Tilo Bonow | |
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| Born | 7 January 1980 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Tech investor, entrepreneur |
Tilo Bonow (born January 7, 1980 in Potsdam) is a German tech investor and entrepreneur. [1] He is the founder and CEO of the communications agency Piabo and a speaker at Startup and tech conferences. [2] [3] He is considered a digital pioneer in the Business and Startup world. [4]
From 2002 to 2006, Bonow was Head of Corporate Communications at Jamba! where he worked with the Samwer brothers. [5] [6] [7] Prior to joining Jamba, he worked at the advertising agency O.T.W. and as a freelance consultant in the field of online marketing. [8]
In 2006, Bonow founded Piabo, a Berlin-based PR agency specializing in tech companies, which is now one of the market leaders in Europe. [2] [9] His portfolio includes companies such as Tinder, GitHub, Shopify, Stripe, Silicon Valley Bank, wework, Samsung, and BMW. [1] [10] Initially, Bonow was active with Piabo in Europe, then also in North America - especially the Silicon Valley - until he began to expand into China in 2015. [11]
Bonow is an investor in and advisor to various venture capital companies. His focus is on Startups with a tech focus. He primarily supports European companies financially and with his business expertise. [3]
He has been an investor in Cavalry Ventures since its founding in 2016. [12] He is also an investor in 500 Startups [13] and serves as a member of the investment committee at 3VC (formerly Capital 300).[ citation needed ] He has invested with Cocoon Capital Management, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, and Unlock Venture Partners, a Seattle-based venture capital firm. [14] In 2019, he began investing with Headline (formerly Infinity Ventures), a Japanese VC firm. [13] [15]
Bonow is a regular speaker at tech conferences, such as the NOAH Conference in London and Berlin, [16] [17] the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai and Barcelona, the Bits & Pretzels Conference in Munich, the Digital Life Design (DLD) Conference, the Plug & Play Conference, and at The Next Web in Amsterdam. [1] [18] [19]
In April 2021, he spoke at the online EU Startup Summit. [20]
In 2020, Bonow spoke at Chatbot Summit, a conference specializing in conversational A.I. (artificial intelligence), among other events. [21] In November 2020, he was a speaker at Ecosummit [22] and in December 2020, he was a keynote speaker at Uppstart, a Swedish tech startup conference. [23] Furthermore, he was an invited speaker as a scene expert at the NEXT Conference in Hamburg [24] and at the German Tech Conference 2020. [25] In 2017, he spoke at the Startupnight conference. [26] In July 2014, he was a speaker at DLDwomen in Munich. [27]
Since 2013, Bonow has been a mentor at Microsoft Ventures Accelerator Berlin and at Axel Springer Plug & Play Accelerator, a joint venture. [14] [28] Since August 2014, he has served as an advisor at IBM Smart Camp, a global program that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors. [29] IBM Smart Camp is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. [30] He is also a mentor at ProSiebenSat.1 Accelerator [31] and APX, the joint start-up program of Porsche and Axel Springer Verlag. [29]
For regeneration, Bonow plays electric drums in his office [11] or on his electric piano in his Berlin apartment. [32]
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