Tilo Bonow Explained
Tilo Bonow |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1980 |
Birth Place: | Potsdam |
Nationality: | German |
Occupation: | Tech investor, entrepreneur |
Tilo Bonow (born January 7, 1980, in Potsdam) is a German tech investor and entrepreneur.[1] He is the founder and CEO of the communications agency Piabo and a speaker at Startup and tech conferences.[2] He is considered a digital pioneer in the Business and Startup world.[3]
Career
Early career and founding Piabo
From 2002 to 2006, Bonow was Head of Corporate Communications at Jamba! where he worked with the Samwer brothers.[4] [5] [6] Prior to joining Jamba, he worked at the advertising agency O.T.W. and as a freelance consultant in the field of online marketing.[7]
In 2006, Bonow founded Piabo, a Berlin-based PR agency specializing in tech companies, which is now one of the market leaders in Europe.[8] His portfolio includes companies such as Tinder, GitHub, Shopify, Stripe, Silicon Valley Bank, wework, Samsung, and BMW.[9] Initially, Bonow was active with Piabo in Europe, then also in North America - especially the Silicon Valley - until he began to expand into China in 2015.[10]
Investor
Bonow is an investor in and advisor to various venture capital companies. His focus is on Startups with a tech focus. He primarily supports European companies financially and with his business expertise.[11]
He has been an investor in Cavalry Ventures since its founding in 2016.[12] He is also an investor in 500 Startups[13] and serves as a member of the investment committee at 3VC (formerly Capital 300). He has invested with Cocoon Capital Management, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, and Unlock Venture Partners, a Seattle-based venture capital firm.[14] In 2019, he began investing with Headline (formerly Infinity Ventures), a Japanese VC firm.[15]
Speaker
Bonow is a regular speaker at tech conferences, such as the NOAH Conference in London and Berlin,[16] [17] the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai and Barcelona, the Bits & Pretzels Conference in Munich, the Digital Life Design (DLD) Conference, the Plug & Play Conference, and at The Next Web in Amsterdam.[18] [19]
In April 2021, he spoke at the online EU Startup Summit.[20]
In 2020, Bonow spoke at Chatbot Summit, a conference specializing in conversational A.I. (artificial intelligence), among other events.[21] In November 2020, he was a speaker at Ecosummit[22] and in December 2020, he was a keynote speaker at Uppstart, a Swedish tech startup conference.[23] Furthermore, he was an invited speaker as a scene expert at the NEXT Conference in Hamburg[24] and at the German Tech Conference 2020.[25] In 2017, he spoke at the Startupnight conference.[26] In July 2014, he was a speaker at DLDwomen in Munich.[27]
Other membership and engagements
Since 2013, Bonow has been a mentor at Microsoft Ventures Accelerator Berlin and at Axel Springer Plug & Play Accelerator, a joint venture. [28] Since August 2014, he has served as an advisor at IBM Smart Camp, a global program that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors.[29] IBM Smart Camp is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.[30] He is also a mentor at ProSiebenSat.1 Accelerator[31] and APX, the joint start-up program of Porsche and Axel Springer Verlag.
Publications
- Light your fire! Personal Branding für Macher:innen und Visionär:innen. BusinessVillage, Göttingen 2021, .
- Do-it-yourself branding: Do-it-yourself-Markenbildung: eine Bedienungsanleitung. In: Stefanie Hoffmann-Palomino, Christine Kirbach, Bianca Praetorius (eds.): The LEAN BACK Perspective. Springer, Wiesbaden 2017,, pp. 339-348.
References
- Web site: Tilo Bonow. 2021-08-21. UPPSTART ONLINE 2021. en-US.
- Web site: These are the top Berlin tech PR agencies for startups in 2020 Silicon Canals. 2021-09-06. en-US.
- Web site: Hilbrecht. Hannes. Wie sieht das Büro im Jahr 2030 aus?. 2021-09-06. inperspective.palmberg.de. de.
- Web site: SPIEGEL. Christian Stöcker, DER. PR-Problem für Klingeltonhändler: Blogger heizen Jamba ein. 2021-08-21. www.spiegel.de. de.
- Web site: Warum Personal Branding mehr als ein Buzzword ist. 2021-08-21. t3n Magazin. de.
- News: Niggemeier. Stefan. Handy-Downloads: Jedes Tönchen ein Milliönchen. de. FAZ.NET. 2021-09-06. 0174-4909.
- Web site: Jamba ernennt Tilo Bonow zum Manager Corporate Communications. 2021-09-06. de.
- Web site: Holzmeier. Frauke. 2020-06-24. Warum sind deutsche Startups unsichtbar?. 2021-08-21. n-tv.de. de.
- Web site: 2020-09-09. Daniela Harzer soll als COO positive Energie zu Piabo PR bringen. 2021-08-21. kress. de-DE.
- Web site: Hilbrecht. Hannes. Deutschland muss schneller werden GrowSmarter. 2021-08-21. www.growsmarter.de. de.
- Web site: Kreder. Christiane. 2020-06-27. "Wir haben auch hier tolle Gründer, aber wen kennt man da?". 2021-08-21. Capital.de. de-DE.
- Web site: Jun 2016. Caspar Tobias Schlenk 03. 2016-06-03. Sechs Szene-Köpfe gründen den Fonds Cavalry Ventures. 2021-08-21. Business Insider. de-DE.
- Web site: 2019-06-04. Investors say 'capital winter' will prune China's overheated tech sector · TechNode. 2021-08-21. TechNode. en-US.
- Web site: Ten minutes with Tilo Bonow, Founder & CEO of PIABO. 2021-09-06. The PHA Group. en-GB.
- Web site: Infinity Ventures and e.ventures Are Rebranding Under New Name Headline Media Outreach. 2021-09-06. en.
- Web site: NOAH Conference 2016. 2021-09-06.
- Web site: Tilo Bonow to Speak at the NOAH Conference 2014. 2021-09-06. presseportal.de. en.
- Web site: TNW2021 - Speakers. 2021-09-06. TNW Conference 2021. en.
- Web site: Interview mit Tilo Bonow, Founder & CEO von PIABO PR. 2021-09-06. brutkasten. de.
- Web site: Ohr. Thomas. 2020-03-02. Tilo Bonow, founder and CEO of PIABO, will speak at the EU-Startups Summit on the do's and don'ts of storytelling and PR for startups. 2021-09-06. EU-Startups. en-US.
- Web site: Tilo Bonow. 2021-09-06. ChatbotSummit. en.
- Web site: Ecosummit Zoom 3 November 2020 - ECOSUMMIT - Smart Green Business Network and Conference. 2021-09-06. en-US.
- Web site: How To Do Startup PR When Scaling. 2021-09-06. UPPSTART ONLINE 2021. en-US.
- Web site: Tilo Bonow. 2021-09-06. NEXT Conference.
- Web site: PR can Define Your Finest Hour – PR Do's and Don'ts (especially NOW!). 2021-06-09. German.tech.
- Web site: Tilo Bonow. 2021-09-07. Startupnight. en.
- Web site: Tilo Bonow (piabo) during the workshop "Personality PR" of the DLDwomen (Digital-Life-Design) Conference at Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany. 2021-09-06. Alamy. en.
- Web site: Mentors. 2021-09-07. Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator. en-US.
- Web site: Tilo Bonow AngelList.
- Web site: Ibm Smartcamp.
- Web site: Tilo Bonow « PR Pro, Speaker + Moderator, Mentor + Business Angel. 2021-09-07. Tilo Bonow. en-US.
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