About us
From complex to clear to done.
Konsultori works with dedicated entrepreneurs to develop their companies. We are passionate “been there, done that” experts. We advise, guide, and train entrepreneurs through to implementation. We apply fast-to-use frameworks, guidance, and tools. We have proven that our methods work. We believe in and encourage collaboration.
We help build and cultivate an ecosystem of 30.000 competent entrepreneurs by 2030. First-time founders as well as serial entrepreneurs know how to overcome their challenges, quickly and confidently.
Our values
We are passionate entrepreneurs
Our passion for business is contagious. We are entrepreneurs and investors ourselves and like to share our experience and knowledge with customers and partners.
We go all the way
Advising and concepts are just the start. We do not give up easily, roll up our sleeves and execute for results.
We make it fit
Whether through advisory or workshops, in-person or via digital solutions, we adapt to needs and preferences.
We empower for long-term success
We empower entrepreneurs to build the capabilities to master their challenges and succeed long-term. We expect entrepreneurs and ourselves to take charge and ownership of a sustainable future - for business and beyond.
We believe in the power of collaboration
Our creativity and resourcefulness lies in forging connections (which others might not be able to see, be they conceptually or in the form of cooperations) which allow entrepreneurs to overcome challenges.
We live and expect diversity
Openness, fairness, and a human touch. Our team brings different perspectives to our work. We strive to communicate at eye level and openly, encouraging feedback and fair behaviour.
Mag. Petra Wolkenstein
Founder Konsultori, Growth, M&A and Negotiation Expert
CEO Konsultori BD GmbH
petra.wolkenstein@konsultori.com
Petra is an experienced mergers & acquisitions, growth, and scaling expert in the tech space. She brings a rare triple perspective: founder-side experience with startups, investor-side experience as a fund partner, and accelerator-side experience training portfolios across multiple continents, so her advice accounts for what founders need, what investors expect, and what accelerators are trying to build.
Her background spans M&A in mobile telecoms across Eastern Europe and the Middle East, senior experience helping startups scale and raise funding, and her role as investment manager of the Startup Wise Guys Africa VC fund. As a certified negotiation expert, she gets investors on board, negotiates partnerships, and works through strategy and growth with clients directly. She is an international negotiation trainer across Germany, the UK, the Baltics, and Africa, and has co-developed the Scaling Academy Programme since 2016.
She also serves as Advisor in Residence (AIR) for TU Wien, supporting spin-off teams as they move from research to market.
Konsultori has trained and coached 10,634+ entrepreneurs and supported 185+ accelerator programs across the Balkans, Poland, the Baltics, Romania, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Bulgaria, and offers blended learning courses for accelerators.
- Investment Manager Africa, Startup Wise Guys
- Member of the Global Board Ready Women
- Certified Supervisory Board Member
- Certified Adviser in Business Transfer
- Member of the Experts Group Succession
- Adviser Vienna Negotiation Trainer and Speaker at Female Founders, Startup Wise Guys
- Ecosystem Hero of the Year at the Central European Startup Awards 2022
- Ecosystem Hero of the Year at the Global Startup Awards 2023
- Austria’s top consultants, IMWF Institute for Management and Economic Research Kurier ranking
Our Team
Julia Viehbäck
Senior Expert
Strategy & Finance
Franziska Kolk
Senior Expert
Venture Capital & Business Development
Tim Birdsall
Senior Expert
Sales
