# Sascha Eder

> Sascha Eder is CEO and co-founder of NewtonX, a New York-based B2B market research platform that uses an AI-driven Knowledge Graph to custom-recruit specialists from a pool of more than a billion professionals. A German-born former national track and field athlete, he trained at MIT and HEC Paris, consulted at McKinsey and BCG, and started NewtonX in 2017 with fellow McKinsey alum Germain Chastel after growing frustrated with the panels and speed of legacy research.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-founder at NewtonX
- **Organizations:** NewtonX, McKinsey & Company (former), The Boston Consulting Group (former), Procter & Gamble (former)
- **From:** Germany
- **Nationality:** German
- **Education:** Master's in Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Master's in Management, HEC Paris
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology (2020), Co-founded NewtonX, raising a total of $49M across rounds including a $32M Series B, Built NewtonX into a Fortune 100 supplier of B2B research

## Career timeline

- **pre-2014** — Financial analyst at Procter & Gamble; member of the German national track and field team
- **2014** — Moves from Germany to the United States to attend MIT
- **2015** — Meets Germain Chastel at McKinsey & Company
- **2017** — Co-founds NewtonX in New York with Germain Chastel
- **2020** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology
- **2021** — NewtonX raises $32M Series B in December
- **2024** — Leads NewtonX to ~150 employees and roughly $40M in annual revenue

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology (2020)
- Co-founded NewtonX, raising a total of $49M across rounds including a $32M Series B
- Built NewtonX into a Fortune 100 supplier of B2B research
- Former member of the German national track and field team

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Shared NewtonX origin story publicly on LinkedIn, framing the company as an answer to McKinsey-era frustrations.
- **2021-12** — Closed $32M Series B round.

## Links

- Website: https://newtonx.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saschajeder/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NewtonXInsights
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/newtonx.insights

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