Thomas “Tom” Bachem is a passionate entrepreneur and founder of several startups. Starting his entrepreneurial career in his very youth, the list of companies he founded includes the media platform sevenload (sold to Hubert Burda Media in 2010), the gaming startup Fliplife (sold to KaiserGames in 2012), online resume editor Lebenslauf.com (sold to XING in 2014) and hosting company Scaling Technologies. Though he studied International Business at Cologne Business School, his true passion lies in tech, and he spends a lot of his time designing, coding and building products himself. He volunteers as Vice Chairman at the German Startups Association, which he co-founded in 2012 to strengthen Germany’s startup ecosystem. Currently he is founding the CODE University of Applied Sciences, a private university for software developers, designers & digital entrepreneurs. Tom is an active business angel and frequent speaker.

A new kind of university for the digital pioneers of tomorrow. Software is eating the world, with the web as its technology platform. Developers, designers and digital entrepreneurs are the engine of this new economy. CODE wants to be the place where young talented men and women in these fields feel welcome and appreciated, where they can develop their potential to create something meaningful and have a positive impact on society. A university that is to computer science what business schools are to economic studies. As modern as the digital world but still a renowned academic institution. An institution connected with the vibrant network of startups and tech companies that enable our future growth and prosperity.