Christian Weiss

Christian Weiss is a seasoned investor, c-level management advisor, and entrepreneur with a strong focus on the digital and technology sector. With over 15 years of experience in Venture Capital & Private Equity investing, he is known for his mentorship to entrepreneurs and leadership in driving portfolio companies through various growth stages and transactions in Germany, the USA, and France. Christian has a wealth of experience in leading investment, exit, and build-up transactions, along with spearheading build-up strategies and international expansion for a diverse portfolio.

Furthermore, Christian boasts over 8 years of expertise in digital business building and management advisory for corporates. His proficiency lies in developing digital business transformation strategies, incorporating startup innovations into corporate environments, executing company building in scenarios like corporate carve-outs, digital units, and Innovation Labs. He provides advisory services on build-ups, acquisitions, and external innovation initiatives, delivering valuable insights and solutions for sustainable growth and success.

Christian Weiss is keen to engage with ambitious Digital and Tech start-ups, fast-growing SMEs, European scale-ups in Germany and France, corporate innovators, digital business developers, and investors in Tech Startups, Scale-ups, and Venture funds. He is open to discussing a wide range of topics including venture projects, entrepreneurial challenges, Venture Capital services, investments, international scale-ups, building European Champions, and digital business models for corporates.

Educationally, Christian earned a Master of Business Administration (lic.oec HSG) from Universität St. Gallen-Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften, a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) from Technische Universität Darmstadt, and he also studied at Ecole centrale de Lyon. Christian is actively involved in various organizations, having founded Vectorpilot, served on the Strategic Committee at European Champions Alliance, coached at Unibator der Goethe Universität, and held positions at several Venture Capital firms and advisory boards across prominent tech and investment companies.