Founder & Operator

Jens Paul Berndt

Operator. Former CEO & CTO of Homegate, CTO of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. Founder of BERNDT — advising boards and building AI-native ventures.

Jens Paul Berndt — Founder of BERNDT
Where technology meets the marketplace

Jens led the technology and then the business of Homegate, Switzerland's largest real-estate marketplace, and served as Chief Technology Officer of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group — the group behind Homegate, Ricardo and the Scout24 portals. Earlier he held management roles across the Scout24 world in Berlin and Vienna. Today he advises boards, holds board and advisory-board mandates, and builds AI-native ventures.

Through BERNDT Build he helps enterprises turn agentic AI into operating reality; through BERNDT Board he takes board and advisory-board mandates; through BERNDT Ventures he builds AI-native businesses — currently RWC, the robotic wine cellar. He writes about agentic AI for boards, most recently «From AI strategy to operating reality».

Track record

Operator judgement, earned

1

Founder · BERNDT

Operator-led firm for the agentic-AI era: enterprise AI (Build), board & advisory mandates (Board) and AI venture building (Ventures).

2

CEO & CTO · Homegate

Led the technology and then the business of Switzerland's largest real-estate marketplace.

3

CTO · SMG Swiss Marketplace Group

Chief Technology Officer of the group behind Homegate, Ricardo and the Scout24 portals.

4

Management roles · Scout24 group

Earlier leadership roles across the Scout24 world in Berlin and Vienna — 20+ years in marketplaces and platforms across DE, AT and CH.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Who is Jens Paul Berndt?

Jens Paul Berndt is a technology operator and the founder of BERNDT. He was CEO and CTO of Homegate, Switzerland's largest real-estate marketplace, and Chief Technology Officer of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group, with earlier management roles across the Scout24 group. Today he advises boards and builds AI-native ventures.

What board mandates does he take?

Board, supervisory-board and advisory-board mandates for technology companies, marketplaces and classifieds in the DACH region and internationally — deliberately few in parallel. See BERNDT Board.

How can I contact him?

Via the contact form on berndt-gmbh.com, by email at office@berndt-gmbh.com, or on LinkedIn.

Let's put intelligence to work.

Reach Jens via the contact form, at office@berndt-gmbh.com or on LinkedIn.