Meister builds digital productivity tools that make it easy for anyone to go from ideas to action.
Founded in 2006 by Till Vollmer and Michael Hollauf, Meister is headquartered in Vienna, Austria with 60 team members located across Europe.
In 2021, Meister raised $21 million in funding, led by Verdane Capital.
Till Vollmer
CEO
Michael Hollauf
CPO
Andreas Baumühlner
CFO
Michael Hollauf
Founder, Meister
Till Vollmer
Founder, Meister
Maximilian Kempken
Director, Verdane
Dominik Schwarz
Partner, Verdane
Tom Buehlmann
Non-Executive Chairman
2006: Till Vollmer and Michael Hollauf found Meister
2007: MindMeister, the world’s first collaborative mind mapping tool, is released in private beta
2008: MindMeister beats 200 finalists to win the Red Herring 100 Europe Award
2008: Meister gets an angel investment of €600,000
2015: MeisterTask is launched
2021: Meister raises $52 million in funding, led by Verdane Capital
MeisterTask is the secure work management platform that gives teams a central source of truth for projects, tasks and documentation.
MindMeister is the intuitive mind mapping tool used by students, teachers and professionals to visualize ideas and information.
33 million
users worldwide
$52 million
funding
160+
team members
2007
first product launch
4.8 stars on Kununu
40
nationalities
Meister 2024 sustainability report
We strive to make collaboration easy and work fun. That goes for how we build our products, and how we treat one another.
Our values are:
Inclusion: respect every voice. No brilliance without kindness.
Simplicity: bias to action: simple, fast, shipped.
Customer empathy: seek customer feedback early, listen deeply.
Iteration at speed: ship fast, learn faster.
Ambition: stretch beyond roles. Be bold.
We’re committed to creating a rewarding, collaborative environment where every team member can be themselves and bring their best.
As a company, we prioritize flexibility. Meister team members set their own schedules, and choose whether they want to work in the office, remotely, or hybrid.
We want to build great products, and have fun doing it.
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