Dear Community,

We invite you to our next special event on September 19th!

This event is going to be a twofold special:

1. PART - Workshop: "Legal Basics: Employee Incentive Strategies Each Startup Should Consider"

The war for talent is more than a buzzword. In a time of rapid digital transformation, this has become increasingly evident for every player within the startup ecosystem. But only great teams make a great startup. The more important it is to intelligently incentivize key employees and reward continuity, identification and dedication.

But which market-proven instruments are out there and what are their pluses and minuses? Shares, options, RSUs, virtuals? Or simply the good old cash bonus?

Join us for some profound and focussed insights from the legal practitioners’ perspective, followed by an open legal Q&A session, hosted by our partners from BMH Bräutigam. And find out that law cannot only make the difference but at times also be exciting.

2. PART - Fintech Fireside Chat with Leitha Matz (Zuper) and Olga Shikhantsova (Target Team)

Leitha Matz is the Co-Founder and COO at the German FinTech startup Zuper. Zuper is a data-powered financial platform that makes personal finance smarter, easier and more fun. It is an AI-driven finance coach that helps people improve their financial health with convenient mobile apps. Moreover, Leitha is also the strategic support for verify-u, a leading identity verification firm. She mentors startups with Techstars and is part of the advisory board for the CoWomen community in Berlin, as well as the co-founder of Mind the Gap (MtG) e.V., a nonprofit community organization focused on financial education for women. Previous work in the US included building online customer service operations for FedEx as well as the e-commerce front-end systems for FreshDirect.com (now a $600 MM rev/yr business).

Olga Shikhantsova is an Investment Associate at the TARGET TEAM, the international Venture Capital firm headquartered in Berlin, with €700m in AuM that invests in fast-growing online platforms, targeting trillion $ markets. Olga joined the firm in 2017 and is running all fintech deals as part of Target' Fintech Opportunities Fund

Please join us for a very interactive and engaging evening.