Alexander Schwarz

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Founder at Wharf Systems · D2C food brands

Wharf Systems
Berlin, Germany · CET (UTC+1)
9+ years experience
University of Amsterdam
English, German, Arabic
Raising
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Overview

Founder of Wharf Systems (D2C food brands). 9 years of building before that. Signed 95 paying customers, 4 of them enterprises. Most at home with marketing and content. Learning Japanese, slowly.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Investors who back our stage and sector
  • Early customers and design partners
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  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Paid accelerator offers
  • SEO and link-building offers

Replies between meetings, usually same day

Skills
contentsupply chainmarketingconsumer brands
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $3M Series A for credit underwriting for dental practices

Stage
Series A
Raising
$3M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
25 enterprise pilots after 21 months
Use of funds
Product and compliance

25 enterprise pilots after 21 months. Looking for investors who know wealth management and can help with regulatory approvals.

Berlin, Germanymarketingcontentsupply chain
Open

Experience

  1. Founder
    Jun 2023 - Present
    Wharf Systems · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Raised $21 million across 2 rounds.
    • Took Wharf Systems from zero to $2 million ARR.
    • Grew the team to 21 people across 2 countries.
  2. Software Engineer
    Oct 2020 - Jun 2023
    Glovo · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Wrote the supply chain service that now handles 71 million requests a day.
    • Reduced cloud spend on public API by 21% in two quarters.
  3. Director of Engineering
    Jul 2017 - Jul 2020
    Google · 3 yr · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Wrote the content service that now handles 68 million requests a day.

Projects

Write-up: D2C food brands in practice
2026

A long-form guide to D2C food brands for people starting out.

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Education

  1. University of Amsterdam
    BSc, Economics
    2014 - 2017

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