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Andy Goldstein

Andy Goldstein is published by VU Venture Partners as Partner - Western Europe. The official professional biography states: Andy is a serial entrepreneur and professional startup investor, with 40 years of experience in founding, building, financing, and accelerating companies, including a specialization in bringing European companies to a global market and bringing U.S. companies and products into Europe. Co-Founder and Managing Partner of A Round Capital Fund Group, two Angel Funds that invested into 50 startups, notable investments include Kranus Health, Kaia Health, Xempus, Omni:us, Lanes & Planes, Klarx, Smart Reporting. Co-Founder of Start2Group (formerly known as German Entrepreneurship) which has spawned over 1,000+ startups (including nine unicorns) in 15 years. Programs he co-founded include the German Accelerator, a project of the German government (BMWK); LMU Entrepreneurship Center; Social Entrepreneurship Akademie; Start2Raise. Andy was a Sr. Partner with Deloitte Consulting Germany for 10 years. Co-Founder/Managing Director of Deloitte Digital GmbH, and co-led Deloitte Consulting's Innovation & Ventures practice for Germany. Responsible for four acquisitions, incl. the Business Building unit of DaimlerBenz & 27 pilots, the global venture clienting leader. Before joining Deloitte, Andy sold his software company, MediaGold, to Avanquest Software, a French public company, where he was COO of Europe for 5 years and Board Member for 12 years. Co-founded Feingold Technologies (a digital health startup) and exited to Sharecare which IPO’d on the NASDAQ in 2022. Andy teaches a Masters Class in Entrepreneurial Growth Management at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and at the EM Lyon Business School in France. Andy sits on multiple boards of venture funded startups, including Kaia Health and Kranus Health. Andy is a graduate of the Wharton Business School with a dual degree in Entrepreneurial Management and International Business.