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Top 50 Community Angel Investors in Germany in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Community startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Community companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Community Angel Investors in Germany in January 2025

Investor	Community Germany investments
Jens Begemann	4
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal	4
Ralf Dummel	4
Christophe Maire	3
Nils Glagau	3
Tim Schumacher	3
Ben Kubota	3
Lukasz Gadowski	3
Felix Jahn	3
Rouven Dresselhaus	3
Ben Drury	2
Nikolaus Hahne	2
Hermann Eul	2
Heinz Raufer	2
Lukas Brosseder	2
Mario Götze	2
Marco Valta	2
Nathan Blecharczyk	2
Heiko Rauch	2
Rolf Schromgens	2
Christian Reber	2
Daniel Kuhagen	2
Kristofer Fichtner	2
Verena Pausder	2
Felix Haas	2
Christian Vollmann	2
Martin Sinner	2
Michael Brehm	2
Marc Sasserath	1
Ferry Heilemann	1
Fritz Demopoulos	1
Christoph Baumeister	1
Stefan Lemcke	1
Jonas Rieke	1
Edward Lando	1
Darian Shirazi	1
Burckhardt Bonello	1
Dr. Mathias Krahl	1
Carsten Maschmeyer	1
Silvia Erika Sommer	1
Jon Oringer	1
Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz	1
Rubina Hunger-Rewari	1
Janna Ensthaler	1
Judith Williams	1
Florian Moerth	1
Sascha Konietzke	1
Daniel Feyler	1
Julia Wilde	1
Will·I. Am	1

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Jens Begemann

Investment focus

B2C, EdTech, Children
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Klima — Klima combines the most effective actions an individual can take to fight climate change today.
Edurino — Edurino is an e-learning platform that introduces digital learning responsibly and playfully for children aged 4-8+.

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal is a Danish designer, entrepreneur and activist behind companies like Mondo, 23, Podio and the reboot festival.

Investment focus

Computer, Collaboration, Software
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Denmark, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Clue — Track your menstrual cycle with Clue, the #1 doctor-recommended free period tracker app built in collaboration with top health researchers.
Corti — Corti offers a digital assistant, augmenting medics in improving patient outcomes and internal performance.
Somewhere — Somewhere, formerly Support Shepherd. We find you amazing employees who cost 80% less than US equivalents, backed by our 6-month Perfect Hire Guarantee.

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.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design
Angel, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Zeedz — Gaming for a green future. Zeedz is a monster collectible game that targets real-world climate change. Discover a world of plantified magic, made in Berlin.
Frinsh — Many ready-to-drink ginger shots are sweetened or blended with fruit juice and thus contain a lot of sugar. The Frinish Ginger Cubes, on the other hand, is made entirely with ginger. Our fresh ginger is processed into a fine ginger puree and then frozen promptly. This implies that the flavor and nutrients are kept better.
TeaBlobs — TeaBlobs allows you to make tea fast, responsibly, and without using a bag. Now available in seven delectable flavors.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany, Poland, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Helu.io — Helu.io is a startup company that provides easy access to their financial data.
Artusiast — Jay Art GmbH is an online platform that sells art.
RetentionGrid — Two thumbs up - I recently switched to WPX Hosting and recommend their speed, service and security - they do know what they are talking about when it comes to WordPress hosting.

Nils Glagau

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Personal Health
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, Austria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zeedz — Gaming for a green future. Zeedz is a monster collectible game that targets real-world climate change. Discover a world of plantified magic, made in Berlin.
BIOTherma-Pad — BIOTherma-Pad is a completely biological cooling pad made of seaweed rather than the typical chemicals; it may cool little children's injuries or offer warmth if needed.
Taste Religion — Taste Religion offers plant-based products that are devoid of toxic ingredients and allow to quickly create restaurant-quality cuisine.

Tim Schumacher is a Managing General Partner at World Fund. Tim previously worked at Sedo.com as a Member Board Of Directors. He attended University of Cologne and Stockholm School of Economics.Tim Schumacher Co-Founded and was the longtime CEO of the publicly traded company Sedo AG, which currently has revenues of 130m euros per year andmaintains approximately 350 employees. Since 2012 he has dedicated his professional career to the German startup scene, acting both as a business angel and mentor for young companies with economic potential. His current startups, among many others, are Eyeo/Adblock Plus, Aklamio, Hitfox and Ecosia.

Investment focus

Apps, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

JUMiNGO — Jumingo is an international digital shipping and carrier service provider. It is an innovative startup that has made the logistics industry clear and transparent for customers through a digital shipping platform. They facilitate both business and private customers to compare prices, packaging, and booking services from numerous shipping serviceproviders such as UPS, DHL Express, TNT, FedEx, GLS, and DPD with up to 80% discounted rates. Jumingo saves time and money with benefit from the dynamics and flexibility of their comprehensive range of services without any contractual obligations.
CareerOS — Gain a competitive edge with our innovative tools, virtual career collaboration, real-time data, and AI enhancements. Guide students each step of the way!
Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.

Geek, Founder, Builder, Angel Investor

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Music
Seed, Angel
Germany, Poland

Portfolio highlights

Ohlala — Ohlala is a platform for paid dates, to bring users in the most efficient and safe way in contact.Their product is a single page web application that behaves like a native app, relies heavily on React and is powered by Node.js.
Sidestage — Sidestage is a community marketplace for listing, discovering and booking musicians.
Saleor Commerce — A headless, GraphQL-first e-commerce platform delivering ultra-fast, dynamic, personalized shopping experiences. Find out why developers love it.

Lukasz Gadowski is the Founder and CEO of Team Global. He previously worked at Circ as a Co-Founder. Lukasz Gadowski attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Software
Series A, Seed, Angel
Germany, United States, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Bardeen — Bardeen is an automation app to replace your repetitive tasks with a single shortcut and control your web apps from anywhere. Explore our integrations with your favorite apps and hundreds of pre-built playbooks that help you stay in the flow.
TAU Systems — TAU Systems provides medical imaging technology.
MILES — MILES is an independent carsharing and modern mobility. They believe in the energy and the pulse of cities and how they inspire them. MILES is your wingman on your trip through urbanity, guiding you to its hidden treasures and cool spots, which make your city so worth living. Their passion for the new and unexplored drives them in their vision tomake urban life better. Driving with no time pressure, no limits and no specific car brand.

Felix is an active entrepreneur and business angel. A WHU graduate, Felix was one of the first MDs of Rocket Internet, responsible for many of the initial companies incubated in 2007-2009. He went on to start Home24 in 2009 and run it as Co-CEO until 2014. In 2015 he started german hybrid real estate agent McMakler as founding investor and has beenrunning the company as executive Chairman and CEO since then. His current and past private business angel investments include Zalando, Auto1 Group, HomeToGo, among others.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

42 Watt — 42 Watt is an energy conservation consultancy which strives to reduce costs, save energy and protect the climate.
YGO Trips — YGO Trips revolutionizes the travel booking experience with our AI-driven platform, providing a seamless, all-in-one solution for planning your perfect getaway. Our innovative platform streamlines your holiday planning by offering an extensive selection of flights, hotels, mobility services, activities, concerts, and festivals & more all inone convenient location. With YGO Trips, you have the power to tailor your holiday to your exact preferences, creating a personalized itinerary that aligns with your desires.Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, YGO Trips discerns your preferences to suggest events and activities that resonate with your interests, ensuring every aspect of your trip is as enjoyable as possible. It's not just about booking a trip; it's about crafting the unique holiday experience that you've always dreamed of, effortlessly and all from one provider.
Getpaid — Payments infrastructure for B2B marketplaces, wholesalers and SaaS platforms. B2B checkout to process all B2B transactions online & offline | payout instantly | automate complex money flows, end-to-end reconciliation.

Rouven Dresselhaus is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Cavalry Ventures. His most notable investments at Cavalry include McMakler, Forto and Planetly (acq. by OneTrust). He also serves on numerous boards, e.g. at BRYTER and Sofía.Rouven started his career at Morten Sondergaard and then moved to Capnamic Ventures. In parallel, as a member of theadvisory board, he spearheaded the digitization initiative of his family business Joseph Dresselhaus GmbH & Co. KG (acq. by Nimbus) comprising core processes such as finance, HR, logistics and procurement.Rouven has invested in more than five dozen startups and participated in over two hundred funding rounds. He is a member of YPO, a global community of chief executives, and has been mentoring young entrepreneurs in formats such as Techstars, Techstars SAP.io, next logistics accelerator and the Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator. In addition, Rouven is a supporter of the entrepreneurial charity Founders Pledge.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Inkitt — Publish stories online, join our author subscription program, and read books online for free. Join the Inkitt community for writers and readers today.
Reaction Commerce — Product capabilities and documentation of Mailchimp Open Commerce.
Meine Spielzeugkiste — Spielzeug mieten bei Meine Spielzeugkiste. Jetzt Mitglied werden!

Ben began his career in 1996 as a founder of dotmusic.com, an internal venture at United News and Media which attracted over 1.8m unique users per month (in 1999). In 2000 Ben was recruited by BT Group to head up the broadband music efforts at their ISP BT Openworld where he successfully launched a major music channel. Following the partnershipbetween BT and Yahoo! to form BT Yahoo! in 2003, Ben engineered the sale of dotmusic to Yahoo! for approx. £3.3m. Ben then founded 7digital with James Kane in 2004 with the vision of creating a digital media marketplace. 7digital operates services that bring together suppliers and consumers of digital media. In September 2008 7digital.com was the first company in Europe to launch DRM-free MP3 downloads with all four major record labels. In September 2009 HMV Group acquired a 50% equity stake in 7digital with an investment of £7.7m. Ben was named by Growing Business magazine as a Young Gun 2006 – the award for leading entrepreneurs under 35. In 2007, 7digital was awarded the prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award as one of the most promising technology companies in Europe.

Investment focus

Music, EdTech, Children
Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

8tracks Radio — 8tracks is an internet radio and social network that streams user-curated song playlists that contain at least 8 tracks. 8tracks is a handcrafted internet radio network -- the social alternative to Pandora. Listeners tune into online mixtapes of 8 or more tracks, curated by people who know and love music, streamed in a legal, radio-style manner.
Edurino — Edurino is an e-learning platform that introduces digital learning responsibly and playfully for children aged 4-8+.

Nikolaus Hahne

Investment focus

Pet, Internet, Software
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

HUG A PET — HUG A PET is a first of a kind marketplace in the pet healthcare mobility sector in Germany. Our goal is to offer convenience, save time and eliminate stress of pet owners by bringing pet healthcare to their doorstep. It is an easy appointment booking platform for pet owners to book verified mobile vets who will visit your home. Why are we sopassionate about this ? We understand how terrifying it can be for your pets to visit a Veterinary. Plus there are always these fear of whether the Vet is competent enough, whether the people at the clinic are friendly enough, whether the problem your pet is facing can be easily diagnosed, whether you will have to hop around and visit different Vets for the same problem you are facing. Then there is the question of time. No-one likes to travel all the way to the vet clinic and then wait for hours to finally get the Vet’s attention. With HUG A PET, you book fixed appointment, the consultation is as long as your pet needs it in the comfort of your home or office and your pet gets a personalized attention. We are disrupting the current pet healthcare quality and bringing comfort, personalized experience and superior quality to the pet owners. Our Mission: Our mission for HUG A PET is simple : to attract, nurture and grow the world's best mobile health care providers for pets via our platform and compliment that with exceptional customer service. We are working hard to create a technology where we can support the Veterinarians to reach the pet owners faster, provide them with updated pet's medical and psychological history on their mobile device, and act as an operational ninja that constantly collaborates with latest status between the pet owner and the vet on-the-go. Our goal is to leapfrog and create substantial pet health care improvements, one customer at a time. We have a strict vetting process where we pick the most recommended mobile veterinarians and onboard them on our database.

Hermann Eul

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Social Network
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Loxonet — Social Intranet SaaS business founded in Hamburg, Germany. Ranked Top 100 Fastest Growing Startups by Business Insider Germany. Official product of Deutsche Telekom and AiF FTK.

Heinz Raufer

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Fraud0 — Detect and mitigate bots in real time. Optimize your ad campaigns and make smarter data-driven decisions with holistic insights and alerts.
memtime — memtime shows you everything you worked on during the day. Each program is recorded so that you can quickly remember. Add-on available for any software. | memtime
ShopVibes — We're building a connected world of e-commerce where everyone can easily present their products on any channel. Join now to get ahead of your competition!

Lukas Brosseder is the Co-CEO & Founder of PlusDental. He previously worked at Affinitas GmbH as a Founder & Managing Director. Lukas Brosseder attended WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Legal
Seed, Series A, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

8returns — 8returns is the returns platform that turns your customers into loyal fans, while saving you time and money.
xolo — Xolo is a 3D printing firm that offers a volumetric printing solution to various industries.
Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.

Mario Götze is a professional footballer.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mietz — The first fully automized all-in-one renting platform for tenants and landlords.
Plato — Plato operates as a sales intelligence platform for wholesale.
AllFocal Optics — AllFocal Optics revolutionizes display technology through groundbreaking nanophotonic solutions.

Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 12 years experience in the tech/web industry. As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso, Relativity, Monthly.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MIRA BEAUTY™ — KASIRJUDI Situs Togel Online Pasaran Hk,Sgp,Cambodia Dan Toto Macau Lengkap dengan Prediksi Togel Online Hari ini
SmartPrice — SmartPrice specialize in the sale and certification of electronics, which was once used. They are a team of entrepreneurs who build business on the culture of ReCommerce. This culture suggests that in the world there are so many things that can be reused without losing quality.
Salty. — Salty Dot, Inc. is the Embedded Insurance® technology company. Salty removes existing consumer impediments to buying the right policy and having the proper coverage. The company’s platform is a proprietary Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that enables carriers and distribution partners to offer a customized policy to insure a product orservice in real-time during the purchase process. Salty uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze unique data sources about the buyer and the purchase. It then sorts through multiple carriers to seamlessly offer the right insurance. Salty is licensed in all 50 states. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.wearesalty.com.

Nathan Blecharczyk is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Airbnb, a trusted community marketplace that connects people with unique accommodations in more than 34,000 cities and 191 countries. Blecharczyk oversaw the creation of Airbnbs engineering, data science, and performance marketing teams and currently plays a leading role in thecompanys business and product strategy. He became an entrepreneur early on, running a business while he was in high school that sold to clients in more than 20 countries. He earned a degree in Computer Science from Harvard University and held several engineering positions before co-founding Airbnb. As a guest, Blecharczyk has stayed in hundreds of homes using Airbnb and he is also a host in San Francisco, where he lives with his family.

Investment focus

FinTech, Tourism, Leisure
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

Raus — Book restful space in nature, near your city and outside your daily routine. Contemporary cabins around Berlin and across Germany. Book now at the official raus.life website.
Beyond Aero — Beyond Aero is a Toulouse-based aerospace company founded in 2020
Samara — Discover Samara's Backyard accessory dwelling units. Elevated design, expertly crafted. Fast and easy installation. Solar-powered and future-ready.

Co-Founder of UFOstart

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Spain, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

CodeOp — Coding Academy Empowering Women, Trans, and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals in Tech. Join Us to Bridge the Gender Gap and Boost Your Career!
VisionAI — VisionAI is a rebellious research lab crafting products to enhance and grow online shops with visual and text-based AI. Experience our new website.
Modelmanagement.com — Model Management connects new faces and models with scouts, international modeling agencies and model photographers.

Rolf Schromgens - Co-Founder @ leadership.sprouts

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Langdock — Meet Langdock. Start with a GDPR-compliant daily chat companion for your employees. Then deploy more advanced AI use cases like Assistants and Workflows. All in one easily extendable platform.
socialbnb — Explore sustainable travel with socialbnb. Book sustainable accommodations, hotels, b&bs, experiences and trips that support local communities. Travel with social impact. Discover now!
Teech Education — Teech Education is a platform for schools to enable digital teaching.

Christian Reber is the founder and CEO of Pitch. The German entrepreneur previously founded the award-winning to-do app Wunderlist. After it was acquired by Microsoft in 2015, he spent two years as Microsoft's Entrepreneur in Residence. He is an active investor and advisor in a number of technology businesses, such as Lilium, Notion,Onefootball, Neufund, Freigeist and more. Prior to his career in business, Christian studied Mathematics and Computer Science as well as International Management in Berlin. Christian received the Forbes 30 under 30 award in 2014 and 2016.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

NUMOS — NUMOS is an insurance tech platform.
FLOAT — Float is a product lab that focuses on developing design-led software for the technology sector. The company focuses on producing innovative software products.
VisionAI — VisionAI is a rebellious research lab crafting products to enhance and grow online shops with visual and text-based AI. Experience our new website.

Daniel Kuhagen - Investment Professional @ Paragon Partners

Investment focus

Dating, Timber, Software
Seed, Angel, Secondary Market
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Mixtable — Mixtable is an online platform that enables its users to setup offline dates with each other. It was launched in 2013 by Tobias Henning and is based in Bayern.
SEMA Software — SEMA Software is a software company offering software solutions for timber industry, in staircase , metal processing industries etc.

Kristofer Fichtner is a serial entrepreneur and business Angel with a strong focus on the energy industry, property tech and craft tech.

Investment focus

Internet, Marketplace, Real Estate
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

42 Watt — 42 Watt is an energy conservation consultancy which strives to reduce costs, save energy and protect the climate.
Predium — Predium is the software platform for real estate owners to measure, manage and communicate their ESG performance.
Vermietet.de — Vermietet.de is an association of Berlin entrepreneurs and investors whose vision is to make real estate ownership simple and intelligent. They know from their own experience how complex the management of a property can be - and have therefore founded rented.de.

Verena Pausder

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Learning, Education
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

KARRI — KARRI is a data and GPS enabled, screen-free device for easy communication between you and your kids. A KARRI for your child and a smartphone app for you - it's as simple as that.
cleverly.de — cleverly.de is an onlineplatform which provides online coaching and tutorial classes.
Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences — Build the skills, competencies, and mindset needed in the 21st-century with our fully-remote and flexible bachelor's and master's degrees.

Felix Haas is the Executive Chairman and Founder of IDnow. He previously worked at amiando GmbH as a CEO and Co-Founder. Felix Haas attended Stanford University.

Investment focus

Leisure, Internet, Machine Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, France, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

EWOR — EWOR is a platform dedicated to transforming aspiring entrepreneurs into successful startup founders through world-class education, mentorship, and investment opportunities.
Bardeen — Bardeen is an automation app to replace your repetitive tasks with a single shortcut and control your web apps from anywhere. Explore our integrations with your favorite apps and hundreds of pre-built playbooks that help you stay in the flow.
Bling.de — The pocket money card and app that empowers children & teens to be money-smart. Safe, simple and educational.

Christian Vollmann is the Chairman Of The Board at nebenan.de.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Angel
Germany, Ireland, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

autarc — We supercharge installers with our OS to become heat pump champions
NeoCarbon — NeoCarbon reverses climate change by dramatically cutting costs of Direct Air Capture leveraging cooling towers around Europe. By retrofitting existing infrastructure without impacting their original function, the time and cost needed to set up a carbon capturing system is improved by up to 10x.
Packmatic — Packmatic finds the ideal flexible packaging solution for your product and lets you manage it online.

Martin Sinner is the COO at 360dialog.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Germany, Spain, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Tyles — Build up more knowledge faster
Hero Software — Hero Software offers cloud software solutions.
persomatch GmbH — persomatch offers the first B2B AdTech SaaS solution for job advertising at the largest job marketplace Google via Google Ads, Google for Jobs and Google SEO

Michael Brehm is one of the biggest names in the German startup scene. Having sold companies to Google and eBay, taken one company public, and started an investment company (Redstone), Brehm has had the right instinct for future trends and has built multiple businesses to disrupt the status quo.During the early 2000s, he was Executive Directorand Investor at the social network startup VZ-Netzwerke, as well as co-founder of Rebate Networks, which became one of the two largest global e-commerce platforms, positioning Brehm as an expert at not only seeing but also driving a business, during significant global market transitions.One of his more recent ventures is i2x. Since 2017, Brehm has been the Founder and Managing Director of i2x, an artificial intelligence startup based in Berlin. Together with his team, Brehm is working on solving a problem that he repeatedly faced in his career: ensuring quality and delivering unprecedented customer satisfaction during every sales and service call. i2x helps companies deliver actionable insights from every customer phone call in real-time using its custom-developed voice recognition technology and AI algorithms. i2x automatically generates personalized coaching for the user that is tailored to both their speaking style and their business priorities to drive immediate results in sales and service conversations.After spending two years in stealth mode, i2x secured a €5 million seed round of financing in 2018. In 2019, i2x received €10 million as fresh capital in a Series A funding. The Berlin-based start-up is now entering additional markets and further innovating their speech analysis solution to optimize human communication and transform every customer-company relationship.Currently, Michael Brehm is back in his role as Founding Partner at Redstone, one of the most active early-stage investors in Europe.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Machine Learning
Seed, Angel, Series A
Germany, Austria, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cobrainer — Now is the time to create remarkable careers. The AI-powered skill platform for driving internal mobility and employees' life long development. Revolutionize work and collaboration with expertise intelligence.
charly — Wir sind charlyGestartet sind wir 2016 unter dem Namen PrintPeter: Durch Unternehmenssponsoring in den Vorlesungsskripten konnten Studierende diese gratis drucken. Seitdem wächst charly stetig um neue Produkte und Tools, denn wir verfolgen laufend unsere Vision: Lernen so einfach und erfolgreich wie möglich zu gestalten, damit alle Studierendenihre Ziele souverän erreichen.Im Jahr 2019 haben wir unser Produktangebot mit digitalen Lerntools erweitert und im Jahr 2021 eine neue Phase in unserem Unternehmen begonnen: ein Community-getriebenes Lern-Ökosystem. Unsere Lösung umfasst nun eine von Studierenden gemeinschaftlich betriebene Datenbank für klausurrelevante Fragen und Antworten und ein zusätzlicher Tutoren-Sofortantwort-Service. Dank unserer Nähe zum Studi-Alltag und unseres Verständnisses für die Bedürfnisse und Verhaltensweisen, können wir - über charly media - Unternehmen crossmedial mit mehr als 2,5 Millionen High Potentials in der DACH-Region in Verbindung bringen, indem wir eine Hypersegmentierung über unsere eigenen Kanäle und unseren Partnern anbieten.
Atheneum — Powered by a network of 1,000,000+ experts, our Atheneum Insights Platform unlocks on-demand access to global intelligence. Faster Insights. Better Data.

Marc Sasserath

Investment focus

Funerals, Service Industry, Information Services
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Emmora — Emmora vision is to create a comprehensive, cross-target digital companion on the topics of death, grief and life. It organizes funerals according to their wishes. With selected local partners, guarantee a smooth process.

Ferry Heilemann is a Co-Founder and Partner at AENU. He previously co-founded Forto, DailyDeal and Leaders for Climate Action. Ferry attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Construction, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Spain, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Amerano — Amerano operates an online shopping website for tailor-made shirts. It was launched in January 2011 in Berlin, Germany.
Edurino — Edurino is an e-learning platform that introduces digital learning responsibly and playfully for children aged 4-8+.
Voltfang — We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network.

Fritz Demopoulos has been an entrepreneur and investor within the media and internet industries for over 10 years. He co-founded Qunar.com, China's largest travel internet company; and Shawei.com, China's largest sports internet company. Fritz also had senior positions at Netease and The News Corporation.

Investment focus

Travel/Tourism, Media and Entertainment, Events
Series A, Series B, Seed
Germany, Spain, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Tourlane — Discover the world's most enchanting destinations and exciting hideaways on your perfect vacation. At Tourlane, our Travel Experts make planning your trip of a lifetime easy and worry-free.
BibliU — BibliU is an innovative learning enablement platform that gives students access to the course materials they need, from etextbooks to courseware and monographs.
TravelPerk — TravelPerk offers the freedom travelers want, and the control companies need. Enjoy the world's largest travel inventory, 24/7 support and easy booking.

Chris co-founded three startups over the course of 8 years. He is co-founder of Avi Medical, where he was CPO and responsible for Product and Marketing. Before he had co-founded and led an IoT company (nello) and a hardware company (LOCUMI LABS). He has started his career at Siemens Technology Accelerator, and in the in-house Consulting unit forProduct Development at BMW and also got in touch with the startup ecosystem early on at a startup called MegaZebra and at HV Capital.He holds a PhD in Consumer Behavior from TU Munich and a Master Degree in Business Administration with a minor in Electrical Engineering from TUM and HEC Paris, both with distinction. In addition to that he studied Technology Management at the CDTM in Munich.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Pet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kertos — Kertos is a software company that develops and provides a holistic privacy platform in Europe, implementing automation and execution in a highly regulated environment focusing on the operational needs for all stakeholders involved. With their focus on product, integration, and automation they enable businesses to scale, to adopt and to maneuver inmodern tech environments with only a fraction of the current workload. They drive consumer engagement and help companies to interact with their customers in sensitive matters.
Rex — Veterinary practices you always wanted
Zavvy — Zavvy is the easiest way to foster performance, culture and well-being. No matter if you work remote, hybrid, or in-office.

Stefan Lemcke is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Ankerkraut.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Eyewear, Organic Food
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Wholey — The Berlin-based start-up Wholey develops innovative, plant-based breakfast products of the highest organic quality, without refined sugar and additives - fair, ecological, and delicious. Started in 2016 with smoothie mixes for the catering industry, the range now includes smoothie bowls, granolas, nut creams, and porridges.The products areavailable in supermarkets in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, and the UK, as well as through food service and the company's own online shop.
Ink& — Ink& promotes tattoo artists and styles with the finest art prints, clothing and stickers.
Manti Manti — Manti Manti goal is to turn children's glasses from a dusty medical device into a cool, stylish, sustainable, and functional lifestyle item. That youngsters enjoy. Parents, too.

Jonas Rieke - Chief Operations Officer @ Personio

Investment focus

Health Care, Pet, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

tozero — Truly bringing lithium-ion battery waste tozero by recovering all critical matierlas, like lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite.
Rex — Veterinary practices you always wanted
nilo.health — Workplace mental health care that employees love. High-quality, personalized, on-demand mental health support for your entire workforce

Edward Lando is the Managing Partner at Pareto Holdings.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
Skedway — Every work experience should be great! Skedway is the complete platform to optimize the hybrid work experience.
NewHomesMate (formerly Propertymate) — Find, compare and buy a new construction home - all in one place.

Darian is General Partner at Gradient Ventures.At the age of 15, he interned at eBay as a code tester working on the third version of Sell Your Item. In early 2005, he joined Facebook as a Software Engineer reporting to Mark Zuckerberg as one of the company’s first outside hires. At Facebook, he contributed to several components of the socialnetwork’s products and the early versions of its mobile products. After Facebook, Darian studied Philosophy and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley for nearly two years before dropping out to work full-time on startups.After leaving Berkeley, Darian began advising and investing in many startups including becoming the first investor in Udemy, the online education marketplace. He then founded Radius, the leading B2B Customer Data Platform, and served as the company’s CEO for more than seven years, growing the company to more than one hundred employees, raising more than $100MM of venture capital from top tier firms, and serving dozens of Fortune 500 customers.In addition to these accomplishments, Darian is an early investor in the following companies: Lyft, Lending Club, Carbon Health, Palantir, Osaro, Casetext, Alloy.ai, Loft, and many others.In 2012, he was recognized as one of Forbes’ top 30 entrepreneurs under 30 at the age of 24 and has been a guest of CNBC’s Squawk Box, Forbes’ Braintech at the Aspen Institute, Web Summit, and several other well-known conferences and events.Darian lives in San Francisco with his wife and two cats and enjoys skiing, kitesurfing, and Civilization VI.

Investment focus

Software, IT, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

T2 — T2 is in early alpha. 280 character text, replies, and likes - that's it for now. Browse content now and sign up for the waitlist.
Block Green — Block Green is a Bitcoin-first ecosystem accelerating the transition to a fair and accessible economy.
Alongside — Alongside builds indexes for cryptocurrencies.

Burckhardt Bonello - Founding Partner @ Foundfair Ventures

Investment focus

Fashion, Wedding, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

GYANT — Create more capacity to care. Fabric is the care enablement system powering healthcare to move faster, work smarter, and deliver better care.
truemorrow —
Wunsch-Brautkleid — Portal to find the perfect wedding dress. Leading website in Germany to discover, find, buy and even sell wedding dresses. Private people can sell their dresses, while going to be brides can browse trough 120 collections of designer to find their dream dress.

Dr. Mathias Krahl

Investment focus

Funerals, Service Industry, Information Services
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Emmora — Emmora vision is to create a comprehensive, cross-target digital companion on the topics of death, grief and life. It organizes funerals according to their wishes. With selected local partners, guarantee a smooth process.

Carsten Maschmeyer is a successful entrepreneur, consultant and financial investor. He was born on May 8, 1959 in Bremen and grew up in Hildesheim. After his graduation in 1978 Maschmeyer completed military service before he began to study medicine in Hannover. To finance his studies, he worked part-time in sales of investment advice to it in 1982completely dedicated financial advice. More about Carsten Masch Meyers consultant. In 1988 Carsten Maschmeyer to AWD financial group, which was successfully launched on the stock market in 2000 and rise to the MDAX and expanded in 11 countries. Was sold in 2007 Carsten Maschmeyer all his shares in the company at the insurance group Swiss Life, who renamed the AWD in AWD Holding. Maschmeyer has today different occupational focuses, inter alia, as entrepreneur, investor and consultant. His experience Carsten Maschmeyer a sought-after speaker on the subject of success. Motivated by the desire expressed by many listeners to learn more about his secret of success, Carsten Maschmeyer published in the spring of 2012 his book "Self Made - performance live richly". In it he describes the basis of his own exciting path and the celebrities strategies for professional, financial and personal success.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Series A
Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Zeedz — Gaming for a green future. Zeedz is a monster collectible game that targets real-world climate change. Discover a world of plantified magic, made in Berlin.
theblood — We are giving back self-determination, control and specific health conditions to our users through a non-invasive menstrual blood test
JobSwop.io — JobSwop.io is the employment software that allows you to find available positions but also filled ones for people looking to move jobs. The features of this app are Salary information, a Watch list, Area search, Integrated chat, Up to three Job profiles in one account, Document management.

Silvia Erika Sommer is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of opexxia. Silvia Erika Sommer attended London School of Economics and Political Science.

Investment focus

B2C, Pet, Women's
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

HEY HOLY — We’re transforming pet care — with a breed-specific health concept instead of one-size-fits-all, with longevity at its core
Dr. Vivien Karl — Dr. Vivien Karl relies on a cream for moisturizing care against vulva dryness.

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SLUSHY — Slushy is the ultimate adult social platform for new creators. Post content, grow your following, and monetize your profile all in one place. Reach new fans on day one with instant approvals and payouts on demand. Sign up and start earning today!
Skedway — The optimization hub for the Modern Enterprise - Visualize, integrate and manage every shared company asset in one place.
Unsloth AI — Easy finetuning for AI and LLMs. Open-source and for beginners. Get faster with Unsloth.

Rodrigo is a serial entrepreneur and investor, having founded or co-founded 5 companies. Currently, he is a Founding Partner at Expon Capital (HQ in Luxembourg) and President at Sepulveda Capital (HQ in Paris), focused on impact investing at growth-stage. He’s invested early in 3 unicorns (GetAround : raised a recent round at $1.5b with Softbank,Glovo : acquired by Delivery Hero for €2.6b, Spire : went public via a SPAC at $1.6b), and expects at least 4 more from his current portfolios.After earning his Computer Science Engineering degree at EPITA in Paris, France in Systems – Networks – Security, he started his career working with industrial, banking, retail and media clients for two large consultancies co-creating the Internet security, Internet strategy and online marketplaces practices. In the following 10 years, Rodrigo has also led a number of digital strategy assignments as a free-lance consultant for public multi-billion revenue companies working closely with both Boards and CEOs. He also gained operational experience at large technology companies such as Intel, Novell and AOL.He became an entrepreneur after getting after getting two MBAs (from the Sorbonne University, and later at INSEAD with an exchange term at The Wharton School). He's also a graduate of the Singularity University executive program (Summer 2015), and of the INSEAD International Directors Programme (IDP28).In 2002, he co-founded and later ran Glowria, a video-rental and VOD service, that quickly became #1 in France and #2 in Germany. In 2005, he also co-founded and ran vpod.tv, an award-winning multi-media content management software aimed at Fortune 500, with operations in France and Spain. Both had significant venture-capital financing and were acquired. Both were operated via a boutique investment firm RISC Partners that he had co-founded.In 2009, he became an active business angel and startup mentor (see angel.co/rodrigo) with 15 investments, via his holding company, Sepulveda Capital.In 2015 he co-founded Expon Capital, a multi-stage global venture capital firm based in Luxembourg with over $100m under management, with over 27 investments since launch (see http://www.exponcapital.com/portfolio). His current areas of interest as an investor include cybersecurity, Internet infrastructure, and impact investing.He is a frequent speaker at events worldwide, a regular jury member at startup competitions and occasional lecturer in top graduate schools. Rodrigo has also participated in over 300 podcasts in the past 10 years (such as “French Connection” at LCI Radio, “On Refait Le Mac”), always commenting on the business side of technology.In his spare time, Rodrigo is an avid traveler, B&W photographer, genealogist, wine enthusiast (WSET Diploma in 2019) and enjoys jazz, opera, fine dining, biking and snowboarding. Rodrigo is a dual Chilean and French national, fluent in French, English and Spanish, and has working knowledge of German, Italian and Thai.

Investment focus

Apps, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
United States, France, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

Attach — Attach is a sales enablement platform that helps sales and marketing team manage, track, and control documents across the whole buyer journey.
Tribe — Tribe is a walkie-talkie, reinvented. All you need to do is press and hold to record a message. Then, release to send. Try the fastest, most seamless and freshest messaging experience starting now.
Culture Secrets — Culture Secrets is an online platform that provides a digital experience, focused on events and the reservation of cultural outings with ease. The platform serves art-related professionals, amateurs, enthusiasts, and curious ones. It selects cultural outings, and sets up a quick and easy reservation process.

Rubina Hunger-Rewari

Investment focus

Women's, Wellness, Health Care
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Femna Health — Femna Health offers virtual access to diagnostics and therapeutic solutions for women's health.

Janna Ensthaler of Green Generation.

Investment focus

Local, EdTech, Travel
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

eSelly — As a result, if a seller wishes to continue selling successfully on eSelly, he must supply proper values. We wish to maintain justice and reasonableness on our platform. We will investigate any irregularities and attempt to identify solutions.
Urban Challenger — Exploring the city is much more fun if you have a mission! Make the city your playground and participate in our top-rated city game with friends, family, or colleagues as a team-building event.
Bildungs urlauber — The goal of Bildungsurlauber.de is to make complicated topics simple. First and foremost, we assist you in locating the appropriate seminar for you by using simple filter options - regardless of whatever federal state you work in.

Judith Williams

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Wellness, Sales
Angel, Seed, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

PÁPYDO — PÁPYDO produces sustainable and primarily wood-free products.
Womatics — Womatics produces pregnancy and breastfeeding easing products.
Chiengora — Chiengora produces clothing made from dog wool.

Florian Moerth - Managing Partner @ Sanno Capital

Investment focus

Software, IT, Science/Engineering
Funding Round, Series C
Germany

Portfolio highlights

KONUX — KONUX combines Machine Learning algorithms and IoT to deliver software-as-a-service solutions for operation, monitoring, and maintenance process automation
Factory — Factory develops and operates offices for fast growing startups and technology companies. Their model focuses on clustering successful startups, international tech giants and young entrepreneurs in sizable office complexes to facilitate exchange, shared knowledge and provide the framework for serendipity to take place.The Factory conceptoriginated in Berlin in early 2012 as a response to the dire need for flexible contracts for office space from technology startups, doubling in size sometimes inside 12 months. Understanding the specific growth trends and needs for tech-focused firms, their spaces and rental contracts are designed to support the individual phases of their development.Beyond well designed, flexible office space, Factory’s cluster model creates proximity and allows like-minded companies to network, host events together and ultimately build meaningful partnerships and relationships with one another. The environment they strive for on their campuses is open and collaborative – where all parties are supporting each other along their growth trajectory.They have defined six elements at the core of the Factory model: Community, Technology, Events, Partnerships, Communication and Space.While it is intrinsic for the startup community to be open and share with one another, often other actors within society have difficulty in finding an inroad. Factory offers access by the established industry, academia and politicians through a physical manifestation of a city’s technology community.
Quantum Systems — Our vision is to become the global leader in providing aerial data for decision making by the use of our drones.

Sascha is Co-founder of Contentful, the API-driven content management platform. After being Contentful's CEO for more than 10 years, he's now supporting the company strategically.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

vivenu — Take your ticketing to the next level with our API-first platform that lets you manage, market and analyze your ticket sales effortlessly
ValueDesk — Wir machen Kostenoptimierung zu Ihrem Kernprozess.
Weflow — All-in-one workspace to manage your Salesforce pipeline, notes & to-dos. Designed for sales teams who like to move with speed.

Daniel Feyler is an angel investor InsurTech.

Investment focus

Banking, InsurTech, Retirement
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Vinlivt — Vinlivt is a financial sales application. They build retirement homes for retirees. Vinlivt enables the management of all activities for retirement provision and the security of prosperity. Vinlivts services include a sales hub, contracts, VinHub content, and counselor messenger.

Julia Wilde

Investment focus

EdTech, Children, Education
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Kursinsel — We empower children to discover their interests and pursue their passions from the comfort of their homes. Providing access to a large variety of interactive online courses from drawing, dancing, science to Minecraft and many more.

Will·I·Am is an artists and individual investor.

Investment focus

Internet, Medical, Cannabis
Funding Round, Seed
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
Udio — Discover, create, and share music with the world. Use the latest technology to create AI music in seconds.
Sanity Group — Sanity Group is a holistic European Cannabis company focusing on health, wellbeing, and scientific research. To utilize the full potential of its health benefits, Sanity Group is investing in fundamental research of the cannabis plant and its active ingredients as well as in specific areas of application.It was founded in 2018 and headquarteredin Berlin, Germany.

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