Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Christian is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded several successful startups, including Reflex Aerospace — the first venture-backed satellite manufacturer in Europe, a virtual reality startup that was acquired by booking.com, and Skyroads — an open digital operations platform for the urban air mobility market. He was also CEO of UN:IO Enterprise GmbH, Europe's first low latency and high bandwidth satellite mega constellation. Before joining Mach49, Christian served as Head of Airbus Scale — Airbus’ central innovation unit — where he drove all of the company’s internal and external innovation activities. He also served as Managing Director of Wayra Germany — Telefónica’s CVC arm — where he oversaw the strategic direction of the organization and managed the selection of and investment in startups to be integrated into Telefónica’s portfolio. Christian is also very active in venture capital especially when it comes to impact as Co-Founder of the Climate DeepTech Fund and Catalyst, Marvelous. Christian has created and advised over 20 incubator and accelerator programs across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria and holds board seats at several high-tech, high-growth startups across Europe. As Co-Founder and Director of TechFounders — a high-tech hardware accelerator based in Munich — he was responsible for the development of over 50 high-tech startups. Born in Brazil and raised in Mexico, Christian holds degrees in international business administration and economics from the Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck, the University of New Orleans, and the University of Barcelona. He now lives in Barcelona with his wife and two children, and enjoys surfing the European swells in his free time.
Building and investing in Deep Tech ventures from science and engineering. Focused on turning science, engineering and IP into scalable companies — from first concept to launched and growing businesses. Hands-on across: • Venture building (0→1 and scale) • Venture investment (first cheque and beyond) • Product, engineering and go-to-market execution Focus areas: • Climate & Energy • Robotics & Automation • AI & Industrial Systems • Advanced Materials • Dual-Use / Defense Tech Less pilots. More companies that ship.
Mach49 helps Global 1000 companies develop a pipeline and portfolio of successful new ventures by Disrupting InsideOut™ — creating, building and launching new ventures generated from within their organizations — and Disrupting OutsideIn™ — designing and managing world-class corporate venture groups.
Mach49 pioneered and leads the venture-driven growth category. We were founded on the belief that only global businesses have the scale, reach, and resources to solve the world’s most pressing problems. We help ambitious global companies tackle these challenges through Venture Building and Venture Investing. How? Focused 100% on execution, we bring Silicon Valley expertise to building and investing in a portfolio of ventures — building capability, not dependency.
Conntacs vision is to empower people to master complex processes themselves. Even a space shuttle can be repaired by a layman given easily understandable instructions. Be it in space, at home, in the office or on the go – with our solutions, everybody, in every situation, will receive the right instructions for a given task at hand – automized, interactive, intuitive and individualized. The ultimate goal is to make everybody’s modern life less complex.
Board Member in Residence at the A2A startup PeaX. We are on a mission to create a world where all cities, of all sizes, are heated with district heating.
Portfolio T is the Venture Studio for a global technology and digital company currently operating in stealth mode. But we’re unlike any venture studio you’ve experienced before. We work on disruptive, sustainable solutions that touch every aspect of life — energy and water, education, health, food, nature, renewable energy, tourism, media, financial services, mobility, and more. We’re also helping to create the world’s first ecosystem of cognitive technologies, including unrivaled connectivity, computing capability, AI, and robotics that will enhance lives and protect our planet.