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LOGO & PRESSE-FOTOS

  • 2024: Successful Series A Investment

    An important milestone in Valuedesk’s development: with the successful closing of our Series A funding round, we’ve laid the foundation for the next growth phase. This investment enables us to further enhance our platform, drive new technologies forward, and strengthen our market position—so we can support companies even more effectively in the future.

  • 2023: Development of Our Vision

    We are working on our vision to empower all companies to unlock their full potential. In addition to growing the team and evolving our product, we are striving to make Valuedesk available to businesses throughout Europe.

  • 2021: Opening of Our Office at Alten Markt

    On November 11, 2021, the time has finally come: our new offices will be officially inaugurated. Guests include Eduard R. Doerrenberg (Dr. Wolff Group), Dr. Daniel Holz (Google), and Dominik Groß (Founders Foundation), along with many other top decision‑makers from the region.

  • 2021: Relocation to Top Address at Alten Markt

    The year 2021 is special for us in several ways. We are able to attract new talent for our team at an incredible pace. Moreover, we are seizing the unique opportunity to move into an elaborately renovated office space at one of the most historic locations in Bielefeld.

  • 2020: Largest Seed Financing in OWL

    To further accelerate growth and product development, Valuedesk raises capital from the renowned Munich investor UVC Partners, the venture‑capital arm of UnternehmerTUM. In addition to UVC, prominent business angels such as Dr. Daniel Holz (former CEO of SAP Germany and Vice President at Google Cloud) and Sascha Konietzke (founder of Contentful) are participating.

  • 2019: Further Development of the Software

    Savings are not just a procurement topic. They impact the entire company. In collaboration with our customers, the Valuedesk software evolves into an enterprise‑wide, collaborative solution. (Photo: Our first “Lever Workshop.” Together we unlock millions in new savings potentials.)

  • 2018: New Office and International Major Clients

    The team continues to grow and leaves the Founders Foundation premises. It first relocates to the offices of our friends at the AI‑Startup Semalytix. With our next major clients such as Dr. Oetker and Körber, we are ready for our very own office in the Pioneers Club.

  • 2017: Founding, Incubator, and First Customers

    The ValueCommunity is launched to develop the product together with industry partners according to customer requirements. In April 2017, Torsten, Ingo, and Dennis found Valuedesk GmbH, based in Bielefeld. At the same time, they begin product development in the Founders Foundation incubator. The first employees join the founding team, and the first customers follow.

  • 2016: Finding the Founders

    Torsten participates in a pitch event with his idea and wins. The prize is participation in the Startup School of the Founders Foundation, a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, in Bielefeld. There, Torsten meets the two mathematicians and future co‑founders Dennis and Ingo. The program director of the Startup School and leading entrepreneurship expert from ESADE Business School, Prof. Dr. Jan Brinckmann, is enthusiastic about Valuedesk and becomes the first business angel.

  • 2016: The Idea

    After seven successful years as CPO of the Nolte Group, Torsten, at 46 and a father of two, gave up his secure position to pursue his own business idea and lead strategic procurement into the digital future. (Photo: During Torsten’s first pitch, he said that measures fall like stars from the sky.)

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PRESS COVERAGE

Valuedesk in the media

Good ideas from the team: how employees are driving transformation in the company

hrjournal.de
How does transformation succeed in a company? Torsten Bendlin, CEO of Valuedesk, shows why the best ideas often come from within the team - and how companies can encourage employees to actively and creatively drive change ...

Digitalisierung und KI hilft signifikant; die finale Prüfung und Entscheidung bleibt jedoch Aufgabe des Menschen

consulting.de
Die Beraterbranche wandelt sich kontinuierlich durch den Einsatz von KI und Digitalisierung. Kai Rohwerder von Horváth betont die Bedeutung menschlicher Kreativität in Verbindung mit technischer Intelligenz. Valuedesk-CEO Torsten Bendlin präsentiert eine digitale Lösung …

Annual Conference of the Centre for Performance Management & Controlling

Frankfurt School of Business
How can controlling operate successfully amid growing regulatory demands, efficiency improvements, and the need for new competencies? This central question was addressed at the Annual Conference on Performance Management & Controlling …

Valuedesk Secures €5 Million Investment and Plans to Double Team

Unternehmertum
The performance‑management startup Valuedesk has closed a strategically significant €5 million financing round. Existing investor UVC Partners reinvested, and NRW.Ventures and EnjoyVenture joined for the first time. With the fresh capital, Valuedesk plans to double its team over the next twelve months and strengthen its market position …

CMS Advises Performance‑Management Startup Valuedesk on Series A Financing Round

CMS LTF Limited
Performance‑management startup Valuedesk has raised €5 million in a financing round, with legal counsel provided by CMS. The renewed participation of UVC Partners and initial investments from NRW.Ventures and EnjoyVenture support Valuedesk’s strategy to significantly expand its team and further develop its market position. Funds will be used in particular to double headcount over the next year and enhance the company’s technological capabilities …

Innoflash #18 mit Torsten Bendlin

Digital Mindset
Savings aren’t always easy—especially when they need to be systematic and comparable. Torsten Bendlin knows this problem all too well from his time as a procurement manager. Driven by his passion to fully exploit potentials …

Behind the Scenes at Valuedesk GmbH

IHC Bielefeld
“If you had told me ten years ago that I would one day have a company headquarters at Alten Markt in Bielefeld, I would have looked at you in disbelief,” explained Torsten Bendlin. On their visit, members and guests of the OWL Industry and Commerce Club were treated to an extraordinary founder story …

From the Kitchen Industry to the Startup Scene at Age 40

Rheinische Post
At age 40, some people start counting down the years to retirement in frustration. Torsten Bendlin, however, dared a fresh start—switching from the kitchen industry to the startup world. At age 40, he founded a startup. He had no prior founding experience, but he had a big dream …

Shaping Change Together – Our Partnership with Bielefeld Startup Valuedesk

Marantec-Group
Together with Valuedesk, we aim to optimize costs by millions over the next two-and-a-half years. We plan to achieve this by raising awareness and providing personal and methodical development for our colleagues, as well as by networking with our key suppliers …

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