Thomas Knobel

Founder& CEO at Nobel

🔄 Updated October 2026💼 4 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2011
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Seed Investor, Mentor & Board Member
Feb 2011
At Adore Me we take on seemingly impossible challenges. In 2011, we were founded to solve a single problem: help women buy bras online. It might seem like a simple task, but a bra is one of the most complex and personal garments in existence. Managing the design, procurement, logistics, and customer experience involved is an uphill climb, but one that built our company to take on increasingly greater challenges. Adore Me grew into the first major online player in lingerie, as well as the first to introduce inclusive sizing in the category. We launched a wholly-owned logistics center, Adore Me Services, in 2017, the same year we became profitable (something very important to us). We've launched a pioneering try-at-home shopping service, a number of innovation-focused satellite brands, and most importantly, an affordable sustainability model that is transforming our entire business to make sustainable clothing available to consumers of all shapes, sizes, and spending abilities. Adore Me believes fashion can be a force for good, for everyone.
early stageRetail
Seed Investor, Mentor & Board Member
Feb 2011
At Adore Me we take on seemingly impossible challenges. In 2011, we were founded to solve a single problem: help women buy bras online. It might seem like a simple task, but a bra is one of the most complex and personal garments in existence. Managing the design, procurement, logistics, and customer experience involved is an uphill climb, but one that built our company to take on increasingly greater challenges. Adore Me grew into the first major online player in lingerie, as well as the first to introduce inclusive sizing in the category. We launched a wholly-owned logistics center, Adore Me Services, in 2017, the same year we became profitable (something very important to us). We've launched a pioneering try-at-home shopping service, a number of innovation-focused satellite brands, and most importantly, an affordable sustainability model that is transforming our entire business to make sustainable clothing available to consumers of all shapes, sizes, and spending abilities. Adore Me believes fashion can be a force for good, for everyone.
early stageRetail
Investor & Board Member
Nov 2010
⏫ SelfPay is a fast growing fintech leading the electronic payment solutions field, running the largest network of self-service payment stations in Europe and promoting financial inclusion for all social categories, making their life easier and enjoyable. ▶Already serving 7 million households, SelfPay processes over 2 million transactions monthly and build an ecosystem of smart financial services that payments easy for anybody. We have long-standing partnerships with major utility providers & the telecom industry, as well as financial institutions and public authorities so that the SelfPay payment stations becomes a one-stop-shop for all the payment needs pf our users. ⏩Currently, our self-service payment stations are to be found in large retail networks, commercial centers, markets, gas stations and convenience stores and our network will expand in more European countries in the following years. ✔ We are a proud member of The Romanian Fintech Association (RoFin.Tech), a professional entrepreneurial association that represents the interests of local companies building proprietary technology products.
Investor & Board Member
Feb 2010
Clariter is a global cleantech company with an innovative solution that upcycles plastic waste nobody wants into products everybody needs. We do what nobody does and are transforming how the industry operates. While most companies recycle plastics, we take this to the next level. Using our patented carbon-negative process, we upcycle plastic waste into new advanced chemical products that set a new standard of quality. We are petrochemicals, without the petro. Our waxes, oils, and solvents meet FDA purity standards and are suitable for endless applications across various industries. We help our partners meet sustainability goals and reduce their dependency on crude oil while creating green jobs and strengthening local communities. The future can be different. With Clariter. 
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2014
Founder & Chairman
Sep 2014
Nobel Express helps you send food to friends and family in Liberia. With offices throughout Liberia, we guarantee that your order will be delivered in time and with care.
Founder & Chairman
Sep 2014
Nobel Financial is a global leader in connecting calls and funds by providing international financial, telecom and direct delivery services from the US and Europe to any worldwide destination. Our extensive partner networks ensure quality, reliability, presence and dedication to cater to the various needs of the worldwide market. Perfectly poised to offer a variety of customer driven complementary products, Nobel Financial is ready to accommodate the needs of a global citizenship from international money transfer, long distance bill payment, electronic wallet facilities, worldwide prepaid telecom top ups and consumer telecom solutions, international food delivery and much more. Nobel Financial is headquartered in Malta for EU, and New York for the US with supplementary back office in Bucharest, Romania. Nobel Financial – bringing innovation to financial services and more for the 21st century. *** About Nobel Ltd. Nobel Financial is a company forming part of Nobel Ltd. Nobel is a market leader in the global telecommunications industry. Founded in 1998 by Thomas C. Knobel, the company has grown rapidly. Being the first company to tackle the online prepaid phone cards market with NobelCom.com, Nobel is now offering a variety of telecommunication services, including the online selling of prepaid virtual phone cards worldwide, physical distribution of phone cards in the US, postpaid and superior carrier services through its PoPs in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Bucharest.
2011
Seed Investor, Mentor & Board Member
Feb 2011
At Adore Me we take on seemingly impossible challenges. In 2011, we were founded to solve a single problem: help women buy bras online. It might seem like a simple task, but a bra is one of the most complex and personal garments in existence. Managing the design, procurement, logistics, and customer experience involved is an uphill climb, but one that built our company to take on increasingly greater challenges. Adore Me grew into the first major online player in lingerie, as well as the first to introduce inclusive sizing in the category. We launched a wholly-owned logistics center, Adore Me Services, in 2017, the same year we became profitable (something very important to us). We've launched a pioneering try-at-home shopping service, a number of innovation-focused satellite brands, and most importantly, an affordable sustainability model that is transforming our entire business to make sustainable clothing available to consumers of all shapes, sizes, and spending abilities. Adore Me believes fashion can be a force for good, for everyone.
early stageRetail
Seed Investor, Mentor & Board Member
Feb 2011
At Adore Me we take on seemingly impossible challenges. In 2011, we were founded to solve a single problem: help women buy bras online. It might seem like a simple task, but a bra is one of the most complex and personal garments in existence. Managing the design, procurement, logistics, and customer experience involved is an uphill climb, but one that built our company to take on increasingly greater challenges. Adore Me grew into the first major online player in lingerie, as well as the first to introduce inclusive sizing in the category. We launched a wholly-owned logistics center, Adore Me Services, in 2017, the same year we became profitable (something very important to us). We've launched a pioneering try-at-home shopping service, a number of innovation-focused satellite brands, and most importantly, an affordable sustainability model that is transforming our entire business to make sustainable clothing available to consumers of all shapes, sizes, and spending abilities. Adore Me believes fashion can be a force for good, for everyone.
early stageRetail
2010
Founder & Chief Ambassador
Nov 2010
Our society’s biggest danger is income inequality. Today only 8 persons own more than 50% of the world. WowApp offers a solution with free membership to a platform that shares 75% of all revenue in 12 unique ways. More than 5 million members earn, share and do good. A portion of all earnings is donated to doing good, supporting global charities that help those most in need.
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