Fabian Friede

Chairman of the Board

ROFA Fashion Group

Present

ROFA Fashion Group is a leading manufacturer of high-quality women's blazers, jackets, and trendy outdoor clothing. Our products represent first-class quality and unparalleled fit at a fair price. And our concept is successful: For over 60 years, we have been working collaboratively with renowned retailers, fashion distributors, and especially fashionable specialty stores worldwide.

Business Angel | Impact Investing

Samsarik Capital · Berlin Area, Germany

Present

We co-invest in complementary teams (pre-seed and seed) that have the knowledge, passion and endurance needed to win big, tackling the important environmental and social problems of our times.

Co-Ceo

BLUU Seafood · Hamburg, Germany

Food Biotech focused on cultivated Seafood made from fish cells - tastier, healthier and more sustainable.

Founder & Managing Director

High Space · Berlin, Germany

Bootstrapped SaaS-enables marketplace for the legal cannabis industry in Germany. We built a Store-Operating-System (cash register, inventory management, regulatory system etc.) in connection with a regulated B2C marketplace for licenced cannabis stores. Due to the delayed timeline for the legalization of cannabis by the German government, High Space went into hibernation.

Founder & Advisor - Exited

Sanity Group · Berlin, Deutschland

Founder & Managing Director

Sanity Group · Berlin Area, Germany

Sanity Group is developing and distributing innovative, cannabinoid-based pharmaceuticals and well-being products to patients and customers around Europe. Started the company together with Finn and built it from idea to thousands of customers and EUR double-digit millions in revenue.

Founder & Chief Operating Officer (Coo) @ Kununu Engage

kununu · Berlin Area, Germany

Started the company together with a big German corporate (XING SE), extending one of their brands (kununu). We launched our employee engagement platform in DACH & US and later merged it with the XING product offering.

Founder & Chief Marketing Officer (Cmo) - Exited

Locafox

Locafox started as a marketplace startup, providing inventory and price information of products available at your local retailer. We then pivoted to a POS system for SME retail and sold the company eventually.

Head of Global Conversion Optimization

Rocket Internet GmbH

Helped Rocket Internet portfolio companies on 4 continents to scale their conversion optimization efforts which decreased the average customer acquisition costs and more importantly created six-digit EUR in incremental revenue (in just 3 months).

Head of Crm & Online Marketing @ the Iconic

Rocket Internet SE

My team of 20+ marketers was the main driver for scaling THE ICONIC to become the #1 Australian fashion retailer within one year after entering the market.

Online Marketing Manager @ the Iconic

Rocket Internet SE

As the first employee in marketing, I built up all online marketing channels from scratch (strategy + execution) overseeing a multi-million dollar advertising budget while recruiting and building dedicated teams for every marketing channel.

Business Development Manager @ Wimdu

Rocket Internet SE

Led the Business Development to introduce Wimdu (an online marketplace to book private accommodation) to the Australian market.

Risk & Subsidiary Controller

E.ON Hanse AG

Helped the management team to prepare for strategic decisions regarding our portfolio of power grids, public utility companies, renewable energy assets, gas storages etc.

Management Trainee

E.ON Hanse AG · Quickborn, Hamburg

Combined Bachelor of Science Degree (FH Nordakademie) & Traineeship (E.ON Hanse AG)