Carolina Soto

Carolina Soto

Carolina Soto is a doctoral candidate at the Chair of Technology & Innovation Management at Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin). She is passionate about technology and its role in shaping society, particularly its impact on individuals, industries, and ecosystems.1

Carolina was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, where she completed her business administration degree. After working for the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, she moved to Berlin. She graduated with an MSc in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at TU Berlin and a Magister in Management from Warsaw School of Economics.1

Since then, she has worked at the intersection of energy utilities and cleantech startups in Europe, focusing on strengthening collaboration and the ecosystem through strategic investments in venture capital and mentoring.1

In her doctoral research, Carolina studies the platform economy and its application to future mobility. She is part of the project 'BeIntelli', developing its business model for Autonomous Driving (AD) testing and data marketplace.1

Carolina is also a startup founder and platform researcher, as mentioned in her recent LinkedIn post.3 Her LinkedIn profile lists her current role as "Researching the intersection between digital economy, platform-based business models and..."2