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Sebastian Borek and the case for staying close to the factory
Founder · Investor · Operator

Sebastian Borek and the case for staying close to the factory

After New York startups and the family business, Sebastian Borek helped turn Bielefeld into a meeting place for founders and industry. Now at HTGF, he is bringing the same instinct to the work of financing European technology.

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Company
Founders Foundation’s bet: build startups where the customers already are
Education · Enterprise

Founders Foundation’s bet: build startups where the customers already are

In Bielefeld, a nonprofit backed by Bertelsmann Stiftung teaches founders to sell to Germany’s industrial heartland. Its wager runs on patient funding, practical education and a refusal to take startup equity.

entrepreneurship-education · startup-acceleratorRead →