- October 19, 2021
ANDREAS IS CHAIRMAN & FOUNDING PARTNER OF AWESOME CAPITAL. BEFORE HE FOUNDED AWESOME, ANDREAS USED TO BE A PARTNER AND IS NOW A VENTURE PARTNER AT EARLYBIRD VENTURE CAPITAL, THE LARGEST AND OLDEST GERMAN VC FUND WITH OVER ONE BILLION EUROS ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT. HE ALSO SERVED AS MANAGING DIRECTOR RCKT AND CHIEF SPOKESPERSON FOR ROCKET INTERNET, THE LARGEST EUROPEAN TECH COMPANY BUILDER WITH 100+ PORTFOLIO COMPANIES (E.G. ZALANDO, DELIVERY HERO, HELLOFRESH, LAZADA).
ANDREAS ALSO WORKED FOR AXEL SPRINGER, GERMANY’S LARGEST PUBLISHING HOUSE, AS SPOKESPERSON AND AS DIGITAL COORDINATOR ON THE CHIEF EDITORIAL STAFF OF BILD, GERMANY’S LARGEST DAILY NEWSPAPER BY CIRCULATION. ANDREAS IS A DIGITAL ADVISOR TO GERMAN TOP POLITICIANS AND THE GOVERNMENT. HE IS MEMBER OF THE C-NETZ ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE DIGITAL THINK TANK OF THE RULING PARTY CDU, AND IS MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF SAARLAND.