Frank Dopheide

Frank Dopheide, Angel investor in North Rhine-Westphalia is an active investor based in North Rhine-Westphalia. This profile covers what Frank Dopheide backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Frank Dopheide is a Co-Founder of CompanionLabs. He is an Angel Investor. He founded Human Unlimited. He studied sports with a focus on journalism at the famous German university "Deutsche Sporthochschule Cologne". After his studies, he started his career as a copywriter for the well-known German companies Spiess, Ermisch, and Abel before he became Creative Director for the accredited advertising agencies Grey, BMZ, and Red Cell. In 2005 he returned as Chairman to Grey and developed the agency in this time to the top ten rated creative agencies in Germany. His work was crowned with success when Grey won its first "Golden Lion" at Cannes for a successful commercial. In 2011 he founded his own company Deutsche Markenarbeit, which focuses on managers as an own brand. In addition to these activities, he became Chairman of the accredited advertising agency Scholz & Friends in Düsseldorf and advisory council in several companies. In 2014 the German publishing house Handelsblatt became a majority shareholder at the Deutsche Markenarbeit and he started his successful work as Managing Director for the leading economical newspaper. Furthermore, he wrote a children's book "Die Strahler", which describes the adventures of seriously ill children in a hospital and was dignified with the Red Dot Design Award in 2010.