Is Julian Teicke still CEO or a board member of wefox?

No. He moved from CEO to non-executive president and vice-chair in March 2024 and left the board in July 2025. Joachim Müller is the operating CEO in the latest official material reviewed.

What is Julian Teicke doing now?

He is full-time co-founder and executive chairman of The Delta, chairs several studio companies, announced Agent F as his first post-wefox venture, co-founded Attuned.world and participates in Berlin startup-policy work through BAD1.

Did Teicke found wefox alone?

No. Official wefox material names Julian Teicke, Fabian Wesemann and Dario Fazlic. Other histories also name Teodoro Martino and Jonathan Seoane in the earliest FinanceFox team, and Teicke's father contributed industry insight.

How did FinanceFox become wefox?

FinanceFox began as a digital insurance-management and broker-customer platform. The group later adopted the wefox name and added the regulated ONE Insurance carrier, later wefox Insurance AG and, after its sale, VIA Versicherung AG.

What happened financially at wefox?

After very large venture rounds and a $4.5 billion 2022 financing valuation, losses, carrier underwriting problems, regulatory capital needs and cash pressure produced insolvency warnings in 2024. New leadership cut costs, exited markets, sold the carrier and Italian businesses and completed a €151 million capital-and-refinancing package in July 2025.

Did wefox conduct layoffs after Teicke criticized mass layoffs?

Yes. Teicke said in November 2022 that wefox had no mass-layoff plan, but reporting documented more than 100 planned reductions beginning in early 2023. Additional cuts occurred under Mark Hartigan during the 2024 restructuring.

Does Julian Teicke invest personally?

At least one conventional personal angel deal is verified: Stoïk named him as a business angel in its 2022 Series A. His many other disclosed positions are usually described as founding investments through The Delta, and public sources do not reveal the legal vehicle or his personal check.

What is his investment check size?

No reliable personal range is public. Reporting says The Delta Studio may provide up to €200,000 of starting finance, but that is a studio term and should not be represented as Teicke's individual check.

Was he involved with Project Eaden or Choco?

No reliable evidence reviewed supports either affiliation. His early chocolate-company role was at chocri, while Project Eaden was founded by David Schmelzeisen, Hubertus Bessau and Jan Wilmking. A Choco founder appeared with him at a BAD1 event, which is not a company role or investment.

Is he on the Jewish Museum Berlin's Board of Trustees?

No. He is documented as an executive-board member of the Friends of the Jewish Museum Berlin, a supporting association. The museum foundation's official statutory trustee roster does not list him.

What was EMPAUA's role in the story?

EMPAUA was a separately founded Salesforce consultancy and early venture-building environment. FinanceFox was described as its first incubated company. Salesforce Ventures invested in EMPAUA but did not acquire it.

Where does Julian Teicke work?

Julian Teicke is Co-founder of Wefox.

Julian Teicke

InvestorUnicorn founder

Co-founder at Wefox

Berlin, Germany

FoundedWefox$4.5B

About

Julian Teicke is a Berlin entrepreneur and venture builder. After a University of St. Gallen business degree, applied research, launching chocri's UK operation and managing international sales at Groupon, he co-founded DeinDeal and served as COO through its 2015 sale to Ringier. He then helped establish the Salesforce consultancy EMPAUA and The Delta, from which FinanceFox—later wefox—was launched with Fabian Wesemann and Dario Fazlic. Teicke led wefox as CEO from 2015 to March 2024 through large funding rounds and a 2022 headline valuation of $4.5 billion, but also through acquisition-heavy expansion, losses, layoffs and mounting financing and regulatory pressure. He became non-executive president and vice-chair, then left the board in July 2025 after a profound restructuring, asset sales and €151 million refinancing. He now works full-time at The Delta, where his disclosed model combines founding capital, hands-on company building and chair roles. Current public ventures include Agent F and Attuned.world, alongside longer-running positions at hallo theo, handly, luca and Kenjo. Only Stoïk is independently verified here as a conventional personal angel investment; The Delta studio companies and wefox's investors are kept separate.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechTravel & Hospitality

Co-founder at Wefox

Intro paths

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

Wefox's investors · 23

Co-founders at Wefox

Fabian WesemannCo-founder

Experience

The DeltaCo-Founder & Executive Chairmancurrent2025 — presentBerlin, Germany
The DeltaCo-Founder2014 — 2025Berlin, Germany
Attuned.worldFounding Investor & Chairmancurrent2026 — presentBerlin, Germany
Agent FFounding Investor & Chairmancurrent2026 — presentBerlin, Germany
hallo theoFounding Investor & Chairmancurrent2024 — present
handlyFounding Investor & Chairmancurrent2021 — present
lucaFounding Investor & Chairmancurrent2020 — present
KenjoFounding Investor & Chairmancurrent2018 — present
doctorlyFounding Investor & Board Member2024 — 2025
doctorlyFounding Investor & Chairman2017 — 2024
wefoxFounder & CEO2015 — 2024Berlin, Germany
DeinDeal AGCo-Founder & COO2010 — 2015Zürich
GrouponInternational Sales Manager2009 — 2010London
chocri - hand made for you 🍫Entrepreneur in Residence2009Berlin Metropolitan Area
University of St.GallenApplied Researcher2008 — 2009St. Gallen

Investments

Board seats

Kenjo

Investor

Agent Fdoctorlyhallo theohandlyKenjolucaStoïk

Per curated public sources.

Founder fit — who Julian backs

Best fit appears to be an early founder in Europe building AI-native enterprise software, regulated or operational infrastructure, insurance, health, property, hospitality, skilled-trades or future-of-work products who wants an active co-builder and chair rather than passive capital.

Strong signalsLarge existing industry with obsolete workflowsAI-native operating model rather than a thin featureFounder receptive to hands-on company buildingPotential for category leadership from EuropeClear path to first customers and follow-on institutional capitalMission that combines commercial scale with human or social value

['Teams seeking only passive capital', "Pitches that confuse The Delta studio capital with Teicke's personal check", 'Claims of disruption unsupported by an operational wedge', 'Incremental companies without venture-scale ambition', 'Requests based on a presumed association with Project Eaden or Choco']

How to pitch

Lead with the broken workflow, why an AI-native or software-led architecture changes the economics, the founder's unfair insight, first-customer evidence and the specific operating leverage wanted from The Delta. Ask explicitly whether the opportunity is for The Delta Studio, another vehicle or Teicke personally. No reliable personal check-size range is public; the reported up-to-€200,000 studio financing is a vehicle term, not his individual mandate.

Stages: company formation, pre-seed, seed, select Series A · Sectors: Artificial intelligence, Enterprise software, Insurtech, Property technology, Digital health, Hospitality technology, Skilled-trades software, Human resources technology, Public-sector technology, Human connection and wellbeing

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

Investment themes

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

▶More themes8

Operator-led venture building with capital plus services
AI-native replacement of rigid enterprise workflows
Insurance distribution, broker enablement and risk prevention
Digital sovereignty and non-discriminatory data use
Imagination and category-scale founder ambition
European and Berlin startup competitiveness
Founder responsibility, people-centered leadership and limits of layoffs
Human co-regulation and connection beyond AI

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Julian Teicke

Seedcamp Podcast Episode 87: Julian Teicke on Building Great User Experiences in Insurance

seedcamp.com · seedcamp.com

Reimagining Leadership

review.brunswickgroup.com · review.brunswickgroup.com

Julian Teicke — On the Way to New Work, Episode 316

newwork.podigee.io · newwork.podigee.io

wefox CEO shares his journey with aspiring founders

venturelab.swiss · venturelab.swiss

Wefox CEO 'disgusted' by mass tech layoffs

cnbc.com · cnbc.com

Leading in an Industry He Once Shunned

russbanham.com · russbanham.com

1 more appearances

A nervous system as a service: Julian Teicke's new bet on human connection

Writing

Attuned.world launch essay and announcement

6 Step Guide To Enter The New Year With Strategic Clarity For Any Organization

How AI Can Supercharge Insurance

Frequently asked questions

Is Julian Teicke still CEO or a board member of wefox?: No. He moved from CEO to non-executive president and vice-chair in March 2024 and left the board in July 2025. Joachim Müller is the operating CEO in the latest official material reviewed.
What is Julian Teicke doing now?: He is full-time co-founder and executive chairman of The Delta, chairs several studio companies, announced Agent F as his first post-wefox venture, co-founded Attuned.world and participates in Berlin startup-policy work through BAD1.
Did Teicke found wefox alone?: No. Official wefox material names Julian Teicke, Fabian Wesemann and Dario Fazlic. Other histories also name Teodoro Martino and Jonathan Seoane in the earliest FinanceFox team, and Teicke's father contributed industry insight.
How did FinanceFox become wefox?: FinanceFox began as a digital insurance-management and broker-customer platform. The group later adopted the wefox name and added the regulated ONE Insurance carrier, later wefox Insurance AG and, after its sale, VIA Versicherung AG.
What happened financially at wefox?: After very large venture rounds and a $4.5 billion 2022 financing valuation, losses, carrier underwriting problems, regulatory capital needs and cash pressure produced insolvency warnings in 2024. New leadership cut costs, exited markets, sold the carrier and Italian businesses and completed a €151 million capital-and-refinancing package in July 2025.
Did wefox conduct layoffs after Teicke criticized mass layoffs?: Yes. Teicke said in November 2022 that wefox had no mass-layoff plan, but reporting documented more than 100 planned reductions beginning in early 2023. Additional cuts occurred under Mark Hartigan during the 2024 restructuring.
Does Julian Teicke invest personally?: At least one conventional personal angel deal is verified: Stoïk named him as a business angel in its 2022 Series A. His many other disclosed positions are usually described as founding investments through The Delta, and public sources do not reveal the legal vehicle or his personal check.
What is his investment check size?: No reliable personal range is public. Reporting says The Delta Studio may provide up to €200,000 of starting finance, but that is a studio term and should not be represented as Teicke's individual check.
Was he involved with Project Eaden or Choco?: No reliable evidence reviewed supports either affiliation. His early chocolate-company role was at chocri, while Project Eaden was founded by David Schmelzeisen, Hubertus Bessau and Jan Wilmking. A Choco founder appeared with him at a BAD1 event, which is not a company role or investment.
Is he on the Jewish Museum Berlin's Board of Trustees?: No. He is documented as an executive-board member of the Friends of the Jewish Museum Berlin, a supporting association. The museum foundation's official statutory trustee roster does not list him.
What was EMPAUA's role in the story?: EMPAUA was a separately founded Salesforce consultancy and early venture-building environment. FinanceFox was described as its first incubated company. Salesforce Ventures invested in EMPAUA but did not acquire it.
Who is Julian Teicke?: Julian Teicke is a Berlin entrepreneur and venture builder. After a University of St. Gallen business degree, applied research, launching chocri's UK operation and managing international sales at Groupon, he co-founded DeinDeal and served as COO through its 2015 sale to Ringier. He then helped establish the Salesforce consultancy EMPAUA and The Delta, from which FinanceFox—later wefox—was launched with Fabian Wesemann and Dario Fazlic. Teicke led wefox as CEO from 2015 to March 2024 through large funding rounds and a 2022 headline valuation of $4.5 billion, but also through acquisition-heavy expansion, losses, layoffs and mounting financing and regulatory pressure. He became non-executive president and vice-chair, then left the board in July 2025 after a profound restructuring, asset sales and €151 million refinancing. He now works full-time at The Delta, where his disclosed model combines founding capital, hands-on company building and chair roles. Current public ventures include Agent F and Attuned.world, alongside longer-running positions at hallo theo, handly, luca and Kenjo. Only Stoïk is independently verified here as a conventional personal angel investment; The Delta studio companies and wefox's investors are kept separate.
Where does Julian Teicke work?: Julian Teicke is Co-founder of Wefox.
What does Julian Teicke invest in?: Julian Teicke invests in AI & Machine Learning, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, InsurTech, Travel & Hospitality.