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Dr. Christoph Klink
As Partner in Central Europe, Christoph supports exceptional entrepreneurs along their journey - from entering into a cohort to building and scaling their ventures successfully. He draws on his background as Business Angel and Partner with McKinsey & Company. Before joining Antler he served a range of leading technology organizations, amongst others from the mobility and transportation space, on disruptive strategy and building innovative business models. Building and nurturing top talent organizations is one of his key passions and a great source of inspiration for Christoph.
- No Valley needed—this is a new era, not a moment: Europe builds unicorns through execution and win with technical depth
- Speed is the new moat: European startups hit €1B valuations faster than ever and scalefrom idea to scale in record cycles
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ARTICLES
European Founder Report 2026: A Tale of Two Tiers
Antler's latest report is one of the largest studies of tech founders in Europe. We have analyzed 209 European unicorns, 551 unicorn founders, 4,129 Series A founders, and 81,055 individual funding rounds since 2000 to uncover a dramatic shift in the region's venture ecosystem.
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Introducing Antler TRINITY in Berlin: a 3-week sprint for Deep Tech, AI, and Resilience
The strongest founders in Europe don’t need a long runway to explore - they need a short, intense window to ship, prove signal, and move decisively toward scaling. Antler TRINITY is our new, highly selective 3-week sprint in Berlin built for exactly these.
Press coverage
September 15, 2025
Forbes: AI Driving The Rapid Growth Of European Startups
November 19, 2021
Sifted: The best under the radar German startups, according to investors
December 24, 2025
Bloomberg Daybreak Europe 12/24/2025
September 23, 2025
Tech. eu: Inside Antler’s "Day Zero" strategy: backing founders before the first round
September 11, 2025
Business Insider: Das neue Europa: Weniger Jammern, mehr Milliarden-Startups
December 18, 2025
Handelsblatt: Das KI-Start-up mit Rekordwachstum in Europa
July 18, 2025
Das Investment (podcast): Von 8.400 auf 15: Wie Antler die härteste Startup-Auslese Deutschlands betreibt
January 19, 2021
TechCrunch: Skyqraft raises $2.2M seed for its powerline issue detection system
May 23, 2026
TechCrunch: Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say