Co-Founder & CEO, CK Ventures
Katja Ruhnke
Katja is an author, speaker, and one of Germany’s most prominent female angel investors, serving as Chairwoman of Business Angels Deutschland e.V., and named Business Angel of the Year 2023.
About Katja Ruhnke
Katja Ruhnke is the Co-Founder and CEO of CK Venture Capital GmbH. Along with her sister, she is one of the best-known female business angels in Germany. In the fall of 2021, she published her first book, "Female Money - How Female Investors Transform the Startup World".
In addition to her additional work in family entrepreneurship in real estate, the sisters opened CK Workspace in a shared office concept in early 2023. Katja considers it her duty to bring forward the development of new ideas and visions and to provide for more diversity in the startup ecosystem.
Katja is also a keynote speaker and has participated in various events as a panelist. Before entering the business world, she trained as a musical performer, studied cultural management and worked in the cultural sector for 10 years.