Axel Simon Email & Phone Number

Berlin, De

Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse, Germany

# Commercial lead of finanzen.de deal from origination and DD through Board approval pre-signing; sourced and negotiated financing# Product lead for monetization / retention (14 FTEs); definition of target team set-up, creation of product strategy and prioritization plan. Focus on CLV/CAC improvements# Conception, definition, and implementation of the company KPI steering system – cross-functional C-level alignment and creation of KPI model to ensure budget achievement# Conception, organization, and conduction of our board meetings and monthly investor reporting (>8 board meetings and >16 investor reporting calls conducted to date)

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

# Led the Series C fundraising process from preparation to successfully securing a lead term sheet from Chinese tech-company Tencent together with my supervisor Alexandros Bottenbruch; total amount raised amounted to €69M# Business owner of a 9 FTE comprising tech-stream focused on improving customer monetization. Implemented improvements led to quadrupled share of customers with sales leads (+296%) and respective payback reduction by 44% during a 9 month period# Gradually took over full ownership for the preparation, organization, and conduction of our Board of Director meetings and monthly investor reporting in close collaboration with our CEO

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

# Roll-out of business operations in the #1 international market Austria incl. planning and steering of product development from scratch together with our SVP Growth# Responsible for the selection analyses for the next international markets (conception of selection logic, quantitative analyses, qualitative analyses) and subsequent presentation of decision materials to our Board

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

# Support throughout the entire investment process and participation in meetings with founders; monitoring and support of portfolio companies e.g. in subsequent fundraisings; creation of two studies as a foundation for decision-making and presentation to the CHECK24 founders and MD’s

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

# Screening and evaluation of seed and early-stage startups with digital business models and extensive product tests with particular focus on user experience

Munich

# Screening and evaluation of investment opportunities as well as financial modeling; deal execution support including the preparation and participation in meetings with various stakeholders

Frankfurt Am Main Und Umgebung, Deutschland

# Support of consultants in various projects (restructuring, strategy implementation, shared service center); particular contribution to the conception and development of a strategy roadmap

Vienna

# Conception of a KPI steering model for an ATX chemical industry company and definition of relevant KPIs; procurement cost reduction project for a building materials group

Frankfurt Am Main Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Frankfurt Am Main Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Frankfurt Am Main Und Umgebung, Deutschland

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), International Management - Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Grade: 1.0, Top 1% Of Over 300 Students)

Master thesis: "Business & Bullets: How Drug Cartel Violence Affects the Market Performance of Latin American Firms" (grade: 1.0)

Master Semester Abroad, International Business

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Management, Philosophy & Economics (Grade 1.7)

Bachelor thesis: "Causes of Political Destabilization: An Analysis of the Economic and Sociopolitical Prerequisites for the Rise of ISIL".

Bachelor Semester Abroad

Decentralized Finance, Defi

3 months course on decentralized finance as part of the DLT program.