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.”
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.