The Entrepreneur

Building companies since 2012. Currently co-founder and CTO of Erste Hausverwaltung, transforming property management with technology.

Ventures

Erste Hausverwaltung Co-Founder, MD & CTO · 2023–
  • Tech-driven property management group with 280+ people across some twenty subsidiaries
  • >€30m annual revenue from property management, facility management and brokerage
  • Exited to Odevo, backed by CVC and Fidelio
Pesch Software Founder & MD · 2012–
  • Software development agency with a strong focus on MVPs and data science
  • Team of 14 project managers, engineers and designers
  • Technical due diligence for buying and selling parties
Küchenheld Head of Engineering · 2021–2022
  • Led a team of 15+ across product, development and design
  • Built ERP system for the kitchen & furniture market
  • Exited to Möbel Martin and Kalodion in 2024
Seven Lanes Co-Founder & CTO · 2016–2017
  • Led the product department with nine FTEs
  • Secured over €2m in seed funding
  • Liquidated in 2020
ShopCo Technologies Strategy & Engineering · 2015–2016
  • Led the task- and process-automation team in San Francisco
  • Competitor analysis leading to the acquisition of the main competitor
  • Exited to Klarna

Advisory

Advising several startups across many industries — from first MVP to Series A. For example:

PollPool Platform for survey creators & participants

A fast and convenient way to find participants for empirical research — support others with their surveys and get participants for your own online survey in return.

Talentspring Boutique for strategic recruiting & HR services

A consulting boutique for recruiting, HR and payroll services — supporting startups, SMEs and corporates from active sourcing to executive search, with clients including Klarna, Just Eat and DocMorris.

© 2026 Dr. Daniel Pesch

The Researcher

Doctor of Philosophy in Financial Economics from the University of Oxford. Affiliate Professor at ESCP Business School.

Education

DPhil, University of Oxford Financial Economics · 2018–2024
  • Saïd Business School
  • Thesis: Essays on Asset Pricing and Rationality
MSc, University of Oxford Financial Economics · 2017–2018
  • Saïd Business School — graduated with distinction
  • Dean's Commendation
BSc, WHU — Otto Beisheim School of Management Business Administration · 2014–2017
  • Exchange semester at the University of Exeter
  • University Prize Koblenz for the best thesis

Research

The Impact of Beliefs on Price Formation with Dimitrios P. Tsomocos

We assess belief heterogeneity across price formation mechanisms of classical strategic market games, matching several stylised facts of real-world markets.

Subjective Risk Premia and the Long Carry Trade solo-authored

Survey-based expected excess returns on the long carry trade are non-zero, time-varying and positively predict realisations — in contrast to results based on statistical projections.

Lecture Notes on General Equilibrium and Financial Frictions book · with Dimitrios P. Tsomocos

Comprehensive lecture notes on general equilibrium, asset pricing and financial frictions — part of the essential reading list for MSc and MPhil courses at the University of Oxford.

Teaching

ESCP Business School Affiliate Professor · since 2020
  • Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
  • Big Data & Business Intelligence
University of Oxford Saïd Business School & Magdalen College · 2019–2023
  • Theoretical Asset Pricing, Fixed Income & Derivatives, Financial Crises & Risk Management
  • Machine Learning for Business (MBA), Advanced Asset Pricing (MPhil), Microeconomics (PPE)