About
Hi, I'm Aurel.
I'm an entrepreneur based in Germany. I started in e-commerce at 17, building Shopify brands and running paid social until the numbers worked. Then I went deeper into tech: first as Co-founder & COO of Dialmate AI, now as founder of OBridge.
I believe great founders shouldn't be filtered out by cold emails and gatekeepers. That's the problem OBridge exists to fix, and I'm building it in public, every week.
01 / The story
From side hustles to startups
01 / 2022 - 2024
E-commerce years
Built and scaled three DTC brands: Sliepas (sandals), Avarashop (premium blankets) and Veneira (IPL beauty devices). Shopify stores, product sourcing, and paid ads on Meta, TikTok & Snapchat. Crossed €15k+ in revenue and learned marketing the hard way.
02 / May 2025 - Feb 2026
Dialmate AI
Co-founder & COO of an agentic AI copilot for workplace mediation and translation. Built a cross-functional team, secured university seed funding at TU Ilmenau, and ran the GTM and cold-outreach sales pipeline with Apollo.io and Dealfront.
03 / Mar 2026 - Present
OBridge
Founder of a video-first investment platform where pre-seed founders raise capital through short-form pitches instead of cold emails. 100+ founders joined in week one with zero paid acquisition. A Reg CF in-app investment layer is in the works.
02 / Moments
Off the screen
Pitch events, startup fairs, and the people building alongside me.
