Tanja Kufner is passionate about helping entrepreneurs establish, grow, and scale their startups.

She does this by helping founders discover invaluable insights that assist in creating sustainable businesses, through to formulating and fostering collaborations with private funds and corporate VC investments, in addition to building and running accelerator programs.

Tanja has invested in over 100 startups at various stages of growth and has helped clients such as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Airbus, Cisco, here, Vinci, Kühne + Nagel, SBB, EnBW, Telefónica, Siemens Mobile, and DB on their innovation journeys.

A natural on stage and in front of the media, Tanja has contributed significantly to over 80 publications and delivered more than 150 public speaking and startups judging engagements across Europe.

Tanja is recognized annually, since 2016 and by EU-Startups, as one of the top 50 most influential women in VC.