Lingen (Ems), Lower Saxony, Germany
Hardware-focused founder & CEO with 17+ years building category-defining e-mobility ventures. At ONOMOTION (2017–2024), I founded and scaled Europe's first OEM for purpose-built 3-wheel e-cargo bikes — raising €15M+ across four equity and debt rounds, growing the team from 0 to ~100 across R&D, manufacturing, and commercial, and delivering vehicles to customers including UPS, DPD and Hermes. We built an international supply chain across Europe and China and operated in DE and UK. Before that, I founded Lautlos durch Deutschland (2007–2016), one of Germany's first dedicated EV retail networks: 20 franchise partners, 1,000+ EVs sold, 20+ manufacturers represented (partly as general importer), and one of Germany's earliest commercial Tesla rental operations. Today I advise founders and corporates at the intersection of strategy and execution — currently across mobility, energy, and industrial mandates — while exploring the next operating chapter. I am open to a CEO, COO or Operating Partner role in Mobility, Hardware or Sustainability — for ventures in build, scale, or transformation stages. Strong fit with hardware-driven Mittelstand, scaling startups, and PE/family-office portfolio companies.
Focus areas: Hardware · Mobility · Energy · Industrial — for ventures in build, scale or transformation stages.