Nationality German | Occupation Entrepreneur | |
Known for wefox (former FinanceFox), DeinDeal, EMPAUA | ||
Julian Teicke (October 10, 1986) is a German-born entrepreneur. He is best known as founder and CEO of wefox, an online insurance management platform that facilitates communication between insurance brokers, insurance companies, and customers.
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Early life
Teicke was born on October 10, 1986 in Berlin. There he attended John F. Kennedy School, Berlin. He later moved to Switzerland, where he studied business at University of St Gallen.
Career
After graduating from the University of St Gallen, he helped in launching the UK division of Chocri and later worked with Groupon in the UK. In 2011, Teicke co-founded E-commerce website DeinDeal, which grew rapidly in Switzerland. He served as the COO of the company till 2015, when the company was sold to Ringier for an undisclosed sum.
In October 2014, Teicke founded EMPAUA, a consultancy partner of Salesforce.com. With offices in Berlin, London, Madrid, Barcelona, and Zurich, the company provides services to start-up companies and businesses.
In November 2014, Teicke launched wefox, an online insurance management company as the first incubated company by EMPAUA. Teicke developed the idea of the business with his father who had been in the insurance industry for more than 30 years. The company helps customers in managing their insurance products. Led by Salesforce.com, in 2016 wefox raised $5.5m in investment.
In September 2016 wefox announced a Series A investment of $28m. The round was led by Target Global and Horizons Ventures - the private investment vehicle of Li Ka-Shing. This investment was the largest sum invested in an Insurtech company in Europe to date.