Expert network
Exclusively for gate startups
The gate Garching expert network connects gate startups with specialized experts in funding, IP, MedTech, due diligence, employment law, internationalization, personal branding, negotiation, and communication.
As a gate startup, you can directly contact suitable startup experts in Munich. You’ll get an initial expert take on your topic, plus concrete ideas and recommendations for next steps.
MARC-DAVID WAGNER
Building your B2B sales and scaling your business
Marc-David Wagner brings 12 years of startup B2B sales experience in building, internationally scaling, and globally managing sales teams.
For the past 2 years, he has supported startups as an external Fractional CSO in building successful sales organizations. He believes that startups need more hands-on doers and fewer advisors. This is exactly his approach to effectively supporting founding teams.
marc-david@ingrain.to I ingrain.to
GABY WIEGRAN
Financial Planning, Pricing Strategy, Pitch Decks
Exit-founder with more than 24 years of startup experience. Lead Startup Coach at UnternehmerTUM and Max Planck.
I support startups with financial planning, pricing strategy, and pitch decks. Because without a solid financial model, your pricing strategy falls apart. Without a robust pricing strategy, your financing strategy does not make sense. And without both, your pitch will not land. Not with the VC. Not with your customer.
gaby.wiegran@gmail.com I gaby-wiegran.com
DANIEL MORITZ
Fractional CFO, financial planning, controlling, cash flow management, and KPI reporting for startups
As the founder of ingrain, I support seed and early-stage startups as a Fractional CFO and strategic sparring partner for finance and growth-related topics.
I provide hands-on support to founding teams in financial planning, cash flow management, KPI controlling, forecasting, reporting, fundraising preparation, and the development of scalable finance processes and tool structures. The goal is to create financial transparency and reliable decision-making foundations for growth and financing. In addition, ingrain also supports startups with sales-related topics and revenue operations.
daniel@ingrain.to I ingrain.to
CHRISTINE FALOW
Professional business development and the best possible negotiations with customers
Negotiations with large corporations are often crucial for startups, but they are routine for procurement departments. This imbalance can quickly lead to negative outcomes for your startup.
Christine spent many years as Head of Strategic Procurement at global corporations and now shares her experience with “the other side.” She offers hands-on consulting and coaching for the professional preparation and execution of customer meetings and specific contract negotiations, while providing valuable insights from the customer’s perspective.
100% based on real-world practice.
cf@christine.falow.com I negotiation-empowerment-hub.com
CHRISTINE CHEMINAY
Procurement & Supplier Quality – on the path to success with the right suppliers
Based on more than 20 years of international specialist and leadership experience in the automotive supplier industry, mechanical engineering, and the energy sector, procurement expert Christine helps you set up your supplier relationships.
When a supplier manufactures the core of your innovation, they become a decisive success factor. This is exactly where Christine supports you: selecting the right suppliers, professionally negotiating conditions and contracts, considering scaling from the very beginning, and building sustainable, successful supplier relationships. She already supports startups on this journey today: pragmatically, solution-oriented, and always focused on what truly helps you move forward.
christine.cheminay@procureconsult.com I procureconsult.com
FLORIAN ALTINGER
Co-founder of Irasun GmbH, a MedTech company in the field of cardiac surgery. Exit in 2022 through acquisition by Getinge
As a mentor, Florian supports MedTech founders from the initial idea to market entry. With his own startup, he was based at the gate Garching.
As an experienced inventor with 19 patents, he knows technical product development just as well as the approval process, including MDR, FDA, and ISO 13485. He is also active in due diligence consulting. Through the sale of his own company and the acquisition of startups, he knows both sides of the table.
florian@solvion.tech I Solvion Technologies GmbH
BRIGITTE STREIBICH
Positioning and brand strategy for complex B2B business models | Pitch decks | Content: strategy and implementation
12+ years of experience in marketing and communication for complex topics in B2B and tech environments | Numerous clients and projects from the startup ecosystem | Support through dynamic growth and transformation phases.
brigitte@contegy.de I contegy.de
CHRISTINA ELPERS
Certified Specialist Lawyer for Commercial and Corporate Law, focusing on corporate structuring, liability risks for managing directors and board members, compliance with insolvency-related obligations, and asset protection
As a certified specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law, I support you in fulfilling your role as a founder and managing director in a legally secure way and in identifying and avoiding liability risks at an early stage. I advise you on all key areas of business law, with a particular focus on managing director liability, the duties of management boards and executive boards, and insolvency law. Through my many years of work in insolvency administration and my current role as an advisor, I know both sides: how insolvency administrators think and what young companies really need.
christina.elpers@theopark.com I theopark.com
Here’s how it works
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Choose an expert
On the website, you can find suitable experts from various fields and select the person who best matches your current question. For example, for financing, IP, hardware startup consulting, MedTech, or internationalization.
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Make use of a free initial consultation
As a gate startup, you receive a free 90-minute initial consultation. This offer explicitly applies to startups based at the gate.
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Get feedback and concrete ideas
In the session, you talk through your challenge and put your topic into the right context together. You’ll get first ideas, clear recommendations, and possible next steps that can directly help with your decisions or preparation — for example with startup-focused advice on funding, MedTech, IP, or production.
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Schedule further sessions individually
If you’d like to keep working together, you simply arrange additional sessions directly with your expert. Conditions, scope, timing, and format are agreed individually. The sessions can take place remotely or on site.
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FAQ
Is the initial session free of charge?
Yes. The first session is free for gate startups and lasts 90 minutes. This offer is explicitly available for startups based at the gate.
How is the gate Expert Network different from the gate Academy and gate Coaching?The gate Expert Network is an exclusive offer for gate startups. It gives you access to a free 90‑minute initial consultation with external experts on very specialized topics, for example legal issues, funding, marketing, or sales.
gate Coaching is also aimed at gate startups. Here you work with dedicated startup coaches for leadership and business coaching, who can be booked directly via the gate.
What happens in the initial session?
You’ll talk through your current challenge and put the topic into the right context together.
You’ll get an initial take on your situation, concrete ideas, and recommendations for possible next steps. Together, you’ll also check whether it makes sense to continue working with each other.
Can the consultation take place remotely?
Yes. The consultation can take place remotely or on site. The format is agreed individually with the expert.