Quovabiz Team, Facts & References

Quo Va Biz

Origin (Latin): Quo Vadis? | Translation: Where are you going?

Four Things
About Us

1. We are pioneers and doers!

Over the past 25 years, we have accompanied numerous Fortune 500, DAX 30, and SMEs into the digital age.

2. We create long-term values!

Thanks to a successful exit and lean structures, we can focus 100% on long-term success.

3. We speak plain language!

You must break eggs to make an omelet. We are not afraid to talk about unpleasant things and to eliminate them.

4. We care for you personally!

With Quovabiz, we consciously pursue a boutique approach and personally manage all clients and investments.

Your travel
companions

Felix Holzapfel

Founder and CEO in Germany. Contact for investments, customers, and media. Top 10 Global Thought Leader for Digital Transformation and Marketing by thinkers360. Also active as an advisory board member, speaker, and author.

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Klaus Holzapfel

Founder and CEO in the USA. Thought leader in sustainability and technology. Deeply involved in individual ventures. Now only part of selected client projects. Active member of Good Business Colorado and serves on the Policy Council.

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Two brothers
one story

1997: Felix starts his professional career at an IT system house. Klaus moves to the USA and founds his first company a short time later.
2002: We found the digital agency conceptbakery, based in Germany and the USA.
2015: After successfully building an international agency alliance, conceptbakery becomes part of Zone, and we become partners and members of the C-Suite of one of Europe's leading digital agencies.
2017: Sale of Zone to Cognizant (NASDAQ listed, Fortune 500 company).
2020: Foundation of Quovabiz GmbH, an investment company and management consultancy for strategy, marketing, and digital transformation.

DETAILS

Founded

Klaus: March 1966
Felix: January 1978

Start of our entrepreneurial journey

Felix began to work for an IT Systems Company in 1997 while he was still attending school. As customers increasingly requested services in web design, e-commerce, and online marketing, he was entrusted with setting up this department. In early 2000, the company developed a toolkit for creating websites, which was offered as SaaS (Software as a Service). The company's growth was accelerated by venture capital. As the right-hand man of the founder and CEO, Felix was involved in all areas of the organization and thus became an integral part of the shareholder and supervisory board meetings. It was the perfect environment to start a business later. At the same time, Klaus was taking his first steps as an internet entrepreneur in the USA. We often exchanged ideas about challenges and developments in Germany and the USA, and slowly but surely grew closer professionally.

1997 - 2002

Conceptbakery

In 2002, we founded the digital marketing agency conceptbakery. Our goal was to build innovative bridges between our clients and their target groups. We identified trends in the USA and developed methods and ways to transfer this knowledge and experience to the European market. Over time, we built a successful team and business in Germany and the USA. We were able to work for many great clients (such as Asahi, Bosch, Coca Cola, DEVK, E-Plus, Florette, Giovanni Rana, Henkel, ING, Jaguar / Land Rover, Karstadt, L’Oréal, Microsoft, NieWiederBohren, Orbico, Pernod Ricard, No-Q-Sorry;), Ravensburger, Stadtwerke Duesseldorf, Triodos Bank, Unicef, Vodafone, WDR, XELLA, Ytong, Z..., and more). After successfully building an international agency alliance, our company became part of Zone at the end of 2015, and we became shareholders and members of the C-Suite of one of Europe's leading digital agencies.

2002 - 2015

Zone

In early 2016, conceptbakery officially became part of Zone. Felix became CEO of Germany, and Klaus became part of Zone's international leadership team. Zone is a full-service agency for digital and customer experiences with an international presence and more than 250 experts in strategy, technology, content, and experience. At this time, we worked for clients such as Adidas, BMW, Canon, Deutsche Telekom, RTL, Thyssen Krupp, and many more.

2016 - 2017

Cognizant

In October 2017, we successfully sold Zone to Cognizant, one of the world's leading IT companies (listed on NASDAQ, a Fortune 500 company). Felix played a key role in the integration process in Germany. He also became Cognizant's testimonial for Customer Experience in Germany as part of an international marketing campaign ("Introducing the new face of CX"). The goal was to promote Cognizant Interactive as a leading global digital agency network. Klaus had already left the company at this time.

2017 - 2019

Quovabiz

All of this led to Quovabiz. True to the motto "never change a winning team", we founded the company together again. Quovabiz is a mix of a consulting firm and investment company, focusing on strategy, marketing, and technology, based in Cologne (Germany) and Boulder (USA).

2020 - today

Our collaboration;)