ABOUT US

Accountability changes everything.

The moment you put your own capital into a business, the quality of your thinking changes. We hold board seats, run operations, and close the first customers ourselves. We've been doing that for years.

We are serial entrepreneurs: systematically building and investing in new business, significantly increasing the odds of success.

Builders with skin in the game.

Commitment

We make our commitment tangible.

We put our money where our mouth is. That commitment changes how we make decisions. We stop projects that don’t work early and double-down on the ones that generate returns.

Ownership

We take equity and board seats.

When we launch a new business, we regularly own part of it. We sit on the board. We’re in the room when hard decisions get made.

Honesty

We share what didn’t work.

40+ launches means failures too. Ventures we shut down after 12 months. Capital we lost. Models that didn’t survive first contact with the market. That experience is more valuable than any success story — and it’s what we bring to every new build.

700M+

investment in projects
we launched

35+

hands-on entrepreneurs

40+

ventures built with
our partners

ROI positive portfolio

Our 6 portfolio ventures, reached ROI positive within 5 years.

How we think about new business.

Accountability changes everything.

The moment you put your own capital in, the quality of your thinking changes. We’ve been doing that for years.

If you start building new business when your core business is in decline,  you’re already too late.

New business building is a capability that takes years to develop. The window to do it right is when the core is still strong — not when it’s under pressure.

The operator who has failed is more valuable than the advisor who hasn’t.

Pattern recognition from 40+ builds — including the ones that didn’t work — is what we bring to every engagement.

Building new business is a capability, not a project.

A repeatable process for building new businesses is a competitive advantage. That’s what we install.

How we work

1

Discover

We spot opportunities worth building on  — market gaps, untapped assets, and  ideas worth betting on. We pressure-test assumptions and define the business case before committing a  single euro.

2

Launch

We validate with real customers, build the first product, and close the first sales ourselves.  The market decides — not the boardroom.

3

Grow

We build the company around what works — team, operations, go-to-market. Then we scale it into new markets with the resources to sustain growth.

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Karyna Hornostai

Lead Venture Architect
karyna.hornostai@whataventure.com

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Philippe Thiltges

CEO & Managing Partner
philippe.thiltges@whataventure.com

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Stefan Peintner

CEO & Managing Partner
stefan.peintner@whataventure.com

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Franziska Abare-Korn

Partner
franziska.abarekorn@whataventure.com

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Philippe Thiltges

Venture Partner & Co-Founder
philippe.thiltges@whataventure.com

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Mario Eibl

Lead Venture Architect
mario.eibl@whataventure.com

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