Your business idea:
Companies, business models and value creation are increasingly found in dynamic and complex environments, so-called entrepreneurial ecosystems are gaining importance and offer the competitive advantage. The sustainable success of a company depends on a holistic understanding of its own ecosystem as well as the optimal structuring and positioning within it. Networked thinking is not classified as the management competence of the 21st century for nothing and requires new solutions, especially in times of huge amounts of data and relations, so that companies can withstand the pressure of innovation and competition. VENTECON offers an intelligent solution for the holistic collection, visualization and analysis of corporate ecosystems, such as value creation or cluster networks, using state-of-the-art methodologies and technologies. In addition to manual data entry, VENTECON enables a broad integration of IT systems as data sources; an extensible schema for mapping entrepreneurial ecosystems combines standardization and flexibility. Following the mapping of data, the user can intuitively navigate through the dimensions of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, with analyses accompanying the process in real time. Pattern recognition is performed, enabling plausibility checks of business processes and revealing critical positioning. Unique insights combined with comprehensive reports enable optimal strategic positioning and ensure the continuity and growth of your business.
Your expectations from upCAT:
The expansion of our network, serious customer contacts (pilot projects), validation and know-how from (technical) experts, further development of the business model and prototype (MVP, product/market fit…) as well as a boost for the foundation of the capital company.
The founding team:
Patrick Beckedorf has been involved in software development and the digitalization of complex problems since 2009. Following his training as an IT specialist for application development, he completed his studies in business informatics (B.Sc.) at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences in 2014 as the best student of the year, in which he was able to deepen his knowledge of business administration in addition to his IT knowledge. Parallel to his studies, he worked in software and consulting companies as well as other private IT projects, which allowed him to gain extensive experience in the planning and development of (enterprise) software as well as new contacts. Since 2018, Patrick has been studying Information Economics (M.Sc.) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology to achieve the best possible synergy of computer science, business and law. Patrick takes care of strategic planning as well as technical development.
Marvin Wiest has been dealing with information technology, economic and psychological issues since 2010. In 2014, Marvin started studying Business Informatics (B.Sc.) at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences to deepen both IT knowledge and business knowledge. Parallel to his studies, Marvin worked in the areas of audit and forensic analytics for various auditing companies. In addition to these and other activities in companies, Marvin also dealt privately with the economic discipline of entrepreneurship and supported students of business psychology with empirical surveys in the context of marketing and sales strategies. Since 2018, Marvin has been studying Information Economics (M.Sc.) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and is now also part of socially oriented projects. Marvin takes care of strategic planning as well as marketing and sales.
