Dr. Cornelius Boersch

Founder of Mountain Partners

“Conny” Boersch is the founder of Mountain Partners. He is an entrepreneur since 1990 and the founder of ACG, a leading company in the smartcard and RFID market.

In 1999, ACG successfully realized an IPO at Frankfurt Stock exchange. One year later, Conny was elected Entrepreneur of the Year in Germany and sold ACG. He helped to build technology firms like Smartrac which went public in 2006 and Identiv, an RFID group listed at NASDAQ since 2010.

Conny is considered one of the most active business angels in Europe and has been awarded as European Business Angel of the Year 2009 by the European Business Angel Network (EBAN). He invested in more than 200 young and fast growing companies such as Lieferando, reBuy, Scout24, Ciao, Omnikey or Secusmart. Conny studied at the European Business School Oestrich-Winkel and earned a PhD from the University of Essen. In addition to investing, he published several books in the series of Summa Summarum at Gabler publishing house.

Also, Conny is a passionate networker hosting major events like his exclusive Ski Event since 1996 and the annual EntrepreneursDay at Lake Tegernsee since 2007.