Timm Neu

peaq gives robots and machines everything they need to do business, on every chain. peaqOS enables machines — robots, vehicles, devices, AI agents — to show up on any chain as liquid assets with identities, wallets, reputation, and the ability to provide services, trade, and prove what they did. peaq is the economic system for a human-centric Machine Economy where autonomous machines are a new asset class and every human can have a stake. It is home to 60+ applications in 20+ industries and to the millions of machines that run on them. For more information, visit peaq or follow peaq on Twitter/X for updates.

DueDash provides the essential digital infrastructure for the private capital markets. Our non-custodial Intelligence Layer empowers GPs, LPs, Family Offices, and Founders to move from the chaos of manual coordination to a state of intelligent, auditable orchestration. We are not another system to replace. We are the API-first, agnostic hub that sits atop your existing ecosystem, providing a single source of truth for deals, diligence, and portfolio operations. Our platform, powered by 18+ proprietary financial AI agents, is architected for institutional trust, with SOC 2-aligned controls and options for deployment within your own secure VPC/VNet. Our mission is to eliminate operational drag so our clients can focus on what they do best: building Alpha.

peaq gives robots and machines everything they need to do business, on every chain. peaqOS enables machines — robots, vehicles, devices, AI agents — to show up on any chain as liquid assets with identities, wallets, reputation, and the ability to provide services, trade, and prove what they did. peaq is the economic system for a human-centric Machine Economy where autonomous machines are a new asset class and every human can have a stake. It is home to 60+ applications in 20+ industries and to the millions of machines that run on them. For more information, visit peaq or follow peaq on Twitter/X for updates.

DueDash provides the essential digital infrastructure for the private capital markets. Our non-custodial Intelligence Layer empowers GPs, LPs, Family Offices, and Founders to move from the chaos of manual coordination to a state of intelligent, auditable orchestration. We are not another system to replace. We are the API-first, agnostic hub that sits atop your existing ecosystem, providing a single source of truth for deals, diligence, and portfolio operations. Our platform, powered by 18+ proprietary financial AI agents, is architected for institutional trust, with SOC 2-aligned controls and options for deployment within your own secure VPC/VNet. Our mission is to eliminate operational drag so our clients can focus on what they do best: building Alpha.

The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group is made up of ten brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen, Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, ŠKODA, SEAT, CUPRA, Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Porsche and Ducati. Our group sells vehicles in 153 countries and operates 114 production plants worldwide. Each working day, around 675,000 employees worldwide produce cars, are involved in vehicle-related services or work in the other fields of business. Our goal is to make mobility sustainable for us and for future generations. Our promise: With electric drive, digital networking and autonomous driving, we make the automobile clean, quiet, intelligent and safe. At the same time, our core product becomes even more emotional and offers a completely new driving experience. It is also becoming part of the solution when it comes to climate and environmental protection. In this way, the car can continue to be a cornerstone of contemporary, individual and affordable mobility in the future. #Shapingmobility Imprint & Legal: http://vw.de/legal-notice DAT: http://vw.de/dat

The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded, AI-powered startups. Since 2009, our structured methodology, global mentor network, and platform have helped over 8,900 founders across 100+ countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Whether you’re an employee ready to make the leap, a solo founder with a big idea, or a first-time entrepreneur looking for direction, we provide the AI toolkit, structured sprints, expert feedback, and investor network to take you from Zero to Founder, faster and cheaper than ever before. And when you’re ready, our venture fund Founder Capital and global investor network are there to write your first check.

The Founder Institute Cologne is a chapter of the Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute, a world premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program. We help entrepreneurs and teams build enduring companies: Our intensive 14-week part-time program is structured and success-proven; and our global support network consists of over 20,000 CEOs, Founders, Investors and Experts. Since 2009, we launched globally over 5,000 companies, helped graduates raise over $1B in funding and built companies exceeding $30B in value. The Founder Institute is the only program of its kind that accepts solo Founders and Founders with full-time jobs, and that shares equity with semester participants. Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing companies have used our program to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, and more. For more info visit fi.co or contact Cologne’s leadership team: Manuel Born (linkedin.com/in/manuelborn/) Mathias Härchen (linkedin.com/in/mathias-haerchen-fox42/) Eva Dimitrova (linkedin.com/in/evadimitrova/)