{"id":4014,"date":"2022-06-17T08:56:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T08:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gateway.ventures\/team_members\/markus-kainz\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T19:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:16:44","slug":"markus-kainz","status":"publish","type":"team_members","link":"https:\/\/gateway.ventures\/en\/team_members\/markus-kainz\/","title":{"rendered":"Markus Kainz"},"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-4014","team_members","type-team_members","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"first_name":"Markus","last_name":"Kainz","photo":36770,"position":"CEO & Founder","bio":"Markus Kainz is the founder and CEO of Gateway Ventures. 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