Founder of CARL (VC-backed). Board at German Startups Association. Angel investor. Forbes 30 under 30. Ex-J.P. Morgan & C-level at Index-backed startup.
Driven, curious, analytical, sales-minded and resilient German-Iranian entrepreneur with a deep under- standing as an operator in venture building, technology, M&A deal-making, venture capital and private equity. Founder of venture-backed startup CARL, Board Member at German Startups Association and angel investor. Built the fintech company CARL, by now Europe's leading digital M&A and succession platform for small and medium-sized businesses, trusted by partners such as Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, UniCredit and many more. In the course of that raised ca. $6.5M of venture capital from leading investors, incl. Project A Ventures, Scope Hanson, Unger Capital, Saarbrücker21 and various business angels and built a team of ~40 employees from foundation to profitability.
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Exactly what I'm doing right now: looking for something inspiring to work on.
It will be fine.
I made a lot of music, both playing instruments as well as in digital production.
Most of them. Hardly ever met a founder from whom I couldn't learn something.