Mathias is a Berlin-based General Partner at Speedinvest, managing the fund's Marketplaces & Consumer team that focuses on all things network effects and consumer tech. Mathias has been building and investing in marketplace and platform businesses for over 13 years being previously part of Mountain Partners and Point Nine Capital.

Over the years, he invested into over 80 startups in the space. At Speedinvest, Mathias led investments in companies such as TIER Mobility, Schüttfix, Planetly, Byrd and CoachHub among other.

Since 2017, the Marketplaces & Consumer team is investing over €100M into early stage marketplaces and platforms and has made over 35 investments since.

Mathias shares some great lessons throughout the episode that any entrepreneur that wants to build a marketplace can learn from, please enjoy this great conversation with Mathias Okenfels - General Partner at SpeedInvest.

Mathias is organising the Marketplace Conference (Nov 16-17 2021) with speakers like: Andrew Chen, General Partner of A16z, Talia Goldberg, Partner of Bessemer Venture Partners, Elmar Broscheit of Gorrilas and he was kind enough to give us a 20% discount (see link). The attendees will get a free copy of Andrew Chen's book - The Coldstart Problem.