Bits & Pretzel Festival 2022 | Bits & Pretzels | 24 September 2022 | Munich

Today, thousands of founders, the world's leading companies and the most inspiring speakers are joining our annual festival – sharing the belief that entrepreneurship can drive positive change in Germany, Europe and all over the world. We will reunite our exceptional community of 5,000 creators to support, connect and inspire those that will help solving the problems of our generation.

Hundreds of startups, investors and corporates are joining Bits & Pretzels every year. They know that a network cannot be built from your office.

Skip weeks of business lunches and investor meetings – and do all your networking over the course of just three days.

2022 Speakers

Dr. Robert Habeck
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Hanno Renner
Co-Founder & CEO, Personio

Daniel Krauss
Co-Founder & Chief Organizational Plumber, FlixMobility GmbH

Simon Schmincke
General Partner, Creandum

Pieter van der Does
Co-Founder & CEO, Adyen

Stanislas Niox-Chateau
Co-Founder und CEO, Doctolib

Katharina Wilhelm
Partner, Index Ventures

Miriam Wohlfarth
Founder & CEO, Banxware

Lubomila Jordanova
Co-Founder & CEO, Plan A

Felix Ohswald
Co-Founder & CEO, GoStudent

Gregor Müller
Co-Founder & COO, GoStudent

Niklas Adalberth
Founder, Norrsken Foundation

Yorick Naeff
CEO, BUX

Fridtjof Detzner
Co-Founder & General Partner, Planet A Ventures

Mario Kohle
Founder & CEO, Enpal

Jakob Berndt
Co-Founder, Tomorrow

Christian Hülsewig
Founder & CEO, Schüttflix

Max-Josef Meier
CEO, FINN

Leonard Dorlöchter
Co-Founder & CPO, peaq

Nina Pütz
CEO, Ratepay

Anne Lamp
Founder & CEO, traceless materials GmbH

Christian Vollmann
CEO, C1 Green Chemicals AG

Niccolo Perra
Co-Founder, Pleo

Valerie Bures
CEO, VAHA

Rouven Dresselhaus
Managing Partner, Cavalry Ventures

Kristina Walcker-Mayer
CEO, Nuri

Andreas Bodczek
CEO, IDnow

Alexander Schlomberg - van Doren
Founder & Managing Director, Expertlead GmbH

Frank Thelen
Founder & CEO, Freigeist

Delara Burkhardt
Member of European Parliament, European Parliament

Nick Antipov
Co-Founder & Project Manger, MAKEOUT

Josh Thompson
Co-Founder & CEO, Civics Unplugged

Henrike Hahn
Member, European Parliament

Kathrin Anselm
General Manager DACH, CEE & CIS, Airbnb Germany GmbH

David Löwe
Co-Founder, everdrop GmbH

Tim Stracke
Founder & co-CEO, Chrono24

Markus Dickhardt
Founder & CEO, Roadsurfer GmbH

Philipp Ortwein
Co-Founder & MD, InstaFreight

Sven Przywarra
CEO, LiveEO

Roman Erhardt
Geschäftsführer, Vitra GmbH

Peter Bakenecker
President Central Europe, Mastercard

Bernhard Kowatsch
Head of WFP Innovation Accelerator, WFP Innovation Accelerator

Peter Fricke
Head of Capital Markets Sales / Venture Network, Deutsche Börse AG

Jennifer Dussileck
Founder & Co-CEO, finway

Ante Spittler
Co-Founder & CEO, Moss

Bobby Healy
Founder & CEO, Manna

Abdul Hassan
CEO, Mono

Babs Ogundeyi
CEO, Kuda

Stefano Guidotti
Partner, P101 Ventures

Dr. Josef Vollmayr
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Limehome

Hendrik Kramer
Co-Founder & CEO, Fernride

Sebastian Schaal
Founder, Luminovo

Thomas Grübler
Co-Founder & CEO, OroraTech

Bastian Krautwald
Founder & CEO, OWWN

Fredrik Harkort
Co-Founder & CEO, Cleverly

Michael Wax
Co-Founder & CEO, Forto

Phil Chambers
GM Peakon, Workday

Justin Joseph
Senior Director, Product Strategy, Workday

Axel Vilaseca
CEO, Troopy

Freya Oehle
Founder, Dreitausendsassa

Maximilian Modl
CEO, Sendinblue

Dirk Henke
General Manager DACH, Malt

Virgile Raingeard
CEO & Co-founder, Figures

Cedric Cassini Belmont
CCO, Treezor SAS

Thomas Seidel
Country Manager Germany, Spendesk

Marc-Oliver Pahl
Professor for Cybersecurity at IMT Atlantique, Chairholder Chair Cybersecurity for Critical Networked Infrastructures, German-French Academy for the Industry of the Future

Vincent Huguet
CEO & Co-Founder, Malt

Max Schertel
Co-Founder, finmid

Max Linden
Co-Founder & CEO, lemon.markets

2022 Sponsors

• Gruenderland Bayern
• Siemens
• Microsoft
• Vodafone Uplift
• Audi
• Mastercard
• Adyen
• Life Science Factory
• Workday
• Miele
• Aws
• MUST - The Munich Innovation Ecosystem
• Twilio
• okta
• SevDesk
• PwC
• HV Capital
• Deutsche Borse Venture Network
• IWC Schaffhausen
• 3d Experience Lab
• Datev
• Mollie
• Amplitude
• re:cap
• SAP
• Box
• KPMG
• UVC Partners
• Deutsche Bank
• 10x Founders
• Ryte
• Messe Muchin

KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• McKinsey & Company

IMPACT PARTNER:
• Respond

NETWORK PARTNERS:
• 5-HT
• AddedVal.io
• CDTM
• Digitalpharma Lab
• Digital Umsetzen
• Fit tech company
• Fit tech Club
• Founders Foundation
• Gate Garching
• German Tech Jobs
• Gruenderkueche
• Junge Grunder
• Marketing Borse
• Medical Valley
• Munich Startup
• Plug and Play
• Startbase
• Stellwerk
• Trip
• Unicorn Bakery
• Venture Capital Magazine
• Werk1
• Augsburg Grundet