Entrepreneurs, Deep-Tech Experts & Investors

As a mentor, you’ll be part of the Venture Platform and gain access to exciting high-tech and deep-tech founders.

Mentorship

Mentors – We Need You…

Tailored matchmaking with industry partners, potential customers, and investors is at the heart of HIGH-TECH.NRW.

We connect high-potential startups with top-tier partners from our network of experts—individuals who have their own experience founding companies and who, as CEOs or corporate professionals, successfully lead or have led departments and companies.

Our mentors provide individualized guidance and support to the startups in our cohorts as they validate and commercialize their business models. They contribute their expertise, diverse experience, and firsthand industry knowledge. They also help establish key connections with potential pilot customers and investors.

Entrepreneurs, engineers, professors, scientists, and investors:

Our mentors genuinely help high-tech and deep-tech startups move forward…

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Kilian Reuß
Geschäftsführer
Medical Magnesium GmbH

Alexander Hoffmann
Managing Partner
Impact & Climate Tech VC

Eike Gerhardt
Co-Founder Autopoiesis Sciences

Christian Rahn
Marketing Expert
CMO2Go

Markus Sudhoff
CEO
Climate Founders GmbH

Dr. Felix Müller
Beirat
Starcke GmbH & Co. KG

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Heuken
VP Corporate Research & Development
AIXTRON SE

Marcus Collier-Wright
Innovations- & Förderberater
ZENIT GmbH

Dr. Patrick Müller
Anwalt & Equity Partner
HEUKING

Dr. Sebastian Dreßen
R&D Strategy Manager
Siemens AG

Jörg Ihne
CTO & Mitglied der Geschäftsführung
Otto Fuchs KG

Arnas Bräutigam
Co-Founder
AddedVal.io

Dr. Jürgen Wesemann
Manager Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technologies
Ford Research & Innovation Center Aachen

Carsten Puschmann
Co-Founder & CEO
Scale Now GmbH

Götz Hilber
Co-Founder & CEO
Rematter AG

Elliana Jensen-Abieva
Gründerin
CircularTech Forum

Daniel Salamon
Unternehmer & Angel Investor

Niklas Hebborn
Partner
Freigeist Capital

Mareike Mutzberg
Co-Founder | CEO
Yeronimo GmbH

Malvine Komorek
Investment Managerin
Schauenburg International GmbH
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Become a mentor and help shape the deep-tech scene in North Rhine-Westphalia…

The proper mentors are a crucial factor in the success of young founders, as entrepreneurial expertise and industry knowledge can often only be gained through years of experience. This knowledge helps startups ask the right strategic questions early on and prepare as effectively as possible for the further development, scaling, or financing of their businesses.

We are constantly expanding our partner network and always welcome mentors with strong value-added expertise in the defined technology and industry sectors:

  • High-tech and deep-tech experts from high-tech companies
  • High-Tech-Gründer, die etwas zurückgeben möchten
  • Serial founders and entrepreneurs who believe in the tech ecosystem in North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Business angels, venture capital firms, and family offices interested in deep-tech ventures

Mentors gain exclusive access to our portfolio and, at the same time, become an official part of the high-tech and deep-tech ecosystem in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Become a Mentor* Now

*The mentoring activity is carried out exclusively on a volunteer basis.

Corporate Partners and Sponsorship

In addition to providing mentorship, you and your company can get engaged as a corporate partner and take advantage of the networking opportunities for your own business as well.

Please contact us about this, and we’ll be happy to help you!

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