Based in Berlin, Tio Tech A will focus on tech-enabled businesses in Europe. (Blank-check company or SPAC Incorporated in the Cayman Islands)

Dominik Richter, the chairman of our board, is the founder and CEO of HelloFresh SE, a Frankfurt-listed e-commerce food solutions company with a market cap of more than $10 billion as of Dec. 30, 2020.

Roman Kirsch, our CEO, is a Berlin-based serial entrepreneur and investor in technology and the consumer Internet space, with experience in founding four companies and investing in more than 20 companies in Europe. In January 2016, he was on Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” Europe list for retail and e-commerce. Companies founded by Mr. Kirsch include Casacanda in 2011, a design and home décor company that was acquired by Fab.com in 2012, and Lesara in 2013, a retail fashion brand, which was named Europe’s fastest-growing tech company in 2016. Lesara filed for bankruptcy in November 2018. In 2013, he was a founding investor in Amorelie, which became one of Europe’s leading love toys and lingerie companies before it was sold to ProSiebenSat.1 in 2015. 

(Note: Tio Tech A priced its SPAC IPO on April 7, 2021, in line with the terms in its prospectus: 30 million units at $10 each to raise $300 million.)