At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Berlin based CFO’ operating in the Finance space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Peter Kimpel
CFO of Rocket Internet
Peter Kimpel is a Chief Financial Officer at Rocket Internet SE since May 2014. Peter was born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1968. Peter holds a degree in Business Administration from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Upon graduation, Peter began his career with Goldman Sachs as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs International London. Between 1992 and 2014, he held various other positions at Goldman Sachs, including Associate in New York/ San Francisco, Associate and later Vice President at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt, where he was Managing Director from 2004 to 2006. Subsequently, from 2006 to 2010, Peter worked as Managing Director of Goldman Sachs International London, where he was promoted to Partner in 2010. In 2014, Peter left Goldman Sachs and became Rocket’s Chief Financial Officer. Peter is responsible for finance, investor relations, legal, risk & compliance and internal audit.
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About Rocket Internet: Rocket Internet incubates and invests in internet and technology companies globally.
Michael Hock
CFO & Managing Director of finleap
Michael oversees all finance, tax, legal and regulatory topics as well as all people & organization activities at finleap. He is also responsible for the investment management. Michael has many years of experience in the corporate M&A and venture capital investment business. Previously, he held the roles of Managing Director and Senior Investment Manager at Holtzbrinck Digital and Digital Science for almost six years, where he was most recently responsible for global strategic investments in the Digital Science & Education segments. During this time he took over numerous board and advisory board positions at leading digital companies and was also interim CEO at myphotobook. At the beginning of his career, he gained experience in various positions at Siemens in corporate finance and investment in Munich and Boston, before assuming responsibility for the CFO division at VC boutique smac partners. Michael holds an Executive MBA from the Technical University of Munich as well as a Diploma in Business Administration from the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Stuttgart.
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About finleap: finleap is Europe’s #1 fintech ecosystem. In addition to access to capital, it offers a network of investors as well as partners and talent.
Alexander Langholz-Baikousis
CFO and Operating Partner of Cherry Ventures
Alex is CFO and Operating Partner at Cherry. He works across all aspects of Cherry’s fund and internal operations, finance and investor relations. In addition, our founders value him as a sparrings partner on all finance related topics. Alex joined the firm as Head of Finance in 2016 after spending several years in investment banking, most recently at Morgan Stanley in London. During his time at Morgan Stanley, Alex was involved in several large public offerings including the IPOs of Zalando and Rocket Internet. He holds a M.Sc. in Finance and Accounting from EBS Business School.
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About Cherry Ventures: Cherry Ventures is a seed fund, founded by entrepreneurs with substantial experience in building fast-scaling technology companies.
Julia Feldhusen
CFO of Atlantic Labs
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About Atlantic Labs: Atlantic Labs is an early-stage venture capital investment firm that is based in Berlin, Germany.
Arnt Jeschke
CFO of Global Founders Capital
Arnt Jeschke is the Founder & Managing Director, Berlin of Rocket Internet GmbH. Arnt joined Rocket Internet in 2009 as Managing Director in Berlin and is responsible for Finance and Administration. Prior to joining Rocket, Arnt worked for, Jamba!, iLove as Director of Finance, at Deutsche Bank in Controlling and at KPMG as audit manager. Arnt studied at the HEC in Paris, the Bocconi in Milan and holds a Master’s Degree in International Management from the University of Cologne.
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About Global Founders Capital: GFC is a globally oriented, stage agnostic venture fund that empowers gifted entrepreneurs.
Christian Müller
CFO of Spotcap
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About Spotcap: Spotcap empowers SMEs with tailored finance, allowing them to focus on their business.
Sebastian Bielski
Chief Financial Officer of Smava
Sebastian Bielski joined Delivery Hero in May 2013 and became Chief Strategy Officer in April 2014. Sebastian is responsible for Corporate Finance (Fundraising and M&A), International Markets and Global Business Intelligence. Prior to joining Delivery Hero he worked as Director M&A at Team Europe in Berlin, as Investment Manager at Archer Capital (a leading Australian private equity company based in Sydney) and in the corporate finance division of Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt and Sydney where he advised clients on M&A and capital markets transactions. He started his career at Spreadshirt, where he set up the first production facility in Leipzig. Sebastian holds an MBA from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Seoul, Korea, and a Master of Science in Management from the Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL).
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About Smava: Smava is an online loan comparison platform that offers cheaper loan options to consumers.
Robin Staszek
CFO of Hasso Plattner Ventures
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About Hasso Plattner Ventures: Hasso Plattner Ventures invests in fast-growing, information technology-driven companies.
Matthias Woppmann
CFO of RECHNUNG.de
Matthias Woppmann joined GoodsTag as CFO in 2020.
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About BestSearch Media, GoodsTag, RECHNUNG.de, Trip.me: RECHNUNG.de offers factoring services to freelancers and SMEs.