Partners
MCEI is only as good as our partners. Here you can find all our partners sorted according to the services they can offer to you.
Friederike Gries is a behavioral coach, specialized on negotiation techniques, self-presentation and stress handling. She will give you advice on how to behave and articulate yourself in negotiations. She is currently coaching entrepreneurial teams from the University of Potsdam to succeed in important business negotiations. Before entering self-employment, she was working as a project manager and coach in the pharmaceutical industry.
In order to participate it is necessary to register until the 25th of June. Please send a registration email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The event is free of costs.
For further information see the attached document and have a look at the Event itself.
On Thursday , May 23 (13:45-15:15 in M003), Nicolas Gabrysch of Osborne Clarke will come to Mannheim and talk about Venture Capital (“Myth Venture Capital”). This event is definitely a highlight for all those being interested in Entrepreneurship and part of our MAN 632 Advanced Entrepreneurship Lecture Series. The event is open for everybody being interested in Entrepreneurship and mandatory for MAN632 students.
Nicolas is an advocate and partner at Osborne Clarke (Cologne office) and a true expert in venture capital, PE and cross-border M&A transactions from a legal perspective. He advises Startups, helps establishing German subsidiaries for international clients and is experienced in public takeovers and stock option schemes. For instance, in 2011, he supported the Heilemann brothers with exiting their company DailyDeal and selling it to Google. What is more, Nicolas and his team have advised numerous venture capital and business angel financing for both venture capital funds and companies seeking capital. He regularly publishes articles in the ”Venture Capital Magazine” and other influential journals of the VC scene. He is co-author of ‘Steuerberater Rechtshandbuch’ and the Compendium Corporate Law with Beck Verlag. Nicolas regularly holds lectures at venture capital conferences and is a lecturer for entrepreneurship at the University of Applied Science in Cologne. Furthermore, he is on the board of directors of RefLine AG.
We thank Nicolas for coming to Mannheim, are looking forward to this great event and hope M003 (PwC lecture hall in the castle) will be crowded. There will be an opportunity for startups in the digital business (app, e-commerce, web,..) to establish contact and discuss ideas subsequent to the lecture.
Osborne Clarke has, among other influential startups such as DailyDeal and lieferando.de, also worked with the Mannheim Startups simfy and Stocard. Osborne Clarke is an international law firm that employs over 550 lawyers that are working in 13 offices in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and North America. To obtain further information, please refer to:
http://www.osborneclarke.co.uk/about-us/osborne-clarke-at-a-glance.aspx
Recent Press releases (Source Osborne Clarke):
- Osborne Clarke advises on major SoundCloud investment Date: 18 Jan 2012
- Osborne Clarke advises Dailydeal on sale to Google Date: 21 Sep 2011
- Osborne Clarke advises Gameforge AG in acquisition of majority of shares of Frogster Interactive Pictures AG and Public Acquisition Offer Date: 24 Aug 2010
"Innovation management in SMEs" - is the topic of Univ. Prof. Dr. Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl's talk in the context of the 4th Mannheim Open Innovation Forum on Tuesday, April 30. The talk will begin at 6pm and the venue is the MAFINEX technology center.
Prof. Weissenberger-Eibl is head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe. In addition, she is head of the the Department of Innovation Management at the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Management (EnTechnon), which is part of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT.
The event series organized by the Gründerverbund, the MAFINEX e.V. and the Department of Economic and structural development of the city of Mannheim fosters idea exchange and exchange of experiences between industry and science. The topics are all about innovation and technology and refer to trends, developments and current issues.
Subsequent to the lecture, there will be an opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss while snacks and beverages will be provided. .
Date: Tuesday, 30 April, 6pm
Location: MAFINEX Technology Centre, Julius-Hatry-Strasse 1, 68163 Mannheim
Find more information here:
http://www.mannheim.de/presse/4-mannheimer-open-innovation-forum
