“Why all this?”: Former Lieferando HR chief founds volunteering startup
DE · „Warum das Ganze?“: Ex-Lieferando-HR-Chef gründet Volunteering-Startup
Axel Menzel, the former head of HR at Lieferando, founded the platform Sobbatical, which connects volunteers with non-profit organizations free of charge. To generate revenue, the company plans to offer an AI assistant for €59 per year and, in the future, corporate volunteering opportunities.
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- Axel Menzel headed the HR department at Lieferando in Austria and Switzerland from March 2020. Following significant staff reductions in 2025, he questioned his purpose and founded Sobbatical.
- The platform connects volunteers with non-profit organizations free of charge; listing them is also free. Sobbatical operates in Germany, Austria, and other European markets.
- As a cross-border one-stop shop, Sobbatical supports volunteers with accommodation, travel, and insurance, collaborating with service partners to provide this support.
- The AI assistant Sobi is designed to help with planning and organization and costs €59 annually. The website is already live, while the app is in beta; the assistant is still being tested and was not yet available to everyone at the time of writing.
- To generate future revenue, Sobbatical plans to offer corporate volunteering programs and is collaborating with the Vienna University of Economics and Business on digital impact measurement. The company is bootstrapped, aims to operate without venture capital for as long as possible, and is seeking funding.
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