Lukasz Gadowski

Overview

Lukasz Gadowski (Łukasz Gadowski) is a Polish–German technology entrepreneur, investor and company builder based in Berlin who is a co-founder of Spreadshirt, Team Europe Ventures, Delivery Hero and Point Nine Capital, and founder and Chief Executive Officer of Team Global.

Career

Lukasz Gadowski was born and grew up in Prudnik, Poland, and moved with his family to Kassel in West Germany in 1986. In 2002 he co-founded the print-on-demand company Spreadshirt in Leipzig together with Matthias Spieß. He moved to Berlin in 2007, and in 2008 co-founded the company builder Team Europe Ventures. In 2011 he co-founded Delivery Hero in Berlin together with Niklas Östberg, Kolja Hebenstreit and Markus Fuhrmann, and he serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Delivery Hero SE. He is also a co-founder of the early-stage venture capital firm Point Nine Capital and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Team Global.

DACH relevance and Startuprad.io coverage

Lukasz Gadowski is one of the most active serial company builders in the Berlin startup ecosystem. His portfolio and building activity across Spreadshirt, Team Europe, Delivery Hero, Point Nine Capital, Team Global and multiple later-stage bets — including participation in the Wolt and Volocopter cap tables — makes him a recurring reference figure in Startuprad.io coverage of the DACH consumer-internet, food-delivery, mobility and company-building landscape.

Public source context

Public information used for this record is drawn from his https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1421245 , the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delivery_Hero , his https://www.crunchbase.com/person/lukasz-gadowski and public trade-press reporting.

Startuprad.io coverage
Startuprad.io has published editorial coverage referencing Lukasz Gadowski:

Lukasz Gadowski: The Berlin Builder Who Out-Founded Rocket at Its Own Game
Published: 2 August 2026
Last updated: 13 August 2026
Coverage type: Editorial mention
URL: https://www.startuprad.io/post/lukasz-gadowski-delivery-hero-team-global-berlin-company-builder

From CTO of N26 to Founding a Non-Profit Online University
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Coverage type: Editorial mention
URL: https://www.startuprad.io/post/from-cto-of-n26-to-founding-a-non-profit-online-university

German Startup Awards 2021 — Special Award for Lukasz Gadowski
Published: 5 September 2021
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Coverage type: Editorial mention
URL: https://www.startuprad.io/post/german-startup-awards-2021-special-award-for-lukasz-gadowski

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