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Christoph Auer-Welsbach

Former Venture Partner at Lunar Ventures

New York, New York

Writes $15K – $50K checks · typically $25K

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About

Christoph Auer-Welsbach is co-founder and CEO of LIQOS, an AI infrastructure platform for digital finance. His background includes founding Kaizo, an AI-native customer service platform, and Spoonity, a European customer loyalty platform, as well as co-founding City.AI and WorldSummit.AI, an applied AI community that grew to 50,000 members across 50+ cities before exit. As an investor and former head of IBM Ventures in EMEA, he has backed nine companies through exit, including early investments in Zama and Hypernative.

Experience

  1. LIQOSCo-founder & CEOcurrent2025 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Anyone.comChairman of the Boardcurrent2024 — present
  3. PersonalAngel Investorcurrent2015 — present
  4. KaizoCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  5. KaizoCo-CEO2020 — 2022Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  6. HATS™Co-Founder2023 — 2025Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  7. World Summit AICo-Founder2016 — 2024Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  8. Lunar VenturesVenture Partner2021 — 2023Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  9. DAN.COMChairman of the Board2017 — 2022Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  10. IBMPartner, IBM Ventures2017 — 2020EMEA
  11. IBMWatson Strategy Innovation Leader Europe2016EMEA
  12. RockstartProgram Director2015Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  13. Plexal (formerly ENTIQ)Program Manager2014 — 2015London, United Kingdom
  14. One Valley (formerly GSVLabs aka nestGSV)Corporate Program Manager2013 — 2014United States | Austria
  15. SpoonityFounding Team, Manager2011 — 2013Austria | Canada
  16. Private Family OfficeInvestment Manager2009 — 2011Österreich

Skills & more

SaaS5Software as a Service (SaaS)7Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningEarly Stage Ventures12New Business Development51Innovation Development15Start-up Ventures17Early Stage Investment16Capital Raising15Entrepreneurship43Creative Entrepreneurship10
+12 moreStart-upsEarly-stage StartupsFinancial AdviceAngel InvestingCrisis ManagementRestructuringManagement ConsultingBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyVenture CapitalStrategic PlanningLeadership

Languages English · French · German

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Who is Christoph Auer-Welsbach?
Christoph Auer-Welsbach is co-founder and CEO of LIQOS, an AI infrastructure platform for digital finance. His background includes founding Kaizo, an AI-native customer service platform, and Spoonity, a European customer loyalty platform, as well as co-founding City.AI and WorldSummit.AI, an applied AI community that grew to 50,000 members across 50+ cities before exit. As an investor and former head of IBM Ventures in EMEA, he has backed nine companies through exit, including early investments in Zama and Hypernative.
What check size does Christoph Auer-Welsbach write?
Christoph Auer-Welsbach typically writes checks of $15K – $50K.
Where did Christoph Auer-Welsbach go to school?
Christoph Auer-Welsbach studied at Universität Klagenfurt (Bachelor of Economic Science (BScEcon), Business Studies and Law); Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance).

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Also worked at World Summit AI1

Mike ReinerPartner at Acrobator Ventures