Published inProject A Insights·Nov 18, 2022Corporate Venture Building: Six prerequisites for successby Viola Stadler, Head of Platform at Project A Ventures Corporate Venture Building (CVB) has become increasingly important for companies to stay in touch with innovation and to seek out new opportunities to produce returns for shareholders. In CVB an established company creates a dedicated unit or even an independent…Corporate Venture3 min readCorporate Venture3 min read
Published inProject A Insights·Oct 25, 2022Going Beyond the Obvious: Our Top Ten Sessions at PAKCon 2022On October 7, we opened the doors of Kulturbrauerei Berlin to host our fifth Project A Knowledge Conference. With over 1,500 attendees and more than 120 speakers, this was the biggest PAKCon yet. Our guests could dive deep into all things startups and venture capital in 68 sessions featured throughout…Venture Capital4 min readVenture Capital4 min read
Published inProject A Insights·Sep 9, 2022Meet our new Principal, Mey!At Project A, we always look for people who go the extra mile and don’t shy away from turning their passions into reality. Our very own Mey Cezairli is an excellent example of that. From working as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs in London to now being a Principal at…Venture Capital2 min readVenture Capital2 min read
Published inProject A Insights·Apr 21, 2022Introducing our new Partner Christoph RöslerThere are different ways to become Partner at a VC firm. The regular way would be to rise through the ranks of the investment team, from Associate, to Manager to Principal to Partner. Christoph Rösler did not take that regular path. In fact, he approached it from another angle, from…Private Equity2 min readPrivate Equity2 min read
Published inProject A Insights·Apr 11, 2022Meet our new Principal Mila!At Project A, we bet on exceptional talents. That applies to our portfolio founders — but very much also to our internal teams. …Principal2 min readPrincipal2 min read
Published inProject A Insights·Mar 3, 2022Meet Sam Cash, Partner at Project Aby Uwe Horstmann ‘Well deserved’ is a phrase not used very often. At least that’s what I feel. It is more about ‘awesome’, ‘great’ and ‘fantastic’ nowadays. I like ‘well deserved’. That might have something to do with me being German and we tend to keep it factual (to use…Venture Capital2 min readVenture Capital2 min read
Published inProject A Insights·Sep 2, 2021Operator turned investor: Philipp Werner as our newest PrincipalWe’re incredibly happy to announce that Philipp Werner, our former CMO, has transitioned from our operational team to our investment team — as Principal. The move marks yet another turn in his exciting career at Project A. His operational experience greatly enables Philipp to double down on early stage and…Venture Capital2 min readVenture Capital2 min read
Published inProject A Insights·Jun 9, 2021Too early? Never!Why we love seed investments. It’s never too early if you want to be first. Think about all those entrepreneurs and founders who started their game-changing companies in their garage with nothing but a vision. Did they think it was “too early” to change the world? With more startup launches…Venture Capital4 min readVenture Capital4 min read
Published inProject A Insights·Jun 7, 2021All Eyes On ClaraData analyst Clara joined Project A in August 2020. Today she is giving us an insight into her work. Read on to find out how SQL scripts, nerdy humour and rooftop terrace barbecues are all part of Project A. — Welcome Clara! Today all our eyes are on YOU! You’re one of Project A’s Data Analysts. But what does this mean — what exactly do you do from Monday to Friday? Actually, it’s almost impossible to answer this question. As I work project-based, what I do varies a lot. But here’s how an exemplary day could look like:Data Analyst3 min readData Analyst3 min read
Published inProject A Insights·Oct 7, 2020Our 5 favourite podcast episodes — and how to meet and mingle with the guests.Don’t you just hate it, when a podcaster says something so stupid that you’d like to jump through your headphones to rebuke them? Well … our podcast guests rarely do that, but they definitely spark a conversation. And here’s your chance to join in! We’ve put together five of our…Podcast3 min readPodcast3 min read