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.

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- 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

Insights
January 28, 2026

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.

Central Europe
Insights
January 27, 2026

The Era of Execution is Accelerating: Why Europe’s "Rocketship" Trend is Just Getting Started

Technical founders, AI-native teams, and relentless speed are reshaping how Europe builds billion-dollar companies.

Central Europe
Insights
January 15, 2026

Why German tech is hitting its stride

How German founders are building globally competitive companies despite economic headwinds.

Germany
Insights
September 11, 2025

Europe's Execution Era: An Antler Study

Antler's latest report is one of the largest studies of tech founders in Europe. We’ve analysed more than 3,000 unicorn founders and 60,000 founders at the inception of their journey, uncovering Europe's rapid growth in an AI era of execution.

Germany

Press coverage

September 15, 2025

Forbes: AI Driving The Rapid Growth Of European Startups

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November 19, 2021

Sifted: The best under the radar German startups, according to investors

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December 24, 2025

Bloomberg Daybreak Europe 12/24/2025

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September 23, 2025

Tech. eu: Inside Antler’s "Day Zero" strategy: backing founders before the first round

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September 11, 2025

Business Insider: Das neue Europa: Weniger Jammern, mehr Milliarden-Startups

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December 18, 2025

Handelsblatt: Das KI-Start-up mit Rekordwachstum in Europa

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July 18, 2025

Das Investment (podcast): Von 8.400 auf 15: Wie Antler die härteste Startup-Auslese Deutschlands betreibt

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