Mattias Protzmann

Mattias is Co-Founder and CTO at Blockbrain, an AI-driven knowledge management platform that helps enterprises securely digitize expertise and create digital knowledge twins. He is a serial entrepreneur and experienced investor specializing in AI, digital media, and M&A.
Mattias co-founded Statista in 2007, a global business statistics platform that was acquired by Stroer SE for approximately 57 million euros and now serves over 1 million statistics across 600+ industries. He studied Journalism and Psychology at the University of Hamburg and previously worked as Partner at Jung von Matt.
Mattias founded Content Fleet (acquired by Stroer SE in 2015) and has been a guest speaker at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management. He also co-founded ONZU (acquired by Jung von Matt in 2019) and served as Chief Digital Officer at Stroer Media AG.
Blockbrain raised 17.5 million euros in Series A funding in February 2026, bringing total funding to 23 million euros, with investors including Alstin Capital, 13books Capital, and HARTING Family Foundation. The company achieved 5x revenue growth in 2025 and serves clients including Bosch, Roland Berger, Karcher, and fischer.
Blockbrain's platform enables companies to make tacit expertise permanently accessible with GDPR-compliant Knowledge Bots, with customers reporting time savings of 15% weekly. The company is expanding across Europe and the UK with a focus on security, data sovereignty, and compliance for highly regulated industries.
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Mattias Protzmann

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