Joel Berger, Industry Leader Media & Entertainment,
Google Deutschland GmbH

Joel Berger is responsible for the development of the media and entertainment markets for Google in Germany. This especially entails the use of Google products like search, Youtube and mobile platforms for clients from this industry. Previously, Joel Berger was the Managing Director of Fox Interactive Media Germany, and the social networking portal MySpace in Germany and Northern Europe. Prior to Fox, Berger was a member of the management board at MTV Networks Germany where he was in charge of Digital Media and marketing for the four channels of the MTV Networks Group (MTV, VIVA, NICK, Comedy Central). Before coming to MTV, Berger worked as director of new media at Sony Music, where he was responsible for the Web sites and interactive business models of Sony Corporation’s music division. After completing his MBA in Mannheim, Swansea (UK), and Paris, Berger held different positions in marketing and public relations in Frankfurt/M. and New York.

Birger Nahs is Senior Vice President at Corporate Finance Partners, a leading international advisory firm with a focus on Mergers & Acquisitions as well as Private Equity and Venture Capital Placements in the technology sector. Birger started his career with CFP in 2001 after his academic studies at European Business School (Oestrich-Winkel) and James Madison University (Virginia, USA). During the past ten years he successfully completed various transactions, mainly in the gaming, mobile/ telecoms and eCommerce industries. Among others, Birger advised on the sale of Jamba! to VeriSign, the sale of blau.de to KPN, the acquisition of guenstiger.de by Nextag and the sale of redcoon to Media-Saturn. In terms of gaming transactions, CFP’s references include the sale of elkware to Infospace, the buyout of Bigpoint by NBC/ GMT, the sale of a significant stake of Frogster to Gameforge and the investment of Fidelity Growth Partners Europe in Innogames.

Martin Ostermayer completed his studies in business administration, majoring in marketing at the University of Hamburg with a degree as Dipl. Kaufmann. In 1995, he joined Panasonic Deutschland GmbH in Hamburg, where he was promoted to Head of Product Management TV over time. In 1998, as a holder of a DAAD scholarship, he decided to deepen his education with an MBA at the University of San Francisco focusing on Telecommunications. In 1999, during his studies in the USA, he founded the Internet start-up handy.de together with Dirk Freise and Thorsten Rehling. In 2002, handy.de was acquired by the Bertelsmann Group. Martin Ostermayer remained managing director of handy.de until the end of 2003 and he contributed significantly to the integration of handy.de into the Bertelsmann Group and the expansion of the business model as Mobile Entertainment service provider. In 2004, Martin Ostermayer moved on to freenet AG as a member of the management board and Head of Business Development. Here, he pursued various areas in the field of DSL(broadband) and mobile communications and was involved in the merger with mobilcom AG. In 2005, he left freenet and founded together with Dirk Freise and Thorsten Rehling the virtual mobile no-frills discounter blau. With 3 million customers, blau is one of the most successful mobile communication discounters in Germany and blau was acquired by the Dutch company KPN, which also owns E-Plus, in 2008. Following the acquisition, the management of blau remained with the three founders, and as managing director, Martin Ostermayer was until November 2011 responsible for the areas of Strategy, Finance and Marketing of blau. In December 2011 Martin founded together with Dirk Freise and Thorsten Rehling the Venture Capital firm Fastlane Ventures. Fastlane Ventures is investing in the sectors Mobile, Internet, Games and Social Media.

Dr. Oliver Wunsch is a German attorney at law and partner of the law firm VOIGT WUNSCH HOLLER. Following his education in Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and San Francisco/USA, he has been with the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for many years. In September 2009 he founded the corporate & M&A-focused law firm VOIGT WUNSCH HOLLER. Oliver Wunsch specializes in national and transnational transactions. He also regularly advises venture capital-investors, start-ups, entrepreneurs and managers in connection with financing rounds, exits and other transactions.