Manuel Effenberg

Manuel Effenberg, Ph.D., is a finance expert and startup investor with a robust academic foundation and a decade of experience in various finance roles. They have served as Senior Venture Developer at FoundersLane and held leadership positions, including CFO and Head of Finance at signals Venture Capital. During their tenure as Managing Director at HPI Seed, Manuel managed investments in multiple IT startups while their time at the University of Potsdam focused on research and teaching in Corporate Finance and Venture Capital. Currently, Manuel is pursuing degrees in Business Administration at both the Universitat de Barcelona and Universität Potsdam.