HHL Alumnus Mathias Bosse, Supply Chain Startups

3 Tips for Startups on Finding Early Stage Funding

by Petra Spanka | February 15, 2022
Mathias Bosse is alumni of the part-time MBA program and spent the last 5 years working as a Venture Capital investor, seeking out early-stage startups and helping them grow their businesses. We talked to him about his journey from VC investor to starting his own business and what advice he has for startups seeking funding.

Interview with Mathias Bosse, Venture Capitalist and founder of scm-startups.com

Mathias Bosse is alumni of the part-time MBA program and spent the last five years working as a Venture Capital (VC) investor, seeking out early-stage startups and helping them grow their businesses. Prior to that, he gathered valuable experience working in an E-Health startup. Today he is the co-founder of Supply Chain Management Startups and currently planning to set up an early-stage fund focusing on sustainable supply chain management startups. We talked to him about his journey from VC investor to starting his own business and what advice he has for startups seeking funding.

What startups need to keep in mind when looking for early-stage funding:

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From Venture Capital to Supply Chain Management

Mathias Bosse‘s passion for the supply chain industry stems from his early days in business. He started his career in logistics and was able to focus on B2B investments in the supply chain industry during his work at seed+speed. What struck him as surprising, was how this industry still struggles with digitalization. To address the gap between promising startups and lack of transparency in the industry, he created the Supply Chain Management Startups Handbook to connect supply chain professionals as well as investors with startups.

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