Felix Mader (M.Sc.)

Education:

• 09/2019 – 04/2022: Master‘s degree program in International Business & Entrepreneurship (M.Sc.) at the Università di Pavia, Italy, with a focus on international management, innovation, sustainability and entrepreneurship. Master thesis: “Opportunity Development Process in Sustainable Entrepreneurship – An exploration of particularities, challenges, and success factors for sustainable start-ups along the entrepreneurial process”
• 01/2017 – 06/2017: Semester abroad at the Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
• 03/2015 – 08/2018: Bachelor‘s degree program in Business Administration (B.A.) at Mainz University of Applied Sciences with a focus on general management, marketing and entrepreneurship. Bachelor thesis: “Early-stage financing by private and public venture capital companies - a comparison and analysis from the perspective of young companies” (written in German language)
• 09/2012 – 01/2015: Commercial vocational training as industrial clerk at Gebr. Bode GmbH & Co. KG in Kassel

Work experience:

• Since 10/2024: Research assistant at the Department of Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (TIME), University of Kassel
• 09/2018 – 08/2019: Business associate and strategic assistant to the management at Vaamo Finanz AG in Frankfurt / Moneyfarm Investment Ltd in London
• 07/2017 – 08/2018: Internship and working student in the area of corporate development/strategic projects at Vaamo Finanz AG in Frankfurt am Main
• 01/2013 – 02/2015: Part-time job as an “all-rounder” in event organisation at Kuba.exe/Kulturbahnhof Kassel
• 08/2010 – 08/2012: Internship and part-time job as an “all-rounder” in company administration and finance at Ullrich GmbH (logistics) in Kaufungen