Florian Fritsch (businessman)

Florian Fritsch (born March 3, 1978) is a German entrepreneur, investor, and former racing driver. He is the founder and chairman of the FRITSCH Group, based in Vaduz, and of Kalrock, an investment firm with its headquarters in Zug and branches in London and Luxembourg. Florian Fritsch was born in Albstadt-Ebingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is married and lives in Appenzell. Due to a racing accident, he gave up his hobby as a racing driver after his last season in the 2011 ADAC GT Masters.ADAC GT Masters, Drivers 2011, portrait Florian Fritsch, retrieved on May 21, 2020 Racing is what led him to begin investing in E-mobility.Stop talking – Just do it!, article on the official website, retrieved on May 21, 2020
== Career == 
One of his most prominent projects was the funding of the Berlin-based IoT-Startup company Relayr in 2013. For its product “Wunderbar”, Relayr won the CODE n-Award in 2015.Investor Florian Fritsch: Wie Unternehmer mit Tech-Startups die Weichen für die Zukunft stellen, Medium.com, retrieved on May 16, 2020 Florian Fritsch successfully managed to get Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to invest as well, who are well-known for their investments in Amazon and Google.relayr Secures Double-Digit Millions in Series A Financing Round, prnewswire.com, retrieved on May 17 2020 Relayr was then sold in 2018 to the German reinsurance company Munich RE for US$300 million.Munich Re buys IoT middleware startup, relayr, in deal worth $300M, techcrunch.com, retrieved on May 15, 2020
Together with Gernot Friedhuber and Patrick M. Knapp Schwarzenegger, a nephew of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Florian Fritsch is a shareholder of the Austrian manufacturing company Kreisel Electric, which develops high-performance batteries.Schwarzenegger-Neffe steigt bei Kreisel Electric ein, der brutkasten, retrieved on May 18, 2020 Florian Fritsch is also a shareholder and the chairman of the supervisory board of GROPYUS, founded in 2019. GROPYUS‘ purpose is "affordable, smart, and sustainable buildings for everyone".Completely rethought constructions, timber-online.net, Article of March 18, 2020, retrieved on May 21, 2020
== Philanthropy ==
Florian Fritsch was a volunteer in Germany as paramedic and firefighter. In Austria, he is supporting the Albertina museum in Vienna through the Baumann/Fritsch Foundation.Overview of charity activities on the official website, retrieved on May 21, 2020 He is also a sponsor of the youth sports of the Austrian association football club SC Austria Lustenau. In March 2020, together with SC Austria Lustenau and the distillery Freihof, Florian Fritsch initiated the collection of alcohol in order to produce disinfectant from it. The disinfectant was then donated to health care facilities in Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein.Vorarlberger spendeten 8.822 Liter, ORF Vorarlberg, retrieved on May 14, 2020 Unternehmer spenden 250 Liter Desinfektionsmittel, Liechtensteiner Vaterland, retrieved on May 14, 2020
== References ==
== External Links ==
*Florian Fritsch Official website
*Florian Fritsch on Linkedin
*Florian Fritsch on Crunchbase
*Florian Fritsch on Facebook
*FRITSCH Group Official website
Category:1978 births
Category:German businesspeople
Category:Entrepreneurs
Category:German investors
Category:Investors
Category:German racing drivers