# Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in Germany in June 2026 ## Christian Dahlen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Analytics, Information Technology Christian Dahlen is a business angel. He provides expert capital and venture advice to B2B SW startups in Silicon Valley and in Germany. He is a member of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest seed funding organization. Christian was a VP at SAP and held various roles in business strategy and operations. Prior to SAP, he was theGeneral Manager for the Internet and phone business of Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany's largest cable operator. He joined KDG from Excite@Home, and before that was with McKinsey & Co. ## Michael Wax - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Michael Wax is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Forto. ## Hanno Renner - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Hanno Renner is based out of Munich, Bayern and is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Personio Foundation. Hanno previously worked at Quarterdeck Life Ltd as a Skipper of Sailing Yachts. Hanno Renner attended Columbia University. ## Jochen Engert - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Rental, Travel Jochen Engert - Founder & CEO @ FlixBus ## Andre Schwammlein - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Rental, Solar Andre Schwammlein is the CEO of FlixBus DACH. Andre Schwammlein attended FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg. ## Robin Haak - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Robin E. Haak is a German political scientist, tech entrepreneur, operator, and investor with a track record of founding, scaling, and exiting companies—as well as building and managing high-impact funds.He co-founded the AI/ML job matching platform Jobspotting, which later merged with SmartRecruiters. Through the merger, Haak became ashareholder, as well as Global COO and Managing Director of SmartRecruiters, where he built international go-to-market and fundraising operations. Under his leadership the company scaled strongly, surpassing $100M ARR, achieving unicorn status, and was acquired by SAP; SmartRecruiters is now fully integrated into SAP.Beyond that exit, Haak has invested in nearly 100 companies globally, spanning early-stage angel through growth equity. Notable investments include N26 (as the first check investor), Algolia, Aircall, Frontify, Coralogix, Epsor, Planity, Platform.sh, Wo\men Inc., Arx Robotics, and many others.He co-founded Wo\men Inc., a platform advocating for gender equality and diversity in technology, where he contributed as Founder and Chief Marketing Officer.Haak also co-created Revaia, a Paris–Berlin growth equity fund with an ESG and crossover strategy. He was central to raising its first €250 million fund, which has since grown to approximately €600 million assets under management.Today, Haak leads Robin Capital, a Solo GP venture capital firm that has now entered its second fund generation. Starting with €15 million in committed capital in Fund I, Robin Capital has expanded its focus beyond enterprise and B2B SaaS into deeptech, robotics, AI, and highly defensible products. The firm continues to back exceptional founders across Europe, with particular strength in the DACH region.In addition to founding and investing, Haak serves on several boards and advisory roles — including as Advisory Board Member of Slush and Stepstone — leveraging his experience to support founders, guide strategy, and scale businesses.Haak studied Political Science (with emphasis on History, Law, and Theology) at the University of Salzburg, and holds an MBA in Media Management from the Hamburg Media School / University of Hamburg.Outside his professional work, he has a deep interest in viticulture and spends part of each year harvesting grapes at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in Burgundy, which he sees as a grounding counterpoint to the fast pace of venture capital. He also used to fight Muay Thai in Thailand, still trains regularly, and enjoys traveling, cooking, and reading. ## Robert Leshner - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech Robert Leshner is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Superstate. He previously worked at Compound Labs as a Founder. Robert Leshner attended CFA Institute. ## Charlie Songhurst - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics. ## Nicolas Peters - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Nicolas is co-CTO and brings several years of industrial experience in software engineering to the company. Before joining Signavio he worked for SAP India and Sensomi. Nicolas holds an MSc in IT Systems Engineering. ## Daniel Krauss - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Rental, Information Technology Daniel Krauss was born in 1983 in Neheim-Hüsten.He studied Economic Sciences at the FernUniversität Hagen. Daniel has generally worked in the IT area for Marquardt GmbH, IFS AB and Siemens AG. Before co-founding Flixbus in 2011, he was a Technical Account Manager at Microsoft for three years. Now Daniel is CIO of Flixbus, which was able toestablish Europe’s largest intercity bus network. ## Chris Schagen - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS I help developer tech entrepreneurs beginning from crazy idea, through MVP stage, product market fit, go-to-market fit, up to go-to-market scaling. Also I help you get your first 1000 leads. Before, I was the CMO at Contentful and helped it grow from $0m to $50m in ARR, and before that founded 3 companies, including Wooga (exit to Playtika),Linklift, and Mundwerk.I obsess about being customer-centric and customer-driven in building your organization. And I am the curmodgeon who tells you things you need to (but probably don't want to) hear. ## Dario Suter - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, CRM, iOS Dario Suter ## Matthias Hilpert - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Matthias Hilpert - CEO @ MH2 Capital ## Daniel Dines - Type: Angel - Location: Dover, Delaware, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Daniel Dines is based out of New York, New York, and is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Innovation Officer of UiPath. Daniel Dines attended the University of Bucharest. ## Julius Göllner - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Julius Göllner - Co-Founder @ ARRtist Summit ## Nate Mitchell - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Virtual Reality Nate Mitchell is the Chief Product Officer of Sesame. Nate Mitchell was the Co-Founder and vice president of product at Oculus, the company that’s bringing immersive virtual reality technology to the world. Nate currently heads up Oculus product development, including the highly anticipated Oculus Rift headset. Before Oculus, Nate worked on theproduct teams at Gaikai, the cloud-gaming company acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2012, and at Scaleform, developers of the leading user interface solution for the video game industry, which was acquired by Autodesk in 2011. ## Andreas Kupke - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Drones, EdTech, GovTech Andreas Kupke is the COO at Finanzcheck.de. ## Andreas Perreiter - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Software, B2B Andreas Perreiter is a co-founder of amaysim, a mobile service company based in Australia. Previously, he was the managing director of ampage Ventures & Consulting. Perreiter studied at the Technical University of Munich. ## David Rosskamp - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Blockchain David Rosskamp is the Founding Partner of Magnetic, a technology investor for critical industries. Before Magnetic, he co-managed June Fund, investing a series of funds. He started his investing career as a technology investor at Earlybird. Prior to that, he built up Saatchi Art, the world's largest art platform, gallery and community.David holds an M.A. with distinction from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), a Master of Law and Business from WHU and legal degrees (Staatsexamen, LL.B.) with distinction from Bucerius Law School. ## Ian Hogarth - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Ian Hogarth is based out of London, England, and is the Chairman of Phasecraft. Ian previously worked at Songkick as a Chairman. Ian Hogarth attended the University of Cambridge. ## Susanne Klatten - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Computer, Electronics, Innovation Management Susanne Klatten is an entreprenuer and investor. ## Torsten Reil - Type: Angel - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Torsten Reil is Co Founder and CEO at Helsing. He holds a BA in Biology from Oxford University and an MSc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems from Sussex University. Prior to founding NaturalMotion, Torsten was researching for a PhD in Complex Systems at Oxford University’s Zoology department, from which he spun off NaturalMotion.Torsten hasbeen named amongst MIT’s TR100 global top innovators, Next-Gen’s 25 People in the Games Industry, and Develop magazine’s 25 Game Changers. ## Mirko Novakovic - Type: Angel - Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS CEO at Dash0 Angel Investor at New Forge ## Georgina Smallwood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Software, Children Georgie Smallwood is the Chief Product Officer at N26. In her role, Georgie leads the global product strategy and the team responsible for its delivery. With over 12 years experience in global digital and software companies such as Xero, News Ltd and Scout24, her leadership, strategic thinking and operational effectiveness has benefited from herbreadth of experience. Leading large teams in multiple locations, Georgie leans into the challenges of scaling global businesses and believes that growth and change are always successful when done with high levels of communication (verbal and non verbal) and respect throughout an organization. ## Mario Götze - Type: Angel - Location: German, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Mario Götze is a professional footballer. ## Christophe Maire - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services Christophe F. Maire is the Founding Partner and CEO of Atlantic Labs, a Berlin-based seed investor dedicated to identifying and investing in innovative digital startup companies. In the last 20+ years, Christophe has built an international track record both as a founder; including gate5 (sold first to Nokia and later developed into HERE and sold tothe German automotive industry) and Plazes.com (also sold to Nokia); and as a farsighted investor named best “European Seed Investor” by Techcrunch two years running. Exited investments include Brands4Friends (eBay), Readmill (Dropbox); StudiVZ, Fyber and Plista. Recent investments led by Atlantic Labs include Medigo, Clue, Jodel, and Campanda, amongst others. Christophe remains actively involved in all his investments, including as a board member of Soundcloud, EyeEm, and Monoqi, and an active promoter of the Berlin startup ecosystem. ## Jack Fuchs - Type: Angel - Location: San Mateo, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Human Resources, SaaS, Solar Mr. Fuchs has a deep understanding of marketing and sales, business development, finance and corporate strategy. Before joining NextBio, Mr. Fuchs was CFO of ForteBio, a private life science company. Previously, he has held Finance, Business Development, Sales, Marketing, and Product Management positions at a number of private companies includingIPWireless and Lumitrend. Mr. Fuchs also held several senior positions with Becton Dickinson & Company including Vice President of e-Business, North American Business Leader, Vice President Worldwide Marketing, and Director of Corporate Planning. In addition, Mr. Fuchs was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company, where his client focus was health care and wireless communications. Mr. Fuchs is also a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Haas School of Business at The University of California at Berkeley. He also teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University in the graduate engineering school. He holds an AB in Engineering Sciences with Honors from Dartmouth College and he received his MBA from Stanford University as an Arjay Miller Scholar. ## Moritz Zimmermann - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Private Equity - Focus: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce Platforms Moritz co-founded hybris in 1997 with an idea for a highly innovative packaged e-commerce application that has now evolved into a leading platform for multichannel communication and sales. With his team, he develops innovative products for hybris clients and supports their e-commerce and PIM multichannel strategies. Moritz holds an MBA from MunichSchool of Management and a bachelor’s degree from the University of St. Gallen. ## Tobias Tschoetsch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Soccer Tobias Tschoetsch is the founder and managing director of Tschoetsch holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and master’s degree in management from Berlin, Germany. ## Roland Fassauer - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Roland Fassauer is the Co-Founder HeyLara.de at l1r1.ai. He was a CIO at RECHNUNG.de/ Decimo gmbH. He attended Leipzig University. ## Eduard Kucera - Type: Angel - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence Eduard Kucera is a Member of the Board of Directors at AVAST Software since February 2014. Eduard was the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors from the incorporation of AVAST Software a.s. in December 2006 until January 2014. Since 1991, Eduard was responsible for the activities of our predecessor entity, ALWIL Software partnership.From 1991 to 2009, Eduard also served as AVAST Chief Executive Officer, directing day-to-day operations that included the transition to a free software distribution model in 2002. Prior to co-founding AVAST, Eduard was a Computer Hardware Specialist at the Czech Computer Research Institute (VUMS). In 2009, Eduard was named Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year 2009" for the Czech Republic. Eduard holds a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences degree in experimental Physics from Charles University in Prague. ## Jeremy Yap - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests across North America and Europe. ## Stephan Berendsen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Software, Wearables Stephan Berendsen is a Founder and Managing Director of Germany-based Berendsen Holding GmbH. ## Stefan Tietze - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Service Industry Stefan Tietze is a founder of gebraucht.de. ## Paul Schwarzenholz - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Paul Schwarzenholz - Co-Founder and Managing Director @ zenloop ## Johannis Hatt - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Gaming Johannis Hatt is one of the founders of Productsup. ## Gary Bradski - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Beauty, Animation, 3D Technology Gary Bradski is the Board Member at Occipital Inc.Gary is the creator (and active director) of OpenCV. He recently founded Industrial Perception, and has been involved in several other computer vision related companies in the past, including VideoSurf and Willow Garage. Gary has his finger on the pulse of everything computer vision related,which makes him an enormous technical asset. ## Alfred Bauer - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Robotics, Security Alfred Bauer - Founder and CEO @ Articon-Integralis ## Richard Schwenke - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity - Focus: SaaS, Software, Marketing Richard Schwenke ## Patrick Andrae - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Travel, FinTech, Tourism Patrick Andrae is based out of Berlin, Berlin and is the Co-Founder & CEO of HomeToGo. Patrick previously worked at Home24 as a Director Business Development. Patrick Andrae attended the University of Münster. ## Christoph Behn - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Advanced Materials 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. ## Walter Kortschak - Type: Angel - Location: Aspen, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Walter Kortschak is the Managing Partner at Firestreak Ventures. He attended Caltech, Oregon State University, and the University of California, Los Angeles. ## Rolf Schromgens - Type: Angel - Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Travel Rolf Schromgens - Co-Founder @ leadership.sprouts ## Erik Muttersbach - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Erik Muttersbach is the Co-Founder, CTO, and Managing Director of Forto. ## Julian Teicke - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, InsurTech, Insurance Julian Teicke is the Founder and Partner of The Delta. He previously worked at wefox as a Founder and CEO. Julian Teicke attended the University of St.Gallen. ## Stephan Schuller - Type: Angel - Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Debt Collections, Embedded Systems Stephan Schuller ## Felix Haas - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Local, Mobile, Sports 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. ## Louis Pfitzner - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, B2B, Internet Co-CEO at CleanHub, Entrepreneur (Salonmeister, Treatwell, CAYA, Lieferheld/Delivery Hero) and Angel Investor. Passionate about building companies (marketplaces & SaaS), especially in the SMB space. ## Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Nadav Ben-Chanoch ## Patrick Pichette - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Patrick Pichette is based out of London, England, and is the Partner of Inovia Capital and also Board Member of Cohere. Patrick Pichette previously worked at Twitter as a Board of Directors. Patrick Pichette attended the University of Oxford. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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