Tag: frank thelen
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Frank Thelen and Nathalie Thelen-Sattler: Balancing Ambition and Love
Nathalie Thelen-Sattler holds a doctorate in orthodontics and runs her own practice, which she took over from her mother. She describes her upbringing as “elite” in a specific sense: her family taught her that if she was willing to put in the work, she’d succeed — but the effort had to come from her. That…
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When “AI” Beats “Jesus”: SpaceX’s Mega-IPO and TEQ’s €100M Comeback
Here’s a stat that says everything about where the market’s head is at right now: in SpaceX’s IPO filing, the term “AI” reportedly shows up 1,251 times — more often than the word “Jesus” appears in the Bible. The observation comes from podcaster Ed Elson, and once you’ve heard it you can’t un-hear it. Welcome…
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TEQ Capital: How Frank Thelen’s Tech Funds Have Performed
In 2021, serial entrepreneur Frank Thelen founded 10xDNA Capital Partners GmbH. The Bonn-based asset manager creates equity funds and ETFs aimed at both private and institutional investors. In 2024, the company was rebranded to TEQ Capital. The fund family TEQ Capital currently runs four actively managed equity funds: TEQ – Disruptive Technologies (WKN DNA10X, launched…
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New Social Network: frank.io/social by Frank Thelen
Do you remember WKW (Wer kennt Wen? – Who knows who?) or StudiVZ? These were once great social networks from Germany. Unfortunately, they have now disappeared into insignificance, or are no longer online at all. Frank Thelen wants to revive social networks in and from Germany and is therefore founding frank.io/social – a social network…