trive studio

We are a startup studio that builds great companies from idea to scale. At scale.

There are increasingly more humans on earth. They become older, move to cities and their jobs get automated through robots and algorithms. All these megatrends result in the fact that we need to radically rethink how we live and work in the future.

Focus Areas

As more and more people are moving to larger cities, we need to find better and sustainable solutions to how we live together. Here, we put human needs and environmental limits at the centre.

New forms of mobility will create more convenient and sustainable ways to move. Electric transport will be faster, cheaper, and better available for a wide audience.

Several cutting-edge technologies are ripe to collectively disrupt the creational capabilities of humankind. We are working on them technology-friendly but human-focused.

We are building startups following a proven approach.

The studio team immerses itself in problems and challenges, constantly observing the market. We also work together with the community to ideate for the problems we work on.

Relevant solutions for the respective focus area(s) of the studio are being ideated. Here we count on our community as well.

The team tests every idea in detail for its market and disruption potential. Most ideas are discarded.

The core team of the studio starts to build the business (tech, business & design) and starts to search for external co-founders who take over.

After a co-development phase, the startup becomes independent of the studio. The studio keeps a percentage of the shares.

Focus Areas

Emma Wanderer

Europe’s platform enabling remote work and flexible living for nature-loving minds.

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With Emma Wanderer we are building a platform that capitalizes on several mega trends and a rapidly growing market:

55 % of businesses globally offer remote work.
Global co-working space usage is up 48 % with 5 mio co-workers expected in 2022.
+ 12 % growth with camping overnight stays in EU, at a yearly total of 420 mio nights.
The global market for co-living holds a tremendous opportunity of € 7.5 billion.

simplify.art

simplify.art ist the all-in-one tool to manage your art collection.

Simplify.art is a product for art lovers to manage and index their collections, as well as a number of other activities such as sharing art pieces with potential clients. Anyone in the space whether an artist, collector or gallery owner will benefit from the simplistic yet robust set of tools they offer.

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Art collections worth millions are still managed with excel sheets. Horrible for everyone who is in charge of managing and sharing this data.
The art market in general is very opaque and success is often determined by a good network. For younger artists in emerging markets, this presents a huge barrier.

Entrepreneur in Residence startup studio trive

Your Idea?

You have an idea that keeps you up at night and you think about exploring in a studio setting?
Then our Entrepreneur in Residence program might be the right offer for you.

We are movers & shakers, deeply immersed in the startup ecosystem.

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