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Curt Gunsenheimer is Senior Partner at Iris Capital. He joined the company in 2002 and is responsible for investments in late-stage and growth capital across Europe and supports companies across Germany and France in stages of global expansion. Gunsenheimer has twenty years of experience in venture capital and public-market financing of growth technology companies, with particular expertise in the software field.

Patrick Schaudel is SVP Product at IONOS. With many years of experience in the IT and software industry, Schaudel is a proven expert for cloud-solutions, e-business and online marketing, with focus on the SMB business. At IONOS, he and his teams are responsible for the entire product portfolio for the digital success of companies of all sizes, as well as the public sector. He previous held positions at companies including BBDO and Haufe Group, where he held several positions in B2B marketing and sales, as well as product management with the focus on digital transformation.

Katja Speck is CMO at robo advisor and SaaS provider VisualVest, where she is responsible for Innovation, Marketing, Product and Sustainability. She has previously held a range of senior roles in the tech industry for over the last 15 years, including General Manager of the non-profit organization ID4me, part of the team of SPRIND – the German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, and VP Marketing, Sales and Business Development at international eCommerce specialist asknet. Speck has been involved in the tech scene in Europe, the Americas, and Israel for a number of years and shares her experience as a lecturer at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. She also regularly speaks on innovation and impact topics at conferences, including DLD. In 2019, she was awarded the "InspiringFifty DACH" prize, a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase diversity in the technology industry.

Joachim Bernecker is Managing Director of his own family company BizValue. He previously co-founded several successful software startups and led their developed in senior roles. He is currently a member in several supervisory boards and advisory councils of IT companies and has supported more than 50 startups and growth companies with consultancy and as an investor.