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Get on a fast-track to raise or finalize your investment round

For Investors

Get exclusive access to pre-selected investment opportunities within our global network

About Cashwalk

Make High-Quality Investment Connections

At Cashwalk, we select high-potential startups with strong growth signals, early traction, and investor-readiness to pitch their business to an exclusive audience of investors and VC judges. Tailored networking provides investors and passionate founders with the opportunity to have a one-on-one conversation in a discrete setting.

While we don’t always know which deals close, surveyed startup participants say that most of them made relevant investor connections during the event. Likewise, many investors return to Cashwalk year after year, because they appreciate the high-quality pitches.

Startup Selection

Participating startups are vetted by German Entrepreneurship. Our team of startup advisors supports nearly 800 startups annually across a multitude of programs. Over the past 15 years, German Entrepreneurship has proven itself to be an expert at evaluating the potential and viability of each startup and in helping them scale accordingly.

Today’s hot product categories for investment include deep dech, cybersecurity, climate tech, life sciences, and AI. However, these are not limitations: All startups are welcome to apply.

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The events are independent from each other. Different startups will pitch at each event, clustered by their industry segments.
Each sector group brings out a winner.

Cashwalk Vol. 15

BERLIN – May 2, 2023

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Cashwalk Vol. 16

MUNICH – May 16, 2023

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Cashwalk Vol. 17

October, 2023

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Former Cashwalk Participants

Our Cashwalk VC Judges

Our Cashwalk jury members are experienced investors, established leaders at angel and VC investment firms as well as industry experts and serial entrepreneurs. After the startup pitches, the jury will ask in-depth questions to find out more about each startup’s business model and plans, founding team, success numbers, and much more.

Interested in joining the Cashwalk Jury?

Jury of 15th and 16th Edition

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Carla Schell

Auxxo Fund Management GmbH

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Sophie Ahrens-Gruber

Acton Capital Partners

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Johannes Triebs

Earlybird Venture Capital

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Linda Erb

coparion

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Stephan Vogel

World Fund

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Bastian Bullmann

Atlantic Labs

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Franz Diekmann

Capnamic

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Johannes Pöllmann

Reimann Investors

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Marc Alexander Kühn

UVC Partners

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Juliane Elsner

Nauta Capital

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Alena Redeker

Auxxo Fund Management GmbH

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Christian Pürzer

SevenVentures GmbH

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Martijn Balder

2bX

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Natalia Ahmadian

Earlybird

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Ion Hauer

APEX Ventures

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Silvia Ersetti

IRIS

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Isabelle Thierfelder

seed + speed Ventures

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Manal Belaouane

HV Capital

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Thomas Kirchner

OMA Ventures

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Jason Grüninger

Capnamic

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Mascha Bonk

Ananda Impact Ventures

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Nina Neumann

Picus Capital

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Leonie Schilling

coparion

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Timo Bertsch

High-Tech Gründerfonds

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Tobias Schulz

High-Tech Gründerfonds

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Beatrice Böhm

Green European Tech Fund

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Jakob Lilienweiss

High-Tech Gründerfonds

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Paul Kurz

YZR

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Martha Smets

Life Sciences Valley

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Frederic Martin

HV Capital

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Laura Bonomini

Wayra

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Matthias Wolf

BayernKapital

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Mila Cramer

Project A

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Cihat Cengiz

Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures

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Bernhard Janke

468 Capital

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Matthias Buchinger

Bayern Kapital

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Sophie Tribius

ALSTIN Capital

Special Thanks to Our Partners

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