Looking for co-founders in Berlin: social wellness platform, launching 2027
Wellness is booming, but most people still show up alone.
What I'm building: A social wellness platform and community for your city and your travels: one free, complete calendar of everything on the healthy side of town (sauna, ice bath, yoga, breathwork, sober events, treatments, retreats), with a real community on top. Members see who else is going, connect through shared sessions, and meet at our own curated events. Discovery is how you get in, the community is why you stay. Launching 2027, Berlin first.
Who I am: Founder and managing director of an event location platform and event agency, with deep access to the wellness, hospitality and venue scene in Germany and beyond. I'm building this new venture alongside it, and I fund the current phase myself.
Traction: Validated idea, not idea-only: partner validation interviews done, a clickable demo is live, a waitlist is running, and founding-partner conversations with studios, trainers and retreat hosts in Berlin and Frankfurt are in progress. No revenue yet, launch is 2027.
What I bring: The concept, business model, investor materials and demo are built. Plus the partner network (studios, hotels, venues, trainers) through my agency, and self-funding of the current phase.
What I'm looking for: Two co-founders out of these three roles, whichever two the right people bring. Overlapping experience is a plus.
1. Community & Growth Co-Founder. You have built a real community from nothing before: a studio's member program, a run club, a sober-event series, a D2C brand's local ambassador network. You're deep in Berlin's wellness, fitness or creator scene. You'll own Berlin partner acquisition (studios, trainers, hosts) and the execution of our own events.
2. Tech / Product Co-Founder. You have shipped a two-sided marketplace or booking platform before and understand the operational complexity of payments, availability and matching. You'll own turning the specified concept and demo into real, launch-ready software, and the technical roadmap from there.
3. Operator Co-Founder, Fundraising & Ops. You have personally run a seed raise, ideally for a marketplace or community platform, and you're comfortable with cap tables, legal structure and investor process. You'll own co-leading fundraising and building the operational backbone (finance, legal, hiring) as the team grows.
Compensation: Equity only until funding (no salary yet, I'm aware that's a real ask), with standard 4-year vesting and a 1-year cliff. Exact split discussed individually and openly.
Commitment: Ramp-in part-time is fine, full-time by launch preparation. Berlin-based or willing to be.
Interested or curious? DM me and I'll send you the live demo.