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About
the
team
A management team with many years of corporate management experience in the energy and logistics industry and an excellent international network in digitization.
Team player
Christian Kern
Partner
Christian has served as Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria and before entering politics, he had conducted business for more than 20 years, keeping several Board and C-Level positions in the energy- and rail industry. In 2019 he joined the board of the Russian Railways RZD.
Eveline Steinberger-Kern
Partner
Eveline is a serial entrepreneur in the field of energy transformation. As a graduate in business administration from KFU and INSEAD, she has built innovative companies, invested in start-ups or, for example, built Austria’s largest start-up hub Wexelerate.
Bernhard Raberger
Partner
Having been on and driven both restructuring and scaling of large corporates in the energy sector was a great experience preparing me for supporting our startup founders in maneuvering the ups and downs of growing their businesses. It is a privilege to be in a position to co-develop with them solutions for the future and great places to work.
Benjamin Epstein
Manager Investments
Ben spent 8 years as VP in Fixed Income Trading at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, in London and Tokyo. He worked in Proptech in New York, after earning his Masters of Real Estate Finance from Columbia University. Ben also has a Bachelors in Economics from LSE.
Philip Skrbic
Manager Company Building
In 2016 Philip joined the team and led various projects in the energy and mobility sector, ranging from tenders over innovation consulting to business plan developments. Since building Energy Hero, a tariff switching platform, from scratch, his focus is on new company building projects.
Laura Innerasky
Business Consultant
After completing her Masters in Sweden and Brazil and gaining experience at DB and KUKA, Laura was immersed in Budapest’s startup ecosystem. Since joining the team, she has been working on consulting projects in the field of innovation and collaborating with international startups.
Yael Müller
SP/Deal-Flow Management
Yael started her career in NYC establishing offices for Austrian companies, managing U.S. business development and deal flow including successful entrepreneurial projects in both the U.S. and Europe. She graduated with a M.A. from New York University.
Tamara Peer
Assistant
Tamara joined the team October 2019 as a substitute office manager with occasional involvement in various projects. Currently she is finishing her bachelor’s degree in Environment and Bio-Resources Management at the university of Natural Resources and Life Sciences.
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