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Florian Calmbach

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

Managing Partner, Venture Stars

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Venture Stars
Title
Managing Partner
Role
Managing partner
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Record updated 4 October 2026

About

Florian is a founder and managing partner at Venture Stars. After finishing his studies at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, UCLA Los Angeles and ICADE Madrid, Florian co-founded netztathleten media (acquired by RTL media group). Later, Florian co-founded several other online start-ups and started investing as a business angel, before initiating Venture Stars' first fund in 2014 together with his partners. Florian enjoys to work closely with other founders and serves as a board member and advisor to several Venture Stars portfolio companies. He is also a certified business coach.

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After finishing his studies at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, UCLA Los Angeles and ICADE MadridSource (opens in a new tab)

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