Tanja Kufner has left her position at Wayra Deutschland, a regional venture incubation subsidiary of telecommunications company Telefonica, to take up a role as managing director of accelerator Startup Bootcamp Berlin.
Kufner served as country manager for Germany, overseeing Wayra’s activities in the country as it sought out promising IT start-ups.
Prior to Wayra, Kufner worked at industrial conglomerate Siemens, social photography app developer Femory, where she was head of business development and strategy, and family office FBCon.
Kfuner is one of two MDs at Startup Bootcamp Berlin, which provides funding to start-ups as they move through a three-month programme.
Local sponsors for Startup Bootcamp Berlin include corporates Robert Bosch, Castrol, Cisco, EnBW, Nokia subsidiary Here and BMW.
– Photo of Tanja Kufner courtesy of LinkedIn