Team

Denis founded his first company in 2003, the software agency tyclispo.net. In 2009 he started to develop Startnext together with Tino and in 2010 the company was founded. Denis is a trained photographer and co-founder of the Entrepreneurs Pledge.

During his studies in media technology and communication sciences Tino founded his first company together with friends - an agency for film productions. For Startnext he is on the road a lot and continues to expand our network.

Cathleen has been on board as backend developer for Startnext since the beginning and takes care that all functions run on Startnext. Before that she studied media production in Dresden.

Markus started as a project advisor at Startnext and is now responsible for the realization of our cooperations and contests. Prior to Startnext, Markus worked for the Suhrkamp Verlag. He studied culture and technology as well as literature.

Lisa makes sure that all Startnext starters are verified and that the payment processes run smoothly. She also deals with numbers in her business studies, which she is currently completing.

Ricarda holds everything together, is responsible for organizing our events and for the team development. She studied Cultural Work and Arts Management and co-founded the non-profit organization Kultür Potsdam.

Lilli is corporate philosophist. She is an experienced conceptionist and project manager with a focus on creative production. Lillis special ability: She feels sense within complexity and leads the team to a blissy solution.

Amos develops and optimizes Startnext so that you can use our platform on all devices and in all browsers. He has studied media and information science.    

Shai has already successfully financed several projects on Startnext such as Karma Classics or the Democracy Bus. With his driving nature, he likes to initiate ideas to further develop Startnext in terms of content. So the production of our podcast is in the best of hands with Shai.

Michael originally comes from Erlangen, the "smallest big city in Germany", as he says. Before he came to Startnext, he studied film and lost his heart to documentaries - and since they can be financed very well by crowdfunding, he is exactly right with us!

After working as a consultant in an agency, Lukas has come to Startnext to bring your ideas into the world and tell your stories. He studied politics and social sciences. 

Friederike develops new ideas and concepts for our cooperation partners to increase the success of the crowdfunding starters. After her studies in communication and language she worked at the food startup Kochhaus in Berlin for three years.  

Charlott works as a project advisor and assists our starters with the implementation of their projects.  
She studied Nonprofit Management and worked for nebenan.de and Doctors Without Borders.

Wiebke takes care of our external communication through campaigns and events. Prior to Startnext she worked in the agency world as a concept developer and project manager. She studied Cultural Studies, English Literature and German as a Foreign Language.  

Ben designs the front end and ensures a modern presentation of the projects. He completed his bachelor's degree in media informatics at the University of Cooperative Education in Dresden. He was able to gain a lot of experience in the agency environment in order to get off to a full start at Startnext!

Marie supports our starters in getting their projects off to a successful start. She studied International Development in Vienna. Before joining Startnext, she worked at WeWork in the Community Team and as an Impact Lead.

Jörg automates and coordinates the quality management for our software. He finds faults before you find them. He studied media informatics in Dresden and Brandenburg.

Rosalie is a happy person, empath and passionate hobby cook. She studies cultural work in Potsdam and primarily supports the project consulting at Startnext. With a lot of imagination Rosalie finds a creative solution for every challenge.

Christine is responsible for ensuring that various interests come together in a cooperative and targeted manner at Startnext. She is a business graduate, loves her family and is involved on a voluntary basis in her spare time.

Christian brings a lot of experience to further develop the technical applications for Startnext. He's actually a physicist. Hence his preference for small experiments in everyday life. Christian works at Startnext because he sees his life being put to good use here.

Chey came to the world of social entrepreneurship through the On Purpose program. With us, she transforms data into information and creates new knowledge from it.

After excursions into semiconductor research and automotive industry, Hans finally arrived at Startnext to take care of the IT infrastructure. He studied Electrical Engineering and Physics and has still a passion for thinking through abstract systems, and he enjoys it when all IT cogs are well oiled to allow all starters a frictionless start.

We are looking for new team members! You can find all vacancies here.

Office dog lady between the Berlin and Dresden Startnext offices.

Tiny office dog in our Startnext office in Dresden.