Bastian partners with technical founders across all stages of growth building transformative enterprise software, horizontal AI applications, software infrastructure, and vertical solutions for R&D-intensive industries. His investments span Europe, with a strong emphasis on the UK and the Nordics.
Basti invests across Europe, with a particular focus on the UK and the Nordics. Prior to joining Index, Bastian was with Picus Capital. He led their Berlin office and invested in pre-seed and seed stage companies. Bastian tapped into the startup ecosystem being one of the first team members of the Munich-based software venture Alasco. He holds a M.Sc. from ETH Zurich and B.Sc. from KIT.
Perspectives
Scaling Through Chaos keynote at Slush
Bastian gives a keynote on Scaling Through Chaos on the Builders stage at Slush in November 2024. He explores how successful founders spend 50% of their time on people-related matters with examples from Revolut, Discord, Remote and Datadog. He also explores topics such as talent density, the impact of AI on talent, securing senior technical talent, delegating product leadership and more