We passionately accelerate the growth of our partners by gearing up their business and corporate development. As former operators of successful ventures, we understand the needs of founders very well. We work fast, results-driven and at eye-level with our partners. Let’s go!
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Benjamin Ruschin
Managing Partner
Prior to co-founding Big Cheese Ventures, Ben was Co-Founder & CEO of WeAreDevelopers, now Europe’s leading recruiting platform for software developers and host of the world’s largest developer congress. Ben is a former European Digital Leader of the World Economic Forum and a Forbes 30 under 30 list maker. He has co-founded and invested in numerous startups (e.g. lead investor of notarity) and holds various private- & public sector board seats.
ben@bigcheese.io
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Mark Kaslatter
Managing Partner
In his previous career, Mark founded & bootstrapped k.section, a company specialized in CRM implementation. Mark exited k.section to the EURONEXT-listed corporation EMAKINA Group. In the same year he also exited the fitness startup box-planner. Mark was Co-CEO for the CEE region of EMAKINA Group until 2022 and turned the company into one of the leading digital transformation service providers in Europe.
mark@bigcheese.io
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Bernhard Haberl
Partner
Bernhard joined the unicorn GoStudent as their employee #7 in 2018. He played a central role in the ramp-up and hyper-growth phase of GoStudents‘ success story. Bernhard was responsible for GoStudents’ sales from the very beginning and took on the role of Head of Sales for the GSA region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Bernhard is an absolute pro in all things sales and is a seasoned startup investor. At Big Cheese Ventures he leads the business development unit.
bernhard@bigcheese.io
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