Fundraising Fox

Fabian Wesemann

InvestorUnicorn founder

Co-founder at Wefox

Berlin metropolitan area, Germany; Afori is registered in Barcelona, Spain

FoundedWefox$4.5B

About

Fabian Wesemann is a Berlin-born finance executive, entrepreneur and early-stage investor. After business studies at Passau, ESADE and St. Gallen and nearly four years in Deutsche Bank investment banking in London, he left banking to co-found FinanceFox, later wefox, with Julian Teicke and Dario Fazlic. As CFO from late 2014 to October 2023, he led or helped lead financial strategy, equity and debt fundraising and M&A during wefox's expansion, including a $650 million 2021 Series C at a $3 billion post-money valuation, a $400 million 2022 Series D at $4.5 billion and a 2023 equity-and-credit package. He then served as CIO through September 2024, responsible for M&A and corporate development, and remained a wefox Holding AG director until the July 2025 refinancing. The record also includes wefox's later losses, layoffs, regulatory-capital pressure, insolvency warnings, disposals and governance reset; these are company outcomes, not evidence of personal misconduct. In 2025 Wesemann co-founded Barcelona-registered Afori with former wefox technology leader Sergi Baños. Afori raised €4 million led by General Catalyst and develops insurance-native AI that turns broker email and documents into structured workflows. Six personal or angel-style investments are supported at deal level here—Helu, Sikoia, HeyFina, topi, Kertos and Xaver—while Afori's investors, wefox's investors and The Delta participation are kept separate. topi was acquired in 2025; HeyFina/fina shut down in 2023. No personal check-size range, realized return or connection to 33N was verified.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTech

Co-founder at Wefox

Intro paths

In turn, Fabian can intro founders to Wefox's investors below.

Co-founders at Wefox

JTJulian Teicke
Julian TeickeCo-founder

Experience

  1. AforiCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2025 — present
  2. wefoxCo-Founder & CIO2023 — 2024
  3. wefoxCo-founder & CFO2014 — 2023Berlin, Zurich, Vienna, Barcelona
  4. Deutsche BankAssociate2014London Area, United Kingdom
  5. Deutsche BankAnalyst2011 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Start-ups43Financial Modeling26Strategisches Management22Entrepreneurship15Corporate Finance19Valuation10Finanzmodelle10Investment Banking8Fusionen und Übernahmen7Unternehmensfinanzierung7Finanzanalyse6Marketingstrategie6
+11 moreMergers & AcquisitionsUnternehmertumDue DiligenceMarketing StrategyUnternehmensberatungVertriebUnternehmensstrategieFinanzwesenAnalysenStrategyStrategie

Languages Deutsch · Englisch · Spanisch

From Fabian's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

HeluHeyFina / finakertosSikoiatopiXaver

Per curated public sources.

Founder fit — who Fabian backs

Likely fit is an early European founder solving a concrete regulated-industry or finance-team workflow with measurable operating value, who can use fundraising, capital-structure, insurance-distribution and scale-up guidance from a former investment banker and long-serving insurtech CFO.

Strong signalsRegulated financial or insurance workflowClear operational time or cost savingData infrastructure, compliance or automationB2B distribution with measurable unit economicsPre-seed or seed team with strong domain expertiseProduct that augments professional advisers rather than adding workflow complexity

["Pitches that assume Afori or wefox capital is Wesemann's personal capital", 'Requests based on a nonexistent 33N affiliation', 'Businesses without a clear workflow, data or distribution advantage', 'Capital-intensive expansion without credible unit economics', 'Pitches quoting an unverified personal check-size range']

How to pitch

Lead with the broken regulated workflow, quantified customer burden, why the product fits existing behavior, domain credibility, unit economics and the specific help sought on fundraising or insurance distribution. Ask whether any interest would be personal, through an undisclosed SPV or strategic rather than assuming a vehicle. No public personal check-size range or current formal angel mandate was verified.

Stages: pre-seed, seed · Sectors: Fintech, Insurtech, Enterprise software, Artificial intelligence, Financial operations, Regtech and compliance, Data infrastructure, B2B payments, Insurance distribution, Financial wellbeing

Editorial inference from Fabian's portfolio, writing and public record — not a published mandate.

Investment themes

7 documented themes from Fabian's essays, talks and portfolio, grouped by what they say about founders.

More themes7
  • Broker enablement rather than disintermediation

  • Insurance-native vertical and agentic AI

  • Focus, pragmatic integration and measurable user value

  • Financial discipline, unit economics and balancing growth with profitability

  • Employee equity and European option reform

  • Founder perseverance, self-belief and action

  • Data-driven decision making

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Fabian Wesemann

Writing

Frequently asked questions

What is Fabian Wesemann doing now?
He is co-founder, CEO and registered managing director of Afori Solutions S.L.U., a Barcelona-registered company building insurance-native AI workflows for brokers.
What was his role at wefox?
He co-founded FinanceFox/wefox, served as Group CFO from late 2014 to October 2023, became CIO responsible for M&A and corporate development through September 2024 and remained a non-executive wefox Holding AG director until July 2025.
Did Wesemann personally raise all of wefox's reported capital?
He led or helped lead financial strategy and major equity, debt and M&A initiatives as CFO, and biographies attribute large cumulative fundraising totals to him. The capital was raised by wefox from investors and lenders; it was not his personal investment.
What happened financially at wefox?
After financings at headline valuations up to $4.5 billion, reporting showed substantial 2022-2023 losses, carrier underwriting problems, layoffs and 2024 holding-company insolvency warnings. New management reduced costs, exited markets, sold assets and completed a €151 million capital-and-refinancing package in July 2025.
Was Wesemann responsible for wefox's later restructuring decisions?
He was CFO during the build-out and remained an executive through September 2024, so the financial record belongs in his chronology. However, Mark Hartigan and later Joachim Müller led the restructuring, and decisions after Wesemann's operating departure are not attributed to him without specific evidence.
What does Afori do?
Afori integrates into tools such as Outlook, turning insurance emails and documents into structured cases, tasks and partial automations so brokers can spend more time advising clients.
Which personal investments are publicly corroborated?
Deal-level sources name him in Helu, Sikoia, HeyFina/fina, topi, Kertos and Xaver. The legal subscription vehicle and check size are not public for these deals, so 'personal/angel-style' is more precise than asserting direct individual ownership in every case.
Has he had a documented investment exit or loss?
topi was acquired by PEAC Solutions in 2025, but Wesemann's proceeds were not disclosed. HeyFina/fina ceased operations in 2023, but no source quantifies his loss or any recovery.
Is Fabian Wesemann affiliated with 33N Ventures?
No reliable evidence reviewed supports an affiliation. 33N's official team and committee roster does not list him, and the firm should not be treated as his investment vehicle.
What is his investment check size?
No reliable personal minimum or maximum is public. Round sizes describe total financings, not Wesemann's contribution, and Afori, wefox or The Delta capital must not be substituted for a personal check.
Who is Fabian Wesemann?
Fabian Wesemann is a Berlin-born finance executive, entrepreneur and early-stage investor. After business studies at Passau, ESADE and St. Gallen and nearly four years in Deutsche Bank investment banking in London, he left banking to co-found FinanceFox, later wefox, with Julian Teicke and Dario Fazlic. As CFO from late 2014 to October 2023, he led or helped lead financial strategy, equity and debt fundraising and M&A during wefox's expansion, including a $650 million 2021 Series C at a $3 billion post-money valuation, a $400 million 2022 Series D at $4.5 billion and a 2023 equity-and-credit package. He then served as CIO through September 2024, responsible for M&A and corporate development, and remained a wefox Holding AG director until the July 2025 refinancing. The record also includes wefox's later losses, layoffs, regulatory-capital pressure, insolvency warnings, disposals and governance reset; these are company outcomes, not evidence of personal misconduct. In 2025 Wesemann co-founded Barcelona-registered Afori with former wefox technology leader Sergi Baños. Afori raised €4 million led by General Catalyst and develops insurance-native AI that turns broker email and documents into structured workflows. Six personal or angel-style investments are supported at deal level here—Helu, Sikoia, HeyFina, topi, Kertos and Xaver—while Afori's investors, wefox's investors and The Delta participation are kept separate. topi was acquired in 2025; HeyFina/fina shut down in 2023. No personal check-size range, realized return or connection to 33N was verified.
Where does Fabian Wesemann work?
Fabian Wesemann is Co-founder of Wefox.
What does Fabian Wesemann invest in?
Fabian Wesemann invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, InsurTech.
What companies did Fabian Wesemann found?
Fabian Wesemann founded Wefox.

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