Axel Wehr

Co-Founder & CFO, CalvinBall | Ex-Bain Capital PE & Anterra Capital | Investor & Founder

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2019𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Observer
Mar 2019
Smartwyre helps farm input supply organizations become more profitable in the areas of incentives, price, and cost management. We provide software, data, and services that, securely connects the industry with accurate, instantly available information. The Smartwyre platform now catalogs data on more than 90,000 products, as well as 1 million+ trackable rebate and pricing combinations. Smartwyre processes more than 10 million transactions annually with an uptime of 99.99%.
Board Observer
May 2018
Founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, a fourth-generation farmer, ProducePay is eliminating the economic and food waste caused by the volatile, opaque and fragmented nature of today’s global fresh produce supply chain. Our AgTech company’s Predictable Commerce Platform is giving growers and buyers greater control of their business by providing unprecedented access to each other, capital, trading, insights and greater supply chain visibility. Consumers receive fresher produce more efficiently, knowing it is grown and delivered in responsible ways. This transformational approach is unlocking economic value, and creating a more sustainable global fresh produce industry.
Investor-in-Residence
Apr 2015
Wayra is Telefónica’s Corporate Venture Capital arm. It invests in tech startups with the potential to generate innovation within the Group and provides open innovation services to third parties. With a presence across Europe and Latin America, Wayra has invested over €245 million in more than 1,100 startups, and currently manages an active portfolio of 530+, of which over 200 are collaborating with Telefónica. It also drives open innovation through its platforms Alaian and Open Future.
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2025
Cofounder & CFO
Mar 2025
After 15 months in stealth, we’re thrilled to finally unveil what we’ve been building. Problem: Consumer Brands today face relentless pressure - faster cycles, leaner teams, and increasing complexity across markets and functions. Generic AI solutions haven’t worked. They lack industry context, brand-specific workflows, the ability to drive decision-making, or impact real metrics. That’s why we built something different. Meet KJ by CalvinBall Tech - the world’s first AI Super Agent purpose-built for Consumer Brands. Developed by Industry experts and Engineered for business outcomes, KJ empowers brand teams with: Insights On-Demand, Root Cause Analysis, Predictive Actions, & Agentic Workflows across business functions - all in less than 60 seconds ➡️ No CapEx ➡️ 100% Private & Secure ➡️ Results in 4 Weeks We’re incredibly grateful to our early innovation partners - including but not limited to Unilever, LVMH, Colgate-Palmolive, Wings, Mayora, Concha y Toro - who helped shape KJ into what it is today. Now it’s time to scale. 👉🏼 Watch the video to see KJ in action. 👉🏼 Follow CalvinBall Tech to see how AI Agents are delivering Enterprise outcomes today. 👉🏼 Message us for early access to demos. Join the waitlist: Visit calvinballtech.com
2023
Co-founder
Jul 2023
Chez Casus, nous sommes une équipe passionnée de professionnels du droit et de spécialistes de lIA, déterminés à révolutionner le conseil fiscal.
2021
Co-founder
May 2021
Namastay improves online bookings and payments for hotels. Through its "one-click to your room" cloud technology, the company empowers hotels to offer the best direct booking experience to their guests on their own website.
2019
Board Observer
Mar 2019
Smartwyre helps farm input supply organizations become more profitable in the areas of incentives, price, and cost management. We provide software, data, and services that, securely connects the industry with accurate, instantly available information. The Smartwyre platform now catalogs data on more than 90,000 products, as well as 1 million+ trackable rebate and pricing combinations. Smartwyre processes more than 10 million transactions annually with an uptime of 99.99%.
2018
Board Observer
May 2018
Founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, a fourth-generation farmer, ProducePay is eliminating the economic and food waste caused by the volatile, opaque and fragmented nature of today’s global fresh produce supply chain. Our AgTech company’s Predictable Commerce Platform is giving growers and buyers greater control of their business by providing unprecedented access to each other, capital, trading, insights and greater supply chain visibility. Consumers receive fresher produce more efficiently, knowing it is grown and delivered in responsible ways. This transformational approach is unlocking economic value, and creating a more sustainable global fresh produce industry.
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