Stefan has 10+ years of experience as a founder and in venture capital investing, strategy consulting, and international M&A.

Before Samira, he has been involved with dozens of deals with an Austrian venture capital fund and as a CIO for a leading club deal platform. Before that, he co-founded a successful travel tech company.

Stefan holds a Master’s Degree in Strategy and Finance from ISCTE Business School and is an associated Researcher at the Herriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.

He published several papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequently invited speaker at several universities in Europe.