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.

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

David Smith

8. July 2025

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