First Person Ventures

Hey! I'm Ferdinand.

I like to build things. Some of them even work.

Norwegian-Austrian, raised on fjords and ski slopes, currently running through Madrid streets. I've worked in PE, VC, and startups, cofounded two companies, and taught myself to code somewhere along the way. I build things because I can't not.

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Companies

Building

Paragraf

AI legal assistant for Norwegian founders.

Grounded in Lovdata. Knows the rules so your lawyer doesn't have to explain them at 800 NOK an hour.

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Building

FPV Studio

Design and build for European companies.

Fast, considered work for SMEs that want things done properly the first time.

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Dead

Bases Insight

Automated financial modeling.

Started before Claude could do it in Excel. Learned an enormous amount. Did not work out.

Closed

Dead

Stance

Verified performance layer for retail traders.

Strava for trading. The problem wasn't big enough. Stopped before it got expensive.

Closed

Things I've built

Gerald

Internal CRM built on OpenClaw.

Live

Running it daily. Does exactly what a CRM should and nothing it shouldn't. Available on request.

Momentum Model

Intraday quant model running on X sentiment data.

Live

Connected to IBKR. Up ~30% since launch a few months ago. Not financial advice.

X Trend Bot

Analyzes trends, posts, and takes on X.

Live

Watches so I don't have to. Mostly.

Risk & Strategy Society

IE University. Founded because I couldn't pick one interest.

Live

300+ members. Still running. Covers finance, geopolitics, tech, and whatever else seemed important that week.

Homework Agent

Fetches from Blackboard, writes and submits assignments.

Shelved

Job Application Bot

Automated job applications at scale.

Dead

Minecraft Hacks

Pre-vibe-coding era. Written by hand.

Dead

Say hi.

ferdinand@pfanzelter.org