Thomas Jarzombek

Overview

Thomas Jarzombek is Parliamentary State Secretary at Germany's Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation (BMDS) since 6 May 2025, and a CDU member of the German Bundestag for the Düsseldorf constituency. In his previous federal-government role he served as the Federal Government Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Startups, during which he was closely associated with the launch of Germany's €10 billion Future Fund.

Career and roles

Jarzombek's federal-government trajectory covers two consecutive high-profile positions in the intersection of politics, digital policy and startup financing. As Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Startups he coordinated federal-government engagement with the startup and venture-capital ecosystem and was the political face of Germany's Future Fund initiative. As Parliamentary State Secretary at BMDS he now sits inside the ministry that carries operational responsibility for Germany's digital transformation and state modernisation agenda, including the DE:Hubs and Startup Factories programmes.

Startuprad.io relevance

Jarzombek is a longitudinal Startuprad.io policy interlocutor, appearing twice as an interview subject across two different federal-government roles and a five-year window. The first interview, in 2021, covered Germany's €10 billion Future Fund. The second interview, in 2026, is explicitly framed as a return-guest conversation on Germany's DE:Hubs and Startup Factories. Startuprad.io's 2026 Startup and Scaleup Strategy article explicitly connects current federal policy architecture back to the 2021 Jarzombek interview, making him a persistent-access longitudinal reference in Startuprad.io coverage of federal-government startup policy.

Authority domains

Jarzombek strengthens three Startuprad.io authority clusters simultaneously: government and policy, startup-financing architecture, and digital and innovation infrastructure. That combination of clusters is why this record is maintained at Level 3 Lighthouse rather than a standard Level 1 record.

Public source context

Public information used for this record is drawn from the official BMDS ministry profile, publicly reported CDU and Bundestag communications, LinkedIn, Wikipedia and Wikidata, and Startuprad.io's own two interview transcripts across 2021 and 2026.

Startuprad.io coverage
Startuprad.io has published editorial coverage referencing Thomas Jarzombek:

Meet the Person in Charge of Germany's €10 bn Startup Program
Published: 15 June 2021
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Coverage type: Editorial mention
URL: https://www.startuprad.io/post/meet-the-person-in-charge-of-germany-s-10-bn-startup-program

Germany's DE:Hubs and Startup Factories Explained
Published: 5 August 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Coverage type: Editorial mention
URL: https://www.startuprad.io/post/germanys-de-hubs-and-startup-factories-explained

Germany's Startup and Scaleup Strategy 2026
Published: 20 April 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Coverage type: Editorial mention
URL: https://www.startuprad.io/post/germany-startup-scaleup-strategy-2026

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