The founding team
Sustainable Development through Entrepreneurship
On November 11, 2024, the founding team came together to bring fair equity gGmbH to life – thus taking on an issue that each member was passionate and enthusiastic about and forming a nonprofit limited liability company to address it.
On November 11, 2024, the founding team came together to bring fair equity gGmbH to life – thus taking on an issue that each member was passionate and enthusiastic about and forming a nonprofit limited liability company to address it.
Unser team
Karsten Wulf
Entrepreneur
A through-and-through entrepreneur for over 30 years, founder & CEO of zwei.7 Family Office, advisory board member, author, investor with a passion for entrepreneurship
Focus: Strategy, Venture & SMEs, Leadership
Bert Mutsaers
Entrepreneur
Founder & CEO of Realum.cloud GmbH, partner in Bedford GmbH & Co. KG, experienced entrepreneur for over 35 years
Focus: Creativity and Business Management
Bernd Schmidt-Ankum
Entrepreneur
Managing Director of Leiber GmbH, Bramsche. Leiber refines brewer’s yeast into innovative products for humans and animals. As the grandson of the company’s founder, Bernd Schmidt-Ankum is leading Leiber into the future, with health-promoting products that are growing in importance worldwide.
Gunnar Sander
Entrepreneur
Managing Director of Sander Pflege GmbH, Emsdetten. Gunnar Sander has been involved in the care sector for over 20 years, as a provider of various reliable and innovative services for the elderly. He is driven by change and improvement, combined with a conviction that work must be enjoyable.
Lutz Hethey
Managing Director
Founder and honorary member of HelpAge Deutschland e. V., has been passionately committed to the Global South for more than 30 years. He previously served as finance and budget officer at terre des hommes for 25 years.
Focus: Strategy, Social Development Projects, Organization, Impact Management
Caroline Flohr
Head of Public Affairs & Fundraising
A passionate campaigner with a background in politics, international development, and social entrepreneurship. She founded a fashion label in Kenya and is now driven by the mission to mobilize more capital for businesses from across Africa.
Vanessa Ennen
Investment Manager
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (HS Osnabrück), Master in Finance & Controlling (FOM Münster), Certified Private Equity Analyst (TU Munich), several years of experience in controlling & finance in a corporate environment, responsible for the startup portfolio at zwei.7.
Focus: M&A, Venture Capital Investments
Dr. Klaus Stein
Lawyer and tax consultant
Managing partner at talos Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, partner at WMS Treuhand, Lecturer at the University of Osnabrück, longtime advocate for Africa
Focus: Legal Issues & Taxes, Structuring of Start-Ups & SMEs