Blank by Ellis Hamburger

“With no permanent residence of his own, OpenPurpose® is his home.

A platform he started over a decade ago in Stockholm, SWE as a home for the world’s most talented creatives.

Blank is the founder of OP®. A connector and constructor that works in the space between dream and reality — helping creators and creatives materialise their visions in its most purest form.

With no country to call his own, Blank is in the business of opening borders for creatives to come together in service of a more open tomorrow.”

OP® is for you.OpenPurpose.com

1989

Born in Tehran, IR.

2004

Migrated to Sweden.

2010

Started 3Drops,
Product design studio
in the refugee camp.

2011

Graduated from 
Sciences Programme.

2012

Deported from Sweden,
Migrated to Malaysia.

2012

3drops begins hiring.

2013

Moved back to Sweden,
on a new work permit.

2014

3drops partners with 
MetaLab, Andrew Wilkinson.

2015

3drops opens its 
first office in Stockholm,
Birger Jarlsgatan 18.

2015

3drops partners with Tumblr 
to launch premium themes. Customers
include Netflix, Disney, RedBull
among others.

2016

3drops launches Roadmap.
The first timeline productivity
software for creative teams.
Customers include Dropbox, Microsoft,
WeTransfer, Intercom and many more.

2016

3drops specialises into 
b2b SaaS design studio.

2016

3drops partners with 
EQT Ventures, Ted Persson to help
grow their portfolio companies.

2017

3drops partners with VFS Global 
to digitalise the visa systems
globally across 65 governments.

2018

Deported from Sweden.
Migrated to Thailand.

2018

Took almost 2 years 
break from work.
Moved too fast,
lost my soul.

2020

Started Wayward Group.
A private holding company.

2021

3drops partners with CP Corp,
Largest conglomerate in Asia,
to help digitalise their enterprises.

2021

3drops launches OFC.
A startup studio
for engineering founders.

2021

Started 4 new ventures.
in fashion, self care
and enterprise SaaS.

2021

Rebranded 3drops to 
OpenPurpose.

2023

Visa in Thailand expired.
Spent over a year between countries
to find a new home.

2023

Closed all ventures,
to bet all on OpenPurpose.
The start of the new venture
platform for creative founders.

2024

Registered OP in Dubai.
Secured my business visa.
Finally back to safety.

2024

Scaled OP with over a hundred top 
designers globally collaborating
with leading founders like Framer,
Krea, Bird, Nothing, Amie, Azura
and many more.

2025

Joined Robert Vis on his mission 
to create B2B SaaS singularity as
Chief Platform Strategy Officer
Bird.com