Hans-Jürgen Merz

takwak GmbH, based in Munich Germany, was established in January 2010 and is financed by two VC companies. As such, takwak is to empower people beyond the usual-bringing together exciting outdoor navigation capabilities with advanced communication technology, developed in Germany. The result is a truly new experience which is breaking the typical boundaries between outdoor and daily business and in doing so; it creates a new unique category. A category which now allows people to seamlessly integrate their various outdoor activities into their everyday lives, leveraging key functions including personal navigation, data connectivity and access to various (activity related) applications and internet services. The executive management team behind the development of this new category is bringing in a wealth of experience from the mobile devices and software industry, developing and successfully launching many phones and outdoor devices. It is located in Dachau, Germany.