NT

Nik Tavakoli

Senior Investment Manager at xdeck

Dr. Nik Tavakoli currently serves as Principal at xdeck since 2019, while also holding positions as an Investor at orq.ai, ContractHero, Kern AI, SureIn, and eyva since various dates in 2022 and 2023. Prior experience includes a Senior Associate role at McKinsey & Company from 2017 to 2022, along with a Fellow Intern position there in 2016. Dr. Tavakoli began a career as a Product Owner at FinLeap in 2016 and as a Student Consultant at move from 2011 to 2016. Educational credentials include a PhD in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from RWTH Aachen University (2019-2023), a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Münster (2014-2016), a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Münster (2011-2014), as well as international exchange studies at Nova School of Business and Economics and Concordia University.

Location

Cologne, Germany

Links

Previous companies


Org chart

No direct reports

Teams

This person is not in any teams


Offices


xdeck

We are xdeck. xdeck is Germany’s first startup accelerator and venture capital fund from founders for founders, located in THE SHIP, Cologne (https://shipcologne.com). We aim to be the leading platform for early-stage European tech companies positively shaping a better tomorrow. xdeck is seed-funded by the founders of FOND OF and made possible through strong partners: Capnamic Ventures, Cassini AG, Cherry Ventures, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Kienbaum Consultants International, Köln Business, @-yet, NRW.Global Business, Techniker Krankenkasse, Volksbank Köln Bonn, Spread Group and ECOVIS. Get in touch if you are looking for a strong network, access to funding and operative know-how. No frills. no fuss. Imprint: https://xdeck.de/imprint/