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Top 50 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Germany in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Food and beverage startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Germany in November 2024

Investor	Food and Beverage Germany investments
Ralf Dummel	14
Dagmar Wöhrl	9
Nils Glagau	6
Tillman Schulz	5
Mario Götze	5
Christian Edler	5
Verena Pausder	5
Tijen Onaran	4
Ludwig Cramer-Klett	3
Roger Hassan	3
Lea-Sophie Cramer	3
Dennis Aogo	3
Stefan Lemcke	3
Kağan Sümer	3
Steffen Zoller	2
Robin Haak	2
André Schürrle	2
Frank Kühne	2
Wolfgang Mauer	2
Dirk Schneider	2
Marcus Borner	2
Godo Röben	2
Hans Limmer	2
Fredrik Jung Abbou	2
Michael Cortelletti	2
Norbert Lemken	2
Julius Göllner	2
Felix Jahn	2
Gunnar Berning	2
Oskar Hartmann	2
Finn Age Haensel	2
Moritz Heininger	2
Albert Wenger	2
Philipp Kreibohm	2
Ugur Samut	2
Anne Lemcke	2
Arman Anatürk	2
Christoph Behn	2
Robert Maier	2
Nico Rosberg	2
Tobias Fezer	2
Fabian Friede	2
Christian Gaiser	2
Martin Enderle	2
Jochen Engert	2
Jörg Kattner	2
Klaas Heufer-Umlauf	1
Paul Schwarzenholz	1
Günther Rodemeyer	1
Thorsten M. Schiefer	1

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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.

Dagmar Wöhrl

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Snack Food
Angel, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, 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.
Vegablum KG — Vegablum KG's goal with our vegan products is to make the world a little bit better and, above all, delicious. It cares about the environment and all living things. As a result, all of our goods adhere to the highest organic standards and are completely vegan and ecological.
Taste Religion — Taste Religion offers plant-based products that are devoid of toxic ingredients and allow to quickly create restaurant-quality cuisine.

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.

Tillman Schulz

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, E-Commerce
Angel, Seed
Germany, 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.

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.

Christian O. Edler is an investor and entrepreneur with a proven track record in sectors ahead of mainstream adoption. He invests opportunity-driven, sector- and business-model agnostic. Christian built a 10-year track record investing in early-stage ventures and securing exclusive deal flow in primary and secondary growth opportunites. He isco-investing with the best investors and VCs in the world – like Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Christian Angermayer, Gsquared, Bitkraft, Bessemer Ventures, Coatue, Sony, FirstMark Capital, DN Capital, FJ Labs, Moore Capital, Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Left Lane, Insight, Tencent, Hive and many others. Due to his track record, he has access to exclusive opportunities in the EU/US. Christian’s >75 angel startup investments returned over 20x including several unicorns. As an entrepreneur, Christian recruited, educated and led over 1,500 sales people with $500M in annual sales. His primary focus is on world-class entrepreneurs with new categories of ideas and a potential for massive scale. If you like to co-invest with him, follow his syndicate on AngelList: https://angel.co/s/edleredler/fCORTChristian is a Scout Partner of Sequoia Capital, Venture Partner of BITKRAFT VC, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, a former semi-pro alpine skier, and based in Berlin & Los Angeles.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Cloover — Cloover provides a flexible financing solution that allows you to rent renewable technologies and make savings from day 1, completely risk and worry free!
Weflow — All-in-one workspace to manage your Salesforce pipeline, notes & to-dos. Designed for sales teams who like to move with speed.
Visual Layer — Visual Layer is a Tel Aviv based startup providing visual data management platform that scales to billion images and videos.

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.

Tijen Onaran - CEO & Founder @ Global Digital Women

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, FinTech, Education
Angel, Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Logga — Loggä are vegan bread baking mixes containing unique ingredients that only require a little water to be combined. The name alludes to the bread's especially moist texture.
FreeMOM — Through legally verified freelancing, FreeMOM opens up new possibilities for a sustainable work-life balance. Just collaborate with the finest.
Pumpkin Organics — Pumpkin Organics is an innovative baby food concept that values vegetables and good healthy eating from the very first bite. Our recipes are 100% organic with nothing extra – no added sugars, salt, preservatives or additives.

Ludwig Cramer-Klett is an Entrepreneur and Investor.

Investment focus

Food Processing, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Lovely Day Foods — We harness the power of plants and cutting-edge technology to crack the egg.
Kynda — Kynda produces vegan foods and mycelium using accessible biotechnology for meat alternatives. They provide services for agri food companies, consumer packaged goods manufacturers, and biotech companies.

Roger Hassan is the Founding Partner at Shorea Ventures.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Grocery, Medical
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GetHalal — It's an online one-stop-shop for all Halal groceries, Halal fresh meat, fish, vegetables and fruits for all Muslims in Europe. We have multi-ordering channels, 24/7 customer support and offering 2nd-day delivery.
Tupu — Tupu engages in the manufacture and supply of mushroom-based foods.
getvoila — voilà is the Berlin-based company that enables people to enjoy fine dining experiences at home, with nationwide delivery.

Lea-Sophie Cramer (born April 16, 1987 in Berlin , Germany ) is a German entrepreneur . She founded in 2013 together with Sebastian Pollok, the online retailer and manufacturer of Sextoys, Amorelie, whose CEO she has been since. The business magazine Forbes named her in 2016 as one of the "30 under 30 Europe", the leading youngentrepreneurs in Europe. [1]

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, FinTech, Sustainability
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eco.mio — eco.mio enables companies to reach their climate targets while realizing significant savings: Incentivize employees to travel consciously with eco mio's end-to-end integrated software solution.
Circus Group — At Circus, we believe cooking should be a loved hobby but not a daily necessity. Driven by the mission to fuel people's busy every day we are building a radically more convenient, sustainable, and affordable solution in food delivery. Circus was established in 2021 in Hamburg, Germany.
Bling.de — The pocket money card and app that empowers children & teens to be money-smart. Safe, simple and educational.

Dennis Aogo is a German former professional footballer.

Investment focus

Medical, Cannabis, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Sharpist — We offer personalized learning that will help people-centric organizations and teams grow throughout the challenges of today and tomorrow. Learn more!
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.
Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.

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.

Kağan Sümer is the CEO and co-founder of Gorillas.

Investment focus

Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Fashion
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Lovely Day Foods — We harness the power of plants and cutting-edge technology to crack the egg.
Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.
Lonca — Thousands of Turkish clothing including dresses, leggings, crop tops, modest clothing and many more from wholesale clothing vendors in Istanbul

Steffen Zoller - Founder & CEO @ Care With Care

Investment focus

Health Care, E-Commerce, Beauty
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Grovy — Grovy is a q-commerce & grocery delivery provider. Customer order via App or Web and get the order delivered within 10 minutes. The company was founded in Dec 2020 and headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.
voiio — voiio is a leading provider of family benefits for companies and their employees. We make families smile! Our B2B platform enables employees to book and find 1,350+ high quality family services suited to any situation and phase in a family’s life-cycle. Till today hundreds of companies, ranging from SME to Fortune500, trust voiio. Get in touch andfind out how to easily unleash the full economic potential of a family friendly company culture. If you want to have an impact and change the future of work to a better please, get in touch and join our team.
marta — German Version below:marta offers a market place for families, people in need of care and European caregivers. We believe that, on the one hand everyone has the right to receive appropriate care and to age with dignity and on the other hand caregivers should be able to do their work under fair conditions.We are working on software solutions toconnect caregivers with families across Europe and we support both parties during the entire process. In our own families we have seen that the current market is characterized by non-transparent services and does not deliver adequate quality. It is out mission to change that.That is why we at marta pursue the goal of making things better by applying our software solutions to fundamentally rebuilding the "24-hour" care market.Deutsche Version:marta bietet einen Marketplatz für Familien, pflegebedürftige Menschen und europäische Pflegekräfte. Aus unserer Sicht, hat zum einen jede/r das Recht darauf, angemessene Pflege zu erhalten und in Würde zu altern und zum anderen sollten Pflegekräfte unter fairen Bedingungen ihre Arbeit machen können.Wir arbeiten an dem Bau von Softwarelösungen, um Pflegekräfte mit Familien in ganz Europa zu verbinden und während der Betreuung zu begleiten. In unseren eigenen Familien haben wir gesehen, dass der derzeitige Markt von intransparenten Dienstleistungen geprägt ist und keine angemessene Qualität liefert.Deswegen verfolgen wir bei marta das Ziel, es durch unsere Softwarelösungen besser zu machen und den Markt der "24-Stunden" Pflege grundlegend neu aufzubauen.

Robin Eric Haak was born in Hanover, Germany and was graduated from Gymnasium in Hanover. Haak studied political science, law and economics at the University of Salzburg. He later studied media management at Hamburg Media School, as well as University of Hamburg and graduated with an MBA degree.[3] Haak started his career at Versace in New York.Later, he was employed by Axel Springer SE in Berlin.[3][4] where he worked for the Axel Springer Digital Ventures, and co-founded the Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator.[5][6] With this company, he acted as the first investor in the Fintech company N26.[7]After leaving Springer, Haak worked as a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Jobspotting GmbH;[8] the company merged with Smartrecruiters Inc.,[6][9] where he became Shareholder as well as Managing Director; the company later reached an unicorn status.[10][11] Haak holds a stake in the company Woman Inc. UG[12] and founded the company as Chief Marketing Officer.[13][14]He is also shareholder and board member of other companies.[15][16][17] He co-created and built up Revaia, a German and France based Growth Equity Fund, with Environment Social Governance focus, and a crossover investment strategy (public and private investing), with a first fund size of 250 million €.[18] January 2021, he joined the advisory board of Stepstone.

Investment focus

Information Technology, SaaS, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
Germany, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Proofs — The go-to-market for software. AI Agents building proof-of-concept apps and integrations on top your stack
SureIn — small business insurance manager
Kombo — One unified API for HRIS, Payroll & ATS

André Schürrle

Investment focus

Software, Sports, Fantasy Sports
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

LANCH — LANCH is a startup that provides a virtual kitchen and food delivery service.
Virtex Apps — Virtex Apps, LLC is the creator of Virtex Arena, a multiplayer augmented reality competition hosted by sports teams to engage their fans in new ways. During half-time or other breaks in the sport, a new virtual competition can be started which fans can see on the field/court using an app on their own mobile devices. Audience members all seeand interact with the same virtual scene at the same time but from their own perspectives, as though the events were actually happening in front of them. The virtual world provides opportunities for increased advertising/sponsorship revenue, and fans will enjoy an innovative, memorable shared experience that can only occur at the team’s stadium.
Virtex Stadium — Take over the stadium with your friends and view the game live in 3D. You have never been closer to the game before! Join Virtex Stadium now and never miss the live show!

Frank is shareholder and chairman of the food ingredient supplier RAPS, as well as chairman of the ADALBERT RAPS foundation. Fifteen years ago, he took over the business from his father and guided it towards internationalization. RAPS is considered to be one of the leading savory ingredients companies in Europe. Additionally, Frank is engaged in ahandful of food tech startups ranging from growing to processing food, analytics, and replacing existing food.

Investment focus

Food Processing, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Lovely Day Foods — We harness the power of plants and cutting-edge technology to crack the egg.

Wolfgang Mauer

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Dirk Schneider is Co-Founder at BackWerk.

Investment focus

Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.

Marcus Borner is a university drop-out and founded his first company reBuy.com when he was 17 years old. Rebuy became Germany's re-commerce leader, raised ~40M€ in venture capital, now employing over 500 employees and with annual revenues of over 70M€. Besides rebuy Marcus has been shareholder in over a dozen companies from many industriessuch as insurance, food delivery, saas and adtech. He is currently founder and CEO of OptioPay.com a Berlin based fintech-company creating the first payment solution software for marketing payouts. OptioPay offer diverse payout options to increase flexibility and value for payment recipients. Backed by international venture capital investors and banks as shareholders, OptioPay is run by a diverse team of over 30 experts from 12 nations, who love to work hard and have exceptional passion for changing how people receive money.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

unea — Everything you need to level up your retail media and trade marketing business - from consulting, workshops to leading software -
Grovy — Grovy is a q-commerce & grocery delivery provider. Customer order via App or Web and get the order delivered within 10 minutes. The company was founded in Dec 2020 and headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.
Reverse.supply — reverse.supply helps brands & retailers become more sustainable by enabling them to own the resale of their products

Godo Röben is an Investor at Perfeggt.

Investment focus

Food Processing, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Lovely Day Foods — We harness the power of plants and cutting-edge technology to crack the egg.

Hans Limmer

Investment focus

Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.

Fredrik Jung Abbou is a CCO & Co-founder of KRY.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Apps, Grocery
Pre-Seed, Seed
Kenya, Sweden, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
HackCapital — Join FoodTech focused investors looking to back impact-driven founders shaping our food system
Lovely Day Foods — We harness the power of plants and cutting-edge technology to crack the egg.

Michael Cortelletti

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Norbert Lemken

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Julius Göllner is the Co-Founder of ARRtist, SinnRec, GSL - Global Sales Leaders, F&P Stock Solution GmbH, MOODJA, and SIP Distribution. He is also the Founder and Managing Director of eNugget Ventures and the Advisor and Investor for different companies.Julius attended Technische Universität Chemnitz, Yale School of Management, and TampereUniversity.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Kurabu — KURABU verbindet nahtlos eine umfangreiche Verwaltungssoftware mit einer modernen Vereinsapp. Starte jetzt kostenlos & unverbindlich!
VoiceLine — VoiceLine is AI-powered field sales revenue intelligence. Document any customer interactions in seconds, get actionable insights and boost sales performance. Start today!
Cello — Turn users into your most valuable growth channel. Cello is the easiest way to add a P2P referral program to any SaaS product in hours.

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.

Gunnar Berning - CEO @ fromAtoB

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Consulting
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

twago.com — Welcome to the Talent-Pool platform. Talent is family.
Circus — Circus provides convenient, sustainable and affordable solution in food delivery.
Circus Group — At Circus, we believe cooking should be a loved hobby but not a daily necessity. Driven by the mission to fuel people's busy every day we are building a radically more convenient, sustainable, and affordable solution in food delivery. Circus was established in 2021 in Hamburg, Germany.

Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Russian Federation, India

Portfolio highlights

Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.

Finn Age Hänsel, 36, studied Business Administration in Germany, Hungary and New Zealand. Following a 4-year engagement at BCG, he joined Rocket Internet in Australia from 2011 to 2013, as a Managing Director. After founding the largest australian online fashion retailer, THE ICONIC, he went on to become the Managing Director of theProSiebenSat1-Incubator, EPIC Companies. In 2015 he founded the Berliner Berg brewery and became a Business Angel for multiple Berlin start-ups including CrossEngage, SMACC and Einhorn. In November 2015, he joined Movinga as CEO. Finn is also board member in the German Start-up Association. Just recently, he founded the Sanity Group, a European Cannabis company, together with Fabian Friede.

Investment focus

SaaS, Cloud Management, Transaction Processing
Seed, Convertible Note
Germany, India

Portfolio highlights

Grovy — Grovy is a q-commerce & grocery delivery provider. Customer order via App or Web and get the order delivered within 10 minutes. The company was founded in Dec 2020 and headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.
CARS24 — Buy and Sell Used Cars Online at Cars24. Cars24.com offers home inspection to sell your car and provides 100% verified second-hand customer cars at best price with Easy Finance and RC Transfer.
CrossEngage — CrossEngage is a Customer Data & Engagement Platform that combines a customer data platform with cross-channel campaign management capabilities. It easily integrates with all data sources and marketing channels so that customers can keep their existing marketing infrastructure. By enabling a more personalized communication, CrossEngages helpsits clients sustainably increase customer engagement and loyalty.Too many marketing channels - too little orchestration. Many companies and consumers suffer from uncoordinated marketing activities. CrossEngage helps you to deliver a better customer experience through a relevant, consistent cross-channel communication per user. They provide a cross-channel marketing cloud solution that empowers marketing managers to orchestrate their campaigns across all relevant channels (e.g. E-Mail, RTA, Onsite, Push Notifications).According to the Digital Marketers Census 2015, Cross-Channel Marketing is with 58% the highest of all priorities for Digital Marketers in Germany. They help you to solve the challenges in this field and profit from the benefits of an orchestrated cross-channel strategy.

Advising and investing in (pre)seed startups around the world – focusing on go-to-market, B2B sales, internationalization, and company culture.Investments include Keen4Greens (keen4greens.com), HEAT (heat.io), Biovox (biovox.systems), Clearpool (clearpool.finance)I am currently building DiscoEat/ DIDIT. With DIDIT, we are digitizing theway guests pay at restaurants. Within 15 seconds, guests can split and pay their bill, tip, leave a Google review and their email address. DIDIT is 100% customizable to the brand of the restaurant.Career Path: - Consultant - Bain & Company. - Managing Director DACH - Tink Labs/ handy/ hi.com (B2B hospitality tech). - COO - Anchanto.com - Asia's leading eCommerce selling & logistics tech platform. - ManagingDirector - foodpanda (Delivery Hero, formerly Rocket Internet) in Hong Kong and JakartaPersonal: - Fun things I love: Traveling, Reading, Podcasts, Crossfit, Wake Surfing, Dogs - Businesses I love: Food Tech, Restaurant Tech, web3, platform companies - Tasks I love: Company building, Culture building, Organizational development, B2B Sales

Investment focus

Food Processing, Fashion, Blockchain
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Heat — Discover the new, immersive way to shop designer fashion and high end streetwear for both men and women on HEAT. Off-White, Palm Angels and more may be included in the HEAT mystery box.
Kynda — Kynda produces vegan foods and mycelium using accessible biotechnology for meat alternatives. They provide services for agri food companies, consumer packaged goods manufacturers, and biotech companies.
Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Albert Wenger is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Before joining USV, Albert was the president of del.icio.us through the company’s sale to Yahoo and an angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr). He previously founded or co-founded several companies, including a management consulting firm and an early hosted data analytics company. Albert graduatedfrom Harvard College in economics and computer science and holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, Egypt

Portfolio highlights

Brale — Combining the best of CeFi & DeFi.
Terra.do — Learn about climate change and start working on climate change solutions today with the Terra.do community.
Unearthly Materials — Unearthly Materials is a transformative materials company focused on delivering practical room-temperature superconductors and powering the century of superconductivity.

Philipp Kreibohm - born in 1976. After completion of his law studies and PhD at FU Berlin he co-founded Mundwerk AG in Berlin in 2001, which was sold to Excelsis Business Technology AG in 2004. From 2006-2007 Philipp was a lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and in 2007 a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. In 2007 he became foundingManaging Director of Rocket Internet, before he founded FP Commerce in 2009. Later on, this company was renamed to Home24 AG, where he is still the Co-CEO.

Investment focus

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

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academa — Academa primarily offers digital education in administration.
8returns — 8returns is the returns platform that turns your customers into loyal fans, while saving you time and money.
ChefCoco — Chef Coco offers personalized meals delivered daily based on your health and taste preferences.

Ugur Samut - Co-Founder & Board Member @ Gorillas

Investment focus

Food Processing, Fashion, Wholesale
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States

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Kynda — Kynda produces vegan foods and mycelium using accessible biotechnology for meat alternatives. They provide services for agri food companies, consumer packaged goods manufacturers, and biotech companies.
Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.
Lonca — Thousands of Turkish clothing including dresses, leggings, crop tops, modest clothing and many more from wholesale clothing vendors in Istanbul

Anne Lemcke is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Ankerkraut. She attended Box Hill Institute.

Investment focus

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

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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.

Arman Anatürk is Co-Founder @ FoodHack.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Wellness
Seed, Pre-Seed
Spain, Israel, Germany

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Bosque Foods — Kinoko Labs develops the next generation of meat substitutes, starting with whole-cut meat items made from fungal mycelium produced organically. Headquartered in New York.
Libre Foods — MEAT, BUT MAKE IT MUSHROOMS. GET READY TO TASTE THE POWER OF FUNGI
Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Christoph Behn is the Chairman & Founder of better ventures. He previously worked at Die Kartenmacherei as an Advisory Board & Founder. Christoph Behn attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.

Investment focus

Software, Advanced Materials, Manufacturing
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Germany

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42 Watt — 42 Watt is an energy conservation consultancy which strives to reduce costs, save energy and protect the climate.
Halitus — Laser Technology x Gas Dynamics Analysis x Machine Learning.
Strollme — Strollme believes in idea of using resources wisely, they started with stroller which can be reused for next time.

Robert Maier is a Business Angel at Saarbrücker21 and an investor at various companies. Robert was a Founder and Managing Director at Visual Meta. He attended WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Investment focus

Software, Education, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany

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a2zebra — a2zebra is a zebra company that specializes in instructional technology for elementary school kids.
Synctive — Synctive enables equipment-as-a-service and pay-per-use business models for machine and plant manufacturers.
Blockbrain — Blockbrain analyzes millions of transactions on the blockchain to proactively detect threats and opportunities for digital assets you store in crypto wallets and exchanges.The company manages all types of wallets in one secure technology. Track KPIs, be aware of threats, and manage your assets.Blockbrain was established on May 6, 2022 byJohannes Strachwitz in Hamburg, Germany.

Nico Rosberg is a sustainability entrepreneur, investor and 2016 Formula One World Champion.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Logistics, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Germany, France, Italy

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ZeKju — ZeKju provides Messenger Communication for Supply Chains. Leading shippers and logistics service providers rely on ZeKju for efficient transport execution, yard communication and fleet management. With ZeKju, drivers use their favorite messenger (e.g. WhatsApp or Telegram) for everyday tasks while benefiting from features such as auto-translation.
Guided Energy — Guided Energy is the smart energy platform to power the next generation of renewable, electric fleets. Our platform makes it easier and cheaper to charge, operate and manage electric vehicles.
Infinite Machine — Infinite Machine is to create the world's most captivating non-auto vehicles. Infinite Machine initial product, the P1, is a revolutionary new personal electric vehicle that combines innovative performance and usefulness with an industrial-style look. In Infinite Machine's ideal post-car future, environment and people coexist together.

Tobias Fezer

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

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eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Fabian is Sanity Group's Founder and Managing Director. He was the Co-Founder and CMO of locafox.de, a Berlin-based local commerce startup before that.

Investment focus

Grocery, Delivery, E-Commerce
Seed, Convertible Note
Germany

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Grovy — Grovy is a q-commerce & grocery delivery provider. Customer order via App or Web and get the order delivered within 10 minutes. The company was founded in Dec 2020 and headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Christian Gaiser is CEO of Bonial International Group, the global leading network of location-based shopping apps and technology, operating in 11 countries across 4 continents.Having spent time in Silicon Valley in 2008, Christian developed the concept for Bonial due to the entrepreneurial environment he was living in and the amount of flyersand mailers he was accumulating. He thought at that time that there must be a new and different way to reach the consumer that takes the time-honored circular into consideration. The concept was born. In 2008, Christian Gaiser and his team founded kaufDA in Germany, which was quickly honored in 2010 as “the star among location-based services in Germany” by W&V, Germany’s main magazine for communication and promotion. kaufDA has become Germany’s leading network for local retail promotions, initially financed by the venture capital divisions of Deutsche Telekom AG and OTTO Group. In early 2011, kaufDA was acquired by Axel Springer SE, one of Europe’s largest media companies. In just four years, German consumers have used kaufDA to actively open more than 5 billion digital circulars, with kaufDA continuously providing the latest information on more than 247,000 retail outlets in Germany.From Germany, Christian went on to launch the kaufDA concept as Ofertia in Spain, Bonial in France, Lokata in Russia, Guiato in Brazil and Retale in the United States. In 2012, the company was branded as Bonial International Group globally. Since the birth of kaufDA in 2008, Christian and his team have successfully serviced 600 retailers and 12 million consumers. Prior to Bonial, Christian worked in various positions at Goldman Sachs Private Equity in London, at McKinsey & Company in Vienna and Zurich, at the Monitor Group/Ermgassen & Co in London and at SAP Investor Relations in Walldorf. Christian is a graduate of the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar and HEC, Montréal.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Real Estate
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States

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SPARETECH — SPARETECH builds the leading availability platform for industrial spare parts
MYNE Homes — MYNE Homes is a digital co-ownership platform for vacation properties. MYNE Homes was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.

Martin Enderle is a Co-founder & Board member at allmyhomes. Martin previously worked at CEWE Stiftung and Co. KGaA as a Member of the Board of Trustees. He attended Leibniz Universität Hannover and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Investment focus

Big Data, Internet, Payments
Seed, Angel, Series B
Germany, Switzerland

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Caroobi — Caroobi is an integrated marketplace for automotive aftersales. The company's mission is to provide the best end-to-end repair experience with a 100% transparent and easy booking process. They seek to revolutionize the automotive aftersales industry – across Europe and throughout the world.Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered inBerlin, Berlin, Germany.
PriceHubble — Leading the development of innovative real estate valuation, insights and analytics solutions that address the entire real estate value chain.
allO — Discover the best all-in-one restaurant system to manage operation and delight guests.

Jochen Engert - Founder & CEO @ FlixBus

Investment focus

Software, Rental, Shipping
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States, Israel

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Ucaneo — We Leveraging the magic of the human body to remove CO2 from the air.
Ivy — We are building a global API for instant bank payments
LANCH — LANCH is a startup that provides a virtual kitchen and food delivery service.

Jörg Kattner

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Klaas Heufer-Umlauf is a TV moderator.

Investment focus

B2C, Medical, Cannabis
Angel, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

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.
Brandhouse Berlin — We are a Berlin based fashion brandhouse specialised in streetwear brands. Located in the heart of Berlin.

Paul Schwarzenholz - Co-Founder and Managing Director @ zenloop

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Information Services
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Datia — Datia's products automate your sustainability workflows, data collection and reporting. Easily report on the EU Taxonomy, SFDR and more!
Heatle — Heatle engages in the manufacture and supply of an inductive immersion heater that heats liquids in the vessel of your choice.
repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.

Günther Rodemeyer is an independent business angel.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

AllCup — AllCup creates customised heat resistant coatings.

Thorsten M. Schiefer serves as Managing Partner and CEO SlateNetwork Group.

Investment focus

Machine Learning, Waste Management, Food and Beverage
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

SPRK.global — AI-driven technology platform approach to eliminate food waste in the supply chain, while driving down climate damage. Become a partner and scale the impact.

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