Verena Pausder

About

I am an entrepreneur, co-founder of FC Viktoria Berlin and Chairwoman of the Board of the Bundesverband Deutsche Startups e.V. (since December 2023). Entrepreneurial passion, a high degree of economic and socio-political responsibility and the willingness to actively stand up and work for a prosperous future for the German economy is what drives me. In July 2022, together with 5 co-founders, I took over the women's soccer club FC Viktoria Berlin. Our goal is to lead the team from the regional league to the 1st Bundesliga within 5 years and to bring about lasting change and progress to women's football in Germany. To me, granting children equal access to digital education is one of the core determinators for the future viability of our country. To this end, I founded Digitale Bildung für Alle e.V. in 2017. In 2020, I published my book "Das Neue Land" (The New Land) and was honoured with the "Entrepreneurial Book of the Year" award by the Frankfurt Book Fair. In our weekly podcast "FAST & CURIOUS", my co-host Lea-Sophie Cramer and I talk about entrepreneurship, founding and our take on the economy.