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Our team delivers highest quality at scale

smalt's leadership team comprises experienced workforce development entrepreneurs, climate energy experts, people operations specialists, technology wizards as well as highly qualified Electrician Meisters to deliver the highest level of quality to our customers

Aco Kalabic

Founding Engineer

Aco has more than 6 years of experience in Software Development. He grew up in Bosnia, studied Computer Science and worked in Serbia before moving to Berlin. With a constant thirst for new challenges, he loves to be somewhere between Product Thinking and Technical Solutions.

Aco Kalabic

Founding Engineer

Aco has more than 6 years of experience in Software Development. He grew up in Bosnia, studied Computer Science and worked in Serbia before moving to Berlin. With a constant thirst for new challenges, he loves to be somewhere between Product Thinking and Technical Solutions.

Bengi Peltekoglu

Head of People

Bengi leads people topics at smalt. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, she has led HR functions for multiple start-ups in the German ecosystem as one of the first hires. Having started her career in consulting with Accenture, her most recent role was leading HR at Getir Germany, where she built the people infrastructure to scale the team from 40 to over 800 employees.

Bengi Peltekoglu

Head of People

Bengi leads people topics at smalt. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, she has led HR functions for multiple start-ups in the German ecosystem as one of the first hires. Having started her career in consulting with Accenture, her most recent role was leading HR at Getir Germany, where she built the people infrastructure to scale the team from 40 to over 800 employees.

Constantin Weiss

Head of Partnerships

Constantin heads Partnerships at smalt. Prior to joining smalt, he founded Fixkraft, a social start-up that matched immigrants and refugees with jobs in Germany. He also has extensive policy experience, having worked at the German Parliament as a member of senior staff. He grew up in Germany, London and Boston and holds an M.Sc from ESADE

Constantin Weiss

Head of Partnerships

Constantin heads Partnerships at smalt. Prior to joining smalt, he founded Fixkraft, a social start-up that matched immigrants and refugees with jobs in Germany. He also has extensive policy experience, having worked at the German Parliament as a member of senior staff. He grew up in Germany, London and Boston and holds an M.Sc from ESADE

Fabian Krapp

Head of Operations

Fabian is our Head of Operations, where he oversees all installation services and creates scalable, digital processes. Prior to joining smalt, Fabian worked in climate operations at Zolar leading installation teams and partner management. He started his career at Instafreight and Foodora.

Fabian Krapp

Head of Operations

Fabian is our Head of Operations, where he oversees all installation services and creates scalable, digital processes. Prior to joining smalt, Fabian worked in climate operations at Zolar leading installation teams and partner management. He started his career at Instafreight and Foodora.

Khurram Masood

Co-Founder

Khurram has 15+ years experience in EdTech and workforce development - as a Cofounder at African Leadership University, CPO at Sharpist, and Associate Partner at McKinsey. He grew up in India, lived and worked in 17 countries before moving to Berlin in 2019. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Khurram Masood

Co-Founder

Khurram has 15+ years experience in EdTech and workforce development - as a Cofounder at African Leadership University, CPO at Sharpist, and Associate Partner at McKinsey. He grew up in India, lived and worked in 17 countries before moving to Berlin in 2019. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Lukas Eisenberg

Founders' Associate

Lukas joined smalt as Founders Associate. Prior to joining smalt, he finished his Master thesis at Stanford University and worked in the investment team of the climate tech venture capital fund Planet A. He grew up in Munich and Moscow and holds an M.Sc from TU Munich.

Lukas Eisenberg

Founders' Associate

Lukas joined smalt as Founders Associate. Prior to joining smalt, he finished his Master thesis at Stanford University and worked in the investment team of the climate tech venture capital fund Planet A. He grew up in Munich and Moscow and holds an M.Sc from TU Munich.

Marcel Reband

Technical Manager & Electronics Meister

Marcel is one of our two Elektromeisters, technical managers (technischer Betriebsleiter) and GVEFK at smalt. Born and raised in Berlin, he started his career focusing on home electronics. After receiving his accreditations as Elektromeister, he worked as an expert (Prüf- und Sachverständiger), testing electrical systems and machines. Over the last years, he exclusively focused on renewable energy and electrification of mobility infrastructure.

Marcel Reband

Technical Manager & Electronics Meister

Marcel is one of our two Elektromeisters, technical managers (technischer Betriebsleiter) and GVEFK at smalt. Born and raised in Berlin, he started his career focusing on home electronics. After receiving his accreditations as Elektromeister, he worked as an expert (Prüf- und Sachverständiger), testing electrical systems and machines. Over the last years, he exclusively focused on renewable energy and electrification of mobility infrastructure.

Marius Westhoff

Co-Founder

Marius has 12+ years in EdTech and workforce development - as an operator as founding team of upGrad, India’s leading online education company, investor at Learn Capital and Bertelsmann as well as advisor for McKinsey. He grew up in the German countryside, lived in India and the USA and holds an MBA from Harvard.

Marius Westhoff

Co-Founder

Marius has 12+ years in EdTech and workforce development - as an operator as founding team of upGrad, India’s leading online education company, investor at Learn Capital and Bertelsmann as well as advisor for McKinsey. He grew up in the German countryside, lived in India and the USA and holds an MBA from Harvard.

Tobias Sachs

Technical Manager & Electronics Meister

Tobias is one of our two Elektromeisters and technical managers at smalt. Born and raised around Berlin, Tobias has a strong passion for educating the next generation of climate heros. Prior to joining smalt, Tobias was a trainer for SPS programming and a technical operations manager for a home-installation company.

Tobias Sachs

Technical Manager & Electronics Meister

Tobias is one of our two Elektromeisters and technical managers at smalt. Born and raised around Berlin, Tobias has a strong passion for educating the next generation of climate heros. Prior to joining smalt, Tobias was a trainer for SPS programming and a technical operations manager for a home-installation company.

Co-founded by Marius and Khurram, education technology entrepreneurs who have successfully built education models that have scaled to tens of thousands of learners every year across Europe, Asia and Africa.

Khurram Masood
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The Blue Collar labor shortage is the biggest bottleneck to Europe’s green energy transition and continued socio-economic development. At Smalt we have a vision to build systemic solutions to address this problem at Continental scale.

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Marius Westhoff
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Talent supply & productivity in Europe's blue collar sector is broken. We're on a mission to fix it by leveraging technology and data to create a more efficient and transparent job market, where both workers and employers can thrive.

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A mission brought us together.

Empowering Europe’s green energy transition by bringing new talent to the trades.

Khurram Masood
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The Blue Collar labor shortage is the biggest bottleneck to Europe’s green energy transition and continued socio-economic development. At Smalt we have a vision to build systemic solutions to address this problem at Continental scale.

Khurram Masood
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Marius Westhoff
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Talent supply & productivity in Europe's blue collar sector is broken. We're on a mission to fix it by leveraging technology and data to create a more efficient and transparent job market, where both workers and employers can thrive.

Marius Westhoff
Co-Founder
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Khurram Masood
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The Blue Collar labor shortage is the biggest bottleneck to Europe’s green energy transition and continued socio-economic development. At Smalt we have a vision to build systemic solutions to address this problem at Continental scale.

Khurram Masood
Co-Founder
Marius Westhoff
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Talent supply & productivity in Europe's blue collar sector is broken. We're on a mission to fix it by leveraging technology and data to create a more efficient and transparent job market, where both workers and employers can thrive.

Marius Westhoff
Co-Founder
Khurram Masood
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The Blue Collar labor shortage is the biggest bottleneck to Europe’s green energy transition and continued socio-economic development. At Smalt we have a vision to build systemic solutions to address this problem at Continental scale.

Khurram Masood
Co-Founder
Marius Westhoff
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Talent supply & productivity in Europe's blue collar sector is broken. We're on a mission to fix it by leveraging technology and data to create a more efficient and transparent job market, where both workers and employers can thrive.

Marius Westhoff
Co-Founder

Smalt has installation and servicing teams that are ready to serve you

Selected portraits of field teams - all smalt teams are bilingual in German and English to serve your customers across Europe

Benni Buchinger

Electrician

Nevzat Özdogan

Electrician

Sukhjeevan Singh

DC-Solar Operations

Yazid Al-Batati

DC-Solar Operations

Ahmed Saleh

DC-Solar Operations

James Kamara

DC-Solar Operations

Henry Chipandu Chigozie

DC-Solar Operations

Nusret Özcan Ersoy

DC-Solar Operations Team-Lead

Benjamin Ehrenberg

DC-Solar Operations Team-Lead

Our mission is supported by world-class investors.


With the support of world-class investors, La Famiglia, Owl Ventures, APX and strategic Angel investors from the education and climate tech sectors, we're excited to bring on the most talented, mission-driven founding team.

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Owl Ventures
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