Stephan Alexander Dreier

CANDIS is the leading provider of automated financial processes such as the receipt of invoices, data capture, invoice approval and data export for small and medium-sized companies through artificial intelligence. CANDIS raised 20 million EUR and employs 90 FTE in Berlin and Bamberg. I joined CANDIS in November 2020 to set up, develop and scale its B2B2B partnerships channel.

- Lead Grover's EMEA retail partner acquisition, acquired all major CE retail partners and generated an ARR of 17 million EUR - Established the rental option as a 3rd alternative to existing means to transact in the e-commerce retail landscape. and in 500+ offline partner retail POS. - Scaled Grover's B2B activities to proof of concept and acquired over 3k B2B customers with an ARR of over 4 million EUR. - Scaled Grover's non CE-related partnerships through a set of cooperation agreements and campaigns

- Set up Clark's general operating model by working closely with the founding team and product department. - Drafted initial customer facing processes "behind-the-app". - Negotiation of 10+ brokerage agreements with leading insurance companies.

- Implementation of key business processes with a focus on customer support processes and the interaction with insurance companies. - Implementation of the sales process and negotiation of 60+ brokerage agreements with insurance companies. - Launch of 3 key insurance products. - Set-up of "insurance cooperations" department that was mainly responsible for insurance account management and within the company the go-to-point for all insurance related questions.

- Development of business idea, operating model and incentive structure to foster store recommendations. - Set-up of founders team, development of detailed business plan and closure of six-digit seed investment. - Development of detailed go-to-market, marketing & sales strategy and introduction of sales funnel management tool. - Acquisition and account management of 200+ retail partner stores.

#6 FT Master in Management Ranking Majors: Entrepreneurship, Customer Relationship Management, Technology Transfer & Management // Paris, France

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#32 FT European Business School Ranking. Majors: Marketing

Universiteit Utrecht is the largest university in the Netherland and constantly ranked among the top 5 in national rankings. Summer School on European business and politics (6 weeks)

Universität Passau is a german university that is constantly ranked in the upper third of business school rankings. Major: Marketing & Management Thesis: "New Business Models in the Digital Age"; Thesis grade: 2,0 (german scale)