#06 - Skyflare (Germany, Cybersecurity) | Founder journey - Juan Ocampo, Co-Founder & COO
03/07/24 • 34 min
Juan Ocampo is Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Skyflare.
Skyflare is a cybersecurity startup from Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2021 with the mission to make e-commerce safe for webshop owners. Last year, the company saved over 600,000 euros in marketing expenses to their more than 40 B2B customers through their click fraud protection solution.
Juan is originally from Mexicali, Mexico. He moved to Berlin in 2013 to study a Master degree at the Technische Universität Berlin. He then entered the German startup scene, holding multiple roles as VC investor, startup founder, lecturer, and researcher with focus on proptech, real estate, Internet of things, and e-commerce. Juan is passionate about initiatives in the intersection of technology, education, and diversity.
Content:
02:30 Juan’s work in the intersection of technology, education, and diversity
06:45 His transition from Mexico to Germany
15:00 Juan’s entry in the Berlin startup scene at KIWI, an IoT startup
17:25 How Claudia Nagel, KIWI’s Co-Founder, became Juan’s sponsor, opening new career possibilities
22:40 Juan’s 5-year career cycles and his evolution from startup operator to startup investor in PropTech
28:40 His connection to Mexico inspiring younger generations to pursue a path on technology entrepreneurship
31:20 His best advise for aspiring tech startup founders: resilience, who to take advise from, and reading
Learn more:
Juan in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ocampojuan/
Skyflare in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skyflare/
Skyflare website: https://skyflare.com/en/
Episode page: https://www.mexpreneurs.com/podcast-skyflare
Our supporter for this episode: https://www.partnershipleaders.com/
Juan Ocampo is Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Skyflare.
Skyflare is a cybersecurity startup from Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2021 with the mission to make e-commerce safe for webshop owners. Last year, the company saved over 600,000 euros in marketing expenses to their more than 40 B2B customers through their click fraud protection solution.
Juan is originally from Mexicali, Mexico. He moved to Berlin in 2013 to study a Master degree at the Technische Universität Berlin. He then entered the German startup scene, holding multiple roles as VC investor, startup founder, lecturer, and researcher with focus on proptech, real estate, Internet of things, and e-commerce. Juan is passionate about initiatives in the intersection of technology, education, and diversity.
Content:
02:30 Juan’s work in the intersection of technology, education, and diversity
06:45 His transition from Mexico to Germany
15:00 Juan’s entry in the Berlin startup scene at KIWI, an IoT startup
17:25 How Claudia Nagel, KIWI’s Co-Founder, became Juan’s sponsor, opening new career possibilities
22:40 Juan’s 5-year career cycles and his evolution from startup operator to startup investor in PropTech
28:40 His connection to Mexico inspiring younger generations to pursue a path on technology entrepreneurship
31:20 His best advise for aspiring tech startup founders: resilience, who to take advise from, and reading
Learn more:
Juan in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ocampojuan/
Skyflare in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skyflare/
Skyflare website: https://skyflare.com/en/
Episode page: https://www.mexpreneurs.com/podcast-skyflare
Our supporter for this episode: https://www.partnershipleaders.com/
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#05 - Libre Foods (Spain, BioTech) | Startup & Team - Alan Ramos, Founder & CEO
Alan Ramos is Founder and CEO of Libre Foods.
Libre Foods is a biotech startup from Barcelona, Spain, which is reinventing meat with fungi. Libre was founded in 2021, has raised over three million euros in venture capital, and launched the first fungi-based bacon in the European Union.
Alan is a solo-founder. This fascinating, especially considering that Libre is a biotech startup and that Alan does not have a technical background. This is not the typical setup you would expect at a biotech startup. Nevertheless, Alan’s determination and his unwavering commitment towards Libre’s mission led him not only to overcome these constraints, but also build a great team from the beginning, cope with the ups and downs of every fast-growing startup, and achieve major milestones during the last 3 years.
Content:
02:30 Intro to Libre
03:20 How fungi-based food can outperform animal-based food
04:55 Libre's mission to reinvent meat with fungi and biomass fermentation and to fix the food system
09:30 History of FoodTech, alternative proteins, and Libre's journey so far, including latest grant won to double-down on R&D
13:50 Why Alan chose to be a solo-founder in biotech despite being a non-technical founder
18:15 Libre's leadership team evolution
22:05 Priorities for Libre in the next 12 months
27:30 His best advise for aspiring tech startup founders: have a clear why
Learn more:
Alan in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-ivan-ramos/
Libre Foods in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/libre-foods/
Libre Foods website: https://www.librefoods.co/
Episode page: https://www.mexpreneurs.com/podcast-libre
Our supporter for this episode: https://www.partnershipleaders.com/
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#07 - Skyflare (Germany, Cybersecurity) | Startup & Team - Juan, Zaher & Claudia, Founders
Juan Ocampo from Skyflare joins us again together with his co-founders, Zaher Mazuq and Claudia Nagel, to talk about their startup and their team.
Skyflare is a cybersecurity startup from Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2021 with the mission to make e-commerce safe for webshop owners. Last year, the company saved over 600,000 euros in marketing expenses to their more than 40 B2B customers through their click fraud protection solution.
Zaher is CEO, Claudia is CFO, and Juan is COO.
Zaher is originally from Israel. He moved to Germany in 2017 to become the CTO of KIWI, a PropTech market leader in the DACH region in access systems for residential buildings. Before KIWI, he worked at IBM and developed security solutions for banks.
Claudia is a German serial entrepreneur, tech investor, and holds a Professorship in Logistics. In 2018, she founded High Rise Ventures, which invests in early stage PropTech startups. Before High Rise, Claudia founded KIWI, worked for a decade at McKinsey, and founded other ventures in e-commerce and B2C.
Juan is originally from Mexico. He moved to Berlin in 2013 to study a Masters degree. He then joined KIWI, where he met Claudia and Zaher and raised through the ranks during 5 years, starting as a working student all the way to becoming Head of Operations. He later continued working with Claudia at High Rise as Venture Development Manager before co-founding Skyflare.
Content:
03:00 Skyflare’s mission to make every webshop secure, especially the small ones
08:00 The role Skyflare’s plays in the cybersecurity stack of their customers, starting with click-fraud protection
12:00 The initial ideal behind Skyflare based on the founders’ struggles with online shopping
15:00 The “Aha! Moment” who brought the founders together to start Skyflare
17:35 Why every euro spent in AdWords by a startup matters
18:30 The role from each founder and why they are deliberatively building a small team of max 10 people
22:20 Why the founders are the winning mix to make Skyflare a success
24:30 Skyflare’s priorities for the next 12 months: fundraising, customer acquisition, and integrations
26:10 The trust-based hiring process used to build the team and culture
28:30 Their top advise for aspiring founders building small, high-performing startup teams
Learn more:
Juan in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ocampojuan/
Zaher in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaherm/
Claudia in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ing-claudia-nagel-0b66395/
Skyflare in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skyflare/
Slyflare website: https://skyflare.com/en/
Episode page: https://www.mexpreneurs.com/podcast-skyflare
Our supporter for this episode: https://www.partnershipleaders.com/
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