Kristina Peneva
"Small and large-scale innovation can bring about positive social change. Therefore, we need more creative ideas from courageous innovators in order to jointly address the challenges of present and future generations."
Focus of work
- Consulting, financing and promotion of start-ups in technological and non-technological fields
- Business model development and innovation
- Evaluations in the field of innovation policy, esp. regional start-up ecosystems
- Public relations, moderation and conception of events, workshops and podcasts
Curriculum vitae
Kristina Peneva studied political science focussing on European integration and energy policy at Free University Berlin and Sciences Po Paris. After graduating she worked in Berlin‘s start-up scene as start-up consultant and as public funding advisor before joining the leading crowd-investing platform in the DACH-market
as campaign manager. Since 2017 she is scientific consultant at the iit within the VDI/VDE-IT in the focus area of society and innovation, group data economy und business models. Her main work areas are the assessment and supervision of start-up and R&D-projects as well as the conceptualisation and organisation of events for start-ups.
Publications
Marieke Rohde (Hrsg.); Johannes Mock (Hrsg.); Kristina Peneva (Hrsg.); Matthias Bürger (Hrsg.) (2022): Datenwirtschaft und Datentechnologie
Kristina Peneva; Guido Zinke; Stefan Petzolt; Richter, Doreen; Lindner, Maximilian (2019): Start-up Support System Hamburg: Trends und Potenziale. Studie im Auftrag der Behörde für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Innovation der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (BWVI).