Our network is part of our commitment to helping our portfolio companies grow their business. Our venture partners are entrepreneurs, CEOs or board members of large companies, and have extensive market know how.

Markus is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of PAY.ON, which was acquired by ACI Worldwide in 2015. He is also the founding investor in payworks, which was acquired by Visa in 2019. He supports founders in their go-to-market approach as well as scaling their businesses.

Senthil is a business leader with 30+ years of global experience in the tech and financial services industry. He formerly worked at Oracle and is now actively assisting founders of early-stage companies in raising capital, winning new customers, and expanding into new markets.

Heinrich Zetlmayer is an accomplished CEO, Senior Executive, digital investor and growth expert. Combined with a creative and open mind, and a strong entrepreneurial mindset, he has successfully completed many turnarounds and value growth for venture capital companies, family offices and large corporations and has first-hand knowledge in what makes these projects succeed and what makes them fail. With ESL Gaming he achieved a unicorn exit. He has a unique experience in new and emerging technologies and their impact on business models and industries.
He is the founder, CEO and managing partner of Blockchain Valley Ventures (BVV). In his venture capital activities he focusses on key Emerging Technologies AI, Cybersecurity, Web3 and others for the corporate sector. Heinrich has a unique wealth of experience as a previous Vice President of IBM, Co-CEO of the global esports leader ESL Gaming, CEO of skaylink and former leader and Senior Partner of Arthur D. Little’s Global Operations Practice.