At BRANCE, we are full of fascination, passion and urge to change the world for the better. We want to inspire and enable billions of people to lead healthier and more fulfilling lives. We love what we do. Every day!
The strategy of BRANCE includes co-founding, investing and building up ventures that follow the purpose of BRANCE and contribute to its vision to positively influence billions of people’s lives for the better.
We developed a unique playbook that serves a clear success path for our strategy and provides clear priority for the right ideas driven by the right people.
We are continuously evaluating innovative approaches to come closer to our challenging vision even earlier.
We love to work with fascinating and passionate people who also want to make the world a better place and create tremendous impact. We love to leverage new and innovative digital technologies, to exchange ideas in our network and to let other people grow beyond themselves.
This is what drives our hearts and souls and what fuels our actions. We strongly believe in the urging necessity of humanity to draw more focus on how all of us lead our lives. The necessity of more mindfulness and awareness of how we interact with each other, with our environment and – with ourselves.
Just think of the oxygen mask in airplanes. Only if we have enough air to breathe ourselves, we can help the person next to us. Only if we are healthy in our bodies, our souls and our hearts, we can take care of a healthy world around us. Only if we are feeling fulfilled in our lives, we can truly give love and contribute to the fulfilled lives of our beloved ones.
By fascinating billions of people of a healthier, more mindful and more fulfilling lifestyle, we want to make our world a better place. We drive this fascination with an amazing team of talented and fascinated people, who want to grow beyond themselves and take over responsibility. We believe in the joint forces of the products and brands, which are part of the BRANCE startup studio – all acting together towards our common vision.
In our team we live strong values that shape the way we interact with each other. Our values form the foundation of our culture and thus are another very important part of our identity. We want to attract more people who share our values to join our mission and strictly distinguish from all others.
It is our passion to make a difference. We are driven by the desire that people live healthy lives.
We are goal-oriented, effective and fast. We learn from our mistakes. Personal and professional development is just as important to us as the development of the entire company.
We proactively take responsibility in our teams. We foster trust and transparent communication. We are mindful, appreciative and empathetic.
Get to know the founder team of BRANCE, who is 100% committed to make the BRANCE vision happen.
CEO, MD
Ben is a serial entrepreneur and tech investor. He has built online startups since he was 16 years old. He has been a part of several multi-million exists, one of the latest being LOVOO, which was sold to the Meet Group for 70M$.
Accountabilities:
Drive BRANCE culture, Foster innovation, Reveal new market opportunities, Recruit new founders fitting into the BRANCE culture, Accompany funding process of new ventures, Support founders to develop strong purpose, vision and strategies and to successfully execute against them, Develop long-term product strategy and road map, Raise growth venture capital
Healthy Habits:
Intermittent Fasting, Flexitarian Food, Running, No-Alcohol, Keto Diet, Journaling, Meditation
COO, MD
Florian’s passion lies in creating and growing products that positively influence billions of people. In his previous role as CEO and Co-Founder of LOVOO Florian was part of two exits worth 70M$ and 500M$. Moreover, he is a lifelong tech lover and started engineering software and founding companies at the age of 15.
Accountabilities:
Revise opportunities against product market fit, Develop and execute against BRANCE Playbook to build habit forming products, Support founders to develop strong purpose, vision and strategies and to successfully execute against them, Support leadership team to maximize their effectiveness, Ensure stable organizational growth, Strengthen overall team bonding, Enable knowledge and experience exchange between ventures, Develop BRANCE brand, Create and distribute content for investors, partners, co-founders and users
Healthy Habits:
Intermittent Fasting, Flexitarian Food, Running, Freeletics, Meditation, Journaling, Yoga, Cycling
CGO
Tobias’ passion is performance marketing, product management and UI/UX. Under his leadership in his previous role as CMO and Co-Founder of LOVOO, the company has developed a marketing force to be reckoned with from a very early stage. He has been actively involved in several huge exits.
Accountabilities:
Grow venture user base through acquisition and re-activation, Maximize user revenue, Maximize user retention, Solve problems, Negotiate co-operations, Extend professional network, Ensure the right contact persons
Healthy Habits:
Intermittent Fasting, Flexitarian Food, Running, Freeletics
CFO
Thomas is the finance specialist and has built several high-class finance structures from scratch, previously in the role of CFO at LOVOO. In the last 14+ years he has helped to ensure many huge exits and has raised over 500 million Euro. His passion is to transform complex facts into simple numerical models.
Accountabilities:
Provide finance reports, Ensure profitability, Execute strategic finance planning, Ensure compliance, Build structures and processes for operations, Present complex topics simply (in numbers), Ensure liquidity, Provide working environment
Healthy Habits:
Intermittent Fasting, Flexitarian Food, Freeletics, No-Alcohol
CTO
Thomas is the technical mastermind. He has built business-oriented tech for the past 11 years, and if there exists a technology to get a head of the competition, he will find it.
Accountabilities:
Ensure technological excellence, Advise, coach and train ventures in technological decisions, Ensure fast execution as well as stable and scalable products, Recruit new value-conform engineers
Healthy Habits:
Intermittent Fasting, Flexitarian Food, Running