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Community lead Founded
Co-Founder of Gritd
Community lead Founded
Co-founders Nascent
Co-Founder Gritd
Stephan Botz is the co-founder of Gritd and one of the driving forces behind milestone-driven startup development in Europe. Having contributed to the launch of over 1,000 startups, Stephan brings a decade of experience in guiding founders toward product–market fit and investment readiness. His data-driven approach to venture building helps reduce risk and accelerate growth. Driven by the belief that Europe’s next wave of innovation will come from ventures built on real market
demand, he continues to push startup development toward measurable impact.
Session: “WTF Is Product-Market Fit Anyway?
Co-Founders of Nascent
Nascent is a Hasselt University spin-off and technology platform built to solve one of startup’s biggest challenges: co-founder fit. Powered by a science-based methodology that combines academic research on soft skills, personality and alignment with practical startup experience, Nascent makes the “human fit” between co-founders visible and actionable.
Our platform matches solo founders with the right co-founder and helps existing founding teams anticipate friction and design processes to manage it. Our co-founder team combines academic rigor with startup expertise, ensuring that every insight is both evidence-based and practical in the messy reality of entrepreneurship.
Our mission is simple: increase the odds of startup success by empowering resilient co-founders teams that can withstand the pressure of startup life.