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This is the eighth edition of the Founder Report, giving an overview of all WHU start-ups that secured a funding round from April to June. One of the highlights of this report is an in-depth interview with, WHU alumna and co-founder of Via Physio, where she shares how they are revolutionizing physiotherapy in Germany.Additionally, we feature Sebastian Seifert, who founded viafintech immediately after completing his bachelor's degree at WHU. He discusses his journey from building a payment system to scaling his business into an international success.

The new semester has just started, hence, for the confluentes Board 2023/24, the time in charge ends.

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The vision of confluentes is to be the leading student consultancy in Germany and to provide our consultants with the opportunity to engage in different and interesting projects with various customers from different industries, to broaden their horizons. As a consequence, confluentes would not be possible without all of our partners, and especially our consultants, which we would like to thank for all the hard work in 2024.

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We also want to express our gratitude to the leaving confluentes Board 2024, including Maximilian Borkowsky (MSc 2024), Peter Kasper (MSc 2025), Julius de Gruyter (BSc 2024), Ceyda Delibas (BSc 2025), Sophie Maser (BSc 2024), Aryo Omrani (MSc 2025) and Benjamin Pankrath (BSc 2024), and thank them for their dedication and hard work over the past months.

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It is our greatest pleasure to introduce the members of the new confluentes Board 2024 and hand over the daily operations to:

Chairman of the Board: Jonathan Fischer (MSc 2024)

Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board: Ben Litzinger (BSc 2025)

Members of the Executive Board:

Charlotte Kopp  (BSc 2025)

Olga Bartels (BSc 2025)

Johannes Niemöller (BSc 2025)

Leonard Wölk (BSc 2025)

Luis Brune (BSc 2025)

Mats Kühlenborg (BSc 2025)

Moritz Habetha (BSc 2025)

If you are interested in working with confluentes in the coming year, we look forward to hearing from you!

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18 WHU start-ups received funding during the last quarter, with an average of 14 million euros per company. You will also find interesting interviews, e.g. on the question "how the number of female founders in start-ups can be increased", as well as an interview with multiple Unicorn Business Angel Oskar Hartmann.

The new semester has just started, hence, for the confluentes Board 2023, the time in charge ends.

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The vision of confluentes is to be the leading student consultancy in Germany and to provide our consultants with the opportunity to engage in different and interesting projects with various customers from different industries, to broaden their horizons. As a consequence, confluentes would not be possible without all of our partners, and especially our consultants, which we would like to thank for all the hard work in 2023.

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We also want to express our gratitude to the leaving confluentes Board 2023, including Constantin Sanders (MSc 2023), Jonas Byok (BSc 2023), Elena Gonzalo (BSc 2023), Kathrin Rußbach (BSc 2023) and Niklas Starz (BSc 2023), and thank them for their dedication and hard work over the past months.

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It is our greatest pleasure to introduce the members of the new confluentes Board 2024 and hand over the daily operations to:

Chairman of the Board: Jonathan Fischer (MSc 2024)

Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board: Maximilian Borkowsky (MSc 2024)

Members of the Executive Board:

Peter Kasper (MSc 2025)

Julius de Gruyter (BSc 2024)

Ceyda Delibas (BSc 2025)

Sophie Maser (BSc 2024)

Aryo Omrani (MSc 2025)

Benjamin Pankrath (BSc 2024)

If you are interested in working with confluentes in the coming year, we look forward to hearing from you!

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We are thrilled to announce our new "Seven Questions to Partners" series post! Stefanie Jacobsen has answered seven important questions regarding her career and the consulting industry. Stefanie completed her bachelor's degree at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and has been with Bain & Company for over ten years. Don't miss out on this exceptional opportunity to gain valuable knowledge from a true industry expert! Thanks again to Stefanie Jacobsen for sharing your experiences!

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