Martin Pansy, Co-Founder and CEO of Nuki

Martin Pansy completed his studies in business administration and economics in Graz (Austria), studied Banking & Finance at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and completed a global MBA in Madrid (Spain). In 2008, the Austrian took his first steps in the start-up environment – as Managing Director of short message service provider sms.at. From 2012, he applied his in-depth expertise from the world of finance to the company builder platform “Up to Eleven”, which he founded together with his brother Jürgen Pansy and other shareholders. Since 2014, Martin Pansy has been CEO of Nuki, which he also founded with his brother (now Chief Innovation Officer). Since its market launch in 2016, the company has grown steadily and is now Europe's leading provider of smart, retrofittable access solutions. In 2025, the company successfully entered the U.S. market. Nuki currently employs 150 people of 18 different nationalities at its headquarters in Graz (Austria).