In this episode of "Let's Talk About Tech," host Berthold Baurek-Karlic and Max J. Heinzle, Founder & CEO of 21X, discusses the digital transformation of capital markets and the role of blockchain. With his extensive experience in venture capital and finance, Max explains how blockchain technology is revolutionizing the way financial instruments are traded and managed.

Guest Speaker: Max J. Heinzle ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-heinzle/

21X: https://21x.eu

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital:

🌐 Website: https://www.venionaire.com

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

#web3 #blockchain #crypto

In this episode, our moderator Berthold Baurek-Karlic sits down with Karl Zettl, Co-Founder and CEO of Iknaio Cryptoasset Analytics. Together, they talk about Karl’s journey from growing up in a restaurant business-driven family to leading Iknaio in revolutionizing the world of crypto analytics. Iknaio is transforming crypto tracking with a powerful, Google Maps-like approach to crypto transactions. From tracing assets to uncovering patterns of illicit activities like money laundering, Karl and Berthold discuss the challenges and innovations shaping the future of blockchain transparency.

Guest Speaker: Karl Zettl ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-zettl/

Iknaio: https://www.iknaio.com

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital:

🌐 Website: https://www.venionaire.com

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

#web3 #blockchain #crypto

Web3 has evolved beyond hype. Now it’s about structure, adoption, and building actual economic layers.

In this episode of Let’s Talk About Tech, host Berthold Baurek-Karlic sits down with Georg Brameshuber – founder of ValidVent, tax advisor, board member of Blockchain Europe, and regulatory expert – to unpack the friction points and forward motion of the digital asset ecosystem.

- The European approach to digital asset regulation (MiCA, whitepaper requirements, etc.)

- Is there value to meme coins?

- Web3 use cases beyond finance On-chain IP monetization, royalty flows in the creator economy, and where immutable ledgers replace centralized black boxes.

- Bridging TradFi and Web3

- Why Bitcoin is foundational but not the full picture.

- Where DeFi, DAOs & token design go next

Guest Speaker: Georg Brameshuber ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/georg-brameshuber/

Validvent: https://validvent.com

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital:

🌐 Website: https://www.venionaire.com

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

In this episode of Let’s Talk About Tech, host Berthold Baurek-Karlic, CEO of Venionaire Capital, speaks with Marco Karber, founder and CEO of AES – Autonomous Energy Systems, about how he turned rock bottom into a revolutionary green-tech breakthrough.

They talk about:

- The brutal early days of AES: no money, no team, no plan B

- Why they refused to sell the company - even when it was nearly worthless

- How AES turns plastic waste into oil and creates a truly circular economy

- The real power of small-scale, decentralized pyrolysis reactors

- How AES is on track to clean up the world’s dirtiest plastic waste

- and so much more

Guest Speaker: Marco Karber ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-karber-a73207148/

AES – Autonomous Energy Systems: https://aestechnik.de/en/

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital

🌐 Website: https://www.venionaire.com

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

In this episode of Let's Talk About Tech, we sit down with Susanne Tischmann, Chief Information Officer of ÖAMTC, for a deep dive into the intersection of mobility, technology, and innovation.

Hosted by Berthold Baurek-Karlic, CEO of Venionaire Capital, this episode explores Susanne's impressive career path, tackling the traveling salesman problem with real-world data, the vision behind ÖAMTC's venture arm, 120 ventures and more at one of Austria's most essential mobility service providers.

Guest Speaker: Susanne Tischmann ➡️ / https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-tischmann-768b4a60/

ÖAMTC: https://www.oeamtc.at

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ / https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital:

Website: https://www.venionaire.com

Linkedin: / https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

In this episode of Let’s Talk About Tech, host Berthold Baurek-Karlic, CEO of Venionaire Capital, speaks with Marco Porak, Country General Manager & Director of Technology at IBM Austria and IBM Quantum Ambassador, about how IBM is actively shaping the enterprise tech landscape today.

They talk about:

- How IBM is delivering real business value through hybrid cloud architecture

- Why IBM uses a multi-model AI approach with efficient, scalable models like Granite 3.2

- How IBM is using AI internally to transform HR for over 280,000 employees as “Client Zero”

- IBM’s leadership in quantum computing, with operational systems, a global cloud-accessible quantum network, and a roadmap to 2033

- and much more

Guest Speaker: Marco Porak ➡️ / /https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-porak/

IBM: https://www.ibm.com/de-de

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ /https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital:

Website: https://www.venionaire.com

Linkedin: / https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

The AI expert in Austria Clemens Wasner, CEO & Founder of EnliteAI, came to our studio to share his thoughts on the current state of Artificial Intelligence. Host Berthold Baurek-Karlic and Clemens talk about his fascinating journey—spanning a decade living in Japan and Beijing, where he witnessed firsthand the transformative impact of AI across industries. Returning to Austria, he became one of the country's early AI pioneers, co-creating the Austrian AI Landscape in 2017 and helping shape the national conversation around artificial intelligence through EnliteAI.

They dive into: 🔹 His international career path and cultural insights 🔹 The changing composition of founding teams 🔹 The hardware demands of modern AI 🔹 Value-based pricing 🔹 What’s next for AI adoption and innovation

Guest Speaker: Clemens Wasner ➡️ / / / https://www.linkedin.com/in/clemenswasner/

EnliteAI: https://www.enlite.ai

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ / / https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Q.ANT (Photonic Computing): https://qant.com

Venionaire Capital:

Website: https://www.venionaire.com

Linkedin: / https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

In this episode of Let’s Talk About Tech, host Berthold Baurek-Karlic sits down with Michael Schramm, CEO & Founder of OwnerChip. They dive into Michael’s background in IT, his deep digital expertise, and how he’s tackling the $3 Trillion Fake Industry with OwnerChip and their solutions.

Guest Speaker: Michael Schramm ➡️ / /https://www.linkedin.com/in/mischramm/

Company: https://www.ownerchip.com

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ /https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital:

Website: https://www.venionaire.com

Linkedin: / https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

Facebook: / https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

In this episode of Let’s Talk About Tech, host Berthold Baurek-Karlic sits down with Lukas Zenk to explore the art of leadership in times of crisis. From managing a polycrisis to the power of improvisation in business and on stage, they dive into what it takes to stay on course while embracing change.

🔹 How do great leaders navigate uncertainty?

🔹 Can we innovate while also exnovating outdated systems?

🔹 What role does a North Star play in guiding teams through chaos?

Join us for an insightful conversation—plus, an intriguing live experiment to train to exnovate and innovate!

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Guest Speaker: Lukas Zenk ➡️ / http://www.linkedin.com/in/lukaszenk/

Company: www.lightbox.at

University Krems: https://www.donau-uni.ac.at/lukas.zenk

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

Meta-Competences: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871187124000531

Improvisation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100993

WORKSHOPS:

Meta-Competences: https://bit.ly/meta-kompetenzen

Business Improvisation and Creativity: https://www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/studium/business-improvisation-und-kreativitaet.html

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Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ / https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

Website: https://www.venionaire.com

With over 30 years of experience in the industry, Alexander Oswald, President of the Austrian Marketing Association, shares his view on how the role of marketing has shifted in today's fast-paced world.

Host Berthold Baurek-Karlic and Alexander discuss his time at Nokia, a brand that once held a dominant 70% market share in Austria in the phone business, and the reasons that ultimately led to its decline. What lessons can we learn from Nokia's rise and fall, and how does this connect to Europe's ongoing innovation challenges?

Guest Speaker: Alexander Oswald ➡️ / https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderoswald/

Moderator: Berthold Baurek-Karlic ➡️ / https://www.linkedin.com/in/berthold-baurek-karlic-30228045/

Venionaire Capital:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venionaire/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venionaire/

Website: https://www.venionaire.com

#marketing #podcast #businesspodcast #business