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I build and invest in tech companies.
As a kid, I wanted to be an architect. The combination of art and science intrigued me—a building has to stand but also be beautiful.
However, I found my way to entrepreneurship. Now I'm building companies instead of houses.
The biggest one I built is called RegioHelden, which I started in 2009. It offers marketing services to small businesses in Germany. I launched it right after university as a solo founder, following two failed projects.
RegioHelden employed hundreds of talented individuals and served tens of thousands of SMBs. Eventually, I sold it to a publicly listed media conglomerate.
After leaving in 2018, I shifted my focus to investments. I now invest as an angel, became a Limited Partner in several VC funds, and started my own VC for blockchain applications.
The most fun for me is actively building companies. I support young entrepreneurs as a Founding Investor, where I'm involved as a "fractional co-founder" in the crucial 0-1 stage.
I'm passionate about both learning and teaching. As an Advisor on Entrepreneurship at CODE University, I share experiences from my own journey to help students—the future founders of tomorrow.
2009
My first business was a computer repair company. We'd drive around fixing printers, setting up Wi-Fi routers, and installing software. To acquire customers, we used Google AdWords. Looking back, we must have been one of the first SMB customers for Google in Germany!
With RegioHelden, the idea was to offer search engine marketing to other small businesses in Germany. The campaigns were hugely successful: for every euro invested, customers would drive 10–20 euros in new revenue. I started the company as a 21-year-old solo founder and bootstrapped it for the first two years. Over time, we raised more than €10 million in venture capital, employed hundreds of talents, and served tens of thousands of local businesses. Eventually, I sold the company to a publicly listed media conglomerate, where it still operates today.