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Nicolaus von Schlieffen

Senior Business Development Executive
Berlin, Germany
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linkedin.com/in/nicolausvonschlieffen
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nicolaus@vonschlieffen.de
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+49 (0) 173 7656963
Nicolaus is a senior business development executive with multiple years of experience in the German and US startup and venture capital ecosystem. He is very passionate about bringing innovation into highly regulated industries. His core strengths are the identification and execution of business opportunities: Whether it may be the launch of a new vertical, the closing of a sales- or procurement partnership or the launch of services in a new market, Nicolaus will identify the most promising opportunity and make sure it gets executed cost-efficiently and fast.
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Work Experience

Koop Services UG (h.b.)

Founder & CEO
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May 2018 - Current

Koop is a technology company building disruptive assets for the construction industry of the future.

Heartbeat Labs

Project Lead
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Jun 2017 - Apr 2018

Heartbeat Labs is an entrepreneurial platform and company builder with a focus on highly regulated industries. During my time at Heartbeat Labs it was my job to identify and invest in promising early-stage ventures and entrepreneurs that target the disruption of B2B processes in healthcare. The most important project I completed, was a high 7-digit investment in CareSyntax - a leading medical technology and services platform that helps hospitals reduce surgical risk and improve outcomes.

Homebell

Head of Business Development and Strategy
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May 2016 - Jun 2017

Homebell was a fast-growing startup, backed by top tier VC-firms (i.e. Lakestar, Index Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Picus). We built a vertically-integrated fit-out & refurbishment construction firm trying to increase efficiency in an old-fashioned and low-digitized market. It was my job to establish sales and procurement partnerships with insurances, wholesaler and manufacturer to bring down sales and procurement costs and increase our conversion rates by broadening our product portfolio. My greatest accomplishment during this time was the securing of a mid 7-digit investment by the insurance corporate Axa and the setup of a sales-partnership with them.

Zipjet

Country Manager Germany
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Mar 2015 - May 2016

Zipjet is Europe's leading urban delivery service for fashion and dry-cleaning services with locations in London, Paris and Berlin. It was my job to manage the local operations at the Berlin office, including the driver fleet, customer service, partner management and B2B sales - a total team of 45 people (30 drivers, 15 office workers). My greatest accomplishment was to reach operational profitability. The main reason we achieved that is by building and committing a close team of dedicated drivers as well as building close relationships to our local dry-cleaning partners.

Rocket Internet SE

Global Venture Development Manager
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Aug 2013 - Nov 2013

Rocket Internet SE is Europe's leading company builder and entrepreneurial venture capital firm with over 4 billion € in assets under management. I started as an intern working for a newly started FinTech startup (Lendico) and quickly grew into a managerial role supervising the setup of local offices and teams in other European markets. I led a team of 5.

Education

WWU Münster

Bachelor of Science (Top 10%) Economics
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Sep 2011 - Feb 2015

Stiftung Internat Louisenlund

Abitur (Top 5%) English and Mathematics
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Aug 2006 - Jun 2009

Skills

  • English (Fluent)
  • German (Mother-Tongue)
  • French (Conversational)
  • Performance Marketing (Google Ads, Bing Ads, Facebook Ads, Instagram Ads)
  • Business Analysis & Business Evaluation
  • Excel & VBA
  • Bloomberg