I am the co-founder of Startupbootcamp and a partner at Rainmaking, a startup factory with 9 companies in Denmark, the UK and Germany. My first job was with a startup in San Francisco; I then had a 12 year corporate career which was interrupted by a bout with cancer which led to a 180 degree life pivot. I am a French citizen, was born in Spain, attended boarding school in England, an American high school in Congo and university in the US.

Wilken holds a BA in European Studies, a MSc in International Economic Studies and a Msc in International Business. He has organized the European Career Days, 3 Day Startup Maastricht, the University Masstricht's accelerator and the Startup Camp Berlin 2012 on whose board he sits.