Kerstin Bock - backing diverse founders with long-term horizons and focus on impact

Kerstin is the CEO and co-founder at Openers, a boutique communications agency in Berlin that partners with tech companies including Sorare, Pipedrive, Spotify, and Pleo as well as several other unicorns. She is an active mentor and advisor to several start-up initiatives including the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund — Europe's largest Deep tech fund. Kerstin invests as a hands-on angel in early-stage startups across sectors ranging from climate tech to food tech and health tech, always with a focus on diverse founding teams (including one.five, Hier Foods, The Climate Choice, Endogene.Bio) and recently also joint the Atomico Angel Programme.



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