Future Positive Creations 🌎
I coach founders and entrepreneurs who know there's more to building successful companies than hustling and hard work.I have twenty years experience as entrepreneur across Europe and the US, co-founded two unicorn companies, invested in 100+ startups and funds, and worked closely with exceptional founders and creators for years.Building companies is one of the hardest things you can do.I know it. I went through the joys AND the hardships myself.As a coach I support other entrepreneurs and leaders to be and create at their best, to lead with power and conviction, be present with the truth of the situation, and create a world to thrive in.I offer deep 1on1 work in multi-month engagements, forty-day coaching intensives, and curated group programs and retreats.If you feel that you could benefit from this work with me - please reach out!
Startups & Entrepreneurship
I started my work on the global stage in my early 20s when I created software and later co-founded Taulia (now acquired by SAP), used by millions of small & medium businesses worldwide to receive financing and optimize their cash flow, supporting billions of $s worth of transactions. I advised and coached startup founders and companies in mobile development, big data, financial analysis, fleet management, web3, DAOs, and payments. I also served on the boards of multiple companies, and my projects raised more than USD 300 million of capital.
In 2016, my interest and work led me to decentralize financial systems. I co-founded Centrifuge, a decentralized financing platform, publicly launched the network in 2020, was on the core team of the Department of Decentralization, and am an active member of the Ethereum community.Today, I work exclusively with founders, and entrepreneurial leaders who not only build impactful companies - but who use this path to also become a better version of themselves in the process.I invest through our firm Earth.
Mentoring & Investing
Although my life and work are focused on coaching and founders I also at times mentor, advise, and invest in individuals, projects, startups, and founders working on world-changing projects, technology, and philosophies.
I am most interested in projects that use large, systemic approaches to achieve positive impact and navigate us (humanity) through the polycrisis to a world to thrive in for all.My focus areas are climate-related projects, living & land-based communities, spiritual projects, and creative & art endeavors.
My spiritual path started in my mid-20s when I was introduced to meditation by a co-worker. Soon after that, I experienced work with plant medicine. This combination set off an accelerating path of deep inquiry and revelation on the road toward embodying the lessons I received.
Over the years, I journeyed with many in-person and distributed communities, deepened my spiritual and embodiment practices, dove into tantric practices, and followed several teachings toward a more holistic human and spiritual expression. With all that, I do my best to embody the integration of consciousness and the heart in my everyday life as I believe there is no separation between what comes up in deeply personal processes, work, and large-scale systems change.I studied Gestalt Therapy, which informs how I coach and work, am a practitioner of reading in the Morphic Field, was an active member of different self-development and spiritual communities, lived and studied at Highden Temple in New Zealand, and co-facilitated the Samothraki Temple Training, happening on Samothraki Island in Greece. I'm an avid meditator and practice Siddha Maha Yoga.
Other & Previos Projects
Investing
As an investor, my primary focus is on the climate crisis, communal living and co-creation.Group experiences and retreats
I design and facilitate experiences and retreats for groups at The Future is Now focussed on future positive creations and self-leadership.The Future is Now Gathering
An invite-only, intimate gathering of community initiators and leaders centered around the question of: “How do we simultaneously dream of AND manifest the vision of an interconnected, communal, co-creative, and collaborative world that’s worth living for across disciplines?!"
Currently cooking up smaller events and facilitations The Future is Now.Winter Residency, Samothraki, Greece
November 2021 - March 2022
This five-month winter residency on Samothraki Island, Greece was dedicated to community experiments, deep listening to the land, co-creative process, and collectively support for our emergence.Think Deck - Cards for reflection and self-discovery.Selfiepoems - An investigation of the stories behind a selfie.In the Spirit of Business - A podcast miniseries exploring the intersection of spirituality and business.Brotherhood Mystery School, where we integrated men’s work and support the emergence of a new global brotherhood in love and harmony with the earth, all humans, and spirit. Hat tip to Emergence Brotherhood journey held by some beautiful brothers.