Stefan is Partner at Speedinvest, an early-stage tech fund with offices in Vienna and Silicon Valley. At Speedinvest, he is responsible for FinTech investments across EMEA and takes a very hands-on approach to support founders on strategy, busdev and corpdev. He has 20 years of experience in the international payments and banking technology space as Advisor, Executive, Incubator and Investor. Stefan is board member of Wirecard, Holvi, Iyzico, and Curve and advisory board member at Number 26 and Investly. Previously he was President Central and Southern Europe at First Data, Partner at Roland Berger, and Principal at A.T. Kearney based in New York and Vienna. He holds Masters Degrees from Columbia University and Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.