About us

Reiner Mantsch

Steffen Gerlach

Co-Founder Steffen studied business administration at the University of Hamburg. He is our expert in business development, sales, and lean project management. As a financial expert, he secures liquidity and ensures independence by acquiring funding. Steffen thinks strategically, has technical knowledge and exceptional communication skills. He gained valuable experience as a change manager at Airbus, among others. Steffen recharges his energy with a variety of outdoor sports activities. There he gives his all. Just as he does for eeden. Because he has his sights firmly set on the transformation of the textile industry.

Dr. Mathias Benz

Dr. Tobias Börnhorst

The chemical engineer studied in Dortmund, earned his doctoral degree at KIT in Karlsruhe, and gained professional experience in the areas of process development & process transfer at Roche Diagnostics in Mannheim. There, Tobias worked on developing and operating a pilot plant for coating and drying to produce PoC tests. Thanks to his insights, our production plant can be planned. So, he is our man for the next development steps. The father of two children has the eeden goal firmly in mind: the transfer of a process from the laboratory to large-scale production.

Dr. Mathias Leimbrink

Lennart Marx

Lennart studied mechanical engineering at the RWTH Aachen. In his master’s degree, he specialized in process engineering. He acts conscientiously, prudently, and persistently; giving up is not an option for Lennart. He experiments in the lab on even the smallest mechanical solutions. He knows that every detail can be of great importance. Just like with his old fire truck, which he has privately converted into a camper van with a lot of heart and soul. The ambitious and visionary team motivates him always to deliver top performance. His motivation is to actively participate in shaping a sustainable world.

Arne Hüneke

Philipp Kreis

Lena Plundke

Anna Lauer

Natalia Brunsmann

Ida Marie Brieger

The textile engineer studied textile and clothing technology at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. During her studies and work on research projects, she concentrated on the environmental impact and recyclability of used textiles. This provided her with the ideal knowledge and network to source our input materials. Her declared goal: to reduce the textile industry’s environmental impact by building something meaningful with eeden.

Lasse Luttermann

Julian Hertrampf

Julian is a business psychologist and our expert in strategic marketing. He studied at the PFH Göttingen, graduating top of his class, and specialized in “sustainable entrepreneurship” at the TU Munich. Julian has already proven his comprehensive expertise as a campaign manager for projects with Peek & Cloppenburg, among others. The fact that he combines creativity and strategic thinking with humor and enthusiasm promotes motivation in the team. Just like stories about his former work as a marine biologist and environmentalist in a reserve. He is excited that he can contribute to achieving the 2030 climate targets with eeden.

Victoria Rosada

Lori Mohs

Linus Castro Greune