Stefan is Partner at Speedinvest, an early-stage tech fund with offices in Vienna and Silicon Valley. At Speedinvest, he is responsible for FinTech investments across EMEA and takes a very hands-on approach to support founders on business and product strategy, busdev and corpdev. Speedinvest is seeking to support the best teams in Europe to create the next generation of financial services unicorns. Looking intensively at new models in factoring and lending, risk underwriting, banking and payment infrastructure, security, cryptography and blockchain. Stay tuned.
Stefan has 20 years of experience in the international payments and banking technology space as Advisor, Executive, Incubator and Investor. He is board member of Wirecard, Holvi, Iyzico, and Curve and advisory board member at Number 26 and Investly. Previously he was President Central and Southern Europe at First Data, Partner at Roland Berger, and Principal at A.T. Kearney based in New York and Vienna. He holds Masters Degrees from Columbia University and Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
Advisory Board Member @ P2P lending platform for SMEs, pivoting at the moment, stay tuned From June 2015 to Present (7 months) EstoniaDirector @ Still in stealth, stay tuned... From August 2015 to Present (5 months) London, United KingdomPartner @ Responsible for FinTech investments From October 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Member of the Board of Directors @ Director at one of the most innovative online banking start-ups in Europe. Assisting in successfully expanding Holvi from Finland into the European Union From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) Advisory Board Member @ From June 2013 to Present (2 years 7 months) Berlin Area, GermanyChairman of the Board @ From September 2012 to Present (3 years 4 months) Istanbul, TurkeyMember of the Board of Directors/Mitglied des Aufsichtsrates @ Wirecard is one of the most successful financial services technology companies in Europe. Listed on the TecDax, marketcap has increased 10x since 2010 to over 5BN€ as of April 2015. From December 2009 to Present (6 years 1 month) Munich Area, GermanyOperating Partner @ Due Diligence advisory and deal origination for over 10 targets across Europe mainly in the financial technology and payments space for one of the most successful global private equity firms over the last decade. From January 2009 to Present (7 years) Owner and Managing Director @ Management consulting boutique specialized in payments and financial technology advisory, incubation and investment. Strategy development, M&A advisory, due diligence, organizational and operational improvement, interim management, business case development and private placement for leading payment companies, financial instutions, private equity funds and FinTech start-ups. Geographical focus is Continental Europe incl. German speaking markets, France, Eastern Europe, Poland, Russia and Turkey. Since 2008 over 20 projects in over 12 countries. From 2008 to Present (7 years) Mentor @ Mentor to the first batch of Techstars in Berlin From July 2015 to Present (6 months) Berlin Area, GermanyPresident Central and Southern Europe @ Responsibility for German speaking countries, Italy, Holland and 16 countries in Eastern Europe. Managed a P&L with approximately €700M turnover and 3500 Employees. Member of the Board of First Data International, and 11 country boards. From 2006 to 2009 (3 years) Partner @ Co-Head of Financial Services Austria and Central and Eastern Europe From 2005 to 2006 (1 year) Principal @ Strategy and operational consulting for US and European financial institutions such as Citibank, Visa, Prudential, Royal Bank of Canada, Erste Bank, Unicredit, WestDeutsche Landesbank, SEB, Raiffeisen International Bank. 4 years in the New York office, 4 years out of the Vienna office From 1995 to 2005 (10 years) Director of Corporate Development @ Responsible for the strategy development, M&A activities and partnership negotiations at OnMoney, a spin-out of Ameritrade Corporation offering an innovative online account aggregation service. From September 2000 to September 2001 (1 year 1 month) Summer Analyst @ Helped prepare 2 sales memoranda including target valuation within the European financial services group of Salomon From July 1994 to September 1994 (3 months) Stagaire @ From 1994 to 1994 (less than a year) Founder @ Started first Austrian Junior Enterprise, a global network of student consulting firms. Still successful today, with new members every year From 1988 to 1992 (4 years)
Masters, International Affairs @ Columbia University - School of International and Public Affairs From 1992 to 1994 MBA @ Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien From 1986 to 1992 Kollegium Kalksburg Stefan Klestil is skilled in: Management Consulting, Corporate Development, Business Strategy, Acquisition Integration, Mergers, Restructuring, Due Diligence, Start-ups, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Emerging Markets, Strategy, Business Transformation, Strategic Partnerships, M&A experience