Götz Hilber

Co-founder & CEO @Rematter | Circular, low-carbon construction powered by robotics 🏗️

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

There is magic in every beginning. This is what I experienced, when I met my co-founders Tobias Bonwetsch and Nico Ros. Before cofounding Rematter together with them, I became a carpenter, studied Philosophy, Politics, Economics as well as Business Development and gathered multi-million startup investment experience as a senior sustainable investment manager. People used to scratch their heads when I told them all the things I did. I wanted to live interdisciplinarity and unite the things that seemed important to me. Looking back, I can see how the dots are connecting. Now I can contribute my expertise in wood, circularity and finance which perfectly complements the skills in the founding team. At Rematter, we combine low-tech natural materials like earth and timber with high-tech manufacturing to create 100% circular, low-carbon and equitable buildings. Three main reasons lead to my decision to start this company. First, life on our planet is at stake. Construction accounts for 50% of resource consumption and 37% of CO2 emissions. We have to roll up our sleeves and change that. Second, I want to demonstrate that there is no reason to believe that our biggest problems can’t be solved. Third, founding is fun :)

Experience

  • Co-founder & CEO at Rematter
    Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Senior Manager Crowdinvesting and Controlling at GLS Bank
    Jun 2020 - Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    ✔ Crowdinvestment management ✔ Mezzanine finance ✔ Controlling ✔ Startup finance ✔ Financial Modeling ✔ Circular Economy Finance

  • Project Development & Finance at F&S solar service GmbH
    Aug 2017 - Feb 2018 · 7 mos

    ✔ Renewable energy project finance ✔ Financial modelling ✔ Liquidity-planning ✔ Management of fund flows ✔ Project management ✔ Project development

  • Intern: Venture Capital Sustainable Startups at Sirius Venture Partners
    Jun 2016 - Jul 2016 · 2 mos

    ✔ Venture valuation ✔ Business planning ✔ Financial modelling

  • Intern: Risk Management Energy Finance at Siemens
    2016 - 2016 · Less than a year

    ✔ Credit risk evaluation ✔ Project finance ✔ Infrastructure finance ✔ Energy storage ✔ Energy distribution ✔ Energy production ✔ Distributed energy ✔ Market analysis energy prices ✔ Country risk analysis