Lukas Erlebach

Investor (Limited Partner)

2020 - Current

The Fund is a network of founders and operators investing in early-stage companies in London, Los Angeles, and New York

Climate Tech Investor (Limited Partner)

2024

Investing in breakthrough climate solutions to help solve climate change

Investor (Limited Partner)

2020

Co-Founder & CEO

2016 - 2023

Co-founder & CEO of HR-Tech scale-up Joblift, an AI-powered platform revolutionizing blue-collar recruiting. Joblift’s mission is to rethink the job search process for talent and the recruitment process for companies in the blue-collar sector. In 2023 we connected 15m candidates to more than 1.000+ paying customers on our platform and created 1m+ applications. Directed scaling efforts from concept to a 110-person team, generating substantial double-digit $xxm ARR at 115% CAGR since inception, achieving break-even in the core market Germany. Secured $40m+ in venture capital funding across multiple rounds (Seed to Series B) from top venture capital firms such as Cherry Ventures, DN Capital, b2ventures, and Picus Capital. I transitioned out of the CEO role end of 2023 and remain a major shareholder in the company.

Country Manager Germany

2013 - 2015

Head of Germany at Zalando SE, managing Zalando’s value proposition for the German market and ultimately responsible for the top- and bottom-line results. Zalando, based in Berlin, is Europe’s biggest online-only fashion retailer and the fastest company on the continent ever to pass € 1Bn in annual revenue. In 2015 Zalando registered €3Bn net revenue: - P&L and operational responsibility for Zalando Germany accounting for 50% of Zalando's revenues - Managed customer invest budget of +€100m and leading cross-functional team of 60 people - Responsible for end-to-end value proposition and commercial strategy including in-market execution of Operations, Onsite, Pricing, Performance-, Brand- and Customer base-marketing - Achieved break-even in 2014 (Ebit-margin improvement from -7% in 2013 to +3%) mainly through rigorous price-management, improved merchandising-steering and efficiency gains in marketing

Project Leader

2012 - 2013

I have worked and led teams on 20+ international projects mainly focusing on Corporate Development and Operations topics. Member of BCG’s Corporate Development, Industrial Goods and Health Care practice groups. - Main project expertise: Strategic and commercial due-diligence, 100 day programs, M&A/Joint Venture advisory, Operations (eg working capital management), Restructuring & transformation projects - Locations: pan-European activity with focus on Germany, UK and stints in Scandinavia and the US - Member of interviewer core-group and conducted 50+ interviews of international candidates - Awarded 2 year paid Educational Leave of Absence (2010-11) at London Business School

Consultant

2008 - 2012

Including 2 year paid Leave of Absence at London Business School (Jan 2010 - Nov 2011)

Associate

2006 - 2008

Student Analyst Telecom-Team

2005 - 2005