My name is Sven Lubek. I have founded 25+ companies and sold several of them, most recently Trisor. I served on the supervisory board of ProvenExpert and remain a shareholder. Building business models from scratch and buying companies is what I do.
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Companies I founded or led and sold, most recent first.
2024 · Sold to a family office
Germany’s first fully automated safe deposit box provider. Bank-vault security with a 24/7 digital customer experience, in prime city locations. Founded in 2020 after I could not get a safe deposit box myself, sold in 2024.
My only B2C offline business so far.
2021 · Sold to a global commerce company
One of the largest domain portfolios in Germany, built from a teenage hobby into premium digital real estate.
2020 · Exited
Influencer marketing and mobile user acquisition, 200+ people in Berlin and San Francisco.
2018 · Exited
Company builder, 2003 to 2018. 25 companies, 15 industries, 700+ people hired, several sales to leading media groups.
2017 · Sold to Virtual Minds, ProSiebenSat.1
Germany’s first data management platform. Founder and first investor.
2013 · Majority sold to ProSiebenSat.1 Digital
Gaming portal with 1.8 million monthly visitors. High seven-figure deal.
Who is Sven Lubek
I am a serial entrepreneur, though that was never the plan. I started in affiliate marketing as a student, registered my first domains as a teenager and learned along the way how to handle the obstacles.
I failed often, but I have one quality: persistence, and success followed. With Covus I founded and co-built 25 companies across 15 industries and hired more than 700 people.
Along the way I gained over 20 years of experience building and leading performance marketing, adtech and data companies. I partnered with more than 20 associates who backed or financed my ventures, including ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, Axel Springer and Burda.
I served on the supervisory board of ProvenExpert and remain a shareholder. I am open to board and advisory roles where this experience is useful.
I love the process of building, failing and finally succeeding.
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