Katrin Lech

Katrin’s first contact with entrepreneurship was at the age of 16, when she founded a school company for a year. After leaving school, she went straight into finance by doing an apprenticeship at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg. Afterwards, she studied part-time Business Administration (with specialisation in Finance). Parallel to her studies, she gained experience working in real estate as well as in venture capital. By becoming acquainted with the founding personalities, Katrin decided to start her own company at the age of 22 while she was still a student. In her daily life, Katrin feels the burden of printed out cash receipts. With the goal of digitising receipts, she founded the start-up bill.less. Over the period of 2.5 years as co-founder, Katrin built up the company as well as the product, a software for the digitalisation of receipts at the cash register and an app for private users. She was part of various accelerators, was coached by experienced founders and raised pre-seed funding for the start-up. Today, Katrin is a start-up enthusiast and currently shares her experience as a start-up pioneer by supporting corporate start-ups in business development. Katrin finds balance as a scout in nature, playing basketball and travelling to African countries. She also enjoys sharing her experience and knowledge with aspiring founders.