Dirk Schwartz

About

After 25 years as a serial entrepreneur founding several e-commerce startups and digital marketplaces, I am now supporting people who drive social and economic change through an entrepreneurial approach. Patchwork Capital is investing in companies that help us move towards a resource-efficient and sustainable society through innovative ideas executed with high operational excellence while balancing social impact and profitability. GoodThinks is an independent and interdisciplinary think tank and supports developing smart ways to do good by utilizing technology and investment capital in an efficient manner.

Experience

• Founder & Owner at Patchwork Capital
  2000 - Present · 26 yrs 7 mos

  Patchwork Capital enables GOOD companies to fulfil their vision.

• Co-Founder & Investor at GoodSpaces
  2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

  GoodSpaces operates several vibrant Coworking Spaces in in south Germany.

• Chrono24 (Karlsruhe, Berlin, New York, Miami, Hong Kong, Tokyo)
  • Founder & Advisor
    2016 - Present · 10 yrs 7 mos

  • Founder & Co-CEO
    2010 - 2016 · 6 yrs

    Chrono24 is the world's leading marketplace for luxury watches.

• Founder & Owner at GoodThinks
  Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

  GoodThinks is an independent and interdisciplinary Think Tank.

• Founder & Owner at Schwartz FM
  2016 - Present · 10 yrs 7 mos

  SchwartzFM is a family office and real estate developer.