Christoph Gerlinger

Gerlinger earned a master's degree in Business Administration and Management from JW Goethe University Frankfurt am Main in 1992.

Early in his career, Gerlinger was CFO of the German subsidiary of Psygnosis (Sony Group)(1996 - 1998). Later he was CFO and Co-Founder of CDV Software Entertainment AG (1999 - 2001), listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange from 2000 until 2010, before serving as general manager of Atari's German entity Infogrames Deutschland GmbH (2002). In early 2005, Gerlinger founded the MMO Games Publisher Frogster Interactive Pictures AG. He was Frogster's long standing CEO and worked with the team during its critical growth phases.[7] He left Frogster at the end of 2011 after the takeover by its competitor Gameforge.[8] He then founded German Startups Group, which was released publicly on 27 July 2012.[9] [10] German Startups Group became the second most active venture capital investor in Germany since 2012.[11] Gerlinger regularly publishes articles and gives interviews on venture capital and economical topics. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17][18] [19]

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