WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF COMMUNITIES AND CONNECTING STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS ACROSS ASIA AND BERLIN.
AsiaBerlin, powered by the Berlin Senate Department, forms the collective platform that brings together communities within the startup ecosystems across Asia and Berlin. We enable relationship-building among investors, startups, and bridge builders by organizing monthly AsiaBerlin events and delegation trips to Berlin and Asia throughout the year. Our flagship event, the AsiaBerlin Summit is the annual summit of year-long AsiaBerlin activities where policymakers, startups, and investors meet to discuss the newest tech trends and cross-border collaboration between Asia and Berlin. We work closely with our partners in the Asia Berlin Forum e.V. (ABF) and enpact, along with the ever-growing support of our honorary Ambassadors.
OUR ACTIVITIES
Meet Our Team
Rainer Seider, strong on 29 years’ experience in international cooperation and projects, is Head of Unit International Affairs, Office of Governing Mayor of Berlin - Senate Chancellery.He initiated the AsiaBerlin Summit (former Asia-Pacific Week) as a platform for dialogue with Asia in 1997.
For the last few years, Swantje was with Brot für die Welt which is a large development cooperation organisation based in Berlin. She worked in the Asia & Pacific Department and was responsible mostly for projects with partners in India and Nepal. Her focus is on a span of topics from Human Rights, Health, Gender Equality to Climate Change. Swantje has a background in international economics; she studied in Göttingen, Istanbul and Shanghai.
Bao-Tram Thai was born in Saigon, Vietnam. In 2013, she decided to go to Germany for her studies and career. She studied Business Administration with specialisations in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Management. In 2018, she co-founded Vietnam Startup Network in Europe - the biggest community for Vietnamese young entrepreneurs and startups in Europe. Her ambition is, with her community, to build a sustainable connection that strengthens economic relations between Asia and Europe, and opens opportunities for both European and Asian, especially Vietnamese startups for collaboration.
Katka is the expert on global startup ecosystems with strong strategic background. She designed and implemented numerous innovative formats such as accelerators, bootcamps, hackathons and PoC challenges with over 500 startups. Her approach focuses on building networks and providing sustainable exchange between business partners, tech hubs and startups.
Kalbiye heads AsiaBerlin activities led by enpact such as overseeing monthly events, and delegation trips. In the last 6 months, she has overseen multimedia events for startups as far-flung as China, Singapore, and India. She brings with her more than 15 years of experience in project management and event facilitation, varying from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation to government officials and the German University Cairo. Needless to say, Kalbiye is well-versed in bridging different cultures having previously overseen high-level meetings between international heads of state.
