Franz Waltenberger
Co-Founder Managing Director at CDTM Venture Capital
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolFranz Waltenberger is a founder and investor with 14 years of cross-disciplinary experience at the intersection of technology, academia, and venture creation. As Co-Founder and Managing Director of CDTM.vc he channels alumni capital into early-stage startups while funneling a portion of returns back to the university ecosystem, reflecting a mission-driven approach to venture building. His prior role on the CDTM management team combined teaching, doctoral research in computational social science, and hands-on program leadership—equipping him to spot technically strong teams with market potential. Educated across TUM, HSE, Sciences Po and Berkeley, he pairs rigorous academic training with practical product and technical backgrounds from early web-development and technical writing roles. Not immediately obvious: he blends venture operations with research-forward evaluation methods, using social-computational insights to inform investment decisions.
14 years of coding experience
Visiting Researcher, Human Computer Interaction, Venture Capital, Visiting Researcher, Human Computer Interaction, Venture Capital at University of California, BerkeleyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Social Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Social Science at Technical University of MunichMaster of Arts - MA, Politics. Economics. Philosophy., Master of Arts - MA, Politics. Economics. Philosophy. at Higher School of EconomicsExchange, Politics, Exchange, Politics at Sciences Po
Github Skills (54)
mathml10
uri-template10
dompurify10
dom10
asn110
hmac10
xss10
aes10
surface10
pbkdf210
pkcs10
depth10
sanitizer10
information-gathering9
enumeration9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fxa/uint32.js
Dec 2013 - Jun 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 6 months
javascriptuint32bitwise
fxa/uritemplate-js
Jun 2012 - May 2019
An javascript implementation of RFC6570 Uri Templates
Contributions:33 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 7 years
javascripturi-template
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