On October 7, we opened the doors of KulturBrauerei Berlin to host our fifth Project A Knowledge Conference. With over 1,500 attendees and more than 120 speakers, this was the biggest PAKCon yet.
Our guests could dive deep into all things startups and venture capital in 68 sessions featured throughout the day, and because we believe that knowledge is for everyone, you can now watch over 40 hours of content on our YouTube channel.
Here’s a selection of our top ten talks to get started:
- Venture Capital and Fundraising
- Leadership and Organization Building
- Marketing and Data
- People and Diversity
- Special Gems: Live recordings
Going Beyond the Obvious
Venture Capital and Fundraising

1. The Ugly Truth about Venture Capitalism
A talk by Uwe Horstmann (Project A).
➤ Watch the full talk (at 58:17)

2. What Startups and VCs Can Do to Support Ukraine
Panel discussion with Tatjana Kiel (Klitschko Ventures), Ekaterina Demushkina Jalliffier-Merlon (World Economic Forum), Henrike Schlottmann (Project Together), and Dr. Florian Heinemann (Project A).
➤ View the full panel discussion (at 6:21:40)

3. How Startups Can Raise Money During the Crisis
Panel with Uwe Horstmann (Project A), Alex Hofmann (Gründerszene), Malin Posern (Passion Capital), Paul Becker (re:cap), and Victor Chiarelli (CURE).
➤ Check out the full session (at 1:19:52)

4. Why Climate Tech Will Create Superior Returns
Panel with Dörte Hirschberg (Climentum Capital), Danijel Višević (World Fund), Daria Saharova (World Fund), and Christian Kroll (Ecosia).
➤ Find the full session (at 5:47:10)
Leadership and Organization Building

5. Fireside Chat with Trade Republic CEO Christian Hecker and Project A’s Dr. Florian Heinemann
➤ Watch the full chat (at 1:58:18)

6. Driving Customer Engagement Across All Levels of Leadership
Ben Fischer (Project A) in a talk with Julius Koehler (sennder).
➤ Watch the full talk (at 2:03:47)

7. Building High-Performance Organizations
By Charlotte Niklahs (Project A).
➤ Check out the full session (at 2:43:52)
Marketing and Data

8. Marketing in the Metaverse/Web3 Internet Culture
Panel with Vicktoria Klich (w3.fund), Jana Pelchen (Project A), and Dr. Teo Pham (Delta School).
➤ Watch the full panel (at 1:51:43)

9. 5 Data and Analytics Trends and How to Use Them
By Ole Bossdorf (Project A).
➤ Check out the full talk (at 3:36:42)
People and Diversity

10. 2hearts: Building Tomorrow’s Tech Society With Cultural Diversity
A panel with Thuy-Ngan Trinh (Project A), Yasemin Sezer, and Iskender Dirik (2hearts).
➤ Check out the full discussion (at 5:13:48)
Special Gems
If you’re into podcasts as much as we are, we have a special treat for you: 3 live podcast recordings for your viewing — and listening — pleasure (German only).

OMR Podcast Live Recording
With Philipp Westermeyer, Dr. Florian Heinemann, and Sascha Lobo.
➤ Tune in here (at 3:59:21)

Doppelgänger Podcast Live Recording
By Philipp Glöckler (Lollipod) and Philipp Klöckner (Investor, Advisor, Podcaster).
➤ Tune it here (at 7:59:32)

Vodafone Live Podcast: Digitale Vorreiter:innen
With Christoph Burseg (BCDC) and Dr. Theo Pham (Delta School).
➤ Tune in here (at 3:20:16)

Don’t miss PAKCon 2023!
Get your ticket now and join us
➤ October 11, 2023, at KulturBrauerei, Berlin