we are Max and Paul, two 25-year-olds from Berlin, and we like to create things together. Everything started back in 2009, when we first met. Throughout the years, we went from participating in science competitions, playing video games, making movies, to thinking about building our own apps starting back in 2015, a few adventures since then, to today.

After many years of friendship and partnership, we are now pursuing what we have always wanted to do with Malpaux:

Empowering ideas
to do good in the world.

Specifically, we invest, consult, work on in-house projects, and spread ideas.

We like to bring our design, engineering, and founding experience to your project.

Creating to
reach millions.

We have started companies with over 50m € annual revenue and 8-digit profits, worked with startups valued at over 1B €, and shipped products both digitally and physically that touched the hands of millions.

Along the way, we witnessed a decisive picture of how we do not want to do things. But we also learned how we do want to do things - and that’s what we are striving towards doing now.

That's why we also didn't create a new name, but used the one we came up with when we were 15 years old: Malpaux. A combination of our two names, symbolising that we do things together and stay true to ourselves and our values.

What we bring

to the table.

We hold degrees in design and computer science, respectively. But the majority of what we know, we have learned by hands-on experiences through countless of projects, companies, and clients of course.

This results in a trifecta:

Creative

UI/UX Design

Web design

Identity & Branding

Pitch decks

Movie production

Technology

Software Development

Technical infrastructure

Dev-Team leading &

consulting

Planning & Monitoring
of development

Business

Organizational &


process structure

Company culture

Marketing strategy

Creative

UI/UX design

Web design

Identity & branding

Pitch decks

Film production

Technology

Technical R&D

Technology strategy

Tech team leadership

Business

Organizational structure

Process design

Company culture

Marketing strategy

Venture building

And more...

And more...

And more...

And more...

“If you can design one thing,
you can design everything.”

“If you can design
one thing, you can
design everything.”

Massimo Vignelli

This list is what our specialities lie in, but we have worked on a large variety of projects and solved many different problems with creative solutions, in the design, software and execution realm.

So whatever you need, tell us and we will find the best solution!

We work for a cause,
not a wire transfer.

We work
for a cause,
not a wire transfer.

Our goal is to help good ideas succeed, not optimise for our monetary benefit. In doing so, we bring our own thoughts and experiences. If you want someone who just takes on the execution of a task without caring much about its context, that is probably not us.

Non-Profit

The primary payment we are interested in is making some tiny aspect of the world a bit better. This means that we happily take on non-profit projects without monetary compensation.

For-Profit

However, if you are working in a for-profit setup, we will ask for fair remuneration. As we understand that, even in a for-profit setup, not everyone can afford to pay our standard rates, we are more than happy to discuss alternative compensation models such as revenue shares or VSOPs.

Investments

Finally, we do angel investments. So if you have an idea we are really convinced of, you might even get paid to work with us.

P.S.

We appreciate you reading up to this point and sincerely hope that we were able to impress you a little bit.

If you are looking for someone for your project, need advice on certain aspects or are looking for investments – or if you know someone who is looking for this – and think we might be a good fit, then contact us!

Even if in the end it won’t work out, then at least we got to know each other and who knows...there might be an opportunity to work together in the future.

Sincerely with greetings from Berlin,

© 2009 - 2025 Malpaux

© 2009 - 2025 Malpaux

© 2009 - 2025 Malpaux

© 2009 - 2025 Malpaux

© 2009 - 2025 Malpaux

© 2009 - 2025 Malpaux