Alexander Grots

About

Alexander Grots is a co-founder and the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) at EWOR, a venture capital firm and founder fellowship based in Berlin, Germany. He co-founded EWOR in 2020 with Daniel Dippold. In his role as Partner and CCO, he designs the fellowship's content and platform and coaches founders through the early stages of developing their ventures. Grots supports founders in building impactful tech companies, from renewable energy to AI-based drug discovery. **Background:** * **Non-linear Career Path:** Grots has a diverse background, including experience in hotels, government, music sales, and scaling an IT call center. * **Design Thinking Expertise:** He joined IDEO in Palo Alto in the early 2000s and later led IDEO Germany, where he helped transform design thinking into a discipline for solving complex problems. * **Entrepreneurial Ventures:** Before EWOR, Grots founded bashiru and gravity-europe, design and innovation consultancies. He also co-founded ProGlove, a market leader in industrial wearables. * **Educational Initiatives:** Grots co-created the HPI School of Design Thinking in Berlin and launched programs at Munich and RWTH Aachen. **EWOR Overview:** * **Focus:** EWOR is a founder fellowship that supports early-stage tech entrepreneurs with international potential, aiming to be a European counterpart to Y Combinator. * **Funding:** EWOR has committed €60 million to support early-stage entrepreneurs, offering selected founders €500,000 in capita