# Top 50 Beauty Startup Investors in Germany in June 2026 ## Christophe Maire - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services Christophe F. Maire is the Founding Partner and CEO of Atlantic Labs, a Berlin-based seed investor dedicated to identifying and investing in innovative digital startup companies. In the last 20+ years, Christophe has built an international track record both as a founder; including gate5 (sold first to Nokia and later developed into HERE and sold tothe German automotive industry) and Plazes.com (also sold to Nokia); and as a farsighted investor named best “European Seed Investor” by Techcrunch two years running. Exited investments include Brands4Friends (eBay), Readmill (Dropbox); StudiVZ, Fyber and Plista. Recent investments led by Atlantic Labs include Medigo, Clue, Jodel, and Campanda, amongst others. Christophe remains actively involved in all his investments, including as a board member of Soundcloud, EyeEm, and Monoqi, and an active promoter of the Berlin startup ecosystem. ## Bitburger Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bitburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Consumer Goods, Wellness In the mid of 2018, Bitburger Holding founded the investment company Bitburger Ventures for its investments in start-ups. The aim is to combine the growth potential of young, innovative companies with the financial strength and access to different expertise along the value chain of the Bitburger Group. Our heritage as a medium-sized family businesswith a long-term orientation distinguishes Bitburger Ventures from pure financial investors and offers young entrepreneurs a unique added value. Our activities focus primarily on the German-speaking area, where we have been operating for 200 years. Through our industrial holdings in leading medium-sized companies that are successful in various industries and in international markets, we have direct access to different networks and various competencies. We are pragmatic, accessible and credible and expect the same from our venture partners.Bitburger Ventures invests venture capital in the form of minority holdings in already established start-ups, preferably in the Seed to Series B phase. Our investment focus is on consumer-facing business models, but we are also interested in leading alternative technology and service solutions. Following the tradition of a family business, we sustainably support our portfolio companies on their growth path. Bitburger Ventures also invests in international venture capital funds. ## Grazia Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Biotechnology Grazia Equity is a venture Capital firm investing in innovative, technology driven startups with high potential.Based in Stuttgart (Germany), Grazia has been supporting a large number of mostly young companies, often from their foundation to the Initial Public Offering or eventual sale. In contrast to other venture capital firms, theypredominantly work with their own capital that they invest as entrepreneurs. ## Sebastian Pollok - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care Sebastian Pollok is Founding Partner of Visionaries Club, an early stage VC fund backed by leading European digital founders and family business entrepreneurs. Prior, Sebastian co-founded and ran AMORELIE, which he successfully grew to > USD 60m revenue, >20% EBITDA and a team of 100 employees. AMORELIE was sold to ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE in2018 at a valuation > USD 100m. Prior to AMORELIE, Sebastian worked as a VC for e.ventures in San Francisco and studied at WHU, St. Gallen, HKUST and Kellogg School of Management. Sebastian is a business angel in startups such as Ree Technology, Choco, Sunshine Smile and Lillydoo and a limited partner in funds such as Cherry Ventures, Project A and La Famiglia. He also sits on the board of Cherry Ventures and Founders Pledge. ## HV Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies. ## Oliver Pabst - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Oliver Pabst ## Heartfelt Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We are the first investors for exceptional founders building transformative companies across Europe and the US. ## JVMO - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Fitness, Software We invest in tech-enabled health wellness and longevity companies to keep people healthy. ## Dominik Richter - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Health Care Dominik Richter is the CEO and Founder at HelloFresh. In 2011, Richter, alongside co-founders Thomas Griesel and Jessica Nilsson, moved to Berlin to start a company together. After looking at different business models and industries, Richter said they quickly set their eyes on the grocery space. Dominik has passion for Entreprenuership, buildinggreat companies and the Internet.Sports guy (Soccer mostly)Great interest in trading, nutrition, fitness, health, politics and economics. ## eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS - Type: VC Fund - Location: Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing eCAPITAL is a venture capital investor that provides early to growth stage funding to technology and deep tech companies. ## 468 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology 468 Capital is an investment firm that focuses on identifying and managing opportunities in various markets. The firm employs a systematic approach to investment analysis and portfolio management. It collaborates with a range of partners to support its investment strategies. The company serves industries including technology, healthcare, andrenewable energy. ## Ingo Weber - Type: Angel - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Beauty, Fitness, InsurTech Ingo Weber - Founder and CEO @ Carcharodon Capital ## Michael Oschmann - Type: Angel - Location: Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: CRM, iOS, Apps Michael Oschmann - CEO @ Müller Medien ## Edwin Okyere - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Cosmetics Edwin Okyere is a team member at @RE SKIN COSMETICS. ## Heartcore Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Heartcore Capital invests in companies re-enchanting the world through technology. ## Ralf Dummel - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas. ## Alexander Frolov - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Email, Beauty, Mobile Alexander Frolov ## Marc Langner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Dietary Supplements Marc Langner's investment manager and is responsible for generating the Deal inflows. In addition, the contract negotiations for investment in his area, taking care of the portfolio companies and the implementation of exits fall.Previously, Marc Langner worked as CFO for the software company GiP GmbH in Offenbach and was responsible for theIT service GaVI GmbH in Mannheim, the multi-year plan and the Strategic cost management. In the areas of due diligence and business valuation Marc Langner was for several years active as a consultant and project manager at Ernst & Young, leading expert and transaction-related business valuations through to different occasions.Marc Langner is a reviewer and jury member at many well-known business plan competitions, such as start2grow, Science4Life and the Hightech Award CyberOne.In addition to his professional activity he supports the Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen and Mannheim University in master's degree programs as a freelance lecturer on the topics of business modeling, business valuation and venture capital. ## Steffen Zoller - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Beauty Steffen Zoller - Founder & CEO @ Care With Care ## Michael Moritz - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Beauty studied Economics and Law at Albrecht-Ludwigs University in Freiburg and at Cologne University.At the Treuhandanstalt in Berlin he worked on the restructuring and privatisation of medium-sized stakeholdings. At Doertenbach & Co. GmbH, Frankfurt, he was employed as Corporate Finance Consultant and assisted mid-sized businesses and theirowners, in particular, in their strategic acquisitions and divestments. All in all, he participated in more than 150 successful transactions. Michael Moritz is a consultant to the Mittelstandsbeirat of KfW Group and is a member of the Federal Association of Owner Managed and Family Enterprises (ASU). ## Judith Williams - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Wellness, E-Commerce Judith Williams ## Astutia Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Online Portals Astutia Ventures GmbH ## Saarbruecker 21 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce They are a group of friends and internet/tech entrepreneurs who first met ten years ago in Saarbruecker Strasse 21 in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. All of them started successful businesses, they are founders and share a passion for building great companies. As active business angels, they also invest in young startups, either individually orcollectively as a group. They provide seed funding for killer-founders and great ideas. But way more important: they help to avoid mistakes that they have already made . They introduce to the right people. They provide with all the experience that they have. Not just talking about it but helping hands-on. ## Christopher North - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, B2B Chris is a Managing Partner at L Catterton, the world's leading consumer growth investor with US$20B assets under management, where he co-leads the Growth Fund. He focuses on growth-stage consumer technology businesses in the US, Europe, and the UK. The L Catterton team previously scaled today's consumer tech leaders (Amazon, Shopify,Lazada, Shutterfly, Peloton, Vroom, Better Mortgage, ClassPass, and more) and brings their experience to support entrepreneurs building tomorrow's leading companies. He is also an active angel investor and serves on the boards of several non-profits in arts and education. Previously, Chris led Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY) as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors from May 2016 through the sale to Apollo Global Management in 2019. Under his leadership, over the three years from 2015 to 2018, Shutterfly doubled revenues to $2 billion, doubled free cash flow, and increased operating income ten-fold.Prior to joining Shutterfly, Chris served as Managing Director of Amazon UK and co-led Amazon across Europe for six years, after leading Amazon’s UK Media businesses for four years. Amazon UK grew to almost $10 billion in GAAP revenue over this 10-year period, a 14-fold increase. Before joining Amazon, he worked in publishing as Global Managing Director of Phaidon Press, as Chief Operating Officer of HarperCollins Canada, and as Vice President & General Manager of Electronic Publishing for HarperCollins Publishers. He began his career as a management consultant with the media & entertainment practice of Booz Allen & Hamilton.In addition to his operating roles, Chris serves in leadership roles in several not-for-profit organizations. He is a director of Character Lab, a non-profit dedicated to advancing the science and practice of character development in order to help children thrive; a member of the Board of Visitors of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum; a member of the Collections Committee and Director's Circle of the Harvard University Art Museums; and President of the American Friends of the Royal Collection. He and his wife also actively support the Domaine de Chantilly, the Wallace Collection, and the Attingham Trust. Chris is an active angel investor, having made more than 40 investments in early-stage companies. He enjoys mentoring, working with a number of technology entrepreneurs and serving as a Strategic Advisor to Forto.Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard College and a master’s degree in Philosophy from New York University. Chris and his wife have three young children and divide their time between London and France. Born and raised in New York, Chris is a dual US/British national. ## XAnge - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce XAnge is a Franco-German team of venture capital investors that manages €450 million and invests in digital, deeptech, and impact startups.It is the innovation brand of the Siparex group, a major player in French private equity. XAnge is a key European investor in early-stage startups and is looking for game-changing startups and entrepreneurswho rock the code[s].The Paris, Ile-de-France-located company was founded in 2004. ## YZR Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software We back ambitious HealthTech founders solving complex healthcare challenges. We provide capital, deep sector expertise, and hands-on support to build global champions. ## Nils Glagau - Type: Angel - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Wellness Nils Glagau ## Slingshot Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Slingshot Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in fast growing companies, with a focus on B2C and B2B2C businesses.We back ambitious, talented and charismatic entrepreneurs and actively help them accelerate their businesses with our knowledge, experience and international network of people and companies. By providing smart capital we helpthese start- and scale-ups catapult their business to the next level.We currently manage a portfolio of multiple investments, all with a base in the Netherlands and all with a cross-border ambition. Our portfolio includes companies such as VanMoof, Wonderkind, Boldking, Wasteless, Temper, Swishfund & more. ## b2venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology B2venture is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. B2venture invests EUR 100m+ per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m. ## JMES Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Film, Beauty JMES Investments is an Angel & Seed Investment company from Berlin. ## JamJar Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care We love, help & invest in early-stage consumer brands. ## Henkel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Beauty, Manufacturing Henkel Ventures is Henkel’s corporate venture capital engagement, combining all venture activities across the company’s three business units (Adhesive Technologies, Beauty Care and Laundry & Home Care). Henkel Ventures actively evaluates and manages equity investments and joint development projects with start-up companies to explore newtechnologies, applications and business models in areas of strategic interest for Henkel. ## Irène Kilubi - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Cosmetics Irène Kilubi is a visionary at heart and an entrepreneur in spirit. She is a strategy expert for digital personal branding, start-up consultant and innovation scout all in one. A power woman with vision - creative approaches and the necessary motivation boost at the right time ensure her amazing success rate. She spent several years in companiessuch as BMW, Siemens and Deloitte. For four years now she has been anchored in the startup and online scene, tracking down trends, implementing strategies, target group-specific go-to-market, and branding strategies. She is also an Expert Advisor at the European Innovation Council of the European Commission. She believes in the unique and unmistakable diversity that lies within all of us. ## Stephan Schubert - Type: Angel - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Stephan Schubert works as a Managing Partner at STS Ventures ## Dora Osinde - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Cosmetics Dora Osinde ## Cornelia Hoppe - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Apps, Beauty Cornelia Hoppe ## Jeff Kwarteng Jacobsen - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Cosmetics Jeff Kwarteng Jacobsen is an african german young leader in business. ## TEV Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion Cusp Capital is a venture capital firm focused on European software and technology. The fund invests in early-stage companies on the cusp of redefining their industries by channeling new socioeconomic and technological paradigms. ## Timo Weltner - Type: Angel - Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Beauty, Venture Capital Timo Weltner is a CEO & Co-Founder at ORCAYA GmbH. ## V3 ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Beauty, Food and Beverage We back founders who are building the consumer brands of tomorrow. V3 Ventures ## Martin Avetisyan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Consumer Goods Martin Avetisyan ## Andreas Burike - Type: Angel - Location: Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Human Resources Andreas Burike is the Founder and CFO of AnyDesk. ## The Enabling Company - Type: VC Fund - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Beauty The Enabling Company is a subsidiary of Hubert Burda Media serves as a strategic partner and investor that invests in start-ups. ## BayBG Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: München, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Innovative post-revenue startups with first customers trust us as highly reliable investors. We have been an active player in the venture capital market for over 25 years. Due to our evergreen approach, we offer institutional venture capital without the limitations of the usual fund structure. Predominantly we invest straight equity. Additionally,we can offer venture debt to mature startups close to break-even in order to avoid further dilution for founders. Being a private investment company we act as both lead investor or co-investor. We can also fulfill the private lead investor role for public investors like Bayern Kapital. Together we are increasing YOUR company's value. ## Vorwerk Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software Backing early-stage startups that drive positive impact for people and planet ## Tobias Eismann - Type: Angel - Location: Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Social Media Tobias Eismann - Managing Director and CEO @ Metacrew ## Aaron Sen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Beauty Aaron Sen ## Karl-Heinz Holland - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Beauty Karl-Heinz Holland ## Matthias Storch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Beauty, Wellness, Dietary Supplements Matthias Storch - Vorstand @ Good Brands ## Julius Göllner - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Julius Göllner - Co-Founder @ ARRtist Summit