Tanja is the Academy Director at Wayra Germany.
Prior to that, Tanja has been an active investor at numerous Venture Capital Firms and most recently at a Family Office in Munich. She has extensive experience in Corporate Venturing and Innovation, having been involved as Investment Director with companies such as Siemens, Siemens Mobile Acceleration and LVMH. Some of her investments included GetMobile, Cynobia, Gate5, Social Venture Fund and CargoGuard.
Before becoming an Investor, Tanja began her career at BT in 1994. At BT Europe she was involved in the creation of Viag Interkom, where she was responsible for corporate strategy and business planning until 1996.
Prior to moving to Europe, Tanja spent nine years in the Bay Area where she worked on consulting projects wit