Forbes List: Berlin founder is among "30 Under 30 Europe 2025"

Berlin, April 30, 2025 – Founded in 2023, the Berlin-based climate tech company Purpose Green is gaining increasing importance – also among international real estate and business experts. Lucas Christel, co-founder and managing director of Purpose Green ( purpose-green.com ), has now been included in Forbes' list of "30 Under 30 Europe 2025." With this award, the business magazine annually honors 30 young talents in various categories who are rethinking entire industries with their ideas, innovations, and visions. In the "Manufacturing & Industry" category, Christel is now officially one of Europe's most promising minds. Of the 300 honored talents, over ten percent are from Germany.

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Green transformation in the building sector
In 2023, brothers Lucas and Lennart Christel, together with Okitonga Memba, founded Purpose Green. Their vision: to support property owners, managers, and institutional funds in transforming their buildings into environmentally friendly, future-proof properties. Within a very short time, the three founders have already secured more than €16 million in venture capital funding and are already working with over 2.5 million square meters of real estate. The founders are no strangers to the industry: Even before Purpose Green, the Christel brothers developed a PropTech company that was backed by renowned investors.

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"Berlin is a place where you feel that change is possible – that's why I returned home after my studies and founded Purpose Green here with my brother and Okitonga Memba. The city brings together bright minds, bold ideas, and real implementation strength. It was precisely this environment that enabled us to build Purpose Green and demonstrate how digitalization and sustainability can transform the real estate sector. Being included on the Forbes list is a great recognition – and for me personally, an incentive to continue taking on responsibility, creating digital solutions for the real estate industry, and combining profitability and sustainability with holistic approaches," says Lucas Christel.

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