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Australia

Haymarket, New South Wales, Au

On-orbit inspection / identification / verification of spacecraft using other satellites with earth observation cameras. Generating revenue for these satellite operators and providing critical services to commercial and government customers.

Haymarket, New South Wales, Au

Adelaide, Au

I am founding Chair of the ISU Alumni Association Australia & New Zealand (ISU ANZ). Our biggest project is the online ISU Adelaide Conference, returning every year in early February with +1,000 participants from across the Indo-Pacific.

Singapore, Sg

Venture Partner with focus on portfolio development for selected pre-seed and seed portfolio companies in the Antler AUS portfolio.

2022 - invested in a few Spacetech startups and talk to founders and industry professionals all the time.2021 - wrote blog post "The Layperson's Guide To Space in Adelaide" to celebrate the launch of three Australian satellites, opening of the Australian Space Discovery Centre and national Mission Control in March. https://medium.com/@chritw/the-laypersons-guide-to-space-in-adelaide-9995c5a8999e2021 - Mentoring participants at International Space University program on career prospects in space startups. 2020-ongoing: Stone & Chalk Adelaide. Part time advising on engagement strategy for Spacetech startups. 2020/21: Head of Operations for ISU Adelaide Conference. Topic: "International Collaboration in Space in the APAC Region." Delivered online to 300 attendees on Feb 5th/6th 2021 on almost zero budget.2020 Panelist / judge at ESA / Copernicus Earth Observation Accelerator2020/21: Moonshot Space: investor and mentor in Accelerator fund.2020: Precious Payload. Seed investor alongside Tim Draper's Draper Associates2020: Participant International Space University program in Adelaide. (SHSSP20)2019: Independent assessor for New Zealand MBIE / Space Agency Catalyst program https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/3-million-invested-in-space-science-partnerships-through-catalyst-strategic-space-fund/2018: SpaceTec Partners: Contributed to report for the EU Commission "The future of the European space sector: How to leverage Europe’s technological leadership and boost investments for space ventures", published in January 2019.2017: Referred Spaceknow Inc. to Series A investor Blue Yard Capital.

Munich, Bavaria, De

Supported major report "The future of the European space sector. How to leverage Europe’s technological leadership and boost investments for space ventures" in 2018. Currently providing occasional on-going support for international cooperation with Asia-Pacific and Australia/NZ region.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

I started Stone & Chalk's Space startup support programme. I connected the space community and curated amazing events for the space industry while waiting for my Australian PR visa.

Global, Au

Moonshot makes it possible for people who have remarkable ideas about (aero-) space to take them to execution and to positively enrich and expand our world.

Dover, De, Us

Localization for web apps, mobile apps, websites built by developers for developers. 3000 brand name paying customers. CRV led Series B in November 2021.

St Julian'S , Malta, Mt

Hotjar is an all-in-one solution to gather feedback and analyze user behavior on websites. Hotjar bootstrapped in 3 years to $20M ARR.Hotjar is actively recruiting engineers and customer success representatives. All people at Hotjar work remote - ie from anywhere they want. See more info here: http://careers.hotjar.comHotjar XAwards panel: https://hotjar.wistia.com/medias/eldmbys9wt

Stockholm, Sweden, Se

Detectify is a security service that seamlessly integrates into the development process. Their SaaS analyzes a website from a hacker’s perspective and reports back with the latest vulnerability findings that are embedded in code through 3rd party software. I architected their first funding round and served on the board on behalf of Paua Ventures. In March 2018, Detectify raised a $6M Series A venture capital round led by Insight Venture Partners and a $23M Series B round led by Balderton Capital in 2019.

New York, New York, Us

After building a relationship with the founder team of Pipedrive for several years I was able to co-invest in their $10M Series A which was led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Pipedrive subsequently raised more than $90M. In 2020 Pipedrive raised $250M majority investment from Vista Equity Partners providing liquidity for angel investors and early backers such as Paua Ventures who gained a 20x multiple on their Series A co-investment. I wrote this blog post about the investment https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-we-invested-pipedrive-christian-thaler-wolski

Berlin, De

Early stage tech investor at Paua Ventures. I invested into Detectify and Pipedrive and facilitated an investment in Stripe’s Series C in 2015 for the owners / founders of Paua Ventures.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

One year tenure to advise IBM on cloud requirements of the startup ecosystem. This board was comprised of entrepreneurs and selected VCs.

Munich, Bavaria, De

Total FuM $1B. I worked on WP IV's €265M Seed, Series A+B fund and later the WP V Seed fund. Deal sourcing, due diligence and transaction execution in the internet and software sector. I have identified or supported investments in EyeEm, paywithmybank.com, Readmill, Hailo, Bonusbox, import.io, YPlan, JustOneDatabase. WP led the Series B in Spotify in 2009.

Munich, Bavaria, De

Director of business development at this startup in the private student loan industry

Austin, Texas, Us

Key account manager in the banking and insurance industry vertical, managing the commercial relationships with some of ORACLE's most important banking customers in Germany and the associated eco-system (ISVs, distribution partners, consultants)

Space Studies Program Shssp20, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical/Space Engineering

Company Directors Course (Graduated)

2006, M.B.A. In Strategy & Entrepreneurial Finance

Ba, Business & Economics

Ba (Economics), Economics