Bio
Daniel is a math nerd turned tech entrepreneur and angel investor.
Daniel has built four companies valued roughly €300 million.
Daniel is the former CTO and co-founder of NEWNOW Group which builds machine learning driven "decision intelligence cockpits" for clients such as EON, Deutsche Bank and Philips, turning over €1 Mio+ within the first year after launch. NEWNOW has a multigenerational leadership approach: The company is led by C-Level leaders such as the former CMO of Motorola, the former CFO of Procter & Gamble DACH, and the former president of Xerox France as well as young machine learning engineers such as Daniel.
Daniel has moreover initiated the Sigma Squared Society e.V., an organization uniting the world’s most outstanding entrepreneurs, eleven of whom have become unicorns to date. Sigma Squared Society counts over 100 volunteers world-wide, is represented in over 30 countries globally, and its entrepreneurs have raised a collective some of over 1.5 BN €s.
He has furthermore built EWOR - a founder fellowship built by unicorn builders for the world's most exceptional entrepreneurs. With a 0.1% acceptance rate, EWOR identifies founder prodigies poised to solve significant global challenges. Each selected fellow receives €500,000 in capital and joins an intensive, bespoke support. The EWOR Partners (founders of SumUp - €8bn, Adjust - €1.2bn exit, ProGlove, etc., collectively worth €12Bn+) are uniquely committed full-time to EWOR, dedicating 1-5 hours of 1:1 mentorship per founder weekly. They bring battle-tested experience as peers, not just investors.
EWOR offers a virtual-first, borderless experience tailored to the individual's non-linear journey. Fellows have a proven track record, raising €1M-€11M post-fellowship, including Europe's largest-ever pre-seed round by a first-time founder. EWOR provides the capital, network, and deep operational support for outliers to scale faster, smarter, and globally.
Daniel built Unlimitix, an AI-driven coach helping individuals lose weight by deploying a holistic coaching concept based on habit- and emotion detection. The company has been acquired by Aspect.
Daniel received his education at University of Cambridge, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and University of St. Gallen where his grade point averages consistently scored in the 99th percentile. He has furthermore received a Micro-Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from Columbia University and studied Pure Mathematics at ETH while never handing in his bachelor’s thesis.