SF

Stefan Faistenauer

Early-Stage Investor at Plug and Play Ventures

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

  • Ventures Senior Associate

    2024

    Investing in early-stage deeptech startups. Ammobia Astrus Fleet Hypercritical Intellectible Isometric Nexxa Starcloud Starpath Robotics TerraAI Vaulted Deep Veecle Yama

  • Ventures Associate

    2022 - 2024

  • Startup Mentor

    2023

    The CASSINI Business Accelerator is the biggest Space Tech accelerator in Europe covering both upstream & and downstream segments.

2022 - 2024

  • Scout

    2022 - 2024

  • Project Manager

    2021 - 2022

    Organized and delivered government-sponsored projects with a focus on clean energy, mobility, and industrial technology.

2020 - 2021

  • Business Development Strategist

    2020 - 2021

    Building the next generation of low-cost space exploration.

  • Project Associate

    2020 - 2021

2019 - 2020

  • Data Analytics Fellow

    2019 - 2020

    Selected for the Coleridge Initiative applied data analytics training program hosted by NSF. Research topic: 'The role of federal funding in the career pathways of US doctorate recipients'.