Our footprint in Europe.
Over the past five years, we have seen an unprecedented demand from European corporations, startups, and VCs for our innovation platform. We now have over 10 programs operating in key cities in Europe with some of the most engaged corporate-startup relationships we've ever seen.
Videos from our programs in Europe
Sustainable Fashion in Amsterdam
Fintech in Frankfurt
Healthtech in Munich
Energy in Berlin
Insurtech in Munich
Retailtech in Munich
Fintech in Paris
Smart Cities in Paris
Mobility in Stuttgart
- AMSTERDAM
Urbanization
The technology powering the future of urban life.
- AMSTERDAM
Sustainable Fashion
Our sustainable fashion program with Fashion for Good.
- BERLIN
Energy
Our global search for Energy startups continues.
- FRANKFURT
Fintech
Fintech in Germany's financial capital.
- MILAN
Agtech
Exploring the next innovation in agriculture.
- MUNICH
Healthtech
Startup Creasphere in partnership with Roche.
- MUNICH
Insurtech
Expanding into the insurance center of Germany.
- MUNICH
Retailtech
Retailtech Hub in partnership with MediaMarktSaturn.
- PARIS
Fintech
Our program in partnership with BNP Paribas.
- PARIS
Smart Cities
The future of our built environment.
- STUTTGART
Mobility
Startup Autobahn in partnership with Daimler.
Our Europe Team
Sascha Karimpour
VP, DACH
<p>Sascha is the Vice President of our operations the DACH region.</p>
Claudius Jablonka
Director, Munich
<p>Claudius is the Director of our operations in Munich, Germany.</p>
Xenia Poppe
Community Manager, Insurtech (Munich)
<p>Xenia is a Community Manager for our Insurtech program in Munich.</p>
Christian Kunz
Corporate Partnerships Manager, Brand & Retail (Europe)
<p>Christian is a Corporate Partnerships Manager for Brand & Retail in the Europe region.</p>
Omeed Mehrinfar
Managing Director, Fintech (Europe & Middle East)
<p><p><p>Omeed is a Regional Director of Plug and Play FinTech in Europe. He joined Plug and Play in August 2014 and, alongside Scott Robinson (VP and Global Head of FinTech), were tasked in launching a program targeted towards the financial sector. Since the launch of the program in January 2015, Omeed has worked in 5 different accelerator classes with a total of 117 FinTech startups, as well as a list of over 30 corporate partners (BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, to name a few).Now based in Paris, Omeed acts as the Program Director of BNP Paribas / Plug and Play; a partnership between the two entities, targeted towards finding the best FinTech and InsurTech startups that can innovate and disrupt different sectors of the financial market; while simultaneously evaluating investment opportunities in Paris and the larger Eurozone.</p><p></p></p></p><p></p>
Julia Belaya
Corporate Partnerships Director, Health
<p>Julia is the Director of Corporate Partnerships for our Health program in Silicon Valley.</p><p>Julia develops strategic partnerships and joint ventures with corporations in the healthcare space to find business development, licensing, acquisition, and strategic investment opportunities among Plug and Play's startup network.</p><p>Prior to Plug and Play, Julia worked in divorce financial planning and business development for a boutique consulting firm serving high net worth individuals and spent 4 years at Deloitte Consulting in their Oracle Package Technology practice.<br/></p>
Robert Pechholz
Corporate Partnerships Manager, Insurtech (Munich)
<p>Robert is a Corporate Partnerships Manager for our Insurtech program in Munich.</p>
Fernando Zornig
Program Director, Fintech (Frankfurt)
<p>Fernando is the Program Director of the Fintech program in Frankfurt, Germany.</p>
Nadiezdha Crespo
Program Manager, Insurtech (Munich)
<p>Nadia is a Program Manager for our Insurtech program in Munich. </p>
Cédric Vallée
Ventures Director, Fintech (Paris)
<p>Cédric is the Ventures Director for Fintech in Paris.</p>
Gabrielle Inzirillo
Program Director, Fintech (Paris)
<p>Gabrielle is the Program Director for Fintech in Paris.</p>
Bob Rode
Ventures Associate, Fintech (Frankfurt)
<p>Bob is a Ventures Associate for Plug and Play in Frankfurt. </p>
Zofia Przytocka
Community Manager, Frankfurt
<p>Zofia is a Community Manager for our Fintech program in Frankfurt.</p>
Yang Tran
Ventures Analyst, Fintech (Frankfurt)
<p>Yang is a Ventures Analyst for our Fintech program in Frankfurt.</p>
Jaime De Borbon
Partnerships Manager, Real Estate & Construction (Paris)
<p>Jaime is a Partnerships Manager for our Real Estate & Construction program in Paris. </p>
Alejandro Tomas
Digital Marketing Manager
<p>Alejandro is digital marketing manager at Plug and Play.</p>
Ana Camarena
Marketing Manager
<p>Ana is a Marketing Manager for Plug and Play.</p>
Rory Gilchrist
Full Stack Developer
<p>Rory is a Full Stack Developer for Plug and Play.</p>
Candela Fitzgerald
Human Resources, Europe
<p>Candela is a Human Resources Specialist for our operations in Europe. </p>
Frederike Rohr
Corporate Partnerships Manager, Health (Munich)
<p>Frederike is a corporate partnerships manager for our Health program in Munich.</p>
Frederik Bohn
Corporate Partnerships Manager, Supply Chain & Logistics, Europe
<p>Frederik is a Corporate Partnerships Manager for our operations in Berlin.</p>
Brittany Salas
Program Director, Energy & Sustainability (Berlin)
<p>Brittany is the Program Director for Energy & Sustainability in Berlin, Germany.</p>
David Felkai
Corporate Partnerships Manager, Energy & Sustainability (Paris)
<p>David is a Corporate Partnerships Manager for our Energy & Sustainability program in Paris.</p>
Anya Klyukanova
Program Manager, Supply Chain, Europe
<p>Anya is the Program Manager of Supply Chain team in Berlin.</p>