These German founders made it onto the Forbes "30 under 30" list

This year, Forbes' well-known list also includes numerous names of German founders. Startbase has compiled them.

Forbes has published its "30 under 30" list for Europe. Included are also numerous German founders from the finance and digital industry, medical technology and e-commerce.

Finance category

27-year-old Marco Cancellieri is among the top 30 under 30 in the finance category. He founded the neobroker Trade Republic in 2015 together with Christian Hecker and Thomas Pischke. In the meantime, the fintech has become a multiple unicorn and is represented not only in Germany but also in Austria, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. Leonie Riviere from the start-up Fina is also on the list. With her start-up, she wants to help people invest their money. Mirko Schmiedl is 27 years old and founded Staking Rewards with his brother in 2017. Forbes also recognized him for the success of his crypto comparison portal.

Social Impact Category

Paul Bäumler and Ludwig Petersen of Letsact are on the Forbes list for Social Impact. They created an app that helps volunteers find an outreach position.

Health and medical technology category

Nikolay Dimolarov, 29, co-founded Kranus Health in 2020. The startup has developed a digital health app that helps men with erectile dysfunction with physical and mental exercises. Philipp Buhr (27) and Jan Hoffmann (28) also landed on the list. They founded Marta, an online platform where caregivers can connect with seniors.

Production and industry category

Deevio is a startup that aims to make quality control in industry more efficient with the help of artificial intelligence. Its founder Damian Heimel is 29 and is on the Forbes list in the Manufacturing and Industry category. Lea Hermanns, 27, offers flexible living options and co-working spaces in buildings with her startup Poha Haus. Also in this category are the co-founders of Remberg: David Hahn (29), Julian Madrzak (29), Hagen Schmidtchen (29) and Cecil Wöbker (27) offer a software-as-a-service platform that digitizes service processes for industry.

Technology category

Roman Frolov, Elias Groll and Jonas Zipprick of Codesphere also snagged a spot on the popular list. With their startup, they enable users to easily create web apps. Gitpod is also in the software development business. The open source startup helps teams develop software collaboratively. Forbes named 28-year-old co-founder Johannes Landgraf one of the 30 under 30 for his commitment as co-managing director and co-founder. Meanwhile, founders Lilian Breidenbach and Charlotte Kufus impressed with their Legal OS platform, which makes it easier for lawyers to draft contracts. The 29-year-old Johannes Müller also wants to make some processes easier for companies: He is co-founder of Workpath. The start-up helps companies like SAP, IKEA and Bosch plan and achieve their goals. Stavros Papadopoulos (29) co-founded the start-up Lendis with the elder Julius Bolz. The software helps enterprise customers set up and manage devices, software and office furniture.

Retail and e-commerce category

Awais Shafique and Leon Szeli of Presize received the award for a tool that is revolutionizing e-commerce: Using artificial intelligence, Presize helps customers of online stores order clothes in the right size. Last month, Meta bought the technology. Cousins Johannes Kliesch (27) and Felix Bauer (28) are also on the list in the retail and e-commerce category. In 2016, they founded their socks and underwear label Snocks and initially sold only through Amazon, then also in their own online store. 29-year-old Moritz Philipp Weisbrodt of Alaiko wants to optimize logistics with a shipping system together with his co-founder Gabriel Thomalla. Fashion designer Charlotte Sophie Wehberg (28), who founded her own fashion label Villa Sophie and also runs an online store and three stores, is also one of them. Since she launched the brand in 2018, annual sales have already reached $2.7 million, according to Forbes.

Editor's note: In a first version, we had forgotten to name Charlotte Sophie Wehberg. We apologize for that.