AI-first Operations & Venture Studio

    We build the system.
    Not the deck about it.

    Voyage Digital is an AI-first operations and venture studio based in Paphos. We build working operations, AI pilots and ventures for mid-market companies, founders, innovation units, venture and agency partners, in weeks not quarters, and help run them. The person who pitches is the person who builds.

    Two stone hands reaching toward each other, a teal spark in the gap.
    Experience

    From enterprise campaign to own venture. One path, not a list of stops.

    Ten years and more of digital execution, without a break: first as an employed operator inside the teams of major brands, then independent, now as a studio.

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    Employed operator

    inside the teams of Scholz & Volkmer and Avantgarde

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    Independent

    since 2023, own mandates and ventures

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    Voyage Digital LTD

    since 2025, Paphos

    offline and online · global · tech

    10+ yearsdigital execution
    8 weeksto a demonstrable system
    200+customers at wool.deals, our own venture
    since 2025Voyage Digital LTD, Paphos
    8 weeks

    to a demonstrable system, with written sign-off.

    Track Record

    10+ years of digital execution for major brands

    Selection from positions as part of the teams at Scholz & Volkmer and Avantgarde, and via the Voyage network. Twelve of these brands are track record, not clients of Voyage Digital. Decathlon is a mandate of its own, and the SOLK campaign was built in 2025 with partner agency Astral.

    How We Work

    Clarity before action.

    Four steps, one continuous path. No finish line where we walk away, but a route that keeps running alongside your business.

    01

    Understand

    We start with your business, not our method. Only once we know how you operate do we decide what gets built.

    02

    Build

    You get a working system, not a concept paper. The one who runs the conversation also builds. What we show you already runs.

    03

    Hand Over

    Your people can run it without us. We hand over cleanly, document what matters, and make you independent rather than dependent.

    04

    Scale

    We stay as long as the system creates value. Not until the project ends, but as long as it keeps doing something for your business.

    AI Workshops

    Build, not taught — for your team too

    From Code to AI-first TeamFrom Process to Agent
    Visit the workshops
    Andreas Hartenfels — Founder & Operator, Voyage Digital
    Who builds

    An operator, not a consultant.

    Voyage Digital is deliberately small and deliberately senior: a core team around founder Andreas Hartenfels with a fixed partner network behind it. Cyprus LTD, AI-first, since 2025. I do not pitch what I do not build myself. When we work together, I take responsibility for the result, not for a presentation.

    Quiet authority in digital execution.

    Andreas Hartenfels, Voyage Digital
    Andreas Hartenfels

    Andreas Hartenfels

    Founder & Operator

    Benni Rodopian

    Benni Rodopian

    Web Design & Web Development

    Caspar Kjær

    Caspar Kjær

    International Sales & Client Success Lead

    Jonas Maier

    Jonas Maier

    AI Software Engineer

    Tim Saffnauer

    Tim Saffnauer

    Sales & Client Success Manager

    Laura Mangold

    Laura Mangold

    Business Assistance & Client Account Management

    Andreas Hartenfels, Founder Voyage Digital

    Andreas Hartenfels

    Founder & Director, Voyage Digital

    Established partner network: digitalforce, Itekako, YER and others.

    Network

    Established partners. No freelancer pool.

    Voyage works with an established network of specialists. Responsibility for direction and outcome stays here.

    digitalforce

    Engineering Partner DE

    The engineering axis for larger engagements. digitalforce (Munich) delivers architecture, DACH delivery and project steering. Anchored by co-founder Sebastian Schermer, with a shared track record from an IT build-out since 2022. Steps in when an engagement needs more engineering than the team carries. The project steering stays with Voyage Digital.

    Itekako

    Nearshore Engineering

    Itekako (Belgrade and San Francisco) brings nearshore capacity with more than 150 engineers, on the market since 2006. Senior-level teams with project ownership that step in when an engagement needs more delivery power than the core team carries.

    YER

    Talent & Recruiting DACH

    Recruiting partner for IT and online-marketing talent in the DACH region, formerly Avantgarde Experts, part of the international YER Group since 2025. Anchored by Maximilian Doron, Principal Consultant IT Contracting, in contact since 2021. When an engagement needs permanent hires or freelancers, it runs through this channel.

    Astral

    High-End Design Studio
    Delivery Partner

    A studio for high-end digital design: brand, websites, 3D and digital brand experiences. Anchored by Johannes Auffermann, co-founder. Steps in when a project should go beyond the usual on the design side.

    Growing Forward

    Product & Marketing Strategy

    Consulting at the intersection of product, data and marketing. Anchored by Marvin Burmester, founder, with a track record at Decathlon and Telefónica among others. Steps in when the strategy needs sharpening before the build.

    Aviando

    CRM & Salesforce

    Salesforce-focused CRM consultancy from Heidelberg, a certified Salesforce partner. System integration, automation and business intelligence around Salesforce. Anchored by Thorsten Winkels, co-founder and sales director. Steps in when an engagement reaches deep into the Salesforce and CRM world.

    Voices

    What the collaboration says

    Alicia Brandt — Portrait
    “Anyone who wants to bring order into complex topics and take their marketing to the next level needs you on the team. You gave my team essential support in setting up a well thought through CRM strategy, building automated lifecycle journeys and establishing the right processes. Together with you we made the leap from simple newsletter sending to real, working CRM. You are extremely clear, structured and honest, you combine strategic foresight with pragmatic solutions, you think along actively and you stay reliably on top of the projects. Throughout the whole time you were a firm part of the team for us and a great sparring partner on equal footing. Thank you for your outstanding commitment!”
    Alicia Brandt — Marketing Lead VAN RYSEL, Decathlon Germany
    Joshua Wenzel — Portrait
    “Together we developed a solid CRM strategy, built a lifecycle system with automated journeys and designed and rolled out the processes that go with it. That is how our classic newsletter turned into real CRM. What makes the collaboration so valuable beyond that: alongside his pragmatic and structured way of working, we also value him enormously on a personal level. With his genuine interest in the projects and his consistently open, helpful manner he is a real asset you can rely on 100 % at any time.”
    Joshua Wenzel — CRM Project Manager, Decathlon Germany
    Tristan Hain — Portrait
    “With Andy we built and automated our entire lifecycle system, among other things. Working with him was always clear and structured, we could rely on him, and we never lost the fun on the way to the goal.”
    Tristan Hain — CRM Project Manager, Decathlon Germany
    Merle Walter — Portrait
    “Over the past five years or so you have always been a constant and reliable point of contact for me across different stations and for the most varied projects. From process development and optimisation through coding and technical topics, the holistic view and consolidation of the CRM area, all the way to strategic direction and the implementation of a wide range of subject areas, I could always count on you. With your way of working you were able to give us, and me, structure and guidance. Setting up the automated post purchase strategy was, I think, our most intensive collaboration. I was able to benefit and learn an incredible amount from you, and for that I am immensely grateful. Working with you throughout was always great fun, and I really valued that we could talk about more than just work while keeping productivity high. I will definitely miss our regular exchanges.”
    Merle Walter — Loyalty Manager, Decathlon Germany
    Sebastian Schermer — Portrait
    “Andreas is the structuring element most teams are missing. Focused, targeted execution. Maximum ownership. Ruthless prioritisation. He takes topics that look difficult and complex at first and brings them to the finish line. If need be, he takes them over himself. Anyone looking for someone who takes ownership instead of just advising is in the right place with him.”
    Sebastian Schermer — Founder & CEO, digitalforce
    Johannes Auffermann — Portrait
    “Andi held our delivery together. Projects, infrastructure, coordination, that was on him. Weeklies and dailies ran without me, and for me that was the real proof. I never had to ask whether the status was accurate. On the bigger calls, offers, partners, budgets, he was my counterweight, even when that was not comfortable for him. No agency speak, straight answers.”
    Johannes Auffermann — Founder & Managing Director, Astral
    Jonny Crawford — Portrait
    “Andy and the team rebuilt my whole online presence from the ground up. What changed is who shows up: every qualification call I took in the first month closed. Three out of three. Anyone landing on my page now can see straight away that I'm an exclusive high ticket coach. So impressed with you lads and what you've built, this is phenomenal.”
    Jonny Crawford — Founder & Coach, Project Knight
    Eric Lehmann — Portrait
    “Andreas kept the overview in a complex project, including when things around it got chaotic. Thank you for your commitment and your overview in the shared chaos. Without him a lot would have been lost on the agency side. I very much hope we work together again.”
    Eric Lehmann — CTO, Constantin Film
    Cihan Erben — Portrait
    “In Andreas I have a professional partner who is able to think across industries and to look at my business model afresh from his perspective. That lets me steer my company toward the future with more confidence and keep challenging it.”
    Cihan Erben — Founder & CEO, Erben Bau
    Konstantin Doerr — Portrait
    “Andreas stands out through an exceptional strategic understanding and the ability to consistently think from the outcome backwards. He reliably supported our CRM team in structuring processes and prioritising projects efficiently. Beyond strategy development, his strengths include leading workshops and producing concise management presentations. With his direct communication he is a valued sparring partner on equal footing.”
    Konstantin Doerr — CRM Team Lead, Decathlon Germany
    Sarah Krone — Portrait
    “Andy built the whole thing for me in like no time, and it was a banger. What amazed me most is that he got my tone of voice right straight from my instagram, I didn't even have to explain it. Changes I asked for were often live the same day. And he kept delivering even when things got messy on my side. I'm really grateful for all he's doing, it means a lot.”
    Sarah Krone — Tattoo Artist, Kroneink
    David Solk — Portrait
    “Thank you for everything you did for us. It was genuinely seen and appreciated. You worked closely with both our team and the people doing the work, helping to keep things moving and well coordinated.”
    David Solk — CEO & Co-Founder, SOLK
    Marvin Burmester — Portrait
    “Andy and I have exchanged regularly on product, data and strategy for years. Beyond his technical expertise, I value his entrepreneurial drive: he meets challenges with vision and openness. He sees opportunity where others fear complexity. What makes him stand out for me is that he doesn't just develop concepts, he digs rigorously into the details of digital products, as his own online shop shows. Andy never shies away from conflict and always gives a direct, honest picture. A fearless sparring partner you'd want at your side.”
    Marvin Burmester — Founder & CEO, Growing Forward
    Solveig Schmerer — Portrait
    “With Andreas we were able to run a highly successful AI workshop and develop a well-founded AI roadmap for our team. He did an excellent job of making the opportunities and possibilities of AI tangible – without stoking fears, but with a clear focus on real potential. Together we developed AI solutions that took our work in Customer & Market Research to a new level. Andreas supported us perfectly with his expertise, his neutral perspective and enormous solution orientation. He was a sparring partner and a reliable advisor at once – always honest, structured, pragmatic and to the point. The partnership was consistently on equal footing. What I particularly value is that it did not stay in grey theory, but created real, lasting value for our everyday work. The result has a noticeable impact on my daily work and my professional development. Thank you so much for your outstanding support!”
    Solveig Schmerer — Insight Analyst, Decathlon Germany
    Deni Panknin — Portrait
    “Andreas and I kept overlapping over the years: me deep in the technical implementation, him in the strategy and the process above it. That fit together cleanly. He operates more strategically than most people you deal with on projects like these. Strictly speaking he is only half a service provider, at his core he builds business models.”
    Deni Panknin — Salesforce Architect, Aviando
    Michael Bauer — Portrait
    “My collaboration with Andreas has been with me and Decathlon since 2023. What started back then in CRM with automating customer journeys in email marketing and support in day-to-day operations has grown over the years into a genuinely strong partnership. As head of the Customer & Market Insights team it was clear to me that I wanted Andreas at my side again in 2025. He was instrumental in developing the strategy for our team and the project. His AI expertise was a huge gain: through his hands-on training and the implementation of deep-research projects he moved the team forward enormously. But what truly sets Andreas apart for me goes far beyond the technical side: over the years the purely business relationship has grown into a real, trusting foundation – and a friendship. Andreas is both a sparring partner and a coach to me. He knows how to motivate me again and again, to see things from a new angle and to push my own projects forward boldly. What I value enormously: he is never too proud for anything. He acts lightning-fast, helps me sort topics correctly and shares his wealth of experience completely without fuss. For me Andreas brings exactly that rare mix of deep expertise, real hands-on mentality and human class that you wish for in a partner. Thank you for the great support over all these years!”
    Michael Bauer — Insight Team Lead, Decathlon Germany

    Credentials

    Credentials

    Voyage Digital LTD
    Cyprus
    HE 482841
    VAT CY60252422P
    Founded Nov 2025
    Paphos
    Contact

    Let's talk about your system.

    A conversation, not a sales funnel. If it fits, we build. If it doesn't, we tell you.

    The first step is a conversation. We listen, assess, and tell you plainly whether we're the right partner.

    Schedule a call

    You have a concrete system in mind that needs to run, not just an idea.

    Manual workflows cost you time that gets expensive over the coming months.

    You want someone who builds, not someone who hands over a deck.

    30 minutes. Directly with Andreas. No strings.

    [email protected]

    Reply within 24 hours.

    Confidential when you need it.

    Who we work with

    We work closely and as equals. It fits when these points hold true.

    • Mid-sized companies that genuinely want to ship a project.
    • Decision-makers who can decide without clearing three committees.
    • Leaders who weigh operational systems higher than slides.
    • Teams looking for a partnership of equals, not a vendor.

    The one who pitches also builds. The person in the call is the one who delivers your system afterward.