Stephan Uhrenbacher is a serial entrepreneur, investor and board director.
CEO of Future Aero Lab, the leading global accelerator for startups in aviation. Future Aero Lab has mentored more than 120 startups in aviation with a global network of mentors from Venture Capital and industry leaders from Boeing, Airbus, Lufthansa, Embraer, Pratt & Whitney, many others.
As an entrepreneur, Stephan is as of 2026 working on a new stealth startup. Previously, he launched Flio the most used airport app in the world. He also built 9flats.com, a global competitor to Airbnb. He cofounded Avocado Store in Germany, an ecommerce market place in eco friendly lifestyle. He also founded Qype, a local reviews website, which dominated the European market and was later sold to Yelp.
In Artificial Intelligence, Stephan is advising several startups in Europe and Canada. He is a Fellow at Artificial Intelligence Centre ARIC Hamburg, Germany. From 2016 until 2024 he was a Mentor in the artificial intelligence program at Creative Destruction Lab in Toronto and Oxford.
Since May 2025, Stephan Uhrenbacher serves as a board director of Tucows Inc in Toronto, listed as TSX on Nasdaq.
Stephan held senior management positions at large media and e-commerce companies: He served as COO at DocMorris.com the largest mail order pharmacy in Europe; Head of Content at Bild.de, the largest media website in Germany; Head of Northern Europe, lastminute.com, London and at the media company Bertelsmann, where he founded one of the first online travel websites in Germany.
Stephan has a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration in Germany and completed part of his education in Canada.
Companies founded by Stephan Uhrenbacher
Future Aero Lab
A global accelerator for startups in sustainable aviation
Flio
Founded Flio, the largest global airport app
9flats.com
Founded 9flats.com, the largest competitor to airbnb. Bought wimdu.com. Partial exit to Wyndham hotels
Qype
The largest local review website in Europe, sold to yelp.com
Avocado Store
Cofounded avocadostore.de, Germany’s largest eco-marketplace, sold to DDVG in 2017