Mali Baum

CEO & Founder at WLOUNGE one of the biggest and most influential tech networks in Germany, and founder of MAGDA GROUP upcoming European fund of funds with focus on European technology and diverse team/ female founders.
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‘“Mali is one of the People Shaping Female Founders Future and opportunities at the startups Ecosystem'' Recently announced raising a new fund of funds, Magda Group FoF with focusing on EU technology and diverse team, for building more success stories and uplifting the tech ecosystem in Europe and beyond”

Mali has 20 years of experience in founding companies, serial entrepreneur started her own first business in 2007 and followed this up with a global educational toys industry, R&D in Tel Aviv and manufacturing in China, which sold it’s products in USA, Asia, Australia and across Europe. The products won numerous awards for innovation and design.

Mali is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and won the Global Hero category for #DFLA20 in Germany.

Since January 2020 she is an advisor and jury member of the EU Innovation Council, EIC.

She is an ambassador for the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises for  StartUp AsiaBerlin (SUAB) and Asia-Pacific Week Berlin (APW). A regular speaker at the industry conferences, a mentor and jury member of startup’s competitions. Mentor and jury member at accelerators like Techstars , SIBB,  Berlin Partner Start-Alliance (Berlin Senate), Founder Institute, SIBB, Startupbootcamp, and others, actively involved in governmental activities, Corporate’s M&A and VCs.     Jury member at the Berlin’s Mayor competition FARBENBEKENNEN AWARD 2019, Initiator by the State of Berlin. Partner at F-Lane, the Vodafone Impact accelerator 2020 and involved in the EIC Green Deal as a Jury.

Promote the local tech EU and Germany ecosystem globally and locally and push for more women in influential positions in corporates and startups and she is a key player for open doors for female investors/ founders. Mali is a Lecturer at several universities on entrepreneurship, founding companies. diversity and international business.

Business angel, Mali gain an investment experience as a business angel and growth in startups, Raised with her WLOUNGE the Berlin Tech Awards Gala with Corporations, VCs,Startups and government collaboration for highlighting the ppl behind the startups and promote diversity and investment. Also supporting VCs and part of an Impact fund for emerging markets.

She is part of Findervest App, a platform where startups meet investors that aim to bring the important value of having a fully dedicated layer that focuses on female investors/female founders for fundraising.

Mali is an instrumental in creating the Tech ecosystem in Berlin and beyond, Bridging her global massive network of startups, VCs, foundations, Family-offices, governmental activities, corporations from EU markets, Tel Aviv, New York, Silicon Valley, Africa and China, Bridging opportunities for the local startups and corporations.

We talked to Mali about their foundings, the 'Startup Nation' Israel and the founders Geist in Germany, among other things, and we also took away some tips for entering the global market. You can find out more about this and many other topics in our blog post.