# Matthias Notz

> Matthias Notz is the Munich-based co-founder and Global CEO of Start2 Group and managing director of German Accelerator. His work connects startup founders, universities, corporations and public institutions across international markets. A former head of development at the LMU Entrepreneurship Center, he also teaches Ecosystem of Scale at Deggendorf Institute of Technology and participates in Scale-up.NRW.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Global CEO at Start2 Group; Managing Director at German Accelerator
- **Organizations:** Start2 Group, German Accelerator, Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Scale-up.NRW, Kurt & Friends Ventures, Stiftung Bayerische EliteAkademie, Gateway Factory
- **Education:** Business administration studies, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Master of Business Research (MBR), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Supplementary interdisciplinary studies, Bayerische EliteAkademie
- **Known for:** Helped build German Entrepreneurship from 2013 onward, as documented by Deggendorf Institute of Technology., Was responsible for entrepreneurial financing at the LMU Entrepreneurship Center for more than ten years., Signed a strategic partnership between German Entrepreneurship and RWTH Innovation with Malte Brettel.

## Career timeline

- **2002-2007** — Research assistant at LMU’s Institute for Production Management and Controlling; also lectured at LMU.
- **2008-2011** — Team lead and senior consultant at actori.
- **2008** — Began development and entrepreneurship teaching work at the LMU Entrepreneurship Center.
- **2009** — Appeared as Head of Development, LMU Entrepreneurship Center, at the HIS alumni-management conference.
- **2011-2013** — Director of Business Development at German Entrepreneurship.
- **2012** — His XING profile dates the start of his German Accelerator CEO/managing director role to October 2012.
- **2013** — Became CEO of German Entrepreneurship, according to his professional profile.
- **2016** — Co-founded Kurt & Friends Ventures, listing business angel investments among its activities.
- **2023** — University profile documented his part-time Ecosystem of Scale professorship at Deggendorf; spoke at the German Accelerator South America launch in Buenos Aires in November.
- **2024** — German Entrepreneurship introduced the Start2 Group global brand; appeared on 360 Founders Talk in September.
- **2025** — Led a HOCHSPRUNG workshop about sponsorship and fundraising for university startup support; LinkedIn lists Gateway Factory supervisory board membership beginning August 2025.
- **2026** — Listed as Global CEO by Start2 Group and as a Rise & Scale speaker.

## Achievements

- Helped build German Entrepreneurship from 2013 onward, as documented by Deggendorf Institute of Technology.
- Was responsible for entrepreneurial financing at the LMU Entrepreneurship Center for more than ten years.
- Signed a strategic partnership between German Entrepreneurship and RWTH Innovation with Malte Brettel.
- Combines startup ecosystem leadership with teaching Ecosystem of Scale at Deggendorf Institute of Technology.
- Co-founded the business angel investment company Kurt & Friends Ventures.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Listed as a speaker for Rise & Scale at Deep Tech Momentum in Berlin on May 21, focused on European startup ecosystems and hub business models.
- **2026-10** — Start2 Group continues to list him as Global CEO. Its event page announces him as host of an invitation-only Slush dinner planned for November 18, 2026, in Helsinki; the event is upcoming as of this research.

## Links

- Website: https://www.start2.group/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiasnotz/

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