I am AndrÉ M. KÖnig
AUTHOR | SPEAKER | INVESTOR | ENTREPRENEUR
in deep technologies that are set to fundamentally transform our way of life.
01 MY BOOKS
I am a published author on DeepTechs, investing and startups
Guest author in Kompetenzen fuer das 21. Jahrhundert (German) by Sven Goeth, Germany's leading innovation expert and #1 advisor. The book explores the skills required in a digital future.
Weekly digest on Quantum Technologies for investors and executives, which reaches in excess of 10,000 viewers a month. Here I discuss data, insights and market research on QIS through the lense of business.
02 SPEAKING
I am frequently invited to speak about DeepTechs
03 MY COMPANIES
I lead several DeepTech ventures
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A global community to democratize the design, development and use of Quantum Technologies.
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Investor in Quantum Technology startups and teams in hardware, software, algorithms and other applications. Seed and A Rounds.
AS FEATURED IN
04 My journey
3 continents, many cat lives, and continuously learning
2020 onwards
Quantum is coming
2019
100% dedicated to be a small part in making Quantum Technologies a successful corporate innovation across all aspects of business and investing.
New horizons
After 15 years in NYC relocated to
Miami Beach to spend more time
by and on the water, indulging in my
greatest passion - sailing.
2018
A new era
2015
Exited Opentopic, Inc, a successful NYC based A.I. pioneer, to focus on my Quantum Tech ventures. Attended MIT for Quantum Computing.
A.I. for Wall Street
Joined my friend Christian Jorg to build and scale Opentopic, Inc. An early, NYC based, pioneer in A.I. productization, part of the inaugural class of the IBM Watson Ecosystem
2014 to present
Giving back
I was invited to help launch the German Accelerator NYC and became a lead mentor to dozens of startups. I was the launch ambassador in NYC for City A.I., an instructor at General Assembly and joined the Digital Competence Lab as a DeepTech expert
2012
Halftime
I left my consulting career to start my first company, BrainTracer, a mHealth app to treat depression. I also joined a venture studio and became a startup mentor.
2006
Consultant to the CEOs
1999 - 2006
A consultant is born
I joined SSA & Co (the McKinsey of operations) to help rebuild it post acquisition, leading our team from nil to hundreds, starting our European offices and launching our co-investment practice.
First in the strategy practice of Andersen Consulting, then in enterprise tech at Accenture, followed by a stint at RCBG, the leading TMT c-suite advisory firm.
2004
The big leagues
2000
French elites
I was awarded my MBA in economics and strategic management from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB) - now Booth School - having studied under 3 nobel prize winning professors.
I was awarded a Masters in Economics from the ICN School of Business, one of France's top 5 (back then) elite business schools.
05 press kit
Short and long bio, and pictures
Short bio
André is a published author, speaker and expert on DeepTech with 25 years of Fortune 500, consulting and startup experience. He is the CEO of Interference Advisors, the premier data provider within Quantum Tech, Chairman of OneQuantum, the leading Quantum Tech community organization, and Managing Partner of Entanglement Capital, a Quantum Tech investment fund and startup accelerator.
He studied Quantum Computing at MIT (certificates) and holds a MBA in Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as well as a Masters in Business from ICN School of Management. He speaks English, German and French, and has competed in national small boat sailing championships.
Long bio
André is the publisher of the leading Quantum Tech newsletter, author in a bestselling book on digital transformation, host of Weekly Quantum World Detangled, and frequent speaker on Quantum Tech. He has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Popular Science, live TV and stages from Las Vegas to Seoul with up to 40,000 in the audience.
Since 2018 he is the CEO of Interference Advisors, the leading data provider & analytics firm in Quantum Tech. The Chairman of OneQuantum, the leading Quantum Tech community organization. And Managing Partner of Entanglement Capital, an investment fund in Quantum Tech.
With 25 years of business experience, André has been a strategy and technology consultant to many Fortune 500 CEOs in both Europe and the USA. As well as to owners and operators of mid-sized services and manufacturing firms, often leading co-investments, consolidations and turnarounds.
Prior to his current role, he co-founded 3 startups - spanning Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Digital Transformation, NeuroHealth and SaaS - and mentored hundreds of others through General Assembly, the German Accelerator New York and other entrepreneurship programs.
André studied Quantum Computing at MIT and holds a MBA in Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as well as a Masters in Business from ICN School of Management. He speaks English, German, French and Italian, has competed in national small boat sailing championships and trains in Krav Maga at the Green Beret level.
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CONTACT
I'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on deep techs, or if you would like to discuss speaking opportunities or book ideas.