Marc-Alexander Christ | Gründerszene x The Delta
Our Hero Founder Series with Marc-Alexander Christ at The Delta Campus
Can you build a global fintech company from Europe that empowers millions of small businesses to get paid, manage their money, and grow and sustain that momentum for more than a decade?
Marc-Alexander Christ has done exactly that.
As Co-founder of SumUp, Marc has helped build one of the world’s leading financial technology companies for small merchants. What started as a simple card reader solution has evolved into a global fintech platform offering payments, business accounts, lending, and software tools. Today, SumUp operates in more than 30 markets across Europe, the US, and beyond, serving millions of businesses worldwide.
His journey reflects bold vision, disciplined execution, and the resilience required to scale a fintech company through intense competition, regulatory complexity, and shifting market conditions. From early stage fundraising to billion euro funding rounds and strategic acquisitions, Marc has been at the center of SumUp’s international expansion and long term growth.
At The Delta Campus, he will join us for an in depth conversation about building infrastructure for small businesses, scaling across borders, and leading through different phases of company building.
In a fireside chat, we will explore what it really takes to build a global payments platform from Europe, how SumUp expanded into new markets and product categories, and what founders need to understand about capital, culture, and operational excellence when scaling at speed.
A conversation about financial empowerment, global ambition, and how to build a fintech company that stands the test of time.
Gründerszene x The Delta is the monthly pulse of the Berlin startup ecosystem, bringing together around 200 founders, investors, operators, corporates, and enablers who are building the future together.
This is the place for real conversations, meaningful connections, and ideas that aim to make an impact from Berlin.
Agenda
🕖 18:00 – 19:00 | Arrival, Welcome Drinks and Finger Food
🗣 19:00 – 19:10 | Welcome by The Delta, Gründerszene and AWS
💡 19:10 – 19:30 | Fireside chat: Julian Teicke x Andreas Klinger
🔥 19:30 – 20:30 | Fireside chat: Moritz Seyffarth x Marc-Alexander Christ
❓ 20:30 – 20:45 | Audience Q&A
🥂 20:45 – 23:00 | Networking, Drinks, Finger Food & Music
Speaker & Hosts
Marc-Alexander Christ - Co-Founder of SumUp
Marc-Alexander Christ is the co-founder of SumUp, a leading global fintech company serving small businesses. Since launching the company in 2012, he has helped scale it from a mobile card reader startup into an international platform offering payments, business accounts, lending, and software tools. Today, SumUp operates in more than 30 markets worldwide, supports millions of merchants, and has raised over one billion euros in funding.
Andreas Klinger – GP at Prototype & Founder of EU Inc.
Andreas Klinger is a technical founder turned investor best known for being part of the founding team and CTO of Product Hunt, and for leading roles at AngelList, CoinList, and On Deck. As GP of Prototype, he backs Europe’s most ambitious frontier tech founders with a focus on robotics, automation, and manufacturing at pre-seed with checks between €200k and €400k. All three of his fund vintages rank in the global top 1–5% by performance. He is also the founder of EU Inc., a grassroots movement pushing Brussels to create a unified legal standard for European startups making it as easy to build and scale a company across Europe as it is in the US.
Moritz Seyffarth - Editor in Chief of Business Insider
Moritz leads Business Insider Deutschland and Gründerszene, two of Germany’s most influential business and startup media brands at Axel Springer. As Editor in Chief, he shapes national coverage on entrepreneurship, technology, finance, and innovation, and drives the editorial strategy behind some of the country’s most relevant business stories. He previously held senior editorial and newsroom strategy roles at WELT and is an alumnus of the Axel Springer Akademie.
The Delta Campus - The Home for Entrepreneurs
The Delta Campus is Berlin’s curated workspace and community hub for founders, builders, and creatives. More than just a co-working space, it is the home of The Delta’s venture ecosystem, a physical place for exchange, collaboration, and scalable growth. This is where ventures, investors, and innovators come together to create real impact.