Franz Riedl and Philipp Rogge
Styla
LOCATION: BERLIN
EMPLOYS: 40
FOUNDERS: FRANZ RIEDL, PHILIPP ROGGE
INVESTMENT: 2016 - PRESENT
ABOUT STYLA
Styla is an industry leader in no code experience technology – empowering global ecommerce teams and world renowned brands since 2012, known for continuously launching innovative products & solutions and repeatedly recognized as one of Germany’s most innovative technology companies & challengers in the CMS & Commerce space.
Styla Frontend is a headless PWA storefront. It is built for optimal speed, super easy editing of pages and mobile excellence through PWA, thus boosting conversions and revenues.
Styla CMS is an AI powered content commerce technology that allows users to create stunning content worlds from which readers can seamlessly shop without touching a pixel or line of code.
ABOUT THE FOUNDERS
Philipp Rogge – CEO
Philipp founded the official soup-kitchen of his hometown, Hanover, aged 19, which now serves 250,000 meals a year to people in need. During his business studies in Cologne, New York and Argentina, he co-founded the Passau university’s official innovation symposium and a web-agency. In Cologne, Philipp built up the Curtis Newton Ventures business with business angel Axel Schmiegelow, before moving on to found frents.com, Germany’s first p2p collaborative consumption sharing platform and now largest private ownership network. He was awarded the "Content Star 2011" by the German Federation of Internet Business, "European Green Hero" by Reader’s Digest magazine and has been featured in the press throughout Europe.
Franz Riedl – COO
Franz graduated from one of Europe’s most renowned universities, the University of St. Gallen (HSG), and started his professional career as a management consultant in the area of Strategy and Innovation. From 2008 until 2012, Franz co-founded an array of online gaming communities in the German market and lead them to strong profitability without taking on external capital. In all companies he was responsible for strategy, online marketing and sales as well as organizational matters and finance. Styla is the fifth company he has built with his extensive set of knowledge and experience.
