{"id":1797,"date":"2026-09-26T02:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:10:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T23:00:00","slug":"ceo-business-co-founder-f-m-d-role-at-startup-chromamos-southwestx-15f06","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/poste\/ceo-business-co-founder-f-m-d-role-at-startup-chromamos-southwestx-15f06\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO \/ Business Co-Founder (f\/m\/d) role at startup CHROMAMOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHROMAMOS<\/strong><br \/>\nSaarland, Germany | On-site | Co-Founder \/ Equity | Deep Tech \/ Analytical Instruments<\/p>\n<p>**About ChromaMOS<br \/>\n**ChromaMOS has built a portable, lab-quality gas analysis device that delivers fast, dependable on-site results at a fraction of the cost of existing lab-based solutions \u2014 already validated for freshness assessment of hazelnuts, with applications spanning quality management, leakage monitoring and future breath analysis.<\/p>\n<p>**The opportunity<br \/>\n**Built by Oliver Brieger (<a href=\"http:\/\/M.Sc\">M.Sc<\/a>. Systems Engineering, currently finishing his PhD) and Julian Joppich (<a href=\"http:\/\/M.Sc\">M.Sc<\/a>. Microtechnology and Nanostructures), ChromaMOS now has a validated 2nd-generation prototype at TRL 7 and is in discussions on LOIs with the food industry. The two engineer co-founders need a business partner to turn a validated device into an actual product and company.<\/p>\n<h2>Tasks<\/h2>\n<p><strong>What you will own<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>**Company build-up &#x26; funding<br \/>\n**- Lead incorporation (not yet founded) and drive the EXIST Research Transfer application and other funding routes for market-ready product development.<br \/>\n&#8211; Own the fundraising and grant strategy alongside the two technical co-founders.<br \/>\nBusiness development &#x26; sales<br \/>\n&#8211; Convert ongoing food-industry conversations into signed LOIs and paying pilot customers.<br \/>\n&#8211; Define target markets beyond food (quality management, leakage monitoring, breath analysis) and prioritize go-to-market.<br \/>\nOperations, marketing &#x26; finance<br \/>\n&#8211; Set up the commercial, marketing and finance operations the founding engineering team doesn&rsquo;t yet have in place.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p><strong>What you bring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>**Core experience<br \/>\n**- Business development, sales, marketing, operations or finance experience \u2014 ChromaMOS is open to a generalist business co-founder covering some or all of these.<br \/>\n&#8211; Comfort working with a deep-tech hardware product moving from validated prototype to market-ready product.<br \/>\nEspecially valuable<br \/>\n&#8211; Experience with EXIST or similar German public deep-tech funding programs.<br \/>\n&#8211; Existing network in food industry quality management, industrial gas analysis, or analytical instruments.<br \/>\n&#8211; Interest in also helping recruit the team&rsquo;s planned 3rd (engineering\/electronics) hire.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Why join ChromaMOS<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; A 2nd-generation prototype already validated at TRL 7 for a real use case (hazelnut freshness), not an early concept.<br \/>\n&#8211; Significantly lower cost than existing lab-based gas analysis solutions \u2014 a clear commercial wedge.<br \/>\n&#8211; Ground-floor equity alongside two technical co-founders who have already built the product.<\/p>\n<p>ChromaMOS welcomes co-founder candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, sexual identity, or any other characteristic. This is a search for the right partner to build the company with, not a conventional hire.<\/p>\n<p>Find more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arbeitnow.com\/english-speaking-jobs\">English Speaking Jobs in Germany<\/a> on Arbeitnow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_promoted":"","_job_location":"Saarbr\u00fccken","_application":"https:\/\/www.arbeitnow.com\/jobs\/companies\/southwestx\/ceo-business-co-founder-role-at-startup-chromamos-saarbrucken-366811","_company_name":"SouthwestX","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-categories":[],"job-types":[6],"class_list":["post-1797","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","hentry","job-type-full-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/1797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=1797"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africantalents.online\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=1797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}