Hi ,
My name is Jannis and I’m one of the Co-Founders of air up.
When Lena (who I’ve been friends with since we were kids) and Tim first roped me in about seven years ago, their pitch was simple: “Hey, you study management and mechanical engineering… So you know something about money, right?” Naturally, I became the guy responsible for raising the funds to turn their brilliant idea into a reality.
Here’s a story that always reminds me of how convincing and fun our product is:
Three years ago, I was deep in negotiations with a potential investor. He had two young kids, ages 4 and 6. Now, I’ve always believed that our product speaks for itself, so I made sure to send air up bottles and pods to him and his family.
On our next call, he told me his kids loved the product. In fact, one day, after a few weeks of drinking air up, his daughter came running out of the bathroom, shouting, “Dad! Something amazing happened! My pee isn’t yellow anymore—it’s clear!”