
Bits & Pretzels
CFO CIRCLE
Real talk. Real connections. Real value.
Date
29 Sep - 01 Oct 2025
within the Bits & Pretzels Festival
Venue
Trade Fair Grounds & Oktoberfest
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Gain exclusive insights from top industry leaders and peers.
September 30th
- The Symptoms of Broken Finance Ops: Disconnected tools, inconsistent data, over-reliance on Excel
- The 5 Pillars of Scalable Infrastructure: Chart of accounts, closing routines, cash management, automation, and system architecture
- Tooling Choices: Scaling from Qonto to NetSuite (with eyes wide open)
- CFO as Integrator: Building bridges between finance, ops, and product
- Why Reporting ≠ Metrics Dumping: The psychology of trust in investor relationships
- What VCs Look for (but rarely tell you): Cohorts, NRR, CAC Payback, churn narrative, unit economics
- Board Decks that Win: Structure, flow, visual storytelling
- KPI Consistency & Audit Readiness: Building credibility over time
- Avoiding the Vanity Trap: Traction ≠ Strategy – how storytelling should evolve with stage
- Legal, DD, and Term Sheet Pitfalls: Costly oversights and what to lock down early
- Team Dynamics During Fundraising: What gets ignored (and shouldn’t)
- Controlling the Narrative: Balancing transparency and positioning
- War Stories & Confessions: Rapid-fire round on “never again” fundraising moments
8:00 - 9:30 am
Kick off your morning with fellow CFOs and an exchange on the most pressing challenges finance departments currently face.
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Speakers and
selected attending Experts

Jessica Holzbach
Partner & CEO Germany
0TO9

Anita Szarek
Global CFO
Qonto

Kim Feigl
CFO
memodo

Dr. Veronika von Heise-Rotenburg
CFO & MD
Everphone

Oliver Ottens
CFO
MYNE homes

Viktor Gauk
CFO & Managing Director
OroraTech
MEET THE HOST
The CFO Circles program is carefully crafted by our host.

Content Creator & Entrepreneurship
Sebastian is the Founder and a trusted advisor to CFOs navigating the growth journey from startup to scaleup. With a background as CFO and operator in high-growth tech companies and over a decade of experience in building scalable finance organizations, he knows what truly matters in the world of startup finance. His sharp eye for financial strategy and operational excellence makes him a strong voice in the CFO Circle — where he curates an agenda tailored to the real-world challenges and ambitions of modern finance leaders.
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