Moritz Johannes Mey

After several years in the startup scene, I now aim to research the phenomena I've observed and experienced. My goal is to bridge entrepreneurship and research by addressing practical questions to understand how entrepreneurs can contribute to sustainable social change.  And there is a very personal and practical motivation: to enable as many students as possible to start their own businesses.

I am particularly interested in:

• Entrepreneurial Ecosystems:
  Exploring how startup ecosystems can create conditions for entrepreneurship that help achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
• Entrepreneurial Finance:
  Investigating the performance of venture capital funds, the effect of VC structure and motivations on startups and founding teams, available financing opportunities for founding teams, the mechanics of fundraising processes, and the role of impact investing.
• Impact & Sustainability:
  Examining how startups achieve impact, what constitutes 'real impact,' and what motivates startup teams in social, environmental, or impact entrepreneurship.
• New Technologies:
  Focusing on Blockchain for Social Good, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), and specific use cases of blockchain.
• Conditions for Entrepreneurial Success

Mey, M. & Collazzo, P. (2021) Tapping into the Potential of Social Banking in Germany. Academy of Management Proceedings (Conference Paper). https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.15378

Experience

Research Assistant & PhD Candidate
Bonn University
2024 — today

Dozent
a.o. Cologne Business School, TH OWL, Hochschule Bielefeld
2022 — present 

Founder
HfM Vorbereitung
2023 — present

Research Assistant & Startup Coach
Center for Entrepreneurship @ Hochschule Bielefeld
2023–2024

Marketing & Communication
capacura GmbH
2022–2023

Freelance Consultant
Among others coindex GmbH, CanPharma GmbH, Chain Ventures Ltd. 
2020–2022 

Entrepreneur in Residence (Company Building)
Grupo HS3
2019

Founder
klar.dental S.L. 
2018–2019

Education

Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Global Marketing (Hons)
Grenoble Ecole de Management & Hong Kong Baptist University (Dual Degree) 
2019–2021

Erasmus +  (2 Semester)
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
2016–2017

Bachelor of Arts in International Management 
Hochschule Bielefeld
2015–2018