WERK1 Blog

Do you want to stay up to date on WERK1 Startups & Alumni as well as what’s going on in the startup ecosystem? On our blog, we regularly report on success stories, provide helpful tips for founders and conduct exciting interviews with people from the startup environment.

Olaf Jacobi (A)

20. August 2025

Managing Partners of Capnamic Ventures. He brings over 25 years of experience as a manager, entrepreneur and investor. Between 2007 and 2015, he was a

Christoph Sing

20. August 2025

I have always found the new – even the new in the existing – as well as people’s personal growth fascinating, whether skills or interests,

Michael Gaenzler (A)

8. July 2025

I admire Founders with ideas, that can change the world in a small or large scale. They have the courage to invest their life (time,

Markus Anding (A)

8. July 2025

Business Transformation & Innovation, Startup- M&A, and Value Creation Advisory, As an entrepreneur for 20+ years, I enjoy figuring out and building up new business

Christian Haug (A)

8. July 2025

Wir unterstützen KMUs bei der Internationalisierung indem wir Auslandtöchter in Indien, USA und China gründen, aufbauen und operativ führen sowie in einem Inkubatorkonzept unter einem

Stephan Roppel (A)

8. July 2025

25 years of experience in managing, building and advising retail, e-commerce, digital media and publishing companies and non-profit organisations. At amazon, Holtzbrinck, Tchibo, Hugendubel, and

Valentin Schellhaas (A)

8. July 2025

Dr. Schellhaas holds a PhD in psychology and is the founder of zentor, the digital mentor for the pursuit of happiness. Before founding zentor, he