Andreas Kronthaler

Andreas Kronthaler is responsible for the corporate venture capital activities of the Knauf Group.
He has a wide range of experience in the field of corporate innovation, including the development of cooperation between start-ups and companies, the establishment of companies, strategy and financing.
Before Knauf, he worked as an analyst in the Company Builder of the Allianz Group and the CVC unit Allianz X.
In his previous positions with start-ups and corporations, he was able to advance a wide range of innovation topics using design thinking and lean startup approaches.
Andreas studied TUM-BWL with focus on innovation management and chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, as well as Business Administration at Sabanci University Istanbul.