Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Meet the speakers: Felix Petersen


Founder, Future Sailor

Felix Petersen is a serial entrepreneur and investor from Berlin, Germany. He’s founded and sold two companies: Plazes, a pioneering Geo-spacial company (sold to Nokia in 2008) and Amen an opinion sharing app (sold to Tape.tv in 2013). He´s been a motor for the Berlin startup and tech scene since it’s humble beginnings and has been credited widely for helping to put Berlin on the map.

He wrote the first cheque to Soundcloud and continues to be an active angel and advisor to companies like Auxy, Readmill (exited to DropBox), Dataminr and Retention Grid. Petersen has had numerous appearances in publications like Wired, the New York Times and many others as well as being a frequent speaker.

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