Top 5 Franchise Startup Investors in Germany in May 2026
A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Franchise startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Franchise companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.
Top 5 Franchise Startup Investors in Germany in May 2026
| Investor | Franchise Germany investments |
|---|---|
| Dirk Schneider | 3 |
| Hans Limmer | 2 |
| kopa ventures | 2 |
| Matthias Willenbacher | 1 |
| Food Retail Ventures | 1 |
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Dirk Schneider
Dirk Schneider is Co-Founder at BackWerk.
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- Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.
Hans Limmer
Hans Limmer
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- Franchise, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Funding Round
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Pottsalat — Pottsalat provider of delivery service intended to deliver freshly prepared salads & Bowls.
kopa ventures
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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- Energy Management, Solar, Energy
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Daato — One platform for all your key ESG reporting frameworks. Simple, efficient, and compliant.
- Pluvion — Pluvion is an innovative Water Tech company that provides sophisticated and forward-thinking software solutions for water management. It aims to maximize the efficiency and sustainability of water infrastructures by offering innovative technologies for monitoring and optimizing water and wastewater networks.
- E-mobilio — E-mobilio is a consulting and mediation platform for electromobility.
Matthias Willenbacher
Matthias Willenbacher is an entrepreneur, investor and visionary in the field of renewable energies and sustainability.
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- Energy, Battery, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany
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.
Food Retail Ventures
Venture capital Retail technology Food technology Early stage investment Retail startups
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Israel
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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