Ruediger’s main focus at the DLR_Startup Factory is to invest in deep tech spin-offs based on DLR-technologies. He has worked many years in supporting spin-offs and investing in start-ups in various occasions in and outside of DLR. Outside DLR he also invested in startups as a business angel. His former tasks at DLR ranged from identifying and analysing new technologies and emerging markets using foresight methods and trend analyses for creating impact for strategy decision makers or was involved or managed in various strategic projects for the executive board. Before DLR he was a consultant regarding financial services and industrial supply chain at different international consulting companies. Ruediger has an aerospace engineering diploma's degree from the university of Stuttgart and a master in strategic management from HEC Paris.