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Marcus Erken
Founding Partner at Sunfish Partners
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Marcus Erken
Founding Partner at Sunfish Partners
Berlin, Berlin
Overview
Marcus Erken is the Founding Partner at Sunfish Partners, an investor specializing in pre-seed and seed stage startups in sectors such as Impact, Security, Robotics, and AI. With a background in business development and entrepreneurship, he has successfully invested in companies like Codejet, liftOS, and Alphamoon, while also serving as an Angel Investor and Lecturer at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.
Erken's career highlights include founding Sunfish Partners and making impactful investments in early-stage startups, demonstrating his expertise in business development and strategic management within the startup ecosystem. His role as a lecturer and startup coach at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management further showcases his commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and innovation.
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2016 - Current
Sunfish Partners is an early stage VC that invests in deep tech startups from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). www.sunfish.vc
Angel Investor
2016
Investing at pre-seed & seed stage. Proud investor in Academa, Airmo, Blockbrain, Locad, Minutia, Prematch, Ramp, Reebelo, Vamo, 10lift, and many others.
Lecturer
2014
Co-lecturing the annual New Venture Creation course in which students start their own companies. www.whu.edu
Startup Coach
2014 - 2020
WHU Incubator helps students launch and develop their startups. www.whu.edu/incubator
Research Associate & Lecturer
2013 - 2016
RWTH Aachen University is among Germany's best technical universities. www.rwth-aachen.de