We understand founders,
since we are founders ourselves.

Venture Stars is lead by a small, hungry team
of serial entrepreneurs with many years
of experience in founding and scaling start-ups
and their organizations.

Our partnership consists of two managing partners,
backed by a strong team of venture partners,
experts and advisors.

MARTIN JUNKER

Managing Partner

Martin is a founder and managing partner at Venture Stars. Before joining the VC world, Martin co-founded several start-ups as a serial entrepreneur - amongst others, netzathleten media (acquired by RTL media group). Martin studied business administration at the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, in the USA and Spain. He furthermore supports the Venture Stars portfolio companies AlphaPet Ventures, Solvemate, Synera, Biddz and Nunc.
FLORIAN CALMBACH

Managing Partner

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.
STEFAN PFANNMOLLER

Founding Partner

Stefan is Founding Partner and Managing Director at Venture Stars. Before discovering his passion for internet entrepreneurship, Stefan was Germany's #1 canoe slalom athlete, taking part in 2 Olympic games and wining the bronze medal. As an athlete from the heart, Stefan realized his idea of a digital Olympic village and co-founded netzathleten media (acquired by RTL media group). Today Stefan is responsible for AlphaPet Ventures as Advisor to the CEO and supports new Venture Stars investments.
CHRISTIAN MAERZKE

Managing Director

Christian is Managing Director and Venture Developer at Venture Stars. Before joining the Start-up world, Christian worked at the venture capital department of KfW banking group. Christian studied at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Christian is an organisation building and recruiting expert and has also built up extensive Sales & Marketing driven Business Development know-how, e.g. building and scaling stationary retail sales.”

We understand founders, since we are founders ourselves.

We strive to enable outstanding founders to realize their visions - generating meaningful value.

We understand founders,
since we are founders ourselves.

We strive to enable outstanding
founders to realize their visions -
generating meaningful value.