Johnathan Teh

Founder @ Setting HQ | Building workspaces that feel like home | Making the Office Search Simple

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

I’ve lived and worked across five continents - Malaysia, Australia, the US, Eastern Europe, and now Germany. Every time I moved, I had to start from scratch, trying to find a space, meet people, and begin again. That’s what led me to build Setting HQ - not just offices, but spaces where teams feel like they belong. Today, we help hundreds of startups and scaleups build their homes in Germany, through offices that reflect their identity, support their growth, and make the chaos of scaling a little more human. My work lives where real estate meets momentum, helping founders turn blank space into something that actually works. I care about how teams grow, how culture shows up physically, and why the office still matters (especially when you’re building across borders). If you’re expanding into Germany, or just tired of offices that don’t reflect who you are, let’s talk.

Experience

  • Founder at Setting.io
    Feb 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 5 mos

    Setting is an office marketplace that supplies startups and fast-growing businesses with subscription leases for customised offices across Europe. Spaces leased through our platform reduce investment overhead to guarantee rapid scalability and flexibility for our clients. With a focus on consumer-centrism, Setting works to find a solution to any problem your office may encounter. Through our platform, we are able to service both our own unique spaces and provide a way for businesses to market their current office. This marketplace allows clients to find buyers for their current leases or locate individuals to take over unused deskspace. Our high-tech services have created environments in which major companies (Spotify, Pinterest, Groupon) have used to grow their own business. Setting is the easy way to deal with offices, so you can focus on what’s most important for your business.

  • Mentor at Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator
    Apr 2016 - 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Berlin based Axel Springer Plug and Play is a Berlin-based pre-seed startup accelerator that encourages entrepreneurs to think big and reach global scale through connections to key investors, mentors and clients. ASPnP is a joint venture between the Plug and Play Tech Centre and Axel Springer.

  • Mentor at hubraum
    Apr 2016 - 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

    hubraum is Deutsche Telekom’s tech incubator. By bringing early-stage startups and the leading European telco together, hubraum sparks innovation transfer and creates business opportunities for both sides. Since 2012, hubraum has been collaborating with the digital ecosystem out of its campuses in Berlin, Krakow and Tel Aviv.

  • Founder / Owner / Partner at Startup Ventures
    Jan 2012 - May 2015 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Various Startup Ventures: Onswer - Social based Call Center Business. Located in Sydney, London & San Francisco. Mothership - Co-working Space on Bulevardul Eroilor. Located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Cue & Dabb - Social Location Mobile App - Serendipitous Activity. Located in Berlin.

  • Strategy Consultant at Hannover Consulting
    Apr 2010 - Aug 2010 · 5 mos

    Hannover Consulting provides management services to the railway and transport industry combining operational and transport planning expertise with strategic actionable advice.