EF Alumni

Chris Zemina

CEO, Airbank

Founded:

Cofounder:

Patrick de Castro Neuhaus

Interests / background:

Finance

Location:

Berlin

Cohort:

Chris is deeply passionate about FinTech. He is a former Principal at Speedinvest, where he focussed on FinTech investments in Europe and Emerging Markets. Chris holds degrees in accounting and finance from the University of St.Gallen and the LSE.

Airbank pitch at Europe 15 Demo Day

Company:

Airbank

Business banking made simple

Funding announcements

EF Berlin alum Airbank raises $20M Series A

14 June, 2022

Airbank, founded via EF Berlin, receives €2.5 million in funding

22 June, 2021

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Dominik Pederzani

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Maximilian Rolf

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Leon Wisskirchen

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Konstantin Häfner

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Moritz Gessl

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Kevin Bonte

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Thomas Claassen

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Omar Dekkiche

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Ben Stemper

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Alex Hooper

Self-taught software engineer, previously building and leading engineering teams at 11:FS.

Daniel Parekh-Hill

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Louis Lammerting

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Rohan Tangri

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Dhawal Patel

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Gaurav Agarwal

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Frederick Sia

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Phoebe Chibuzo Hugh

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Oliver Weiss

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James Branigan

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Ojas Shukla

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Alexandre Bonnet

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Cillian Bourke

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Cyrille Pastour

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Sam Daviau

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Alesis Novik

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Srivar Harlalka

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Srinidhi Moodalagiri

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Alexandros Pantalis

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Artur Begyan

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Simon Jones

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Alex Lempka

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Bradian Muliadi

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Michael Curtis

PhD simulating black holes, building web apps since age 12

Vivek Madlani

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David Au

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MSc in Financial Mathematics, experience applying machine learning for trading strategies

Thomas Yue

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PhD in Computational Physics, experience in algorithmic trading

Majdi Rabia

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Two Master's in Applied Probability and Statistics

Vishvesh Suriyanarayanan

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Dylan Tan

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Simon Spurrier

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Siddhartha Gunti

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Andre Woons

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Mandeep Gill

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Avni Agrawal

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Qiaojia Li

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Record-breaking private bank advisor

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Valuation and forecasting experience, degree in Engineering, Economics and Management

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Experience from across investment banking and technology

Arnor Davidsson

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Majed Chaaraoui

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Camille Rougié

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Ravinder Bhadhal

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Sam Shannon

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Jatin Shah

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Xavier Wilders

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James Williams

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Ran Fan

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Yu Zheng

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Matthew Morrison

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David Hunter

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Helene Guillaume

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Efe Surekli

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Parit Patel

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Experienced developer and tech consultant for financial services companies

Tristan Garrec

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Victor Moreau

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Shourya Lala

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Manish Maryada

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Jose Sampedro Mazon

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Favour Nyikosa

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Jon Forester

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Harry Grieve

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Maria Silvia Scetta

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Sara Sebti

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Barnaby Hussey-Yeo

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Tarik Dadi

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Hadrien De March

Ex-quantative analyst, PhD in optimisation

Rafie Faruq

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Ankit Parashar

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Josh Kettlewell

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Ben Stein

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Sudeept Sinha

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Vincent Audoire

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Rob Schumacher

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John Moura

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Led product development, sales, and operations in global companies

Sachin Chiramel

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Experience in investment banking and financial services

Nitin Shukla

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Experienced data scientist, previously IIT

Neel Popat

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Rathin Shah

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Gaurav Arora

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Jevan Nagarajah

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Experienced across banking and technology

Stacy-Ann Sinclair

Developer, previously worked in tier one investment banks