Pavlo Ryzhiy

🔥bunch co-founders🌟 Levent Altunel and 🔥Enrico Ohnemüller 🚀🌟bunch raises $15.5M for its platform that simplifies investment management for VCs🚀🌟 🔥Innovative Solutions: Bunch's platform is revolutionizing investment management for VCs, showcasing the power of innovation in simplifying complex processes. 🔥Strategic Growth: Raising $15.5M reflects Bunch’s strategic vision and the confidence investors have in their ability to transform the venture capital landscape. 🔥Empowering Investors: By simplifying investment management, Bunch empowers VCs to make more informed decisions, enhancing their efficiency and effectiveness. 🔥Market Disruption: Bunch is disrupting the traditional investment management industry, demonstrating the impact of technology in creating new market standards. 🔥Leadership Excellence: The successful funding round highlights the excellence of Bunch’s leadership team in driving growth and attracting significant investment. 🔥Focus on User Experience: Bunch’s platform prioritizes user experience, ensuring that VCs have a seamless and efficient tool to manage their investments. 🔥Scalability and Potential: The $15.5M funding will enable Bunch to scale its operations, further enhancing its platform and reaching a broader market. 🔥Investor Confidence: Securing substantial funding indicates strong investor confidence in Bunch’s business model, strategy, and potential for future success. 🔥Commitment to Innovation: Bunch’s continuous innovation in their platform reflects their commitment to staying ahead of industry trends and meeting the evolving needs of VCs. 🔥Inspiring the Startup Ecosystem: Bunch’s success story inspires other startups, showcasing that with the right vision and execution, significant achievements are possible. ✅️Share Your Startup Story 🚀📲 https://lnkd.in/ggir3Qap ✅️visite our website🌐 https://lnkd.in/dad4nH #BunchSuccess #InnovationInFinance #InvestmentManagement #VentureCapital #TechInnovation #LeadershipExcellence #MarketDisruption #UserExperience #StartupGrowth #InvestorConfidence #Scalability #BusinessSuccess #InspiringStartups #scoopearth

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//#RESEARCH UPDATE No. 3 #CVC #ventureclient #openinnovation Last but not least, let's deep dive in the third one of our recent #conference papers from Research Group Strategic Entrepreneurship at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and venture.idea at the @25th Conference of Continuous Innovation Network (CINet) in September. This paper is titled "To invest or not to invest? Leveraging external corporate venturing for strategic renewal" and was written together with Philipp Frey, Louisa Heiduk and Dominik K. Kanbach. It compares the organizational characteristics of #Corporateventurecapital (CV Capital) and #corporateventureclienting (CV Clienting), as these are two distinct form of working wioth startups to create new business for an existing organization #openinnovation: - CV Capital is the established tool of investing in novel startups through a corporate venture capital fund to gain access to new technologies/business models and possibly achieve positive financial returns - CV Clienting ist a rather emerging form of very structured start-up cooperation in which the corporates becomes an early client of a startups. This does not involve any investment but allows to test and possibly shape the value proposition of novel startups for the corporation. Both are usually managed from dedicated #corporateventuring units, which we investigated to see how they are organized and which characteristics they represent that are crucial to contribute to the #strategicrenewal of the mother company. The results: - Both CV Clienting and CV Capital show *some* of the crucial characteristics for strategic renewal (i.e. dynamic capabilities, ambidexterity), however with clear differences in their strength - CV Capital focuses more on the exploration of future competitive advantages while CV Clienting helps to sustain competitiveness in the current core business - The combination of both tools (by running them in a parallel, but interlinked way) allows for full scale external "strategic corporate venturing"! What is your experience with #CVC or #Ventureclient ? Let me know in the comments and feel free to pm me or download the full article!

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Germany's startup ecosystem is a powerhouse waiting to fully unleash its potential in driving digital and sustainable transformation. But how do we make sure this happens? The Startup-Verband, the voice of German startups, addresses this head-on with their bold new initiative, "Innovationsagenda 2030: Weltklasse Made in Germany" (link in comments). Here’s what resonates most with me: 🚀 A Regulatory Framework Built for the Future To foster real innovation, we need policies that allow startups to experiment, iterate, and scale swiftly. Flexible, forward-thinking regulations in areas like AI and Climate Tech could be the catalyst for Germany’s long-term global leadership. 🌟 Stronger Leadership & Collaboration The future of innovation depends on tighter collaboration between government, industry, and startups. Building partnerships that connect research with industry can ignite sustainable growth and cement Germany’s place as a global innovation hub. 💬 What do you think is the most crucial next step in shaping Germany's innovation landscape? Let’s discuss in the comments below! #Innovationsagenda2030 #Startups #DigitalTransformation #Germany2030

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Recent customer problems solved with the help of a Dragon Suit programme. IN-PERSON WORKSHOP (EU robotics client): Problem-solving & communication between German and Chinese sides struggled. Germans saw Chinese managers as unreliable, Chinese saw Germans as slow and picky. Approach: Intercultural briefings and forming cross-cultural functional pairs for effective virtual collaboration. VIRTUAL WORKSHOP (Chinese/EU automotive client): Chinese executives prepared for 1-3 months in EU countries with little idea about diversity between countries and industries like banking, engineering, HR services (mostly state-owned on the Chinese side). Approach: We prepared both sides with social/cultural awareness and straightforward communication skills. PERSONAL ADVISORY (EU tech client): Market entry and solution localisation in China & APAC required cultural insight and professional network that EU managers didn’t have. The tech solution is highly consumer-focused but Asian consumers act differently from the firm’s legacy market. Approach: Auditing marketing materials and negotiation for “culture traps”, and connecting the firm with potential local partners in the industry. Reach out if I can help you or your team with similar issues.

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Welcome back to the “Writings on the Wall” series, your weekly exploration of #Innovation and #Management. In a world where silos—both literal and metaphorical—shape how we manage, collaborate, and innovate, have you ever stopped to wonder: are silos a tool of focus or a barrier to progress? Is compartmentalization helping us, or is it holding us back? In this week’s post, “To Silo or Not to Silo?” we discuss the delicate balance between supporting specialization and breaking down barriers to collaboration. Curious? Let’s dive in! Click below to read more. Stay tuned for more insights, and as always, I’d love to hear your thoughts! #BreakingSilos #CollaborationMatters #LeadershipDilemmas #TeamworkInBusiness #StrategicInnovation https://lnkd.in/ezHPKUNf

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Shall I say "let me present" or rather... I can't wait to finally share what we've been working on for a while now: FORWARD Consulting's new visual identity and website! Take a look and let us know what you think. #Rebranding #VisualIdentity #NewWebsite

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🚀 Product Demonstration is the new Pitch! Check out this demo teaser and get in touch with our Co-Founders, Dimitri Gertsmann & Maximilian Gick from Connected Crafts 🛠️, who are on a mission to revolutionize the craft industry with their venture. They're eager to share their insights on how: 🔍 AI is enhancing the craft business for sustained success ⏳ Save time & costs by smartly connecting the industry 🌟 Unlock fulfilling career opportunities for skilled workers 🏢 Calling all Investors: Interested in seeing our latest update & RL demo? DM me for more information about this groundbreaking venture. #ConnectedCrafts #CraftIndustry #Innovation #InvestmentOpportunity #CraftBusiness #Artisans #TechInnovation

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WELCOME TO SNIUKAVATICS ... What are those? Deep plunges of a Sniuk into wrong Strategy waters. In this example, an old and sterile framework about Strategy, called the "Strategy Diamond", which combines into a subjective mumbo-jumbo selection several components of the Strategy cycle: 1. "Arenas", something vaguely defined as extended markets where we'll do business. 2. "Differentiators", something about "winning", the mistaken stuff that suggests that business is a zero-sum game. It's not, except in a Blue Ocean context. These "arenas" and "differentiators" are in fact uninspired interpretations of the product-market-fit dimensions of the Strategy, along which we are defining our Strategic Positioning Mix of Strategic Choices /*. 3. "Vehicles", described as "ways to get there". Very confusing! There are clearer and more actionable ways to describe this: an Activity System, essential for turning our Strategic Choices into reality, and a Capabilities System, for having in place what is required to do that. All this resulting in a set of Strategic Gaps to be closed through the execution of our Strategy. 4. "Staging", suggested to be a "a sequence of moves". Could the authors of this "diamond" not have heard of Strategic Planning, which is about so much more that some sequenced "moves"? /** 5. "Economic Logic", about returns (profitability?). Well, that's not something that's part of the Strategy. It's about the Business Model that results from implementing our Strategy /^. We validate (or invalidate) our Strategy by estimating the sustainability of the resulting Business Model, but that model is not part of our Strategy. A big misunderstanding. Ok, that's it. There are more ways "to skin a ... thing", but some of them are more confusing and more harmful than others. Navigating through the weeds of Strategy approximation is unfortunately foggy. Why? On one hand, because Sniukavatics, like the example here, are polluting our social networks and business communities. On the other hand, because we are not alarmed by authors saying: "If you’re tired of the fluff and ready for a strategy that actually works, it’s time to embrace the Strategy Diamond". Which is the same as "Pick this fluff, it's better than other fluff!" What the heck! We're surrounded 😀 ... /* THE PRODUCT-MARKET FIT https://lnkd.in/ddkZCUzX STRATEGIC POSITIONING https://lnkd.in/d-f3Tza4 /** THE STRATEGY CYCLE https://lnkd.in/drwFzvyr /^ BUSINESS MODELS FOR OUR STRATEGIC CHOICES https://lnkd.in/dYcF5QHj The comics stuff: THE SNIUKULATIONS https://lnkd.in/d7GsqTcR THE "MASTER SUPERFICIALISTS" https://lnkd.in/d2jrRnDY THE VIRTUOUS GARBAGE CYCLE https://lnkd.in/di4P_KrG THE SO-POPULAR SHALLOW BOILERPLATES https://lnkd.in/dj6JeakU THE "INSTITUTES" https://lnkd.in/dp_ciKRP STRATEGY VS. PLANNING? https://lnkd.in/dNbPbUT7 A SURROGATE https://lnkd.in/d55DhbpS THE STRATEGY MUMBO-JUMBO MODEL https://lnkd.in/dV5ybtbP WHEN (STRATEGY) SIMPLICITY GETS TOXIC https://lnkd.in/dtARz6DV

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great feedback. this is how valuable migration should work. some gonna stay with us to fill our Fachkräfte gap other's go back and make valuable use of what they learned here. good story

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💼 Looking to save up to 30% on your new office rent? 💼 For businesses and startups in Germany, the GRW subsidy can be a game-changer when it comes to reducing operational costs. In our latest guide, we walk you through everything you need to know about how to leverage this subsidy and save BIG on your workspace expenses. ✨ Why should you read it? - Step-by-step guidance to navigate the application process ✅ - Tips to optimize your workspace strategy 🏢 - Discover coworking solutions that can maximize your savings 💰 - Get a free consultation from One Coworking 🆓 👉 Take action now: Don't miss out on this opportunity to cut costs and grow smarter. Read our full guide here: https://lnkd.in/dyc-W_vG #businessgrowth #coworkingspace #officerent #costsaving #workspaceoptimization #GRWsubsidy #businessoffice #startup #grants #subsidy

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Four weeks ago, I had a nice conversation with Efe von Thenen about how to rethink e-commerce and retail in the West based on learnings and best practices from Digital China. The result is an hour-long E-Commerce Berlin Expo podcast that is available on YouTube, Spotify, etc. If this sounds interesting, please find the links to this episode in the comments below. But of course, that is just talk. If you really want to DO some actual rethinking of e-commerce, come to one of our remote workshops at the Tomorrow Academy, where we actually work on the concepts discussed in the podcast. Re-Thinking E-Commerce Workshop - last two options for 2024: October 30th or November 21st. https://lnkd.in/eGfpaUHZ   (Currently, those workshops are in German only. But do let me know if you are interested in an English version.)

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Last week, industry leaders, startups, public sector representatives, and researchers had a great workshop to dive deeper into a pressing question: What role can a dedicated AI Hub play in Munich's innovation landscape? With the AI Hub, we aim to elevate our efforts by establishing a space where all essential stakeholders – startups, corporations, researchers, and policymakers – can unite. This hub should serve as a venue for co-creation, providing resources, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities tailored to help AI startups flourish right here in Munich. Our objective is to cultivate an ecosystem that not only draws in AI startups but also offers the support they need to thrive and succeed in the long run. But not only startups, also for corportes - to foster cooperation between corporates beyond boarders and to develop within the field of ai by living an open innovation culture. Thank you for the invitation and the opportunity to help shape Munich as an AI ecosystem as part of the 2030 Agenda! Thanks for hosting the event to Intel Ignite MUNICH INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM, Seven.One Entertainment Group #startup #ai #innovation #industry #munich #research

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Start-ups in Europe: a light at the end of the tunnel - finally!    This article by Nadine Schimroszik in Handelsblatt gives reason for hope for the tech ecosystem, as it summarises a development that has been tentatively emerging for some time: The number of new #start-ups in Germany is growing again, by 17 per cent, as shown by a comparison of the first quarter of 2024 with the same quarter of the previous year.   💡It is particularly interesting to see that most investments are being made in AI. An unmistakable sign that they continue to be a driver of innovation for the German startup ecosystem.   We recently came to a similar conclusion with my team, as part of our analysis of the German startup landscape. Our conclusion: more and more funding are being mobilised for ♻️ #Greentech business ideas that are based on AI-based technologies and have a positive impact on our planet. More info on our research at IRIS can be found in Startup Insider`s Investors Report 2024: https://lnkd.in/dU-5AMPz More info on Nadine’s insightful article here: https://lnkd.in/depicwGA

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Is there something like teams in business context? In our follow-up from last session https://lnkd.in/eNWM3D3C In our follow-up together with Fatih Pekbas, Dr. Andreas C. Köchling we had a rather interesting inspiring discussion on the question of: how teams in a business environment differ from high performance teams? More on this shortly.

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By 2031, CEOs must prepare for a new responsibility: Chief Entertainment Officers. (Thankfully, the acronym still fits. Life is beautiful like that). — Anyway, CEOs must adapt to the world. And the world is bored of itself. It has been for a long while. CEOs have become public figures — speaking and rambling far more openly than ever before. Posting “Thought Leadership” content — — at best curated, — at worst completely created, by their employees. Originality in thought has been outsourced. People have begun to see through the mask… … and see that everyone’s opinions and advice is almost identical. So much so, that AI that has been trained on it — repeats it — and most are none the wiser. So, personal branding has been the first step in this new arms race. Where “authenticity” has been the belle of the ball for 2.5+ years. And now, Has, thankfully, Become so married to a state of “unoriginality”, that it is just as inauthentic to be authentic as to be inauthentic. Logical conclusion: be authentically inauthentic and embrace it! = In other words? — Put on a Show! Embrace yourself as the entertainment spectacle that you deserve to be! Wear a persona like a hand-sewn jacket — a part of you, brought to life. Shape it. Design it. Create it. Live it. Show it. — (New Daft Punk remix incoming) — The world is moving towards the full embrace of The Age of Individualism. People competing for differentiation from one another by ANY MEANS NECESSARY. Even if you don’t want this to be the way of the world… … if it feels ‘uncomfortable’ to have to compete for attention in this way… … That’s showbiz, baby. And showbiz is a business, baby. And business is a showbiz, baby. P.S. In the very near future, i.e., like right now — Personal stylists will be a staple for every CEO wanting to lead. So will a personal creative director. And if you think this is far-fetched…? We already have personal speechwriters for CEOs. We already have personal social media managers for CEOs. This is just a +1 to all this — I’m just speaking out loud about it.

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🚀 Brings VC & startups together sustainably via data: This is qurix Technology GmbH The challenge of venture clients is to identify innovative solutions from startups and build up a promising partner portfolio. At the moment, this process requires a lot of effort and slows down the core business. Our Summer Batch 2024 Accelerator Team qurix Technology GmbH is working on a sustainable way of being and staying informed about the status and forecasts of startup projects. ”We support regular, strategic joint business reviews between the venture client and a startup.” – qurix Technology GmbH 🙌 The team Dr. Andreas Martens and Andree de Boer is helping experts qualify innovation partners, facilitate and track selected projects. qurix Technology GmbH does this by providing a business innovation platform for tracking financials, performance and benchmarks of projects in automatic way and highlighting anomalies. 🌟 Highlights of qurix Technology GmbH: 👏 Success metrics: Discussion of KPIs and other performance metrics to evaluate the success of the collaboration. 👏 Challenges and risks: Identifying and discussing issues that could jeopardise the partnership or project. 👏 Future planning: Discussion of future plans and strategies to further optimise the collaboration and set new goals. 🫶 We are happy to have you on board, qurix Technology GmbH! #AIStartupHub #SummerBatch2024 #StartupHamburg #IdeationProgram #AcceleratorProgram #Hamburg #StartupSuccess #StartupSupport #StartupFunding #Startups #AI #Gründer #Gründerinnen #Gründen #Founder #Founding #Gründerszene #StartupSzene #Accelerator #Pitch

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What does Germany stand for? What are its future goals and ambitions? So much superficial talk about innovation but what is the unifying vision for a country that is the world’s third largest economy? An excellent post by our CEO Oliver Kemmann (The post is in German but you can click the translate link under the post)

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 Kantar 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲❓ For the answer I can highly recommend this article ❗ Many thanks Sabine Hedewig-Mohr from planung&analyse and Ben Ballensiefen from Insights by Kantar #Blueprint #BlueprintforBrandGrowth #WeAreKantar

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Last week, WEPA Ventures partnered with WEPA Stiftung and WHU Institut für Familienunternehmen und Mittelstand for a unique gathering. We invited a selected group of family entrepreneurs, family officers, founders, VCs, and business angels to our office in Düsseldorf to discuss startup investments by family businesses and family offices. With every participant bringing valuable practical experience, the atmosphere was highly engaging and trustful. Alongside keynotes and panel discussions, we had lively debates that covered a wide range of topics. Here are my three key takeaways: 💡 Multiple Approaches to Investing: Most participants shared more than one approach to startup investments that is currently actively pursued by their organization. While there is certainly a bias due to the preselection of attendees, this signals a growing maturity of VC investments by family businesses and family offices in Germany. Notably, around 50% of participants manage more than 10 investments in their current role, which underlines this perspective. 💡Direct Involvement of Entrepreneurial Families: The discussions reaffirmed the critical role of direct family involvement. Ideally, entrepreneurial families are crafting investment setups that are attractive to both founders and VC co-investors, while maintaining the trust of their family peers or core organizations. Combining execution speed with the value brought by industrial networks or core business capabilities is key to being a valued investor in the early-stage VC ecosystem. 💡Feedback on Keynote about my PhD Research: The initial findings from my PhD research received positive feedback from other practitioners. You might say, "Didn’t you interview them in the first place?" True, but stepping away from interviewer role allowed me to share what I had derived from the research, and it was rewarding to hear that the abstraction and models resonated well. To everyone who participated and supported—you know who you are—thank you so much for the insightful discussions and your valuable input! We’ll continue to foster these exchanges. I’m also more than eager to hear more perspectives on this topic. If you’re interested in a chat, please feel free to reach out!

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