Barnim K. - Founder

Berlin, Germany

Experience

Nov 2023 - Present

2 years 2 months

Berlin, Germany

Founder

Pine – Fintech Start-up

Developing an AI-powered treasury operating system – the new single-source of finance data truth for mid-sized businesses.

Nov 2021 - Oct 2023

2 years

Berlin, Germany

Chief of Staff (Procura)

Kadmos – Fintech Start-up

Part of the founders team, building own team and owning various projects and functions, including strategy (business development), legal (licensing, licensing partner contracts, customer contracts, data protection), partnerships & sales, financial license (EMI License in UK and DE), finance (accounting, FP&A, financing rounds, investor communications).
Substantially influenced scaling of business from pre-seed (6 FTEs) to series A (>35 FTEs) stage and onwards, while collecting €40M in funding.

Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

8 months

Hamburg, Germany

Founder

Developed a credit-based subscription golf club concept to ease access to golf and introduce membership flexibility.
Stopped just before pre-seed funding due to various reasons (HR, legal, own goals of founding team).

Feb 2019 - Feb 2021

2 years 1 month

Hamburg, Germany

Investment Manager

MAGNA Real Estate AG – Real Estate Developer & Asset Manager

Responsible for all transaction activities (single real estate, portfolios, and properties for developments), including related topics (business plans, due diligence, structuring). Volume of accompanied transactions over €100M and GDV of over €100M.
Focused on living offices and living.
Built up Spanish mezzanine business for another company section (E&V Capital) as part of an expansion strategy.

Sep 2018 - Jan 2019

5 months

Munich, Germany

Analyst

Liberta Partners – Private Equity

Mid-Cap restructuring and buy-outs.
Tasks included writing information offerings (IOs) and bid-offerings (BOs), conducting commercial and financial due diligence, deal structuring, financial modeling, and maintaining contact with sell-side advisors.

Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

6 months

Berlin, Germany

Assistant to CFO & Connection between PE-Investor (Auctus Capital) & Company

Auctus Capital (Holmes Place) – Private Equity / Fitness Studio Chain

Served as the connection between investor and portfolio company.
Conducted debt financing for acquisition of new clubs, developed and set up financial model predictions, leasing model, and finance structuring.

Sep 2017 - Nov 2017

3 months

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

M&A Intern

DC Advisory – M&A Boutique

Worked on sell-side and buy-side mandates in consumer goods, industrials, pharma, chemical industry, and technology sectors.

May 2016 - Jul 2016

3 months

Hamburg, Germany

M&A Intern

MCF Corporate Finance – M&A Boutique

Conducted tasks such as market analyses, valuations (CCA, CTA, DCF), target identification for sell-side and buy-side mandates, and pitch preparation.
Worked on mandates in tourism, maritime, veterinary, and renewable energy sectors.