Jannik Nolden
Short Bio
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🏫 Educational background:
- B.Sc. in Business Administration at University of Cologne
- M.Sc. in Management (Major: Data & Business Analytics) at Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisbon)
💼 Work experience:
- Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company
🏃 Hobbies:
- Padel, Tennis, Football, Running
Conference presentations
- Nolden, J., & Welpe, I. M. (2026, June). Overcoming the valley of death: Founding team human capital and deep tech funding. Paper presented at the 46th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
- Nolden, J., & Treffers, T. (2026, June). Deep tech founders: United by similarities or powered by differences? Paper presented at the 46th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
- Nolden, J., & Treffers, T. (2026, August). Deep tech founders: United by similarities or powered by differences? Paper presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Nolden, J. (2026, August). European unicorns: Academic and functional heterogeneity of founder teams. Paper presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Involvement in the organization of conferences
- Nolden, J., Clarysse, B., Fleming, L., Greenstein, S., Gruber, M., Nanda, R., Schmiedmayer, P., Sorenson, O., & Verreynne, M.-L. (2026, August). Understanding global deep tech: Emerging methods, key research gaps and the future research agenda [Professional development workshop]. 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Publications for Practice
- Welpe, I. M., Treffers, T., Nolden, J., Paul, E., Schulte-Holtey, G., Güngör, J., Bandur, B., von Einem, M., Guggenheim, M., Hinze, A.-K., Stein, S. L., Faber, J., Heim, K., Villinger, T., Löffler, T., Merabi Golan, A., Jacob, T., Haidl, G., & Eichiner, B. (2026, Mai). Global Deep Tech Report 2026: Deep tech founders — United by similarities or powered by differences? TUM Chair of Strategy and Organization, in Kooperation mit HTGF, Bayern Kapital, Onsight Ventures, Arqis, D11Z. Ventures, DTCF & IHK München.