André Bernhardt

André Bernhardt has been a key figure in the German games industry for over 25 years, contributing to online, offline, mobile, VR and console titles. He began his career with the release of the PlayStation at Sony Computer Entertainment, focusing on traditional boxed console and PC games. Later, he transitioned to roles in “next-gen” console publishing and business development.

In 2009, he joined Travian Games in Munich during the F2P revolution. In 2012, driven by his passion for innovative indie games, he became a freelance agent under the name Indie Advisor. In 2019, he transformed Indie Advisor into a limited company, Indie Advisor & Company, which he sold in 2024.

Currently, he offers external business development and funding support, curates indie expos at events like devcom in Cologne, and serves as a guest lecturer at various universities, including FH Salzburg. Furthermore he is jury member of the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis and used to be a coach at the Coaching BONUS program of the Investitionsbank Berlin – sadly the program got canceled in 2024 after 27 succesful years.