Jannis Fett grew up in the small village of Gülzow and credits his early experience playing and coaching local soccer and tennis teams with shaping his team-oriented mindset and resilience as an investor, rather than coming from a typical big-city finance background. He publicly positions himself as a very approachable first-check VC for founders, actively using platforms like NFX Signal and founder-matching tools to invite cold inbound and signal "get intro to Jannis" as part of his brand, rather than relying solely on closed networks.