Our team.
Get to know our team.
Stefanie is a Venture Partner at BSH Startup Kitchen, where she brings over multiple years of experience fostering impactful partnerships and driving long-term value. With a strong background in strategy consulting, she is passionate about bridging innovation and business to create meaningful, lasting impact.
Stefanie Kahre
Venture Partner
Eric is a Venture Partner at BSH Startup Kitchen, and is leading our activities in China. He actively builds and nurtures the local innovation ecosystem to enable BSH internal clients to access and partner with innovation resources across China. As a startup mentor of various programs, he is enthusiastic about bridging those to Chinese resources for product realization.
Qi Yu/Eric
Venture Partner
Mathias is Venture Manager at BSH Startup Kitchen. He is responsible for the entire process of Startup collaborations and acts as a bridge builder between BSH teams and Startups. Mathias has several years of experience in Corporate Venturing with a specialization in Venture Clienting and a special passion for high business impact projects.
Mathias Weber
Venture ManagerTina is Venture Manager at BSH Startup Kitchen. She drives startup collaborations and connects teams with innovative partners to solve challenges and scale solutions. With expertise in product and business model innovation and a focus on sustainability, she enhances internal processes and customer satisfaction.
Dr. Tina Roennberg
Venture ManagerNicole is Venture Manager at BSH Startup Kitchen. She oversees the end-to-end process of startup collaborations, acting as a key facilitator between BSH teams and innovative startups. Before joining BSH Startup Kitchen, she worked in product - and innovation management, focusing on implementing forward-thinking solutions and driving technological advancements in corporate environments.
Nicole Schneider
Venture Manager
Benedikt is Venture Manager at BSH Startup Kitchen. He encourages partnerships with startups and internal teams with innovative solutions that address important challenges and enable scalable impact. Coming from a startup background and with experience in UX research and consumer journey management, he supports the Sales & Marketing area – always with consumer happiness in focus.
Benedikt Baur
Venture Manager
Anna is Venture Manager at BSH Startup Kitchen. She drives E-2-E startup collaborations in the area of Product Innovations and works closely with internal and external stakeholders to support the successful adoption of innovative technologies across BSH. Before becoming a Venture Manager, Anna gained profound experience in project management, business development, and Venture Clienting, building a strong foundation for corporate innovation.
Anna Lugmair
Venture Manager
Güney is a Venture & Dealflow Manager at BSH Startup Kitchen. He is responsible for researching topics with high business impact potential for BSH teams and actively sources startups that could help us leverage that opportunity. He has a strong passion for innovative business models. Prior to BSH Startup Kitchen, Guney worked in investment banking and venture capital focusing in early stage startups.
Güney Kaya
Venture & Deal Flow ManagerSina supports the process optimization & reporting at BSH Startup Kitchen by actively supporting the Venture Managers and working with the teams involved. Drawing on experience across various departments – from HR and Logistics to Corporate Controlling and Purchasing – she brings a broad understanding of business functions and cross-departmental collaboration. With a background in International Business and Psychology, she combines analytical insights with a people-cantered perspective.
Sina Hoffmann
Process Optimization & Reporting
Laura supports the communication and operations at BSH Startup Kitchen, working closely with the Venture Managers and other Stakeholders. In her previous working stations, she specialized in project management, strategy development, strategy communication - and now Venture Clienting.
Laura Schmidt
Communication & Operations