Sascha Karimpour is part of Europes biggest innovation platform. Since 2016 he works as Managing Director for Plug & Play Germany GmbH and brought the Silicon Valley Spirit to Germany. He is based in Stuttgart, where he manages the open innovation platform STARTUP AUTOBAHN, a platform that unites global young tech companies with the unique tech expertise of Silicon Valley and the best of German engineering. A total of 150 startups graduated from the innovation platform, with more than 220 pilot projects in the field of mobility, IoT and enterprise 2.0. Besides Plug & Play Germany opened platforms in Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt covering the topics RetailTech, Healthcare, Insurtech, Fintech, Energy and Supply Chain. Before he came to Germany, Sascha had been VP of Corporate Relations for the DACH region for Plug and Play Tech Center located in Silicon Valley. Previously he worked for various startups and established the North American division of a traditional German trading company in Chicago. With his entrepreneurial Spirit, he took it to his passion, to push innovation through collaboration!