Top 5 Franchise Startup Investors in Germany (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Dirk Schneider
Angel
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3 | Germany | Venture - Series Unknown | Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage | $2.4M–$3.3M |
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kopa ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Management | $736k–$218M |
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Hans Limmer
Angel
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2 | Germany | Venture - Series Unknown | Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage | $2.4M–$3.3M |
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Matthias Willenbacher
Angel
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1 | Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Energy Management, SaaS, Energy | $10M–$10M |
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Food Retail Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Israel | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $1.1M–$13M |
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Dirk Schneider is Co-Founder at BackWerk.
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- Industry: Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $2.4M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.
kopa is a venture capital investment firm. kopa ventures, formerly Wi Venture, is a leading early-stage impact investment firm focusing on Europe's most innovative climate tech startups in the areas of Energy, Mobility, and Nature & Carbon Tech. Since its inception in 2017, Wi Venture has successfully invested in over 25 incubations andstartups, resulting in numerous exits, an IPO, and more achievements on the horizon.As an early-stage investor, we prioritize the impact potential of startups during our investment decision-making process. Our mission is to support and empower these groundbreaking startups as they develop cutting-edge solutions to foster a climate-positive economy.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy Management
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $736k–$1.5M; Series A $7.4M–$218M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Limatica — Limatica is a BatteryTech/DeepTech startup founded in Chemnitz. Through the founder's deep understanding of battery diagnosis it was possible to develop a novel measurement method to qualify cells in battery production - faster and more cost-efficient than ever before.
- Tomorrow — Sustainable banking. Green Finance. A credit card that is ecological, ethical and uses your money to generate a positive environmental impact. A bank that funds and promotes Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Wind Power and sustainable agriculture.
- Green Fusion — Green Fusion is developing a cloud-based energy manager for the intelligent control of heat, electricity, and e-mobility. The focus here is on hybrid heating systems in buildings such as heat pumps + gas boilers and the coupling to photovoltaic systems and electric vehicle charging stations.
Hans Limmer
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- Industry: Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $2.4M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.
Matthias Willenbacher is an entrepreneur, investor and visionary in the field of renewable energies and sustainability.
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- Industry: Energy Management, SaaS, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Series A $10M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- E-mobilio — E-mobilio is a consulting and mediation platform for electromobility.
- Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.
- VoltStorage — VoltStorage develops and produces solar energy storage systems based on the eco-friendly Redox Flow technology to store surplus solar energy by day and use it during periods of low sunshine. With its sustainable energy storage solutions, VoltStorage follows the vision of making 100 percent renewable energy available around the clock – and thusmaking the world cleaner and fairer for future generations.
Venture capital Retail technology Food technology Early stage investment Retail startups
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4M; Series A $4.5M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.5M–$8.3M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FoodMaven — FoodMaven is a food distributor, bringing agility and flexibility to the big food system. It sells local and oversupplied food–lost food–to commercial kitchens, at about half price. Its zero-waste sustainability philosophy means unsold food is donated to food banks, animal feed, and composting operations, benefiting both hunger initiatives and theenvironment. With its Internet marketplace, big data optimization technology, and agile logistics model, FoodMaven is for profits, for people, and for the planet.The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs.
- Veeve — Shopper engagement platform for the physical store
- Flashfood — Get massive savings on fresh food items like meat and produce that are nearing their best before date at grocery stores across Canada and the U.S.
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