Investor of the Year | Winner of German Startup Awards 2023

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Executive Summary

In episode 395 of Startuprad.io, host Jörn "Joe" Menninger interviews Fridtjof Detzner, Winner of the German Startup Awards 2023: Investor of the Year. Fridtjof discusses his journey from founding Jimdo, a website builder, to becoming a green tech venture capitalist. He shares his passion for simplifying complex problems and making technology accessible. Fridtjof also talks about his experience filming a documentary series and how it led him to focus on sustainability issues. The episode explores Fridtjof's entrepreneurial journey and his transition to investing in green tech startups.

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German Startup Awards 2023

This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA23 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories.

We already covered most winners of the #GSA21 and #GSA22 look at our blog post.

The Investor of the Year 2023

Fridtjof's journey as an entrepreneur began unexpectedly at the age of 16. In 1999, a school friend approached him with the idea of starting a company, and without hesitation, Fridtjof agreed.

Together, they delved into the world of website development, initially offering services to clients. However, they soon realized that their true passion lay in empowering others to create and manage their own websites. Driven by this newfound goal, Fridtjof and his team pivoted from being an agency to a product-based company. They focused on building a platform that enabled customers to build and maintain their websites independently. This shift brought immense joy and fulfillment to the team as they witnessed their customers taking control of their online presence.

As time went on, Fridtjof's venture flourished, and they began to scale their operations. Alongside this growth came numerous learning experiences that further honed his entrepreneurial skills, including taking a trip with a German TV station and visiting entrepreneurs around the world. This showed him the scale of the problems we are facing, which in turn led him to start Planet A Ventures.

Planet A takes a double approach to investing, not only including business points of view for their investment decisions, but also the point of view of their scientist. You can learn more about their investment approach in our interview. Fridtjof's story serves as an inspiration to aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide, proving that age is no barrier to success. With passion, determination, and a willingness to embrace change, he continues to make a lasting impact on the startup community.

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