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The start-up, which specializes in digital customer loyalty, managed to obtain a high six-figure investment from various international investors. The new investors include prominent German faces who are joining the fentus company, as well as one of the most successful Austrian business angels: Hansi Hansmann. Together with existing investors such as the founders of runtastic and Hubert Tretter, former CEO of PAGO and chief financial officer of Heineken CEE, they are investing additional capital in hello again.
Hansi Hansmann interrupts the investment stop
“I’ve been following him again from the beginning and am impressed with the speed at which the team around founder Franz Tretter is driving the expansion. Therefore, I interrupted my investment stop here as an exception when the opportunity to participate in hello reopened, “he says. Hansi Hansmann, who especially appreciates the sustainability of the company: “Hello again shows that customer loyalty is also possible without plastic cards. “
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Florian Gschwandtner also invests twice in startup Franz Tretter and its co-founders Mario Pecile, Sebastian Auberger and Michael Schöndorfer: first together with Runtastic co-founders Alfred Luger, Renè Giretzlehner and Christian Kaar, second directly. Hello again, this is the next level of customer loyalty for businesses. With personalized applications, each entrepreneur can place the best offer for their clients on their smartphones and at an affordable price. As an expert in the area of consumer applications, I can incorporate my knowledge here. I am more than convinced that the company will continue to be successful, ”says Gschwandtner.
hello again you want to become number one in digital customer loyalty
Hello again GmbH is a joint venture of the founders of runtastic and Szene1. The team has more than 16 years of community building and mobile software development experience, as well as experience in IT security and customer requirements in retail. In 2013, the first projects in the management of digital customer cards were implemented using contactless customer loyalty cards. Other development steps followed by integrating digital customer loyalty cards into existing customer applications. The startup has more than 250 clients in seven countries.
In Austria, the startup was able to establish itself as number 2 after JÖ in three years. The company now wants to establish a similar position in other countries, with a clear focus on Germany, where more than 25 clients are already using the hello again solution. But CEO Franz Tretter is also confident of improving the position in Austria. The goal is also to become # 1 in the digital customer loyalty market alongside sales partners.
The growth also led to the fact that the main office in Pasching became too small. In addition to the sales offices in Vienna and Munich, from June there will be a new headquarters in Leonding. The now 32 employees move to a new office with almost 500 square meters. “With the new location in Leonding we were able to make the office of our dreams. Sufficient space, communicative offices, flooded with light and very modern, with a terrace for the ping-pong table and cozy barbecues. A truly innovative startup office, so the team feels comfortable and we can further expand our position as an innovation leader, “said CEO Franz Tretter.
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