Dr. Marcus Erken

Marcus is a founding partner of Sunfish Partners, an early stage VC that invests in Polish deep tech startups with global ambitions.
He is also an Advisor to EWOR, a blend of a master’s degree and venture capital firm.
In addition, he has made angel investments throughout the world and co-lectures an annual university course in which students start their own companies.
Previously, Marcus had the privilege to work with more than 120 student startups at WHU’s university incubator, which he co-built.
Marcus holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Business & Management from WHU Vallendar, a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship from RWTH Aachen University, and was a Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard University.