Marcus Erken
Founding Partner at Sunfish Partners
Berlin, Berlin
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2016 - Current
Sunfish Partners is an early stage VC that invests in deep tech startups from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). www.sunfish.vc
Expert
2025
https://intro.co/marcuserken
Intro is an application that connects users over a short video call and gets personalized advice.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Michael Ovitz, Tiffany Haddish, Firsthand.vc, Andreessen Horowitz, Pure Imagination Brands, David M. Solomon, Seven Seven Six, Nomad Ventures, Rachel Zoe Ventures and TGM ventures.
Angel Investor
2016
Investing at pre-seed & seed stage. Proud investor in Academa, Airmo, Blockbrain, Locad, Minutia, Prematch, Ramp, Reebelo, Vamo, 10lift, and many others.
Lecturer
2014
Co-lecturing the annual New Venture Creation course in which students start their own companies. www.whu.edu
Startup Coach
2014 - 2020
WHU Incubator helps students launch and develop their startups. www.whu.edu/incubator
Research Associate & Lecturer
2013 - 2016
RWTH Aachen University is among Germany's best technical universities. www.rwth-aachen.de