Florian Juengermann emigrated to the United States in 2021 at the age of 21-directly to the epicenter of the Tech World: San Francisco.
What started as a master's degree in Computer Science at the renowned Harvard University quickly developed into the startup scene of the Silicon Valley.
Together with his fellow student Alfred Wahlfors, he worked on his first startup during his studies: the app be fake. In the app, users were able to insert photos of their faces in fantasy.
The response surprised: “We suddenly recorded more than 20,000 downloads about Thanksgiving,” said Juengermann.
He sold his first app
The result was more of a coding experiment for both. Nevertheless, the young founders succeeded in success: after a round of seed in the amount of $ 3 million, the sale to alias Technologies followed. In the meantime, the app can no longer be found in the app store. What remained was a valuable learning effect – and the initial spark for your next startup.
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The idea for the second startup developed from be fake: lists Labs. AI-based avatars that are supposed to support large companies in market research. Today, companies such as Microsoft and Canva are part of the customer base of the two founders.
Received 27 million from Sequoia
At the end of April 2025, the founders secured $ 27 million in a Series A round. They were able to convince the well -known investor Sequoia.
Sequoia is known for its early investments in companies such as Nvidia, Apple or bytedance – and for the fact that it only rely on large markets.
How do you convince renowned US investors?
Source: https://www.businessinsider.de/gruenderszene/business/wie-ein-25-jaehriger-deutscher-27-millionen-im-silicon-valley-einsammelte/
