Deep tech has technical pull but an unclear product sequence
Pilots, research possibilities, and partner requests compete. We define the target customer, discovery questions, and product evidence that should decide the roadmap.
FRACTIONAL CPO · Munich
Fractional CPO Munich
Hybrid · train from Innsbruck · on-site as surchargeable add-on
Remote-first product leadership for Munich. Paid on-site discovery, enterprise-customer interviews, and roadmap sessions can be planned by rail from Tirol, with travel quoted explicitly.
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AwardedTop 100 Young Companies in Austria. #36 in 2024, #58 in 2023 (GEWINN magazine).
Shipped75+ products, 5+ years, across 17 countries.
LanguagesDeutsch, English.
ReviewsGoogle 4.7 stars. Trustpilot 4.5 stars.
Working with Wavect in Munich
Munich’s official economic-development pages describe roughly 2,500 startups, a deep-tech focus, major research institutions, established technology companies, and a large investment ecosystem.
In that environment, a product can have technical credibility, capital, and enterprise interest while still lacking a disciplined answer to one question: which customer problem gets the next quarter?
A fractional CPO owns that decision after product-market fit. We do not own engineering under this scope, and we do not claim a Munich office. On-site work is planned from Tirol by rail and quoted separately.
Two Munich situations where a fractional CPO fits
Both teams have evidence. Their problem is protecting a repeatable product from plausible distractions.
Enterprise deals are turning the platform into custom work
Each large prospect has a credible request. We create product criteria that distinguish a strategic platform investment from paid bespoke delivery.
The first 30 days with a Munich product team
The first month establishes a decision model that can survive enterprise pressure.
- Audit customer and deal evidenceReview interviews, usage, pipeline, wins and losses, pilot outcomes, commitments, and where bespoke work entered the roadmap.
- Define the product thesisChoose the segment, problem, and measurable product outcome the next quarter must prove.
- Install an enterprise-safe cadenceSet discovery, roadmap review, product-versus-custom criteria, and stakeholder communication before the next deal rewrites the plan.
Munich deep tech: CPO, CTO, or CTPO?
The Fractional CPO
owns market evidence and prioritization. The Fractional CTO Munich
owns production evidence and engineering. The Fractional CTPO
owns both when splitting the role would slow every decision.
// SOURCESWhat we use for Munich product context
We use these sources for local context. They do not imply a partnership, endorsement, office, or client relationship.
- City of Munich: Innovation ecosystemOfficial overview of Munich's startups, deep-tech focus, research institutions, established companies, and investors.
- Munich Startup ecosystemOfficial regional portal for startup, sector, funding, and investor data.
Engagement tiers and transparent pricing
Four ways to start. Each one has a clear scope and a clear cancellation policy. No hours tracked, no surprise invoices.
CPO-on-Call
Async roadmap triage, prioritization calls, discovery sanity-checks on demand.
4 to 8 hours per month
FROM
€2,500/ month
Start here →Embedded Fractional CPO
Own the roadmap and the discovery cadence. Prioritization framework, stakeholder alignment, sequenced backlog.
1 to 2 days per week
FROM
€12,000/ month
Start here →Product Due Diligence
Fixed-price product, roadmap, and market-fit assessment for fundraising or M&A. Investor-ready report.
1 to 3 weeks, fixed
FROM
€8,000fixed
Start here →Discovery + Roadmap
Two to three week deep-dive into the product. Prioritization framework and a sequenced roadmap.
2 to 3 weeks, fixed
FROM
€3,500fixed
Start here →Fixed-price engagements (Product Due Diligence, Discovery + Roadmap) are signed SoW (Werkvertrag). Wavect is legally bound on scope and deliverables. Retainers (CPO-on-Call, Embedded Fractional CPO) run as a freier Dienstvertrag and cancel weekly with no notice.
// 03How the network model works
Three things that make this different from hiring one product consultant with one calendar.
You hire two founders, not one consultant.
Kevin and Christof are on every engagement. One is your product and CPO interface, the other keeps the roadmap honest against what is actually buildable. No account-manager handoff, no junior on the call after week three.
The bench scales when the work does.
15+ specialists we have shipped production work with. When product decisions need deep domain input (security, ML, mobile, IoT), they plug in under the Wavect SoW. One contract, one invoice. We stay accountable for the outcome.
You stay in control of the contract.
Werkvertrag for fixed-price work (signed scope, legally bound). freier Dienstvertrag retainer for ongoing product leadership (cancel any week). No hour tracking. No scope-creep invoices. The price you sign is the price you pay.
Who is in the room
Two managing directors. Both technical. Both on every engagement.
Kevin Riedl
Managing Director, Operations and Product
- Engineer since 13: TypeScript, C#, Rust, still in the pull requests.
- Founder-led podcast, 96 episodes with 9-figure founders.
- 75+ products shipped across 17 countries.
Christof Jori
Managing Director, Software
- Enterprise architecture, AI, and system reliability.
- Test-driven development, QA as a business enabler.
- 10 years cross-domain engineering.
Looking for a different city?
Fractional CPO Innsbruck →Fractional CPO Tirol →Fractional CPO Vienna →Fractional CPO Graz →Fractional CPO Linz →Fractional CPO Salzburg →Fractional CPO Zurich →
Back to Austria →
// proof
Proof, not promises
4 years
Inside the City-Scale Build
Smart City IoT for Innsbruck: hardened LoRaWAN infrastructure, evaluated and integrated multi-vendor devices, wrote the per-device …
Kubernetes
LoRaWAN
Docker
2 months
0 to Enterprise
Institutional bond analytics platform, zero to enterprise-ready in 2 months; raised multiple rounds.
NestJS
React
Typescript
7 services
Unified Testing
1.5 years owning QA across seven services and multiple vendors. Quality stayed shippable through every refactor.
React
Java/Kotlin
Go
These are selected projects, not our full portfolio. We have shipped 75+ products since 2018.
What clients say
LinkedIn
If you're thinking about digitization of your company, tokenization, coding... you name it, I'd strongly recommend to get in touch with Kevin. His knowledge in the field is unparalleled and working with him a sheer pleasure as he is a super nice guy, strategic thinker and proactively hard worker. Thanks for your brilliant work Kev!
LinkedIn
I got to know Kevin around 1 year ago and have been working together with him since then. His vast knowledge in tech and programming combined with his business acumen makes him the go-to person for me in regards to any tech-related topics. Regardless if it is a project in the field of blockchain, IoT, or any other software development domain, I can recommend reaching out to Kevin to benefit from his tech know-how and a business relationship based on trust and customer centricity.
Trustpilot
Excellent work. The collaboration was very pleasant and you always had the feeling of being in good and capable hands.
Independently rated 5.0/5 on Clutch Read the reviews
Fractional CPO Munich: local questions
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