Alex Krass

Head of Americas @ Zauber | Scout @ a16z

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

Head of Americas @ Zauber | Scout @ a16z

Experience

  • Zauber (4 mos)
    • Head of Americas
      Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

    • Founding Enterprise GTM
      Mar 2026 - Jun 2026 · 4 mos

      AI Agents for Freight Forwarding. Backed by Point Nine.

  • Venture Scout at Andreessen Horowitz
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Investing in Europe's Operator Layer together with Gabriel Vásquez. Portfolio: operatorsandfriends.com/portfolio

  • Co-Founder at Operators & Friends
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Accelerating the next wave of company builders with access to distribution, talent and funding. https://operatorsandfriends.com/

  • cargo.one (Full-time · 4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Enterprise GTM
      Jul 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

      cargo.one is a Series B B2B marketplace for air cargo, backed by Index, Bessemer, Creandum and Point Nine. • Closed €1.1m in ACV; €2.6m in TCV in 14 months • Top performer with 197% average quota attainment across 4 OKR cycles • Closed 4 of the global top-20 freight forwarders across EMEA, Americas and APAC, including enterprise logos such as Hellmann, DP World, Dachser, Logwin, Rhenus, Toll; 100% win rate on late-stage deals including formal RFPs • Closed on average €70k ACV; largest €300k ACV (company record); sales cycles 3 to 12 months • Full-cycle AE: outreach to close and upsell; led multi-stakeholder buying committees (CEO/CTO/VP Airfreight, Procurement, IT) in 5 languages (EN, PT, ES, DE, IT); cleared security, privacy and legal; handoff to Customer Success • Sold a complex enterprise product mix — SaaS platform, API suite, and ERP/TMS integrations; delivered solution roadmaps with custom work

    • Strategic & Commercial Operations Manager
      Mar 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

      • Built the enterprise motion from 0 to 1 with the VP Sales as a two-person team; closed the first €100k ACV enterprise logo ahead of enterprise readiness and delivered an on-time go-live • Core launch team for cargo.one pro, the company’s first paid SaaS product; led Agent Rate marketplace supply quality and signed 10 paying launch partners across Asia and LatAm (€15k ACV)

    • International Expansion Associate
      Jan 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

      • Scaled US & Canada to $1m GMV and hundreds of monthly bookings post-launch by driving forwarder acquisition and airline activation; consistently hit monthly booking targets • Drove global expansion from 13 to 130 live markets across the Americas, EMEA and APAC; launched new markets through forwarder acquisition, airline partner onboarding, product localization and early Customer Support