Sophia Tran is Founder & CEO of Spotlight! Ventures and supports up-and-coming digital start-ups. Through her work there, as an investor and as state spokeswoman for the German Startup Association and most recently for the startup incubator and accelerator DIGITALHUB.DE, she has an ear to the needs of young companies and knows how successful startups come about. She also travels the world to learn about new trends and innovations, speaks and moderates at international tech conferences and is particularly known as a tech influencer on social networks, through her blog and on television (Galileo, Abenteuer Leben).