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.

Aaron Hayos (A)

29. July 2026

Father, Founder, Operator, Investor. Former Silicon Valley CFO; immigrated to Germany for family. Launched agentic payroll automation platform, financed by Lakestar, First Momentum, Sequoia Scout, …

Marine Ekoro

23. July 2026

I am a finance professional with more than 15 years of experience in financial and operational controlling across different industries. Over the years, I have …

David Smith

8. July 2026

David is a Corporate and M&A partner specialising in international Venture Capital and M&A transactions in the consumer, industrials and TMT industries. David works closely …

Georg Scheller

27. May 2026

NO STORY – NO GLORY. Storytelling verknüpft Fakten mit Emotionen. Denn mit Fakten allein gewinnt man nicht unbedingt die Aufmerksamkeit der Investoren. Und die Kaufentscheidung …

Daniel Moritz

17. April 2026

I’m a co-founder of ingrain in Munich and work as an Interim CFO and Fractional CFO with startups in the seed and growth stage. My …

Alexandros Shomper

9. March 2026

TL;DR I am a Product & Growth Advisor with experience across corporate venture building (Knauf Digital), UX/Product leadership (Occhio), and hands-on startup mentoring at UnternehmerTUM …

Sophie Friedrich

6. March 2026

I’ve been in the trenches with startups—raising funds, building partnerships, and navigating growth challenges both as a co-founder and COO in VC backed startups, and …

Peter Mutzenbecher

24. February 2026

Hi, I am Peter, I am 54 years young and have two kids (12 and 16). I come with more than 20 years of leadership …