Lars Hinrichs

Lars Hinrichs is the Founder and CEO of Cinco Capital, an independent private equity firm based in Hamburg, Germany, since January 2000, focusing on technology investments. Lars serves as the Founder and CEO of CAN NEMO SL, which offers luxury vacation experiences, and holds the position of Vice Chairman at Xempus AG, a company dedicated to digitizing private pensions. In addition, Lars is the Founder of the Digital Art Museum and has been a Supervisory Board Member at Deutsche Telekom since October 2013. As the Executive Geek and Founder of HackFwd, Lars aims to support pre-seed investments in European tech entrepreneurs. Previously, Lars was the Founder and CEO of XING from November 2003 to January 2009 and served as the CEO and Founder of politik-digital e.V. from March 1996 to March 2000. Lars has also attended the Harvard Kennedy School for further education in 2009 and 2010.