Nikolas Höhnke
Head of Accelerator and Startup Coach with a focus on impact
Berlin, Germany
Joined July 2025
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Nikolas Höhnke is a dedicated expert in fostering startups and entrepreneurial ecosystems, demonstrated by his role as Head of Accelerator at nxt milestone and Startup Coach at HTW Berlin. He designs and implements founder-first programs, advises on funding, market entry, and helps navigate support programs like EXIST-Gründerstipendium. nxtlx+1
His academic background includes a PhD in Banking and Finance from Universität Rostock, where his research focused on social banks and impact investing. His work explores the motivations behind choosing social banks and their investment strategies, contributing to a deeper understanding of sustainable finance. htw-berlin+2
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Impact investments, evil investments, and something in between: Comparing social banks' investment criteria and strategies with depositors' investment preferences
January 1, 2021This paper investigates how social banks select investments and whether this aligns with depositors' preferences, finding that investment characteristics are relevant but don't fully explain customer behavior. It also suggests that many customers choose social banks to avoid 'evil' investments rather than actively pursuing 'good' ones.
Essays on the Growth of Social Banks: Conceptual and Empirical Analyses of Growth Components
January 1, 2021This is Nikolas Höhnke's PhD dissertation, focusing on the conceptual and empirical analysis of the growth components of social banks.