Tim Schmidbauer

Continuing my work on a broader scale for the entire Native Sensing Portfolio (NV-Magnetometer, NMR Gyro). --- As Q.ANT's first company-wide Product Manager for Sensing, I took responsibility for market validation and product strategy for our NMR gyro. I analyzed target markets, identified key customer segments, and translated technical capabilities into market/ product specifications for the space mission launch in partnership with BOSCH, Trumpf, and DLR (“QYRO”).

I'm one of the curated startup mentors for the FinTech Accelerator named "fintogether "which is powered by the Stock Exchange of Stuttgart.

Storytide is a SaaS application designed for teams looking to start a corporate influencer program on LinkedIn. The tool focuses on aligning personal and company goals to cultivate strong personal brands. It assists in strategizing, finding inspiration, and converting ideas into engaging posts. We use AI throughout the user journey to deliver hyper personalized recommendations.

Together with the venture studio arm of MVPF and DB Schenker, I validated a vector in B2B SaaS. The objective was to identify key pain points in how small to mid-sized e-commerce companies handle supply chain and procurement topics, to transform these insights into a viable market opportunity. The result was Venderly (still active: https://www.venderly.ai/).

Mentoring two groups of students in validating and designing a venture vector in SaaS/ tokenization.

LinkedIn Analytics & Content Scheduling Tool with 15.000+ users (early 2022). We brought actionable insights to help organizations and individuals to improve content performance. Acquired and operated by XO Capital (US) since March 2022.

As the person responsible for the Growth department, it was my task to measure, understand & improve the flow of customers and the product, helping earlybird grow at a sustainable & profitable rate.

I worked closely with around 35 Ventures from 2018 to 2020. My job was to help startups validate their critical assumptions, sharpen the business case, and ultimately generate traction.