David Budde

Founder & operator of trawa: David co‑founded trawa in 2022 and serves as Co‑Founder & CEO. Under his leadership the company has built an AI‑driven procurement and energy‑management platform for SMEs, closed commercial partnerships (e.g., FlexPower PPA deals), and completed multiple funding rounds (pre‑seed, seed and a Series A) to scale in the DACH region. trawa+3

Consulting and analytics background: Prior to founding trawa, David worked in data and business‑process roles (wefox) and in management consulting at Bain & Company — experience he cites as instrumental for spotting the gap in SME energy procurement and building a data/AI approach to solve it. techcrunch+2

Serial entrepreneur & early‑stage builder: David has been involved in multiple startups before trawa (e.g., Sokazu, GreenSpoon) and has experience across product internships and short consultancy engagements, demonstrating a pattern of founding/operating small ventures and then scaling at trawa. theorg+1

WHU / European business education and founder network: David is an alumnus of WHU (featured in the WHU Founder Report), and his profile and funding activity are highlighted by WHU and other European startup ecosystem partners, reflecting ties to that founder network. website-files+1