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 Germany based CFO’ operating in the Art 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.
Daniel Kirch
CFO and Co-Founder of Taxy.io
Daniel is CFO & Co-Founder of Taxy.io where he leads any financial and strategic initiative. Before, he worked for a Venture Capital fund and carried out approx. 30 VC transactions in Europe and USA. The former management consultant has an academic background in mechanical engineering and business (RWTH Aachen University, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Tongji University) and finance (TU Munich).
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About Taxy.io: Taxy.io builds digital assistants for tax advisers to support their daily research and client advisory.

Stephan Dorfmeister
CFO of omni:us
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About omni:us: omni:us offers a suite of insurance-focused AI tools developed for claims management.
Maximilian Hasler
COO/CFO & Co-Founder of KONUX
Maximilian Hasler is the Vice President of Finance. He can draw on many years of work experience in strategy and technology consulting for large corporations and startups. He studied Information Systems at Technische Universität München and Technology Management at the Munich Center for Digital Technology and Management.
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About KONUX: Konux is a software platform that uses smart sensors and machine learning to efficiently maintain railway switches.
Rene Meyer
CFO of Tracks
René accumulated 12+ years in senior and executive finance positions within the energy and logistics industry. He has a vast experience in public & institutional fundraising, financial & liquidity management, HR & organizational structure, development as well as business planning. Besides a degree in economics, René holds an MBA in Innovation, Enterprise and the Circular Economy from the University of Bradford School of Management.
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About Tracks: We pioneer the road freight industry’s transformation towards greater efficiency, supply chain transparency and environmental sustainability
Michael Morsch
CFO of Quantumrock
Michael has more than ten years’ experience as a CFO in different technology-driven financial sector companies. As a Certified Executive Director he has worked for a European licensed financial institution and served as CFO for subsidiaries of stock listed companies such as SAP AG and Net1 UEPS Technologies. Michael is internationally focused and results orientated. He cofounded the payment service provider Masterpayment AG and real estate developer Sinus Cultor. Michael holds a Degree in Business from the University of Würzburg.
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About Quantumrock: Adaptive Investment Programs for the Asset Management Industry.
Michael Petrosjan
Co-Founder & CFO of FlyNex
Michael Petrosjan, living in Berlin, is co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of FlyNex. During his time as an officer in the paratroopers and company commander of the Aladin drones, he became familiar with the subject of unmanned aerial systems. With his economics, taxation, and finance background, it was a logical step for him to become involved in the business side of commercial drone operations. Due to his work with commercially deployed drones and applications, Michael Petrosjan is a regular speaker and expert at professional events and conferences.
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About FlyNex: All-in-one data generation platform for corporations empowering drones and AI
Joern Woywat
Chief Financial Officer of Acrolinx
As Chief Financial Officer, Joern Woywat is responsible for managing the financial aspects of Acrolinx. He brings over 20 years of financial management experience at high-growth technology businesses. Prior to Acrolinx, Joern held several positions as VP of Finance and CFO at software companies including Asdis, Swyx, and Schad. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Goettingen.
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About Acrolinx: Acrolinx is a leading global provider of highly scalable and proven AI software for enterprise content creation.
Sabayn Mirakai
CFO of PANDA
Entrepreneur
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About PANDA: PANDA uses a self-developed open source machine learning framework to address the specific problems of industrial data.
Tom Grützmann
Chief Financial Officer of Teralytics
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About Sachcontrol, Teralytics: Teralytics’ machine learning-based technology provides unrivalled insights into people’s mobility needs.
Stefan Nusche
CFO of realxdata
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About realxdata: realxdata aims to offer data driven, analytic solutions for commercial real estate and make it more approachable for our customers.
Silke Marby
Chief Financial Officer of Empolis
Silke Marby studied business administration in Bielefeld. She began her career in 1999 in the corporate Controlling department of itelligence AG in Bielefeld. In July 2009, Marby moved to Empolis GmbH to build up controlling there following the separation from the Bertelsmann Group. Initially, she held the position of Senior Manager Controlling, and one year later, she was appointed Director Controlling. Since July 2016, Marby has held the position of Chief Financial Officer, reporting to the CEO. She controls and optimizes all essential business processes of Empolis GmbH. Marby speaks English and German.
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About Empolis: Empolis develops big data business intelligence and analytics software.
Phil Wennker
CFO, AI Engineer of Mnemonic AI
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About Mnemonic AI: Marketing and buyer personas without the staff hours and hustle. Personas created and updated dynamically by AI
Johannes Koch
CFO of Nerd Factory
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About Nerd Factory: Recruting IT- Profeessionals for StartUps; optimize processes with machine learning / Big Data