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Our vision
The exponential growth of the world’s engineering intelligence
Our mission
We're here to make engineering intelligence accessible, intuitive, and actionable, so that you can create more innovative & sustainable machines more efficiently.
Our management
Meet our team
Our philosophy is simple — hire a team of diverse, passionate people and foster a culture that empowers you to do your best work.
Philipp Noll
Co-Founder & MD
Product & Sales, former Production Engineer at Mercedes and Senior Strategy Consultant at Porsche
Robert Göbel
Co-Founder & MD
Operations & Marketing, former Solution Manager Watson IoT at IBM and Manager at Porsche consultancy
Tomas Karlsson
CTO
Former Director SW Development at Bentley, Founder of Agency9 (Digital Twins for Infrastructure, sold to Bentley)
Daniel Halbig
Co-Founder
Growth Initiatives, former Senior Manager at Porsche consultancy, Technology Lead for IIoT.
Dr. Christian Wienss
Head of Sales
Former Sales Director at Siemens PLM, PhD in Computer Science & Simulation
Frederik Günther
Head of Product
Former Production Engineer at Mercedes and Consultant at Porsche
João Simões
Head of Design
Former Lead Product Designer at McKinsey, BCG, AKQA and Onefootball
Karina Schultz
Head of Marketing
Former Head of Marketing & Communications at Porsche accelerator dynamics
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Our timeline
We've come a long way
November 2019
Foundation and seed investment
SPREAD starts operations in November. Cavalry, La Famiglia and several Business Angels invest in SPREAD
January 2020
First customer and use case
Mercedes becomes our first customer and, after a successful pilot phase, we released our first use case with a complete user journey to guide workers in finding electric failures in cars 75% faster.
November 2021
SPREAD found a new home
After two years in our beloved first office, we transformed an old car dealership in Berlin Kreuzberg to become our new home.
March 2022
Rollout and expansion
In the beginning of 2022, we managed to scale 3 use cases along the complete product lifecycle to multiple customers, industries, and factories around the world
September 2022
SPREAD Studio
By developing SPREAD Studio, our internal low-code environment, we managed to speed up use case development by a huge margin, arriving at 12 use cases within months.
Our board
Investors & advisors
Not only does our product and tech set us apart, but so do the people who choose to partner with us on this journey.
Cavalry Ventures
Cavalry is a Berlin-based Venture Capital fund that invests in companies on their path forward to effect positive change.
La Famiglia
A loyal family of entrepreneurs, business angels, family businesses, conglomerates and industry leaders who invest smart capital alongside with their experience, networks and skills.
Martin Janicki
Martin is Partner at Cavalry Ventures. He serves on multiple boards and was previously doing Private Equity at Credit Suisse.
Judith Dada
Judith is a General Partner at La Famiglia. She was previously at Facebook, managing Amazon Europe’s marketing strategy and Facebook’s VC Initiative.
Sebastian Borek
Sebastian is a serial entrepreneur with a continuous track record of discovering market opportunities and defining successful business propositions.
Charles Songhurst
Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and Skype acquisition. Today, he runs an investment portfolio.
Dr. Till Reuter
Till lead one of the leading robotics manufacturers KUKA as CEO for over 10 years. He furthermore sits on the board of Neura Robotics and spent 10 years in investment banking.
Joachim Schreiner
Joachim is Executive VP and General Manager Salesforce Germany. He joined Salesforce in 2007 and has more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry.
Markus Ehrle
Markus is Senior VP and Country Manager EBU at Salesforce. Prior to joining Salesforce, he held senior sales positions at SAP, IBM, Trigo, CommerceOne, and Netscape.
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Our stories
Videos, case studies, guides, industry best practices, and news.
SPREAD in CB Insight's Top 50 Advanced Manufacturing
CB Insight's list highlights the top private advanced manufacturing companies working to promote faster, safer, more efficient, and more sustainable R&D and Production.
Sustainability & the Swedish King visits SPREAD
We had the honor of hosting the King of Sweden, along with a delegation of 40 representatives of industry, government, and academia at our office to discuss sustainability across the product lifecycle
SPREAD listed in ‘Top Startup Employers’ ranking
Business Punk & Statista's second annual report on the Top Startup Employers in Germany listed SPREAD in the 'Technology' category