Felix Lenhard — Business Builder // Author // Subtract to Ship
Felix Lenhard — Business Builder // Author // Subtract to Ship
Active since 2020
Innovation and strategy consultancy for industrial and corporate clients across Europe and the US. We don't deliver strategy decks. We build and ship: AI strategy and automation, design sprints, prototyping, global commercialisation.
Across my career I have built for teams at RHI Magnesita, voestalpine, Magna, Liebherr, ZF Getriebe and Lenze, including 350+ automation systems commissioned as an application engineer. Every framework in the keynotes and workshops was built and tested here first.
Sold 2024
Global e-commerce brand for the professional performance industry, co-founded with Adam Wilber. We designed, prototyped, manufactured and shipped 12 original products to customers in 50+ countries. 4.9-star average from verified buyers. Zero refund requests under our ownership.
What made it different: every product was performed 600 to 3,000 times in front of paying audiences before commercial release. We sold the product business in 2024. The blog lives on at vulpinecreations.com.
Programme Manager & Startup Coach, since 2021
In 2021 I joined Wirtschaftsagentur Burgenland to design and build a startup ecosystem from zero in a region that had no structured startup support before 2021. We started as the SUDHUB pilot in southern Burgenland, rolled it out statewide as Startup Burgenland in 2021 and were admitted to Austria's AplusB network in 2022.
The result, by Wirtschaftsagentur Burgenland's count: startups in Burgenland grew from 39 to 90, a 131% increase. And, according to the Austrian Startup Monitor 2025, startup foundings in Burgenland rose 65% in 2021–23 while Austria's total fell.
Since 2026 no standardised batch model: 100% individual coaching across business model, go-to-market, pitch and investment readiness. 50+ startups across six programme rounds. Mentor network, investor pipeline and corporate partnerships built alongside.
Portfolio highlights
B2B procurement financing. Innovationspreis Burgenland. EUR 1M+ transaction volume within six months of launch.
Plant substrate from brewer's spent grain. ACR Start-up Preis. Partners include Brau Union/Gösser, Manner and BOKU Wien.
VR experiences for seniors. Closed an investment round, expanded to Germany and Switzerland.
All-in-one business software. Innovationspreis Burgenland. 100+ companies on the platform, BAWAG as partner.
Vanadium battery storage. Connected the first lithium-free, fully recyclable storage system to the Austrian grid.
Premium horse nutrition. Concept to market-ready product in the accelerator.
Neurotech. Measures pilot performance via eye-tracking. FFG Preis winner.
PV matching platform. One tree per project.
Timeline
What founders say
Felix had a profound impact on the trajectory of Perigee during our time in the Startup Burgenland accelerator. Together, we restructured our positioning, clarified our value proposition, and crafted a funding narrative that was both compelling and credible. Thanks to this focused collaboration, we successfully closed a funding round with a strategic investor.
Felix was instrumental in helping me turn Equolibri – a science-based supplement brand for horses – from a concept into a market-ready product.
Everything above came from removing what didn't work. Book a 20-minute call.
Regions and corporates: I also design accelerator programmes. Ask on the call.