Founders

20 Gründer auf der Plattform

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Nina Vogel

@nina_v

Freiburg

Climate scientist who got tired of writing reports nobody reads. Now building tools that make people actually act on climate data.

Climate TechData SciencePython
MN

Marko Novak

@marko_n

Dortmund

Ex-pro footballer turned full-stack dev. Spent 5 years in Bundesliga 3, now spending 5 years learning TypeScript. Both are painful.

TypeScriptReactSports Analytics
SW

Sophie Wagner

@sophie_w

Frankfurt

Lawyer who learned to code during lockdown. Now doing both at once which means I am bad at two things simultaneously.

LegalTechTypeScriptContract Law
AK

Ali Karimi

@ali_k

Berlin

Refugee turned software architect. Built a fintech in Kabul, escaped in 2021, rebuilt everything from scratch in Berlin. Not stopping.

FinTechSystem DesignResilience
EP

Elena Petrova

@elena_p

Lausanne

Food scientist at Nestlé who realized corporations will never fix food. Building the alternative from a 30m² apartment kitchen.

FoodTechSupply ChainChemistry
TK

Thomas Köhler

@thomas_k

Wien

Teacher who spent 12 years watching EdTech companies build for investors not students. Done watching.

EdTechPedagogyCurriculum Design
ZF

Zara Fischer

@zara_f

München

Fashion industry insider who is deeply ashamed of it. Building circular economy tools to clean up the mess I helped make.

SustainabilityFashionB2B Sales
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Leon Gruber

@leon_g

Hamburg

Architecture student who realized buildings take 10 years to build and pivoted to software. Both involve a lot of frustration with clients.

PropTech3D ModelingFigma
PD

Priya Desai

@priya_d

Düsseldorf

Product Lead at a unicorn nobody likes. Building on the side what I actually want to build.

ProductUser ResearchInternal Suffering
BL

Björn Lindqvist

@bjoern_l

Stuttgart

Swede in Germany. Cannot deal with the bureaucracy so building software to fight it.

FinTechComplianceSarcasm
MC

Mei-Ling Chen

@meilin_chen

Berlin

Ex-McKinsey consultant who stopped asking whether the market is big enough. Building stuff I would actually use.

AI/MLB2CProduct Strategy
SK

Sven Kraft

@sven_k

Hamburg

Founded three startups. Two are dead, one is somehow still alive. Ratio is okay.

B2B SaaSCustomer SuccessResilience
AO

Amara Osei

@amara_o

Köln

Doctor who realized the healthcare system is broken and decided to fail at fixing it as a founder rather than as a physician.

HealthTechMedicineSystems Thinking
TB

Tariq Ben-Salem

@tariq_b

Hamburg

Dropped out of 3 universities, 0 exits, infinite energy. My grandma says I should get a real job. She is wrong.

Web3MobileChaos Engineering
AK

Anastasia Kovač

@anastasia_k

München

15 years in consulting and all I learned was how to pitch. Now learning what building actually means.

OperationsEnterprise SalesBuzzwords
KA

Kofi Asante

@kofi_asante

Frankfurt

Serial pivot artist. Last three pivots: Metaverse dog salon → NFT bakery → this. This time it will be different.

FundraisingPitchingPivoting
CR

Carlos Reyes

@carlos_r

Zürich

I thought I was building the next Uber. It was an app for hedgehogs. This time it really is the next Uber.

MarketplaceGrowthVC Blind Dates
YT

Yuki Tanaka

@yuki_t

Remote

FOMO-driven builder with ADHD. 4th startup idea this week, 3rd last week. We will find one that sticks.

React NativeRapid PrototypingSleep Deprivation
LM

Lena Müller

@lena_m

Leipzig

Psychologist who read too much Twilight and is now building AI for emotional support. Yes, really.

PsychologyUX ResearchEmpathy-as-a-Service
FW

Felix Weber

@felix_w

Berlin

Backend engineer who after 8 years of Google salary finally wants to build something meaningful. Or at least funny.

GoKubernetesExistential Crisis