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Zebras Unite: Berlin Chapter

For sustainable entrepreneurship of all stripes.

Zebras Unite calls for a more ethical and inclusive movement to counter existing startup and venture capital culture. We believe creating an alternative to this status quo is a moral imperative.

Read more about the mothership movement:  https://www.zebrasunite.com/

The Berlin Zebras community has been rapidly growing since our first Meetup in December 2019 – it is clear there is need for a space to meet, discuss and do for Berlin entrepreneurs, investors and activists who are looking to change the existing venture capital driven startup culture.

We put a special emphasis on paving the way to responsible funding for women founders and founders from underrepresented communities.

If you are fed up with the exploitative unicorn- and exit driven startup culture and you’re asking yourself if and how is it possible to fund and build a sustainable business with purpose and profit (or maybe you are building a Zebra business already?), join us. No matter if you are a founder, a wanna-be founder, an investor, researcher, activist, tech worker or just an interested Berliner – let’s get to know each other.

We are the Berlin Chapter of Zebras Unite but really, we welcome anyone who wants to dazzle with us. We started off small with 10 people at the first meetup in early December 2019, now we have nearly 100 people on Telegram and more than a hundred subscribed to our newsletter and are regularly registering for each of the meetups. But don’t be mistaken – we are all about the right amount of warmth and coziness. Community first!

 
 

Past Events

26.08.2020 Meetup No. 6 “How to carry a culture of activism into a business - the story of mimycri” (recording available under the link) as part of the “Season of the Dazzle” event series.

25.06.2020 “Why do we need Zebras Unite in Germany” by Kasia Odrozek at the #Waterkant20 Festival (start around 23.00)

24.06.2020 Meetup No 5 with Naomi Ryland and Lisa Jaspers, co-authors of “Starting a revolution“. Kim Gerlach from mimcri  was the lucky book winner and will get a signed copy shipped right to her home! (notes including book recommendations from our community, video and audio).

27.05.2020 “Let’s Talk, Zebra: Wie wir zusammen das Morgen gestalten können“ by Tomorrow Bank (German)

27.04.2020 Masterclass with Julia Profeta Johannson (Conscious Growth).

23.04.2020 Meetup No. 4 “Investing in Zebras” with Zebras Unite movement co-founder Astrid Scholz, Achim Hensen and Camille Canon from Purpose Ventures and Ramona Liberoff, an SDG investor (notes and recording: gallery view or speaker view, audio file).

March 2020 Meetup No 3, Let’s get philosophical with tshirt consulting, ecoligo and Ranking Digital Rights (notes and recording, audio file)

January 2020 Meetup No 2, Impact investing with Julia Profeta Johannson and Sebastian Neumann from Sharkbite/Mobility Accelerator Imagine2030

December 2019 Meetup No. 1: What does a Zebras need in Berlin

Berlin Chapter Resources

  • Join our Telegram group for local conversations

  • Join the Berlin group at Mighty Networks to connect to the international community

  • Attend one of our community meetups (see section above, now online!)

  • Subscribe to our mailing list

  • What does a Zebra need in Berlin? A recap of the first Zebras Unite meetup

  • Wanted: Help build the Berlin Chapter:

    Do you want to advance Zebras Unite mission in Germany and Europe? Things are moving fast, we are getting lots of attention, we have big plans and there was never a better moment to jump onboard. We’re calling for volunteers to help build the Chapter into the gravity center for all things Zebra in Berlin and Germany.

    No matter if you have 1 hour a week or 3 hours a month. You are good at organizing, researching, analyzing, networking, communicating? Contact us – there are many fun ways to get you involved.

 

Berlin Community Resources

Zebra-aligned investors and accelerators we’re friends with:

Ragnarson is crowdsourcing this amazing list of impact investors in Europe: have a look and add to it!

Help in times of covid-19 (Berlin or/and Germany related)

Related movements:

Inspiration

 

Press

Journalists got word about ZebrasUnite in Berlin!

More to come (podcasts, interviews!)

We are always looking to highlight local Zebra entrepreneurs to the press. Get in touch if you would like to be our go-to example of the way of Zebra.

 

Chapter Lead

 
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Kasia Odrozek

Jack of all trades, master of some. Advocating for healthy internet and responsible tech, I research ideas and organize products and communities. Currently interested in alternative economy models (coops, steward ownership, crowdfunding, zebras), data stewardship and trustworthy AI. Managing the production of the Internet Health Report and other research projects at Mozilla and leading Berlin's ZebrasUnite Chapter (https://zebras.berlin) for a more ethical and inclusive movement to counter existing startup and venture capital culture. 

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Get in touch

We’d love to hear from you. Ask us questions, share ideas, complain about how hard it is, brag about your success. We want to hear it all and we’ll spread the word via our famous newsletter.

Email: berlin@zebrasunite.com