Entrepreneur & Investor with Focus on Sustainability, Biodiversity and Nature | Co-Founder Nala Earth / Planetly / Outfittery | SPIEGEL Bestselling Author
The sale of Planetly to US-based OneTrust a year ago was a very challenging step for me. I believe that Impact = Purpose + Scale. OneTrust meant global scale overnight. Very surprisingly, OneTrust has now taken the sad decision to close the Planetly GmbH and let go of all 200 employees. From several customer discussions it became clear that it makes sense to closely merge Carbon Accounting and an ESG solution and to integrate the software into OneTrust's Trust Intelligence ecosystem. This is sad news for every single person who put all their knowledge, energy, heart and soul into the development of our product, and also for Benedikt and myself. I would like to thank each and every employee here - for all the love, dedication and confidence - you all made Planetly what it is, was and always will be for us. You have done something that benefits humanity and our planet. For many, it was the first job in a company with such a strong purpose. And I am sure it will not be the last. I thank you from the bottom of my heart and now my main focus will be to accompany, support and offer my help to all the great minds of the Planetly team on their new paths. ‼️I would like to call on my network and anyone reading this to contact me if you have any open positions to fill in your company. We have amazing people in all departments so please reach out to me if you are currently hiring.‼️ What remains in the end is a great sense of gratitude to have worked with such incredibly talented people. You are rock stars! Keep being exactly who you are and I know you will make a difference!
Anna, you did so much for the climate tech ecosystem in Germany and in Europe at large. You and your team paved the way for countless other purpose-driven companies and accelerated the broader climate ecosystem in a massive way. You are also personally a kick-ass serial entrepreneur who no doubt inspired lots of others (and probably plenty of women) to start a company. This is surely not the outcome anyone expected, but I hope you and the rest of the Planetly team can still see and appreciate the lasting difference you’ve made. 🌍❤️
Anna Alex as you know, I joined #planetly just four months ago and decided to leave my climate science job after ten years of researching the wicket climate problem. Just for the record: I don't regret my decision as we need #ClimateActionNow, and every day at #planetly, the #workingculture and the people were worth it. I am looking forward to what comes next. No time to waste! Let's do it. 🌊💚🌏 #ClimateCrisis #ClimateTech #SaaS
Very sorry to hear this Anna for you and the team. All those endless nights and effort. But that seems to be the sad truth so many times. US conpanies have the power and chuzpe to acquire competiors and just take them from the market. And we‘ll never know if that was the plan from the beginning or if it just evolved over time. I hope one day we as Europeans are becoming strong enough so that things go the other way (like flixbus did amazingly w. greyhound). Kudos to the team and you to have built something really meaningful!!
Anna, habt ihr eine Layoffs excel oder ähnliches? Wir sourcen für Stellen bei verschiedenen Companies inTECH/Sales/Marketing/Eng auf allen Leveln. Wir können zügig abgleichen ob für deine Leute was dabei ist. Ich schicke dir nochmal eine DM.
Dear Anna and the whole team, I am so sorry to hear that! We at alcemy are on the mission to decarbonize concrete. We recently received our Series A funding round from leading Greentech investors. We have various positions across Customer Success, Product, Sales, and BizOps open and would love to welcome some planetly employees. We wish all of you the best and also feel free to reach out to me directly. https://alcemy.tech/karriere/
‘OneTrust meant global scale overnight.’…. and the price is high…. So sorry to hear that, Anna Alex ! It must feel frustrating, powerless, injust. While the run for Planetly’s talents has started, I wonder, what can other purpose-driven start-up founders learn from this? I would apppreciate content and discussions on these reflections when the time feels right. Keep up the positive spirit🙌🏼
Dear Anna - I am so sorry to read this news. As one of Planetly’s early customers it was great to experience the talent of your team (Jorrit Zuidema you are fantastic!) and everything surrounding your vision & digital product agility. Quantis has openings!
Anna Alex, Benedikt Franke and the whole Planetly team: You did an amazing job for the European climatetech ecosystem. Even if Planetly doesn't exist anymore you helped to kicked off a new wave. The role model for many other founders who created awesome climatetech companies in the meantime and will do in the near future. You made the word #climatetech popular in the German startup ecosystem and you made the German VCs very interested in climatetech. Thank you!
My wife, my hero, three years ago you started this amazing journey. You pushed the climate tech industry to a new level of professionalism and speed. You inspired many others to start companies in the sector and inspired many funds and LP to invest in this strange green thing called climate tech. The journey of Planetly ends today. I am so proud of what you achieved, of the impact you had on the impact world.