Jannik joined the IfM as a MPhil candidate in engineering in 2021 from Cambridge’s Judge Business School 2020 Masters program. He is passionate about B2B deeptech software startups, researching how IP roadmapping tools can help those startups clearly define their business strategy and raise funding.
Prior, Jannik earned his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. He works for the German Venture Capital and Private Equity Fund LEA Partners, was part of YCombinator’s YC120 program and worked for the high growth startup Circ, which was later acquired by Bird.

- Institute for Manufacturing
- 17 Charles Babbage Road
- Cambridge CB3 0FS
Research
- Artificial Intelligence
- Asset Management
- Business Model Innovation
- Complex Additive Materials
- Decision-Making for Emerging Technologies
- Design Management
- Digital Manufacturing
- Distributed Information & Automation Laboratory
- Fluids in Advanced Manufacturing
- Healthcare
- Industrial Photonics
- Industrial Resilience
- Industrial Sustainability
- Inkjet Research
- Innovation and Intellectual Property
- International Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Industry Education Research
- NanoManufacturing
- Science, Technology & Innovation Policy
- Strategy and Performance
- Technology Enterprise
- Technology Management
- Service Alliance
- University Commercialisation and Innovation Policy Evidence Unit