Smart Money,
Smart Business
Our mission is not simply to fund your project. We want to become a strategic partner for your venture.
Investment
Within our Max Ventures Seed One fund we invest in early stage startups
Acceleration
We provide startups with the tools and steps required to succeed with their business idea.
Professionals In Their Element.
Professional advisors are fundamental in the development phase of startups. Having access to our network of mentors can give the startups a great advantage. If your expertise goes beyond investment, we are continuously expanding our network of professional advisors and mentors.
Our executive team
Max Ventures’ team is here to help you along your startup journey!
Startup Accelerator Executive
Toni Grunwald
As an Accelerator Exectutive , Toni is responsible for Max Ventures’ daily operations. He accelerates Startups between their commitment and growth stage.
Founder Max Ventures
Patrick Visser
As a serial entrepreneur, Patrick brings a wealth of experience in structuring, tech development, and international business development.
Business transformations
Jean-Claude Pierre
Jean-Claude has experience leading business transformations as an executive across the globe for over 20 years in startups, midsize companies, and global corporations.
Office Manager & Admin
Amanda Balieiro
As an Office Manager, Amanda is responsible for the day-to-day administration and managing the coworking place and other back office-related tasks.
Experienced Mentors, Experts, and Advisors
We have a team of ever expanding mentors, advisors, investors and other professional contacts.
Empowerment Coach
Boyan Dobrev
Boyan co-founded and grew two profitable osteopath clinics before selling them and has years of experience as an empowerment coach.
PR Representative
Keren Visser
As a PR representative, Keren is responsible for creating and maintaining Max Ventures’ public images.
Advisory
Paul Evans
Paul is a Managing Partner at United Advisers Group and co-owner of seven companies that have been operating for between one and twenty years.
Venture Development
Gabbi Richardson
Gabbi is the founder and CEO of Yachting Ventures – the world’s first startup hub for the leisure marine, yachting, and superyachting industries.
Sales
Chris Boud
Chris has more than 15 years of expertise in sales and five years of experience mentoring startups. He also has experience in early stage GTM strategy, costumers advocacy and fundraising.
Strategic Business Consultant
Jemima Cooper
Jemima is a strategic business consultant for established companies and disruptive start-ups in the sports, sports tech, and blockchain arenas and an entrepreneur who has launched three profitable companies.
Business Development & Sales
Aleksey Narko
Aleksey has extensive expertise in business development and sales, ranging from outreach to inbound campaigns and from working with startups to corporations.
Business transformations
Jean-Claude Pierre
Jean-Claude has experience leading business transformations as an executive across the globe for over 20 years in startups, midsize companies, and global corporations.
Advisory Board
Delphine Trabaldo
Co-founder of Board Owl and Founder of The Selectionist.
Matching remarkable people with exceptional organisations for board positions to empower growth and make an impact.
Technology
Bhairav Patel
Bhairav is Atom CTO’s CTO, providing SMEs and scaling startups with Virtual CTO services to connect their IT strategy and operations with their business objectives.
Digital Marketing
Philip Schmadlak
Philip is a seasoned digital marketer and serial founder of successful online businesses.
Coaching
Natasha Mitchell
With over seven years of experience coaching and mentoring startups and early-stage entrepreneurs, Natasha is a highly seasoned mentor.
Business Development
Jonas Hayajneh
Jonas is the Head of Business Development at Daomaker. Daomaker is a well-known and established Accelerator, Consultancy, Pe-seed Financier, and Market Maker in cryptocurrency.
Controlling & Finance
Boris Linke
20 years of experience in the field of business analyses & success or failure prediction.
Technology
Valentin Weidl
Co-founder of NXT Boardroom, an AI-enabled board-level network platform.
Over eight years of sales expertise and over two years of experience coaching startups.
Recruitment
Andreas Wennberg
Andreas helps with recruitment to grow their teams. He has over five years of experience in recruitment and completed 330+ startup recruitments.
A community to connect
Startup profiles
We are continiously analyising startups and present the profiles within our community.
Mobile App
Gain access to our community 24/7 with the Circle mobile app.
Extended analysis
To have a better understanding of our startups we analyse them before the program starts to give you a better understanding of the problems they are facing.
Growing Community
Exchange your ideas and opinions with other investors within our growing community. Together we ecide which startups are worth our investment.
Respect and privacy
We respect your privacy and will not ask you for your participation if you don’t want to. You decide how much or how little you want to share.
Live Online Events
With online events and pitches you can simply participate from home.
How to become a Mentor
Why are Mentors so important?
Mentors drive success! In fact, their input makes startups 7 times more likely to succeed. How? They reduce uncertainty and promote the innovation that entrepreneurs require. Leverage their experience to guide startup talent and harvest their potential.
At Max Ventures, we have created the perfect entrepreneurial ecosystem. We allow entrepreneurs, advisors and investors to connect. We provide all the tools and resources needed to create businesses with real growth potential.
Meet Professionals Of Tomorrow
Connect with the innovators of tomorrow: Meet the founders of cutting-edge companies. Develop your skills: Continually develop your professional abilities and educational skills. Join the ecosystem: Meet other Mentors and Investors in the Entrepreneur Ecosystem.
How To Join Our Team?
Register here with us. We will schedule a call or meeting with you and decide together how this relationship can benefit the startup community.