Team

The people of Abundance Gate build a diverse team of industry experts, deep-tech specialists, biotech entrepreneurs, innovation managers and scientists. 
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Every team member follows a hands-on approach, connect different disciplines and apply different innovation tools to shift mindsets.

Founders & Team

Thomas Holzhuber

CEO | Founder
Technology Scout
Marketing
Singularity

Timur Topalgoekceli

Startup Lead | Founder
Hello Tomorrow Turkey
Deep Technology
Energy

Leo Fellinger

Corporate Lead | Founder
Corporate Consulting
Mobility
Innovation

Alexander Nitsch

Financial Advisor
Startups & Industry
Organizational Dev.
Investor Relations

Ivana Bilusic Vilagos

Lab Operations Manager
Lab Operations
Facility Management
Science & Research

Johanna Wiesner-Grohmann

Startup Navigation / Operations Manager
Entrepreneurship
Ecosystem networking

Sigrid Hanzl

Real Estate Consultant
Sustainable & Innovative Architecture
Building Strategy

Investor & Advisory Board

Florian Rüker

Professor (retired) of Molecular Biology and Protein Engineering | Founder of F-Star Therapeutics Inc.
Protein engineering
Antibody engineering
Protein expression

Ilija Studen 

Co-Founder and President of Studen & Co Holding
Agricultural Commodities I Food Ingredients
Financial and Private Markets

Niki Futter

Investor
Business Angel
Investor I Founder
Corporate Management

Alfred Karl

Investor
Business angel
Food and Beverage

Darryl McConnell

Investor, CXO AT CURIE.BIO
SVP & Research Site Head at Boehringer Ingelheim
VP Medicinal Chemistry at Boehringer Ingelheim
Drug Hunter at Intervet, Biota Holdings & Chiron Technologies

Mission

Building an inclusive, resilient and dynamic ecosystem for co-creation, scalable application and real impact.

We believe that real innovation is based on real science. This is why we focus on creating value along the entire lab-to-market value chain, across the scientific, technical, legal, commercial, financial, regulatory and strategic fields.

Vision

Creating an abundant future through connecting science and entrepreneurship and solving humanities most pressing challenges.
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We build commercially and socially valuable startups that make a difference - for our society, our planet and our economy.

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