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Board Member
Aug 2022
Super’s mission is to power free payments forever and everywhere for businesses, and more rewarding shopping for our members, so that everyone wins.
Businesses:
Super is the new payment network that reduces your costs and grows your business.
- 0% payment fees, forever
- Free refunds
- No chargebacks
- Acquire new customers for free through the Super app (200K shoppers and growing fast)
- Trigger repeat purchases (40% more repeats on average)
- Increase average order value
Find out why thousands of UK businesses are switching to Super to reduce costs and fuel growth.
Shoppers:
Super is the new payment option that rewards you every time you shop.
- Pay less: earn Cash Rewards every time you shop, on average 5%. This is money off your next purchase. Finally, your loyalty is rewarded.
- Pay faster: a smooth payment experience that doesn’t require the hassle of typing your card details.
- Pay safer: pay with your bank app which has the highest level of security.
Join over 200,000 UK shoppers already using Super.
About:
Super is backed with £29M from the same group of investors behind Facebook, Spotify, Stripe, Monzo, and Twitter, as well as high-profile angel investors including the former CEO of WorldPay and founder of Betfair.
Super was founded by Samir Desai CBE, co-founder of Funding Circle, and a team of experienced executives to transform the online shopping experience with a new way to pay and shop.
If you are excited about sharing the adventure, joining a growing team with big ambitions and you are great at what you do, then contact us!
Board Member
Jan 2022
Gravity Sketch is a London-based startup transforming 3D creation and collaboration. We are the developers of an intuitive and immersive 3D design and review tool.
With a re-imagined user experience that puts the designer at the centre of the creation process, Gravity Sketch enables everyone to quickly ideate, visualise and communicate concepts in real-time, from initial conception, straight in the 3D space. Gravity Sketch works collaboratively with creatives across multiple industries including transportation, industrial design, product design and concept art to deliver transformative solutions to their creative workflow needs.
Board Member
Dec 2020
Taxdoo is a fast and sustainably growing company based in Hamburg, Germany. Since our foundation in 2016 we consider ourselves to be translators of the agile world of e-commerce and tax compliance, translating complex regulations into simple processes. Our cloud-based solution enables online merchants, tax consultants and marketplaces within Europe to focus on what matters most: the success of their company in global competition. Among other features, Taxdoo handles the VAT processes in foreign EU countries and the UK automatically and securely via a single platform. Through the automated collecting, monitoring and evaluation of the transaction data, our system recognizes the respective VAT liabilities in Europe and prepares them clearly, incl. who is liable for VAT, VAT amount and country of taxation.
Board Member
Feb 2020
Miro is the AI Innovation Workspace that brings teams and AI together to plan, co-create, and build the next big thing, faster.
Serving more than 100 million users across 250,000 customers, Miro empowers cross-functional teams to flow from early discovery through final delivery on a shared, AI-first canvas. With the canvas as the prompt, Miros collaborative AI workflows keep teams in the flow of work, scale shifts in ways of working, and drive organization-wide transformation.
Board Member
May 2007
Founded in 2003, Gameforge is a leading Western publisher and operator of widely acclaimed Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Browser-based game titles. Gameforge builds highly active and enduring global communities by supporting players through the greatest quality LiveOps, provision of localized content, engaging community management, and frequent delivery of meaningful updates.
Gameforge’s diverse portfolio of highly successful gaming brands provides different worlds with engaging experiences for players from all walks of life: core MMORPG titles Swords of Legends Online, AION, TERA, and Metin2, beloved anime MMOs Elsword and NosTale, strategy-focused browser games like OGame and Ikariam, along with other classic titles such as 4Story and Runes of Magic.
It all started back in 2002, when our CEO and founder Alexander Rösner programmed and released Gameforge’s first game: OGame! The space simulation is now in its 16th successful year on the market and enjoyed by millions of fans worldwide. OGame formed not only the foundation stone for Gameforge’s history but also became part of the pioneering journey of a new market segment, today known as ‘Free-to-play’.
At Gameforge, you become part of a motivated team with over 300 colleagues from 30 different nations. All together we live by our values: independence, enthusiasm, respect, transparency, trust, responsibility and integrity in order to come up with some groundbreaking ideas.
We are a team. We live and breathe our passion for games. We are Gameforge.
Check out our current job openings: https://corporate.gameforge.com/jobs/?lang=en
Investor
2007
CHECK24, das Vergleichsportal im Internet, ist ein junges, aufstrebendes Unternehmen. Wir bieten Privatkunden kostenlose Vergleiche in den Bereichen Versicherungen, Energie, Finanzen, Telekommunikation, Reisen und Shopping. Damit schaffen wir Transparenz, die sich für unsere Kunden direkt durch günstige Tarife und Preise auszahlt!
Unser Erfolg ist nur möglich durch den Teamgeist und die hohe Motivation unserer Mitarbeiter, beides zusammen bringt uns täglich weiter. An unserem Hauptsitz im Herzen Münchens und weiteren Standorten in Leipzig, Münster, Köln und Hamburg arbeiten wir in einem Arbeitsklima, das von Start-up Mentalität und Offenheit geprägt ist. Obwohl wir seit knapp 15 Jahren am Markt sind und mehr als 600 Mitarbeiter beschäftigen, haben wir uns diese Kultur und Arbeitsatmosphäre erhalten.
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2022
Board Member
Aug 2022
Super’s mission is to power free payments forever and everywhere for businesses, and more rewarding shopping for our members, so that everyone wins.
Businesses:
Super is the new payment network that reduces your costs and grows your business.
- 0% payment fees, forever
- Free refunds
- No chargebacks
- Acquire new customers for free through the Super app (200K shoppers and growing fast)
- Trigger repeat purchases (40% more repeats on average)
- Increase average order value
Find out why thousands of UK businesses are switching to Super to reduce costs and fuel growth.
Shoppers:
Super is the new payment option that rewards you every time you shop.
- Pay less: earn Cash Rewards every time you shop, on average 5%. This is money off your next purchase. Finally, your loyalty is rewarded.
- Pay faster: a smooth payment experience that doesn’t require the hassle of typing your card details.
- Pay safer: pay with your bank app which has the highest level of security.
Join over 200,000 UK shoppers already using Super.
About:
Super is backed with £29M from the same group of investors behind Facebook, Spotify, Stripe, Monzo, and Twitter, as well as high-profile angel investors including the former CEO of WorldPay and founder of Betfair.
Super was founded by Samir Desai CBE, co-founder of Funding Circle, and a team of experienced executives to transform the online shopping experience with a new way to pay and shop.
If you are excited about sharing the adventure, joining a growing team with big ambitions and you are great at what you do, then contact us!
Board Member
Jan 2022
Gravity Sketch is a London-based startup transforming 3D creation and collaboration. We are the developers of an intuitive and immersive 3D design and review tool.
With a re-imagined user experience that puts the designer at the centre of the creation process, Gravity Sketch enables everyone to quickly ideate, visualise and communicate concepts in real-time, from initial conception, straight in the 3D space. Gravity Sketch works collaboratively with creatives across multiple industries including transportation, industrial design, product design and concept art to deliver transformative solutions to their creative workflow needs.
2020
Board Member
Dec 2020
Taxdoo is a fast and sustainably growing company based in Hamburg, Germany. Since our foundation in 2016 we consider ourselves to be translators of the agile world of e-commerce and tax compliance, translating complex regulations into simple processes. Our cloud-based solution enables online merchants, tax consultants and marketplaces within Europe to focus on what matters most: the success of their company in global competition. Among other features, Taxdoo handles the VAT processes in foreign EU countries and the UK automatically and securely via a single platform. Through the automated collecting, monitoring and evaluation of the transaction data, our system recognizes the respective VAT liabilities in Europe and prepares them clearly, incl. who is liable for VAT, VAT amount and country of taxation.
Board Member
Feb 2020
Miro is the AI Innovation Workspace that brings teams and AI together to plan, co-create, and build the next big thing, faster.
Serving more than 100 million users across 250,000 customers, Miro empowers cross-functional teams to flow from early discovery through final delivery on a shared, AI-first canvas. With the canvas as the prompt, Miros collaborative AI workflows keep teams in the flow of work, scale shifts in ways of working, and drive organization-wide transformation.
2013
Board Of Directors
2013
We back small businesses with the finance they need to succeed. At Funding Circle, we understand running a business is hard work so we provide a fast, hassle-free experience for businesses looking for finance - with SME experts based in the UK.
Over the past ten years, weve been revolutionising SME lending by making it easier than ever to apply for a business loan. With our simple online application small businesses can apply in minutes without the need for interviews or business cases, get a decision in seconds, and funds in their account in typically 48 hours.
Weve helped over 130,000 businesses access more then £14.5 billion since 2010. And were not done yet.
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