highly-scalable idea in the area of sustainability, health, real estate or B2B services. Investment activities will start in H2 2024.

Investment Analyst | Venture Capital

2hearts

》Building Europe's most divers angel network to empower migrant founders.

Co-Lead @ 2hearts Angels Collective | Startups

European Women in VC

》Managing and building relationships with general partners and limited partners.

》Organizing weekly limited partner calls for funds with diverse management teams.

》Assisting with developing the membership and converting new members.

Community Relations Manager | GP & LP Network

inVenture

》Joined the team as employee #1 five months after company foundation; syndicated over € 1m in VC investments within 1 year across 5 target funds (e.g. Planet A Ventures, GP Bullhound, STS Ventures).

》Led and managed various growth initiatives including orchestrating product launches, creating content strategies across various acquisition channels (e.g., 500% LinkedIn growth within one year), improving email marketing analytics, and building educational resources (e.g., "Introduction to VC" email course with over 180 subscribers)

》Supported with fund sourcing and due diligence as well as investor reporting

》Assisted the founder team with strategic partnership proposals and our pre-seed fundraising round

》Recognized by Germany's best-known financial magazine for women (“finanzielle”) for my commitment to increasing access to the VC industry

》Held workshop on venture capital for aspiring female business angels in cooperation with the Female Investors Network
 
》Organized a financial education event in collaboration with other FinTechs and gave an introduction to venture capital to over 40 people

Founder Associate | Growth

TechQuartier

》Conception, project management, and conduction of “Growth Alliance AgriFood Startup Bootcamp“ in collaboration with the Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank in 09/2020 and 06/2021.

》Conception, project management, and conduction of an international corporate innovation challenge on machine learning for innovative risk management for one of the leading central banks in the world, the Deutsche Bundesbank, in 01/2021.

》Independently managed startup scouting initiatives across diverse sectors including agtech, machine learning, fintech, consumer tech, B2B software, and sustainability. Responsibilities mainly entailed developing tailored scouting strategies, market research, performing due diligence, startup interviews, and pitching the results to customers. 

》Initiated and supported the development of new products and services while driving improvements to existing offerings (e.g. Contributed to TechQuartier’s mission of building strong entrepreneurial ecosystems by creating an investor-focused event format sponsored by the Hessian economic development bank, facilitating over 40 investor startup meetings.)

Innovation Products Manager | Startup Acceleration & Scouting

》Orchestrated the end-to-end startup membership sales cycle, showcasing proficiency in lead generation, process optimization, and conversion.

》Evaluated about 200 startup profiles and presented eligible members to the managing directors on a weekly basis.

》Pioneered the organization-wide integration, automation, and streamlining of sales workflows by leveraging state-of-the-art CRM software (HubSpot). 

》Delivered a 100% growth in startup memberships within a span of one year.

New Business and Accounts Analyst | Startups

ACXIT Capital Partners

》Company valuations with different methods such as comparable companies analysis and comparable acquisitions analysis.

》Preparation of company presentations, pitches, and investment proposals.

》Preparation of market and competitive analyses and industry screenings for the identification of potential acquisition targets/buyers.

》Involved in developing additional M&A deal flow by sourcing tech companies as acquisition targets.

Visiting Analyst | M&A

coparion

》Assisted the investment team in the deal flow processes up to the negotiations with potential portfolio companies and created investment proposals.

》Performed commercial due diligence activities of potential investment targets including market research, exit analysis as well as technology deep-dives.

》Reviewed business plans and built financial analyses for individual companies and the venture capital portfolio as a whole.

》Engaged with startups/founders and helped source new investment opportunities from various conferences.

Visiting Analyst | Venture Capital

Enactus

》Spearheaded together with the five other board members a team of 105 members to conduct entrepreneurial endeavors from inception to completion.

》Responsible for the strategic and organizational functioning of Enactus University Frankfurt e.V. and developed a team vision and strategy concerning the general management, finances, marketing, human resources and innovation management of the organization.

》Introduced up to 50 new members to methods and the mindset of (Social) Entrepreneurship.

》Coordinated and supported 7 local and 2 international projects addressing the issues of ecology, clean water, migration, education, and economic empowerment. The projects fundraised in total 36.000€ and have been awarded with 7 prizes and grants.

》Involved in creating a guide and various tools to generate new ideas and improving the innovative power, impact and quality of future projects.

Chairwoman of the Board

Enactus mobilizes university students to make a difference in their communities through social entrepreneurship. The teams develop and apply economically sustainable business models that positively impact people, planet and prosperity.

Involved in expanding the reach of Enactus Frankfurt by developing and implementing a project abroad. Launched a project addressing the lack of protective clothing in the textile sector of Bangladesh. Created together with five other team members a suitable business model to ensure the distribution of safety goggles and fair working conditions for the Bengali garment workers. 

Furthermore greatly improved my communication, leadership and problem solving skills by actively participating in a variety of workshops which were provided by the Enactus Germany network.

Project Team Member

Selected to represent over 100 Enactus members to showcase projects and the impact Enactus Frankfurt had on the community. Exposition team was comprised of six Enactus members who memorized and perfected a presentation of 17 minutes which was presented to executives and various company representatives from across Germany. 25 teams presented the results of their innovative entrepreneurial initiatives over two rounds of competition. In the first round, 62 judges narrowed the field to the final five teams, who presented on the main stage in front of the nearly 650 attendees to a panel of 29 final round judges. 

Enactus Frankfurt achieved to reach the final round of the competition and thus was ranked among the top teams in Germany.

Exposition Presentation Team

SONEAN

As a SNA (social network analysis) based strategy consultant and intelligence partner, we bring the complementary social network perspective into our clients` decision making processes and move them beyond financial and non-financial data to help identify risks and opportunities in a unique manner. SONEAN's Ecosystem Intelligence sets a new standard when it comes to monitoring the competitive environment of our corporate and investor clients internationally, helping them to spot opportunities and threats dynamically in an unparalleled way. 

I carried out two full time internships at Sonean in July/August 2013 and July/August 2014 and have since 2013 been a member of the SNA lab (www.snalab.com) working part-time in their headquarter in Kronberg (vicinity of Frankfurt). 

I was involved in researching multiple ties among corporate leaders in Europe as a basis for future analysis as well as startup investor networks and was able to develop social network related research skill sets looking at companies not in isolation but holistically in terms of the social networks in which their corporate leaders are embedded and how it affects their corporate governance, decision making and business strategy as a whole. My contribution is also mentioned in SONEAN's latest recommendations to the OECD, and other papers which were cited across the world and served as a basis for new policy and governance rules.

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