Technical Co-Founder / CTO, Flagship Founders
HR Tech and Talent Management
+ Equity
2-3 days a week in office
Venture studio for maritime tech startups
Be an early applicant
Venture studio for maritime tech startups
1-20 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
2-3 days a week in office
1-20 employees
Company mission
To build innovative startups that drive the digital transformation of shipping, supporting startups that make our supply chains fit for the 21st century.
Role
Who you are
- You are committed to building a startup as the next chapter of your professional journey
- You love the 0-1 stage, and are excited to wear multiple hats in addition to your technical one
- You have proven success as a founder, OR proven top pedigree in a leading technical role in a startup/scaleup
- You excel at creative problem-solving in uncertain situations, pragmatic execution with limited resources, and combine your hands-on skills with the power to shape a long-term, scalable technology vision
- When working with others you show that you have mastered a diverse communication toolkit, can collaborate effectively, and people gravitate to you as a natural leader
- As a character you show strong conviction and resilience, cultural adaptability, and positive stress management
- HR-Tech experience is a plus
- Experience with survey data collection and aggregate data analysis is a plus
- Fluent English is a must. German or other languages are a plus
- You are fully aware that being a founder comes with a strong upside but none of the economic security of a corporate career -- and excited about it
What the job involves
- You and your co-founder together will be fully responsible for the strategy, growth and overall success of your company and the product
- You are a builder that will own technical decision making and shape the technology that drives your product and your startup
- Retain and develop a world-class tech team
- Set the tone, build the culture, be a role model
- Build a sound, scalable organisation structure and processes
- Join our next venture as the Technical Co-Founder of an early stage technology startup that will revolutionise the relationship between the maritime industry, and its most critical resource - its people
- Shipping is the backbone of the global economy, transporting 90% of world trade, and yet remains one of the final frontiers of digitalisation
- But now the industry stands at an inflection point, moving ever more rapidly towards a connected, sustainable, AI-powered future
- You can drive this transformation
Our take
Around 90% of goods are traded over the sea, but the maritime industry has been somewhat left behind by the digital transformation that has swept through land-based logistics and most other industries. However, this situation is starting to change. One company helping to reshape the maritime sector is Flagship Founders, a venture studio focused on supporting startups seeking to disrupt the shipping industry.
Flagship Founders provides significant support in industry expertise and investment to founders with ideas that can move the industry forward, helping them achieve product/market fit and build successful, scalable products. To date it has launched four startups: Kaiko, a shipping fleet management system which has achieved 50% gains in efficient operations, Tilla, a platform for optimizing crew changes, zero44, providing carbon emission reduction software to the shipping industry, and Arinto, an arrival scheduling system for increasing efficiency and reducing pollution in ports.
Flagship Founders recently closed a seed funding round which was led by F. Laeisz, a major shipping, trade and insurance group. It will use this capital to build out its team and to continue to support its portfolio of startups. As the maritime industry moves to adopt digital improvements to its operations to drive efficiency and cut waste, Flagship Founders is in an excellent position to bring the digital revolution to a sector in need of change.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
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back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2023
$3.7m
SEED
Total funding: $3.7m
Company benefits
- Stock options
- A startup adventure with the possibility to grow personally and professionally within a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- An urban mobility package for professional and private use
- Work-from-home and flexible working arrangements to balance your professional and private life
- A ride on a beautiful ship, whenever they are somewhere near you
Company HQ
Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
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Leadership
Fabian Feldhaus
(Managing Director)Previously the Director of Marketing & Startup Scouting for Commerzbank. Before that, they were Managing Director at BOOK A TIGER and Head of Business Development for TruVenturo. They also co-founded e-ditio CTC.
Malte Cherdron
(Managing Director)Currently an Advisor & Business Angel for Alpha 19. Former COO for Moviepilot and Vznet Netzwerke.
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