Frank Thelen

Investor

TEQ Capital

Founder & CEO

Chief Research Officer

Freigeist

former e42 - seed stage investor looking for cutting edge deep tech startups

Lilium

Seed Investor

Xentral ERP Software GmbH

Board Member

KRAFTBLOCK

EnduroSat

RobCo

PROSION Therapeutics

BioThrust

United Manufacturing Hub (UMH)

Founder.  Investor. Tech-Enthusiast. 

I'm a European serial founder and seed investor based in Bonn, Germany 📍 
Since 1994, I have founded several technology and design driven internet businesses. 

In my role as CEO of Freigeist Capital I focus on supporting outstanding European Tech Founders with my 20+ years of experience in building tech companies. We only do few selected seed stage investments per year to be able to give 360 degree support to our portfolio. The teams we back are all trying to solve a global issue with a disruptive technology. 

In 2014, I joined Sony's prime time TV-show "Shark Tank" 📺, broadcasted in Germany on VOX as "Die Höhle der Löwen". In 2018, I published my Autobiography 📖 "Startup-DNA" at age 42, which became a bestseller. My second best-selling book, 10xDNA, describes the laws of exponential technological development and is also available in English. 

I’m passionate about technology, exponential growth and sustainability. I believe that technology is our biggest chance at saving this planet. As one of the leading business influencers in the DACH region, I frequently share my insights on technological developments, the European Economy, digitalization and politics. I’m a huge fan of disruption. And of Elon Musk.

Follow me here on LinkedIn, Instagram, X, TikTok or YouTube to stay up to date on European Tech 🚀

Chief Executive Officer

Starkes und souveränes Statement von dm-Chef Christoph Werner – und solidarische Worte von Raoul Roßmann – gestern bei #Lanz! 🗣️
Das bewusste „Missverstehen“ von Menschen, die schlicht Gesprächsbereitschaft zeigen, und der Versuch, sie moralisch zu erpressen, haben in einer offenen Demokratie keinen Platz. Kritik sollte auf Argumenten beruhen, nicht auf reflexhafter Stigmatisierung.

Ich stehe ebenfalls für den Dialog mit allen im Bundestag vertretenen Parteien, auch wenn meine politische Heimat traditionell bei CDU/CSU und FDP liegt. 🏛️
Ich habe Vertrauen in unseren Rechtsstaat: Extremismus (egal ob von rechts oder links) wird durch unsere Gesetze begrenzt, nicht durch Gesprächsverbote. ⚖️

Benjamin Kratsch

LEVELZ GAMING GROUP

Levelz Gaming Group is a Vision 2030 company which seeks to position the Kingdom as a global center for gaming and esports. 

Right now we are building multiple companies under Levelz Gaming Group: 
A Venture Builder; onboarding international games studios into Saudi Arabia  

A Marketing Agency producing Hollywood-level commercials to bring Saudi companies to the globe 

A Media Company focused on gaming, esports, movies & sports feat. advanced AI tech

An AI company specialized in high-quality social media content creation with the push of a button

We also pride ourselves on being a key link between global companies and the local market, working to make Saudi Arabia a leading technology destination.

Chief Business Development Officer

Ministry of Sport – وزارة الرياضة

Executive Consultant

Viatrix Studios

Viatrix Studios is a Next Generation Entertainment Company with partnerships with Vox Cinemas, TikTok, and IGN Middle East, building and operating a brand new magazine all about esports in Saudi Arabia & beyond. And Team Eagles - a brand new esports organization. Stay tuned for further announcement...

Vice President of the Board

Knowliom

Creative Lead & Conference Producer IGNITE THE GAME by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) on behalf of Knowliom. 

Wanna speak or exhibit at the show? Kindly contact me.

Creative Lead & Conference Producer IGNITE THE GAME

D•Central

D•Central is a next generation marketing boutique and strategic consulting firm operated by executives that worked for some of the biggest agencies in the world like WPP, Interpublic Group (IPG), as well as mega brands like NBCUniversal, HBO & HBO Max.

Partner

IDG (International Data Group)

Strategic Consultant for Gaming & esports 

NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Special Consultant eSports

GLP MEDIA

GLP Media is a globally operating agency providing media, tech and lifestyle brands with the right Content & Social Media Strategy. 

Clients that trust GLP MEDIA:
Red Bull (Germany, UK & United States of America)
Condé Nast // GQ 
NBC Universal 
SAMSUNG
IDG
VAYLA Communications 
NAC Foundation // AML BitCoin

Services:
• Content Strategy, Development and Production 
• Social Media Marketing & Scaling: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube
• PR. You want to get into Forbes? We'll make it happen
• Brand Storytelling
• Blogging
• Influencer Marketing: You want Jessica Nigri (2.8M instagram followers) or a Hollywood talent 
   for your campaign? We'll make it happen

CEO // Content Strategist & Marketing Specialist // Gaming & eSports expert

Cow Level AG

A Swiss Holding ready to build bridges and invest in gaming, esports and fashion. Our first launch product will be a stock exchange kinda offering for virtual items. I had the pleasure to work in all of these business fields and we'd love to help build and foster new ecosystems - for gaming studios to build additional revenue streams. For esports teams to create digital art around the gaming ecosystem to foster their relationship with their community. 

And for the fashion world. Without revealing too much, let me quote Louis Vuittons Virgil Abloh: "Our fashion choice, the way we decor ourselves just relates to human desire. Whether it’s a luxury car in the garage or a Rolex on your wrist. And the more people grow up with digital devices, the more it becomes normal for us to not only decor ourselves for the world outside of our home. But also our digital-self. In video games. We are on the verge of an artistic revolution.“

VP of Marketing & Shareholder

Mobile Growth Association

Host Mobile Growth Summit

Benjamin Kratsch is a seasoned media and marketing executive with 15 years worth of experience having worked in various senior positions in Online Media, Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing and TV productions across the globe. 

He has built and marketed content products for IDG, Red Bull Media House and consulted on TV productions in the gaming and esports realm for NBC Universal and NBC Sports. He has worked on marketing campaigns with brands like Samsung, Range Rover, Aston Martin, Aramco and others. 

Benjamin Kratsch served as Creative Director and Executive Consultant for various corporations in tech, gaming and esports. And on various events around the world, lately in Saudi Arabia on Gamers8 welcoming 3M visitors over 2 months with a huge series of music concerts, multiple entertainment and gaming venues as well as a 15M US-Dollar esports tournament series.

He is available for conferences as a keynote speaker and served as a host for Mobile Growth Summit and Next World Forum on behalf of IGN Entertainment.

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