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DAY 1 ― 2 MAY 2018 13:00 Check In & Lunch Check In, Pitch Battles & 14:00 Welcome Note by Andreas Thümmler (acxit) and Markus Koch (wall street correspondents) Reception Sector Pitch Battles – Moderation: Hannah Klose 14:30 The hottest FinTech and SportsTech startups will present themselves on stage at TechQuartier

21:00 Cocktail Receptionat Thurn ’N Taxis Palais

DAY 2 ― 3 MAY 2018 08:30 Open Doors Conference Day & Club Night 09:30 Welcome Note by Andreas Thümmler (acxit)

09:45 “Blockchain – The next Internet?” Keynote by Dr. Alex von Frankenberg (htgf)

“Let’s get it started – Latest market data and insights into blockchain startups and ICOs as well as AI and IoT” 10:15 Keynote by Toby Lewis (novum insights)

“ICOs – Party over or just the beginning?” Panel with Toby Lewis (novum insights), Lukasz Musialski (iconiq lab), 10:45 Felix Hötzinger (gambio), Dr. Marcus C. Funke (latham & watkins), Carlos Moreira (wisekey) – Moderation: Eran Davidson (davidson capital)

“Investors’ approach to ICO – Changing parameters in perception, valuation and regulation” 11:25 Panel with Laurenz Apiarius (blockwall), Dr. Heinrich Zetlmayer (lykke), Dr. Alex von Frankenberg (htgf), Maximilian Lautenschläger (iconiq lab) – Moderation: Axel Schiemannn (latham & watkins)

“New Forms of Financing” Panel with Eran Davidson (davidson capital), Niko Wäsche (gmpvc), Paul Jozefak 12:05 (ogds), Fabian Westerheide (asgard), Agnieszka Sarnecka (neufund) – Moderation: Christian Hoppe

12:45 Lunch Buffet

“Information, Communication, Commitment” 14:15 Renowned business investigator Tamer Bakiner shares his best practices in times of digital transformation

15:15 “Evolution of AI” Keynote by Fabian Westerheide (asgard)

“AI / Cybersecurity” Panel with Dr. Sven Körner (thingsthinking), Marc Wilczek (link 11), Jan Andresen (cyber innovation hub), 16:00 Frank Niehage (fintech group), Christophe Hocquet (brille2�), Charles Fränkl (smartfrog) – Moderation:Chris Boos (arago)

“Future of Traffic” Panel with Niclas Braun (cargodrone), Benjamin Erhart (uvc partners), Florian Petit (blickfeld), 16:40 Christian Graf von Bentzel (tachoeasy), Michael Brecht (innovation factory) – Moderation: Christian Ramme( acxit)

“FinTech” Panel with Michael Mellinghoff (techfluence), Stefan Roßbach (tme), Axel Apfelbacher (niiio), 17:20 John Butler (lend & borrow trust), Ankur Kamalia (deutsche börse), Dr. Markus E. Krüger (latham & watkins) – Moderation: Marina Zubrod (bundesverband deutsche startups)

“Finanzguru from Hackathon to DB investment – Disruptive cooperation to succeed” Case Study with 18:00 Benjamin & Alexander Michel (dwins), Sven A. Weber (deutsche bank) and Dr. Markus E. Krüger (latham & watkins)

Sector Pitch Battles – Presentation of the winners 18:45 Moderation: Dr. Sebastian Schäfer (techquartier)

19:15 Closing Keynote by Andreas Thümmler (acxit)

19:30 Dinner Buffet and Whisky Tasting by St. Kilian

21:00 GrowthCon Club Night at Gibson Club

DAY 3 ― 4 MAY 2018 Tech Breakfast – In the early Friday morning, we will host an after conference get-together 09:00 Tech Breakfast & for all participants, enabling workshops, break-out sessions and follow-up discussions IPO Workshop 10:15 Welcome Note by acxit capital partners

360 Degree IPO Workshop – How to prepare for an IPO: prerequisites, conditions, to-do’s and 10:30 potential mistakes with deutsche börse, quirin privatbank and latham & watkins

02 GREETING & CONTENT

DEAR GUESTS OF GROWTHCON 2018, CONTENT

It’s time again for 500 companies, found- 1 PROGRAM / TIMETABLE › p. 02 ers, CEOs, investors and deal makers to meet up under one roof at the Auto-Klassikstadt 2 LOCATIONS › p. 04 in Frankfurt to exchange ideas, to network and make deals. As your hosts, ACXIT Capital 3 INTRODUCTION › p. 06 Partners in cooperation with VCDE Venture Partners invited Frankfurt based TechQuartier to the equation and 4 SPONSORS & PARTNERS › p. 08 extended the program from one day to three days. This gave us room for the additional “Tech Battle”, something that startups and 5 SCHEDULE & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES – DAY 1 › p. 10 investors alike are really excited about. In a post-Brexit world, Frankfurt seems to profit from an ever 6 SCHEDULE & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES – DAY 2 › p. 14 accelerated inflow of international financial institutions and service providers, many of them coming from Asia doing business in the 7 SCHEDULE & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES – DAY 3 › p. 24 EU. This is a fantastic development for our financial center and it gives us a lot of optimism and self-confidence to expand our role 8 SPEAKER QUOTES › p. 26 as a financier and market for entrepreneurial growth in Germany and Europe as a whole. The decisive element of success in the future, however, will even more importantly be the velocity and scale of innovation within the financial technologies. How well are we prepared? Will banks, after all, lose their position and importance within a decade or even sooner? Will they be replaced or outper- formed by a breed of new “FinTechs”? Will the blockchain technology change the world of financial markets? Are cryptocurrencies and ICOs presenting new opportu- nities? Will regulators agree and catch up with the high-speed developments in this area? What about cybersecurity in this context? And how will the established 800-pound gorillas in the banking scene react? Will they neglect or participate? The markets obvious- ly are at a point where they need orientation and guidance simi- lar to this year’s GrowthCon participants and that is why we chose these topics and invited a whole set of experts and speakers to give us the necessary insights. The teams of ACXIT, VCDE and TechQuartier would like to wish you lots of success and hopefully many new insights from our GrowthCon 2018! Please feel free to visit us anytime at our offices in Frankfurt but also in Berlin, Munich, Leipzig, Zürich or Hong Kong with your ideas or queries, we are always prepared to talk about M&A and growth financings. We love to assist you in your path of Growth.

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GrowthCon is a Tech and M&A conference which offers a deep Hannah Klose is a natural born host! Her tal- dive into the relevant topics of today’s tech business and entrepre- ent for authentic and charming moderation as neurial challenges. Joining us on stage, many well-known investors well as hands-on stage training is unique and and founders will discuss the hottest trends and give a picture of empowering. newest developments. As a networking platform, we expect more In 2013 she started her trainer journey and than 500 technology savvy founders, digital leaders, investors and has ever since done several certifications, also corporates to mix into an inspiring crowd. as a business trainer. Starting in 2014 Hannah has been moderating events focused on tech, digital, innovation and startups topics. Over the years her passion for personal growth development, net- EVENT & NETWORKING APP working and events have become her daily work. Last summer, Han- nah started her own business in moderation and training/coaching. View the event agenda, attendees and plan She is coaching speakers and those who want to become speakers, your schedule. Meet-up with fellow attendees, planning and organizing events and guiding clients through the jun- potential investors, corporates or founders. Find someone to share gle of social media, branding and marketing. First and foremost, a cab to go to the conference together. Plan some social activities her main topic of interest lies in communication. such as a morning run, city tour, or meet-ups with your fellow at- Hannah has designed her own public speaker program called tendees. You can even post job openings. Connect with someone STAGELOVERS. In November 2017 she became a student of the within the app to have lunch or dinner together. Scandinavian Institute of Communicology. This January, she also Simply download the Whova app from the Apple App Store or took on the role as the COO of ChangeworX, an interdisciplinary Google Play Store or use it directly from your browser. center of competence for health, performance and balance located After downloading, sign up with the email address you pur- in the heart of Munich. chased your ticket with or by using a social media account. Once you're signed up, you should be taken directly to our event! Markus Koch has covered Wall Street and the stock market for well over twenty years, and is credited for becoming one the first report- ers to broadcast live from the floor of the New ADVERT York Stock Exchange. He was nominated for the German Television Award, the Business Journalism Award of the German Derivates Association, and recently received the prestigious Friedrich-Vogel-Award for outstanding business journalism for one of his many behavioral finance-based web productions.

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21:00 Cocktail Receptionat Thurn ’N Taxis Palais

DAY 2 ― 3 MAY 2018 08:30 Open Doors Conference Day & Club Night 09:30 Welcome Note by Andreas Thümmler (acxit)

09:45 “Blockchain – The next Internet?” Keynote by Dr. Alex von Frankenberg (htgf)

“Let’s get it started – Latest market data and insights into blockchain startups and ICOs as well as AI and IoT” 10:15 Keynote by Toby Lewis (novum insights)

12:45 Lunch Buffet

“Information, Communication, Commitment” 14:15 Renowned business investigator Tamer Bakiner shares his best practices in times of digital transformation

15:15 “Evolution of AI” Keynote by Fabian Westerheide (asgard)

Sector Pitch Battles – Presentation of the winners 18:45 Moderation: Dr. Sebastian Schäfer (techquartier)

19:15 Closing Keynote by Andreas Thümmler (acxit)

19:30 Dinner Buffet and Whisky Tasting by St. Kilian

21:00 GrowthCon Club Night at Gibson Club

360 Degree IPO Workshop – How to prepare for an IPO: prerequisites, conditions, to-do’s and 10:30 potential mistakes with deutsche börse, quirin privatbank and latham & watkins

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14:00 WELCOME NOTE 14:30 SECTOR PITCH BATTLES

Andreas Thümmler ― acxit capital partners Hannah Klose

Andreas Thümmler founded Corporate Fi- Hannah Klose is a natural born host! Her tal- nance Partners Group “CFP” in 1998 in Frank- ent for authentic and charming moderation as furt. CFP was a leading European Tech & In- well as hands-on stage training is unique and ternet Corporate Finance advisor and was empowering. synonymous with expertise and execution in In 2013 she started her trainer journey and mid-cap Tech Corporate Finance advisory and has ever since done several certifications, also M&A transactions. Since its inception in Germany in 1998, more moderator as a business trainer. Starting in 2014 Hannah than 250 M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions in has been moderating events focused on tech, digital, innovation the Internet, Media, Telecommunications and Technology sectors and startups topics. Over the years her passion for personal growth were successfully executed by the CFP team. development, networking and events have become her daily work. As the acting CEO of CFP Group, Andreas expanded into the Last summer, Hannah started her own business in moderation and fund management sector in early 2008 and established VCDE training/coaching. She is coaching speakers and those who want Venture Partners, a leading growth equity investment fund with a to become speakers, planning and organizing events and guiding clear focus on technology companies in the fields of software, in- clients through the jungle of social media, branding and marketing. ternet, mobile telecommunications and IT business services. First and foremost, her main topic of interest lies in communica- In 2011, Andreas turned his hobby of collecting rare single malt tion. whiskies into a business and started building St. Kilian Distillers, Hannah has designed her own public speaker program called one of the largest German whisky productions to date. STAGELOVERS. In November 2017 she became a student of the In 2015, CFP merged with Acxit Capital Management to form Scandinavian Institute of Communicology. This January, she also ACXIT Capital Partners. took on the role as the COO of ChangeworX, an interdisciplinary For many years, Andreas has been a key supporter, fundrais- center of competence for health, performance and balance located er and member of the curatorium of the Hamburg based Steps for in the heart of Munich. Children foundation. Andreas holds a degree in Computer Science and Business Ad- ministration from European Business School – Schloss Reichart- ADVERT shausen and has worked as an M&A specialist with Rothschild in Frankfurt and Warburg in London prior to establishing CFP.

Markus Koch ― wall street correspondents

Markus Koch has covered Wall Street and the stock market for well over twenty years, and is credited for becoming one the first report- ers to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He was nominated for TME AG – located in Frankfurt/Main – offers Consulting, the German Television Award, the Business Development and Investments for financial services Journalism Award of the German Derivates Association, and recent- and is specialized in Digital Banking, Risk & Regulatory ly received the prestigious Friedrich Vogel-Award for outstanding as well as Transformation Management. The team is business journalism for one of his many behavioral finance-based active along the entire value chain – starting from the web productions. conception, proceeding via the transformation and ending at the implementation – dedicated especially to digital business models and their regulatory require- ments. Amongst the clients are banks and insurances but also fintechs and companies from the digital sector.

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WHAT ARE THE PITCH BATTLES ALL ABOUT? TRACK 2 ― FINTECH WILDCARD

The hottest FinTech and SportsTech startups will present them- The Fintech Wildcard has a disruptive value selves on stage at TechQuartier. proposition and an innovative business mod- We have selected startups to pitch in front of the GrowthCon el. Coming from both Germany and abroad, audience and to a selected group of expert judges from the indus- the startups selected for this track leverage try and investment space. cutting edge technology to address modern-day problematics The participants get the chance to present their startup to a faced by the financial services industry. high-level audience, connect directly with high-profile investors, corporates and entrepreneurs at the Speakers’ Dinner, and win an investment readiness session with the experts of ACXIT and Tech- TRACK 3 ― SPORTSTECH Quartier who will challenge their business strategy. Technology is shaping our daily life and the digital transformation is disrupting whole in- TRACK 1 ― FINTECH EARLY STAGE dustries – even professional sports. We were looking for an early-stage start- We were looking for FinTech startups which up working on a fresh solution to analyze and measure the perfor- were founded less than 2.5 years ago with less mance of athletes, driving digital innovations in the medical and than EUR 1 million of funding. rehabilitation sector or perhaps rethinking the fan and stadium In the definition we use, a FinTech startup experiences. is a company which leverages new technology to create new and better financial services for both consumers and businesses. It in- cludes companies of all kinds that may operate in personal financial management, insurance, payment, asset management, blockchain, security or wealth management.

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21:00 Cocktail Receptionat Thurn ’N Taxis Palais

DAY 2 ― 3 MAY 2018 08:30 Open Doors Conference Day & Club Night 09:30 Welcome Note by Andreas Thümmler (acxit)

09:45 “Blockchain – The next Internet?” Keynote by Dr. Alex von Frankenberg (htgf)

“Let’s get it started – Latest market data and insights into blockchain startups and ICOs as well as AI and IoT” 10:15 Keynote by Toby Lewis (novum insights)

12:45 Lunch Buffet

“Information, Communication, Commitment” 14:15 Renowned business investigator Tamer Bakiner shares his best practices in times of digital transformation

15:15 “Evolution of AI” Keynote by Fabian Westerheide (asgard)

Sector Pitch Battles – Presentation of the winners 18:45 Moderation: Dr. Sebastian Schäfer (techquartier)

19:15 Closing Keynote by Andreas Thümmler (acxit)

19:30 Dinner Buffet and Whisky Tasting by St. Kilian

21:00 GrowthCon Club Night at Gibson Club

360 Degree IPO Workshop – How to prepare for an IPO: prerequisites, conditions, to-do’s and 10:30 potential mistakes with deutsche börse, quirin privatbank and latham & watkins

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09:30 WELCOME NOTE 10:15 LET'S GET IT STARTED – LATEST MARKET DATA & INSIGHTS INTO BLOCKCHAIN Andreas Thümmler ― acxit capital partners STARTUPS & ICOs AS WELL AS AI & IOT

Andreas Thümmler founded Corporate Fi- Toby Lewis ― novum insights nance Partners Group “CFP” in 1998 in Frank- furt. CFP was a leading European Tech & In- Toby Lewis, founder and CEO of the innovation ternet Corporate Finance advisor and was monitoring company Novum Insights, is a high- synonymous with expertise and execution in ly energetic serial entrepreneur and prolific mid-cap Tech Corporate Finance advisory and analyst, straddling the worlds of ICOs, technol- M&A transactions. Since its inception in Germany in 1998, more ogy startups, venture capital and data science. than 250 M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions in Novum Insights is running its initial coin of- the Internet, Media, Telecommunications and Technology sectors fering for its new research ICO Novum Coin. were successfully executed by the CFP team. He was one of the co-founders of media publication Global As the acting CEO of CFP Group, Andreas expanded into the Corporate Venturing, where he led both the analytics team and fund management sector in early 2008 and established VCDE Ven- its editorial efforts. Lewis has written regularly for the Wall Street ture Partners, a leading growth equity investment fund with a clear Journal. focus on technology companies in the fields of software, internet, Lewis has spoken at numerous international technology con- mobile telecommunications and IT business services. ferences including during the World Economic Forum, Blockchain In 2011, Andreas turned his hobby of collecting rare single malt Week, Global Technology Symposium, South Summit, White Bull, whiskies into a business and started building St. Kilian Distillers, Tech Tour and the many conferences of Global Corporate Ventur- one of the largest German whisky productions to date. ing. In 2015, CFP merged with Acxit Capital Management to form ACXIT Capital Partners. For many years, Andreas has been a key supporter, fundrais- 10:45 ICOs – PARTY OVER OR JUST THE er and member of the curatorium of the Hamburg based Steps for BEGINNING? Children foundation. Andreas holds a degree in Computer Science and Business Ad- Eran Davidson ― davidson capital ministration from European Business School – Schloss Reichart- shausen and has worked as an M&A specialist with Rothschild in Eran Davidson founded his seventh fund, Da- Frankfurt and Warburg in London prior to establishing CFP. vidson Technology Growth Debt, in 2015, the first German fund to provide growth debt to mid/late stage IT companies in Europe. His ex- 09:45 BLOCKCHAIN – THE NEXT INTERNET? perience in Venture Capital investments goes back to 1996, when he co-managed three Is- Dr. Alex von Frankenberg ― high-tech gründerfonds moderator raeli VC funds and was personally responsible for over one hundred investments, with multiple IPOs and trade Dr. Alex von Frankenberg has been active sales. In 2005, he moved with his family from Tel Aviv to Berlin to in the world of venture capital and startups establish Prof. Hasso Plattner’s (SAP founder) first Venture Capital since 2000 and became Managing Director fund in Germany. He also founded and managed Hasso Plattner of High-Tech Gründerfonds in 2005. Prior to Capital (HPC), Mr. Plattner’s Family Office. this, he was responsible for spin-offs from Eran founded HPV funds in Germany, Europe and South Africa, Siemens Corporate Technology in his role as serving as President and CEO of those funds for 8 years. He holds Venture Manager at the Siemens Technology Accelerator (STA). In an LLB from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Boston University. 2001/2002, he was head of sales and marketing at an IT startup. Before taking on this role, he served as a Project Manager at Sie- Dr. Marcus C. Funke ― latham & watkins mens Management Consulting, where his responsibilities included the establishment of an internal incubator. He started his career Marcus C. Funke advises clients in all aspects developing complex IT systems with Andersen Consulting. of securities and corporate law, particularly in the areas of initial public offerings, rights - of ferings, and bonds, including high-yield bonds. As a member of the firm’s Financial Institu- tions Group, Marcus regularly advises financial industry participants, including FinTech companies, as principals in securities transactions as well as in regulatory matters. Recent work highlights include trivago’s US$330 million IPO on NASDAQ, Galenica Santé’s CHF1.9 billion IPO on SIX Swiss Exchange, and the structuring and implementation of CrossLend’s crossborder market-based lending platform.

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Dr. Felix Hötzinger ― gambio Lukasz Musialski ― iconiq lab

Dr. Felix Hötzinger began his career as an in- Lukasz Musialski is the Portfolio Director of vestment analyst with a venture capital com- Iconiq Lab. Before co-founding Iconiq Lab he pany and is founder and co-founder of many worked as a member of the investment team FinTech companies. As part of a management at FERI Trust, one of the largest non-bank al- buyout, he took over the majority of the com- ternative asset managers in Germany, where pany builder Demekon, which he successfully he worked in the private equity and venture sold to Mountain Partners in 2017. capital space. He previously gained financial expertise by working Felix supports several companies as a board member including in large financial institutions such as UBS and GE Capital RE. Lukasz PlayPass AG and Gambio Services AG and he is a member of the is an avid technologist and a podcaster. He holds a Master’s in Fi- supervisory board of BNP Paribas Cardif. He is organizer of a block nance degree from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Manage- chain group and moderates ICO pitch meetings in Munich. ment.

Toby Lewis ― novum insights 11:25 INVESTORS’ APPROACH TO ICO – Toby Lewis, founder and CEO of the innovation CHANGING PARAMETERS IN PERCEP- monitoring company Novum Insights, is a high- TION, VALUATION AND REGULATION ly energetic serial entrepreneur and prolific analyst, straddling the worlds of ICOs, technol- Axel Schiemann ― latham & watkins ogy startups, venture capital and data science. Novum Insights is running its initial coin of- Axel Schiemann’s practice focuses on financial fering for its new research ICO Novum Coin. regulation and compliance, including securi- He was one of the co-founders of media publication Global ties-related compliance (including MiFID/Mi- Corporate Venturing, where he led both the analytics team and FID II), prudential supervision of banks and in- its editorial efforts. Lewis has written regularly for the Wall Street vestment firms (including CRR/CRDIV), FinTech Journal. innovations and ICOs, mergers and acquisi- Lewis has spoken at numerous international technology con- moderator tions in the financial industry, issuance of reg- ferences including during the World Economic Forum, Blockchain ulatory capital instruments, regulatory proceedings and audits, as Week, Global Technology Symposium, South Summit, White Bull, well as bank-related dispute resolution and investigations. Recent- Tech Tour and the many conferences of Global Corporate Ventur- ly, he has advised on various ICOs both in the German market and ing. internationally. Axel was ranked #1 in the Financial Times European Innovative Lawyers Report 2016 in the category “Innovation in New Carlos Moreira ― wisekey Markets and Capital” for his work for FinTech start-up CrossLend, a cross-border lending and single loan securitization platform. Carlos Creus Moreira is the Founder Chairman CEO of WISeKey. Before founding WISeKey he Laurenz Aparius ― blockwall served as United Nations Expert on CyberSe- curity and Trust Models. He served during 17 Founder and CEO of Blockwall Capital – the years as UN Expert for many leading organiza- first German crypto investment fund focused tions of the United Nations System including on Distributed Ledger/Blockchain technolo- ILO, UN, UNCTAD, ITC/WTO, World Bank, UNDP, ESCAP (83-99). He gies serving UHNWIs, Family Offices and In- is recognized worldwide as an Internet Pioneer and has an unique stitutions to gain access to this asset class. He profile, which combines extensive high level international diploma- is also non-executive director in two family cy experience and emerging technologies expertise, has positioned businesses, which are a high-performance polymer producer and him as a distinctive authority, thought leader, and entrepreneurial a manufacturer of rheological testing devices. His previous engage- force in today’s digital world where the acquisition and trusted pro- ments were in various PE and VC investments. Educated in Germa- tection of Identity, Trust and Security has become an essential step ny (EBS University), South Africa (University of Stellenbosch) and for citizens and entities across the globe. Scotland (University of St. Andrews). He is also a member of EO. He was also Adjunct Professor of the Graduate School of Engi- neering RMIT Australia (95/99) and Head of the Trade Efficiency Lab Maximilian Lautenschläger ― iconiq lab at the Graduate School of Engineering at RMIT. Maximilian Lautenschläger is the Sourcing Di- rector and a Managing Partner of Iconiq Lab. Previously, he worked as a venture developer for one of the largest German company build- ers in the field of finance, where he worked on developing and launching two innovative FinTech platforms. While working for a private equity and venture

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capital asset manager, his passion for the alternative investment 12:05 NEW FORMS OF FINANCING space grew and he became a Chartered Alternative Investment An- alyst (CAIA) charterholder. Max has years of experience in business Christian Hoppe consulting, holds a BA in controlling and an MBA from the Frank- furt School of Finance and Management. Currently, he is advising Christian, former CEO of Main Incubator several ICO projects and is working with the German Blockchain GmbH, has been in the banking industry for Association. over 18 years. He has co-authored several specialist articles, edited a number of reference Dr. Alex von Frankenberg ― high-tech gründerfonds books, is a sought-after business angel and re- markably founded his first company at the age Dr. Alex von Frankenberg has been active moderator of only 21. in the world of venture capital and startups since 2000 and became Managing Director Eran Davidson ― davidson capital of High-Tech Gründerfonds in 2005. Prior to this, he was responsible for spin-offs from Eran Davidson founded his seventh fund, Da- Siemens Corporate Technology in his role as vidson Technology Growth Debt, in 2015, the Venture Manager at the Siemens Technology Accelerator (STA). In first German fund to provide growth debt to 2001/2002, he was head of sales and marketing at an IT startup. mid/late stage IT companies in Europe. His ex- Before taking on this role, he served as a Project Manager at Sie- perience in Venture Capital investments goes mens Management Consulting, where his responsibilities included back to 1996, when he co-managed three Is- the establishment of an internal incubator. He started his career raeli VC funds and was personally responsible for over one hundred developing complex IT systems with Andersen Consulting. investments, with multiple IPOs and trade sales. In 2005, he moved with his family from Tel Aviv to Berlin to establish Prof. Hasso Plat- Dr. Heinrich Zetlmayer ― lykke tner’s (SAP founder) first Venture Capital fund in Germany. He also founded and managed Hasso Plattner Capital (HPC), Mr. Plattner’s Heinrich Zetlmayer is an active investor and Family Office. board member of Lykke Corp., the global trad- Eran founded HPV funds in Germany, Europe and South Africa, ing platform based on blockchain technology. serving as President and CEO of those funds for 8 years. He holds Besides Lykke, he is engaged in several an LLB from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Boston University. growth companies in FinTech, crowdtasking and other digital domains on board and oper- Paul Jozefak ― otto group digital solutions ational level and as an investor. He has acted as Co-Managing Di- rector of Turtle Entertainment, the largest global eSports company Paul Jozefak is Managing Director of Otto and is also on its supervisory board. Group Digital Solutions and its Company Build- Furthermore, he is a partner of MAS and focuses on the set- er Liquid Labs, where startups in FinTech and up and execution of growth and performance programmes where logistics are created. He has more than 15 boards or owners wish to accelerate the development of their com- years of professional experience. Prior to join- pany. ing Liquid Labs, he was Managing Partner at Formerly, he was a member of IBM’s Executive Board in Swit- Neuhaus Partners until 2012. Previously, he was Head of SAP Ven- zerland and Vice President and Country Leader of IBM Global Busi- tures Europe since 2001. He also worked for Davis Polk & Wardwell, ness Services. At IBM, he held several senior positions within IBM one of the leading international law firms and Andersen Consulting Global Business Services, including leading IBM’s Supply Chain and in the fields of software, telecommunications and utilities. Paul is a Operations Services in EMEA. Financial services industry was part citizen of both the United States and Slovakia. of his responsibilities. Prior to joining IBM, Heinrich worked at the international man- Agnieszka Sarnecka ― neufund agement consultancy Arthur D. Little for seven years as Global Head of Operations Management Practice and as a member of its Global Agnieszka Sarnecka, VP Ventures at Neufund, Management Committee. He helped several major global and na- has been part of the team since the very be- tional companies in the US and Europe on revenue, cost and capital ginning. She is responsible for building and efficiency increases for competitive leadership and in turnaround managing the ETO (Equity Token Offering) situations. He holds a PhD (Dr.-Ing) in Industrial Engineering and a flow, and maintaining relationships with key diploma of Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University in partners and investors. Prior to that, she has Munich and has lived in several European countries and in the US. been working for 5 years for tech startups in the fields of Project, Born in Munich, Heinrich is a Swiss and German citizen, speaking Product, and Operations Management for Zencap Deutschland, German, English, Italian, Norwegian and French. CHILICON IT, and Home24. Agnieszka studied Economics and Busi- ness at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

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Fabian Westerheide ― asgard Bakiner and his team have solved around 1,000 cases in 20 years. With his partner network, he operates all over Germany and Fabian Westerheide is an entrepreneur, au- in more than 50 countries worldwide. thor, speaker and investor with a passion for artificial intelligence. For years Fabian gives inspiring talks about Artificial Intelligence. In the 15:15 EVOLUTION OF AI past, he has spoken for several TEDx conferences, the European Union, the German Par- Fabian Westerheide ― asgard liament, international events, NGOs, universities and corporations. As an expert for artificial intelligence, Fabian has given several Fabian Westerheide is an entrepreneur, au- interviews, guest articles and podcasts in various magazines, TV thor, speaker and investor with a passion for channels, blogs and podcasts. artificial intelligence. For years Fabian gives in- With his own investment firm Asgard – human VC for AI, Fabian spiring talks about Artificial Intelligence. In the invests in young AI companies in the field of drones, robotics, lan- past, he has spoken for several TEDx confer- guage and process optimization. ences, the European Union, the German Par- Additionally, Fabian is the author of the entrepreneurship blog liament, international events, NGOs, universities and corporations. bootstrapping.me and organizes one of the world largest AI confer- As an expert for artificial intelligence, Fabian has given several ences every year called “Rise of AI”. interviews, guest articles and podcasts in various magazines, TV Fabian holds a Master degree in Strategic and International channels, blogs and podcasts. Management from the University of St. Gallen and a Bachelor de- With his own investment firm Asgard – human VC for AI, Fabian gree in Business Administration from the University of Münster. invests in young AI companies in the field of drones, robotics, lan- guage and process optimization. Niko Wäsche ― gmpvc german media pool Additionally, Fabian is the author of the entrepreneurship blog bootstrapping.me and organizes one of the world largest AI confer- Niko co-founded German Media Pool, Ger- ences every year called “Rise of AI”. many's largest independent media for equity Fabian holds a Master degree in Strategic and International fund, in 2011. German Media Pools connects Management from the University of St. Gallen and a Bachelor de- premium media groups with high growth gree in Business Administration from the University of Münster. e-commerce and consumer startups. Niko has over fifteen years of media industry experience, for example, as Global Industry Head for Media & Enter- 16:00 AI / CYBERSECURITY tainment at GfK SE and Partner at IBM Global Business Services, leading IBM's European Media & Entertainment industry practice. Hans-Christian Boos ― arago Niko also worked in venture capital and for a corporate accelerator. Chris Boos is a German entrepreneur, computer scientist, angel investor, corporate/political 14:15 INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION, advisor and public speaker. He is a leading al- COMMITMENT gorithm expert and researcher in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), and strongly advo- Tamer Bakiner ― business investigator cates for an interdisciplinary approach in sci- moderator ence, particularly promoting the integration of Tamer Bakiner is a business investigator, machine reasoning and machine learning. consultant, keynote speaker and bestselling In 1995, Chris Boos founded Arago, initially to develop a gen- author. Among his clients are energy corpo- eral AI. Over the last 20 years, Chris Boos has turned Arago into rations, companies listed on the German Dax the leading company to sell a general and commercially proven AI index, star lawyers, car manufacturers, celeb- platform for enterprise use. rities, pharmaceutical companies, insurances, Boos studied computer science at ETH Zurich and the Technical banks and wealthy individuals. University Darmstadt. His ongoing research focuses on graph the- His domestic and international cases are spectacular, his in- ory, graph algorithms, distributed systems, machine learning and vestigation methods unique and success is virtually guaranteed. In machine reasoning. He is constantly challenging current thinking 2007, Tamer Bakiner unraveled a major waste scandal in East Ger- on AI and he is a frequent commentator on how AI will impact so- many. Not only big business but also several high-ranking civil ser- cieties. vants as well as local and state politicians were involved. In 2015, he landed another coup by exposing the brains of the Eastern European trash mafia who were also active in Germany. Both cases were supported and broadcast by the German TV show ZDF Frontal 21. In 2016, Tamer Bakiner was featured in the German primetime Saturday documentary on VOX “Kidnapped – a father fights for his daughter”.

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Jan Andresen ― cyber innovation hub, bundeswehr Dr. Sven J. Körner ― thingsthinking

Head of Engagement, Cyber Innovation Hub, �Life's a rock show – better be on stage� – fol- German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). Born in lowing his mantra, Sven J. Körner tries to get 1976, Jan studied Business Administration and the best of both worlds by combining academ- Engineering in Wedel, Germany and Skövde, ic and corporate life. Sweden. Sven is a cognitive/semantic/DeepLearn- Jan Andresen is a serial entrepreneur, who ing/MachineLearning/NLP computing and founded his first company elkware during his school years. The cloud expert, an early adopter of new technologies and AI re- company specialized in computer games for mobile phones and searcher. He gives talks and keynotes about the latest technology became one of the international market leaders with subsidiaries and is one of the advocates for demystifying AI. Sven worked on and offices in New York and London. elkware was acquired in 2004 artificial intelligence �before it was cool�. by Infospace Inc. (Nasdaq: INSP). After that, he became an active Sven has a PhD in computer science and 13+ years of experi- business angel with over 30 investments in Tech startups. In early ence with NLP/AI/Machine/Deep Learning and the associated ap- 2010, Jan Andresen founded veeseo, the Business Growth Engine plications such as Virtual Assistants, Robotic Process Automation, for publishers. The company developed its own speech recogni- LegalTech, InsurTech, and FinTech. He published his work in IEEE, tion and semantics for a fully automatic recommendation system. ACM, and high-ranked conferences around the globe. Sven is part veeseo was active on three continents in 14 countries and was ac- of program committees in his main research field. quired by G+J and Bertelsmann in 2014. Next to his academic profession, Sven also roamed the �real world� working for a number of software companies in different Charles Fränkl ― smartfrog teams across the globe. His focus was on business development, partners, and PreSales. He worked with the leading vendors such Smartfrog CEO Charles Fränkl is an internet as Salesforce, Amazon, SAP, Microsoft, Google, etc. and telco veteran. Prior to Smartfrog, he was As a team lead, Sven is described as an enabling leader. To the CEO of Gigaset AG, a leading communica- name a few, Sven established development (test) teams, technical tion technology company listed on the prime writing teams, started a cloud technology team before the cloud standard of German stock-exchange. Before hype and ran PreSales. that, Charles was CEO of ClickandBuy, CEO of AOL Germany, CEO of Vodafone Telecommerce Group, Head of Frank Niehage ― fintech group Technology of Vodafone, Member of the Executive Board of e-plus and a Managing Director of Swisscom. Frank Niehage has vast experience across all Charles Fränkl, who hails from Switzerland, graduated with a segments of retail and commercial banking, Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the ETH Zurich. He having previously been Managing Director at also holds a Master of Science in Management from the London Goldman Sachs until August 2014. In previous Business School and speaks five languages. positions, he was instrumental in the growth of Bank Sarasin AG as CEO in Germany. Prior Christophe Hocquet ― brille�� to this, he had served in various senior positions at Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, UBS and international law firm Beiten Burkhardt, Christophe Hocquet is a passionate entrepre- both in Germany and internationally, especially in Asia. Frank is an neur. He started his career as an assistant to attorney at law in Germany and has received his Master of Laws the Board at Bertelsmann, the German me- majoring in international economics from the University of Hous- dia giant, where he established his first con- ton Law Center. nections to Germany. After two years at the headquarters in Gütersloh, he founded his Marc Wilczek ― link 11 first company Pixelpark in France. Christophe Hocquet was also co-founder of several companies across Europe. Since 2010 he fo- Marc Wilczek is a business leader with more cuses on Brille24, where he successfully promoted shops in Bene- than 20 years of experience in helping mar- lux, France and Spain. In 2015, he was appointed CEO of the Brille24 ket-leading ICT companies to transform them- Group. During this period, he advanced the new positioning of the selves, expand into new fields of business and company (hybrid model), the introduction of brand glasses and a geographies, and accelerate their growth. complete relaunch with many other innovations.

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16:40 FUTURE OF TRAFFIC Florian Petit― blickfeld

Christian Ramme― acxit capital partners Florian Petit is an entrepreneur and roboticist. He studied and worked at TU München, Stan- Christian Ramme is an investment and corpo- ford University, the German Aerospace Center rate finance professional with more than 15 (DLR), and obtained a PhD from ETH Zurich in years of transaction, investment and M&A ex- the field of human aware robotics. After taking perience. He joined ACXIT Capital Partners in a break to sail the world, he founded the LiDAR 2014 and became Managing Director in 2016 startup Blickfeld. His mission is to give sensor eyes to machines by focusing on transactions within a range of building a scalable, high-performance LiDAR technology, thus en- moderator subsectors in the technology space including abling the success of IoT applications and autonomous driving. Software, B2B and B2C commerce, digital media and others. Prior to joining ACXIT, Christian held various positions at ProSiebenSat.1 Christian Graf von Bentzel― tachoeasy Media, Ernst & Young as well as PricewaterhouseCoopers. He main- tains a broad network of contacts in the venture capital, startup Christian Graf von Bentzel, CEO of TACHOeasy, and digital community in Germany and Europe. He is a tech enthu- has more than 15 years of professional experi- siast, startup mentor and a true petrolhead. Christian holds a Mas- ence in the information and communications ter in Economics from the University of Maastricht. industry as well as in the venture capital business. He has a broad management experience Niclas Braun ― cargodrone along the whole value chain and extensive international and inter-cultural experience on top and senior man- With the development of a VR B2B software agement level. platform and many successful projects with large companies, such as Siemens, Volkswa- gen and Procter & Gamble, he quickly became 17:20 FINTECH aware of the limitations of the technology and decided to change to the skyrocketing trans- Marina Zubrod ― bundesverband deutsche startups portation industry in 2017. Marina Zubrod studied and worked in Mel- Michael Brecht ― innovation factory bourne, Stockholm, Frankfurt and London. She is building innovate products for Schufa Hold- Michael Brecht is a serial entrepreneur with ing AG, ex-CEO asuro, worked in venture capi- more than 20 years of experience in IT and tal at CommerzVentures, and has her roots in New Media. After successful exits to interna- M&A for financial institutions. She is a strong tionals such as GE Capital, he now consults moderator networker with a great sense for connecting large corporates on mobility and last mile people and businesses. Moreover, Marina is a member of the ad- topics, as well as helps founders grow their re- visory board of Bundesverband Deutsche Startups e.V. and board spective startups or innovation projects. member of the alumni association EBS Alumni e.V. of her alma ma- ter EBS in Oestrich-Winkel. Benjamin Erhart ― uvc partners Axel Apfelbacher ― niiio Benjamin Erhart is Partner at Munich based Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners Axel Apfelbacher is a digital banking strategist (UVC Partners). UVC Partners focuses on in- with a liking for disruptive business models. vestments in the areas of industrial technolo- He has been focusing on the development of gies, smart enterprises and mobility. The fund FinTech models and technology since 2011, typically invests between € 0.5–3m initially evaluating new business models ranging from and up to € 12m in total per company. A cooperation with Un- Personal Financial Management systems, P2P ternehmerTUM, Europe’s leading innovation and business creation payments and lending platforms, Open Bank API standards to the center in Garching/Munich, enables UVC Partners to offer startups recent developments around P2P financial systems (distributed unique access to talent and industry customers. ledgers / blockchain), cybersecurity, ID validation and authentica- Before joining UVC Partners, Benjamin Erhart was Investment tion, Roboadvisory, RegTech and InsureTech. He is constantly moni- Director at the High-Tech Gründerfonds, responsible for hardware toring the global startup environment, discussing business models, and industrial software investments such as Cumulocity (sold to monetisation strategies and emerging technologies with FinTech Software AG). Today, he serves on the investment board of HTGF entrepreneurs, technology & banking executives. and supports numerous startup initiatives as a mentor. He is Chief Strategy Officer and executive member of the board Benjamin is an industrial engineer by training and holds a de- at niiio finance group AG, helping to position the business as a lead- gree from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). er in platform development for digital wealth advisory services for B2B customers. Prior to this, his career steps included corporate

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finance advisory at PricewaterhouseCoopers, management and Dwins, and advice to the management shareholders of 360T in con- senior management position at BPO-provider Xchanging, a stint at nection with the acquisition by Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Bank and Executive Consulting for banks, (Fin)Techs and private equity funds, helping with strategy design, digital platform Michael Mellinghoff― techfluence development & implementation and due diligence processes. He is one of the co-authors of the first crowd-sourced FinTechBook Michael Mellinghoff is a seasoned investment (April 2016) published by Wiley and a frequent commentator on professional with over 15 years of experience, blockchain, crypto-currencies and future business models in the spanning both the traditional banking and Fin- financial services space. Tech world. Michael’s career covers a 10 years span in traditional banking, where he held a John Butler ― lend & borrow trust variety of managerial positions in asset management and investment banking in Germany and abroad, includ- John Butler is the Chief Executive Officer of the ing management board and supervisory board appointments in Lend and Borrow Trust, the world's first and Commerzbank Asset Management and DZ Bank Group. Since 2010, only fully-regulated P2P lending platform on Michael has been working in the FinTech area, including more than which all loans are secured by physical, allocat- three years experience as Managing Director at German Fintech ed, investment-grade gold and silver bars, en- pioneer sharewise.com, a stock-centric community for individual abling borrowers to reduce their cost of funds investors, where he has gained vast experience in running a start- while simultaneously reducing the credit risk borne by lenders. up. Michael’s experience gives him unique insights into the finan- Prior to joining LBT, he was the Head of Wealth Services for cial markets scene and ability to scout new trends in the financial Goldmoney, Inc (TSX: XAU) the world's leading gold-backed finan- sector. Since the trade sale of sharewise, he has been active in the cial services and technology firm. He has previously held Managing UK and German FinTech scene, advising founders and startups as Director positions at Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers, over- well as acting as Senior Advisor and mentor with FinTechForum in seeing teams responsible for product development and investment Frankfurt as well as various accelerators. Since 2015 Michael is a strategy. member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Digital Banking and A California native, John has worked in New York, London and since 2016 Member of the Supervisory Board of niiio finance group Germany during his 25-year financial services career. He is also the AG, Germany’s first listed FinTech with solutions for the wealth author of The Golden Revolution (2012) and The Golden Revolu- management industry. tion, Revisited (2017), books exploring the causes and consequenc- Michael’s focus of interest are FinTech startups in digital wealth es of the 2008 global financial crisis and the implications of gold management and social investment. Mellinghoff is author of vari- remonetisation for asset allocation and investment strategy. ous articles on #FinTech related topics, for example, The FinTech- Book and TheWealthTechBook, published by Wiley. Ankur Kamalia ― deutsche börse group Stefan Roßbach ― tme Ankur Kamalia joined Deutsche Börse Group in November 2015 as a Managing Director Stefan Roßbach is the co-founder and mem- to take up the newly-created role as Head of ber of the board of directors of TME AG, as Group Venture Portfolio Management and well as the chairman of TME Institute. Before currently heads DB1 Ventures, DBG’s strategic co-founding TME AG, the experienced banker investment arm. Prior to joining the Group, demonstrated his expertise by working for in- Ankur managed an investment portfolio for a family office and for ternational consultancy firms, where he inter a hedge fund in Asia. He also acted as a Managing Director at UBS, alia built up the advisory business for Retail Banking of IMG St. Gal- responsible for strategy for the Global Investment Banking division len in Germany. With his experience of over 20 years in the financial in London and worked in Corporate Finance/Capital Markets in services industry, he is an expert in Digital Banking with focuses New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Ankur holds an MBA from the on the development of innovative business models and solutions Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina in the field of Digital Banking and in the setup of FinTech collabo- Chapel Hill. rations.

Dr. Markus E. Krüger ― latham & watkins

Markus E. Krüger specializes in complex struc- turings and M&A transactions, with a partic- ular focus on the financial industry and on FinTech. Markus has significant expertise with bank and financial regulatory matters. His clients include domestic and international banks, and FinTech companies, as well as private equity sponsors. Recent work highlights include advice regarding Deutsche Bank’s cooperation with, and investment in, award-winning FinTech Start-up

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18:00 FINANZGURU FROM HACKATHON TO 18:45 SECTOR PITCH BATTLES – DB INVESTMENT – DISRUPTIVE PRESENTATION OF THE WINNERS COOPERATION TO SUCCEED Dr. Sebastian Schäfer ― techquartier Dr. Markus E. Krüger ― latham & watkins Sebastian has a passion for entrepreneurship Markus E. Krüger specializes in complex struc- and innovation. With many years of practical turings and M&A transactions, with a partic- experiences in different positions in and out- ular focus on the financial industry and on side of academia he has gained valuable in- FinTech. Markus has significant expertise with sights and has developed a unique perspective bank and financial regulatory matters. His cli- of how to design and foster dynamic ecosys- ents include domestic and international banks, moderator tems. Together with his team and his partners, and FinTech companies, as well as private equity sponsors. Recent Sebastian aims at promoting the startup scene Frankfurt Rhine- work highlights include advice regarding Deutsche Bank’s coop- Main as one of the leading Startupand Fintech Hubs in Europe. eration with, and investment in, award-winning FinTech Start-up Dwins, and advice to the management shareholders of 360T in con- nection with the acquisition by Deutsche Börse. 19:15 CLOSING KEYNOTE

Alexander Michel ― dwins Andreas Thümmler ― acxit capital partners

Alexander founded dwins (short for “digital Andreas Thümmler founded Corporate Fi- wins”) together with his twin Benjamin Michel nance Partners Group “CFP” in 1998 in Frank- in 2015. The Company specializes in transac- furt. CFP was a leading European Tech & In- tion analysis for banks and has advised many ternet Corporate Finance advisor and was major banks and direct banks in the develop- synonymous with expertise and execution in ment of big data analytics and mobile banking mid-cap Tech Corporate Finance advisory and applications, e.g. Postbank, Volks- & Raiffeisen Bank Group and M&A transactions. Since its inception in Germany in 1998, more ING-DiBa. With “Finanzguru” dwins offers a product specifically than 250 M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions in developed for end-consumers, assisting them in their financial and the Internet, Media, Telecommunications and Technology sectors contract management, based on banking transaction data and ar- were successfully executed by the CFP team. tificial intelligence. As the acting CEO of CFP Group, Andreas expanded into the fund management sector in early 2008 and established VCDE Ven- Benjamin Michel ― dwins ture Partners, a leading growth equity investment fund with a clear focus on technology companies in the fields of software, internet, Benjamin founded dwins (short for “digital mobile telecommunications and IT business services. wins”) together with his twin Alexander Mi- In 2011, Andreas turned his hobby of collecting rare single malt chel in 2015. The Company specializes in trans- whiskies into a business and started building St. Kilian Distillers, action analysis for banks and has advised many one of the largest German whisky productions to date. major banks and direct banks in the develop- In 2015, CFP merged with Acxit Capital Management to form ment of big data analytics and mobile banking ACXIT Capital Partners. applications, e.g. Postbank, Volks- & Raiffeisen Bank Group and For many years, Andreas has been a key supporter, fundrais- ING-DiBa. With “Finanzguru” dwins offers a product specifically er and member of the curatorium of the Hamburg based Steps for developed for end-consumers, assisting them in their financial and Children foundation. contract management, based on banking transaction data and ar- Andreas holds a degree in Computer Science and Business Ad- tificial intelligence. ministration from European Business School – Schloss Reichart- shausen and has worked as an M&A specialist with Rothschild in Sven A. Weber ― deutsche bank Frankfurt and Warburg in London prior to establishing CFP.

Sven is part of Deutsche Bank's New Digital Ecosystem team. He is responsible for the identification and development of new "beyond banking" solutions. The implementation and orchestration of these solutions is based on close collaboration with startups, leverag- ing dbAPI as a technical interface. He has been with Deutsche Bank for three years. Previously, he was responsible for strategic projects at Allianz and Roland Berger and is enthusiastic to tread new paths in banking.

PROGRAM / TIMETABLE

21:00 Cocktail Receptionat Thurn ’N Taxis Palais

DAY 2 ― 3 MAY 2018 08:30 Open Doors Conference Day & Club Night 09:30 Welcome Note by Andreas Thümmler (acxit)

09:45 “Blockchain – The next Internet?” Keynote by Dr. Alex von Frankenberg (htgf)

“Let’s get it started – Latest market data and insights into blockchain startups and ICOs as well as AI and IoT” 10:15 Keynote by Toby Lewis (novum insights)

12:45 Lunch Buffet

“Information, Communication, Commitment” 14:15 Renowned business investigator Tamer Bakiner shares his best practices in times of digital transformation

15:15 “Evolution of AI” Keynote by Fabian Westerheide (asgard)

Sector Pitch Battles – Presentation of the winners 18:45 Moderation: Dr. Sebastian Schäfer (techquartier)

19:15 Closing Keynote by Andreas Thümmler (acxit)

19:30 Dinner Buffet and Whisky Tasting by St. Kilian

21:00 GrowthCon Club Night at Gibson Club

360 Degree IPO Workshop – How to prepare for an IPO: prerequisites, conditions, to-do’s and 10:30 potential mistakes with deutsche börse, quirin privatbank and latham & watkins

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09:00 TECH BREAKFAST Carsten Peter ― quirin privatbank

After conference get-together for all participants, enabling - work The stock market took Carsten Peter in when shops, break-out sessions and follow-up discussions at TechQuartier. he was still with Gemini Consulting and it has continued to intrigue him ever since. In 2000, at the time of the new economy, he started 10:15 WELCOME NOTE his career in the financial markets department with BHF-BANK, over the years working in var- By ACXIT Capital Partners. ious posts related to the stock market. After more than 10 years he was ready to meet new challenges and new ideas in a vibrant new bank. He thus decided in 2011 to join Corporate Finance at Quirin 10:30 360 DEGREE IPO WORKSHOP Privatbank.

Renata Bandov ― deutsche börse group Oliver Seiler ― latham & watkins

Renata Bandov has been working for Deutsche Oliver Seiler has broad experience in interna- Börse Group since 2009. The syndicate lawyer tional equity capital markets transactions, par- heads the Listing & Issuer section within the ticularly IPOs, capital increases (rights issues), group and is responsible for the entire listing blocktrades, and equity-linked transactions. process as well as the support of issuers and He is currently advising on Siemens Health- new customers. Previously, Renata Bandov ineers’ IPO. Recently, Oliver has advised on a worked in legal departments of various financial institutions. significant number of market-leading deals, including the IPOs of HelloFresh, Dermapharm Holding and the capital increase of E.ON Dr. Marcus C. Funke ― latham & watkins (by way of an accelerated bookbuilding). Oliver is consistently rec- ognised as a “leading name” for equity capital markets by legal di- Marcus C. Funke advises clients in all aspects rectories. Clients and competitors describe him as “one of the best of securities and corporate law, particularly in ECM lawyers” and a “skilled negotiator”. the areas of initial public offerings, rights - of ferings, and bonds, including high-yield bonds. As a member of the firm’s Financial Institu- tions Group, Marcus regularly advises financial industry participants, including FinTech companies, as principals in securities transactions as well as in regulatory matters. Recent work highlights include trivago’s US$330 million IPO on NASDAQ, Galenica Santé’s CHF1.9 billion IPO on SIX Swiss Exchange, and the structuring and implementation of CrossLend’s crossborder market-based lending platform.

Holger Hinz ― quirin privatbank

Holger Hinz helps to achieve goals for enterprises and entrepreneurs – be it a successful IPO, an effective financing of a restructuring measure or a successful bond issue. The enterprises he deals with are as multifaceted as are the challenges they present. When Holger was 20 years old, he was already an entrepreneur himself. He established PCA Capital Advisors which was sold and integrated into Quirin Privatbank in late 2007. Currently, he is heading the Capital Markets business and has executed numerous German and international share, bond and convertible issues. Prior to the outlined said Bankgesellschaft Berlin, BHF-Bank and Consors Capital Bank were important institutions in his career.

25 SPEAKER QUOTES

“GrowthCon for me is what’s needed most in “Die GrowthCon vereint Fachwissen und Investoren Germany – growing companies, growth capital and unter einem Dach. Hier kann man als Startup seine Ideen growth know-how. I am here to provide a solution!” testen und gleichzeitig konkret Geschäfte machen.”

Eran Davidson ― davidson technology growth debt Dr. Sven J. Körner ― thingsthinking

“At GrowthCon, the slogan �meeting influential minds� “Die Growthcon ist für mich kondensiertes Know-how, is more than a claim on the website. Exchanging top Netzwerke und sehr gute Stimmung” thoughts on well-selected topics in an inspiring atmosphere makes GrowhtCon unique.” Dr. Alex von Frankenberg ― high-tech gründerfonds

Benjamin Erhart ― uvc partners

“Der Kern der Growthcon sind für mich die Gespräche und der Erfahrungsaustausch mit “We are looking forward to meet forward-thinking and anderen Gleichgesinnten und immer wieder neue open-minded people, which are interested in bridging Geschäftsmodelle kennenzulernen, die inspirieren.” the gap between the crypto and the traditional financial ecosystem.” Heinrich Zetlmayer ― lykke

Patrick Lowry ― iconiq lab

“GrowthCon 2017 was very inspiring and a true thought leadership event. As sponsors and “GrowthCon offers the opportunity to interact with speakers, all of us are very much looking forward like-minded people and discuss the latest tech and to being at GrowthCon 2018 and engaging with entrepreneurial challenges. To me, the event means entrepreneurs to explore new digital frontiers.” catching up with people and exchanging ideas about the latest trends in the market. GrowthCon is an event Dr. Marcus C. Funke ― latham & watkins not to be missed if you want to be at the relevant events taking place in Germany.”

Paul Jozefak ― otto group digital solutions “I look forward to many great interactions with people sharing the same passion with me – that is, scaling business and delivering exceptional growth.”

“I’m especially looking forward to the diversity of Marc Wilczek ― link 11 GrowthCon and thus learning about fascinating new business ideas outside my own area of expertise.”

John Butler ― lend & borrow trust “No wind favors he who has no destined port. So we are proud of joining GrowthCon 2018 – the place to be for entrepreneurs and investors coming to Frankfurt.”

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