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Top 50 Impact Angel Investors in Germany

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

Top 50 Impact Angel Investors in Germany

Investor	Impact Germany investments
Ralf Dummel	4
Louis Pfitzner	4
Kai Hansen	4
David Balensiefen	4
Felix Jahn	3
Christian Vollmann	3
Kristofer Fichtner	3
Andreas Brenner	3
Andy Booke	3
Gabor Cselle	3
Christoph Behn	3
Philipp Kloeckner	3
Lawrence Leuschner	3
Beate Rosenthal	2
Philipp Andernach	2
Dr. Gregor Heinrich	2
Lukasz Gadowski	2
Karim Tabet Jalbout	2
Mark Miller	2
Matthias Ernst	2
Benedikt Franke	2
Wilfried Gillrath	2
Fabian Strüngmann	2
Stefan Gross-Selbeck	2
Christoph Ostermann	2
ISB Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz	2
Jan-Hendrik Goldbeck	2
Maximilian Odendahl	2
Anna Alex	2
Peter Mertens	2
Torge Thönnessen	2
Nikolaus D. Bayer	2
Alf Arnold	2
Prince Maximilian	2
Leopold König	2
Michael Brehm	2
Judith Williams	2
Friedrich A. Neuman	2
Georg Kofler	1
Lin Gong Deutschmann	1
Fahri Yardim	1
Martin Weber	1
Marcus Stahl	1
Ingo Hoff	1
Andre Schwammlein	1
Anne Lemcke	1
Sebastian Mertens	1
Ralf Christian	1
Oliver Merkel	1
Bryant Chou	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.

Co-CEO at CleanHub, entrepreneur (Salonmeister / Treatwell, CAYA, Delivery Hero) and Angel Investor. Passionate about company building (marketplace and SaaS) especially when it's in the SMB space.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Photography, E-Commerce Platforms
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany, Greece, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Enter — baupal seeks to democratize sustainable and customized architecture, making design, energy assessments, permitting and cost evaluations more accessible and straightforward for private builders and smaller construction projects. baupal is an online building application service that takes advantage of digital processes and efficient team structuresto streamline design, planning and permitting processes for a range of small-scale projects.baupal was established in December, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
METYCLE — The B2B marketplace for global scrap metal trading. We give the world access to scrap metal.
Wikifarmer — A free online knowledge library where professional or amateur farmers can find best practices on growing their fields more effectively and an online marketplace where farmers can sell their products to buyers directly. Our vision is to create a fair, transparent and profitable environment for all the farming world. Farmers are dedicating theirlives in cultivating their fields, but get the lowest value of all the sales cycle, so we believe they need to receive a more fair share. Buyers have the right to have more options and buy at better prices, so we want to be the ones to solve this inequality in both sides.

business angel // entrepreneur // founder lieferando.de // boardmember booksy.com

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United Kingdom, Italy

Portfolio highlights

autarc — We supercharge installers with our OS to become heat pump champions
qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
Cylib — The cylib process transfers waste from end of life batteries or production scrap into marketable products. Cylib covers all steps from the discharging of batteries up to hydrometallurgical extraction. Since the whole process is in one hand, also the processing of production scraps as well as black mass is possible.

David Balensiefen - CEO and Founder @ gridX

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Sustainability, SaaS
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

autarc — We supercharge installers with our OS to become heat pump champions
Heimladen — Heimladen is a renewable energy source that drives human mobility. They offer a platform that acts as a real estate partner, controls the charging infrastructure, and takes care of project planning while keeping costs low, and enabling tenants.
Greenflash — Greenflash places a premium on quality, efficiency, and client happiness. We collaborate with world-class partners to deliver you high-quality components and cutting-edge technologies. Our customized energy solutions are tailored to your specific needs and circumstances in order to get the best potential outcome for you.

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.
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.
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.

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.

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.

Andreas Brenner

Investment focus

B2B, Timber, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

CleanHub — Become plastic neutral with CleanHub and prevent ocean bound plastic before it can cause damage
Timber Base — We digitize one of the oldest industries of mankind: The Timber Industry. We change the way timber is traded all over the world: fast, easy and transparent.

Andy Booke

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Battery, Semiconductor
Angel, Seed, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Voltfang — We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network.
Heimladen — Heimladen is a renewable energy source that drives human mobility. They offer a platform that acts as a real estate partner, controls the charging infrastructure, and takes care of project planning while keeping costs low, and enabling tenants.
Greenflash — Greenflash places a premium on quality, efficiency, and client happiness. We collaborate with world-class partners to deliver you high-quality components and cutting-edge technologies. Our customized energy solutions are tailored to your specific needs and circumstances in order to get the best potential outcome for you.

Gabor Cselle is a Partner at Area 120, Google's internal startup incubator. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising startup Namo Media which was [acquired by Twitter in 2014.

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, Renewable Energy, Internet
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

gridX — Combine powerful IoT and cloud infrastructure with flexible modules to build customized and cost-efficient digital energy solutions through XENON.
Neptyne — Neptyne is making spreadsheets programmable
Voltfang — We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network.

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

Portfolio highlights

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.

Philipp has been product manager and inhouse SEO at the market leading price comparison in Germany (Idealo.de) for 6 years. He specializes in the fields of accessability, crawlability and onpage optimization of websites with 1M+ subpages.Since 2011 Philipp Klöckner focuses on search consultancy and angel investing to share his experience insearch marketing, product and business intelligence with publishing houses, e-commerce companies and start-ups as an independent consultant and angel investor.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Banking, FinTech
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Montamo — Montamo trains lateral entrants with standardized methods. We rely on both our on-site academy and our digital learning software.
Graswald — Graswald engages in the creation of natural and digital 3D worlds for the entertainment industry.
bunch — bunch is the operating system (OS) for private market investing, handling digital entity creation, seamless investor onboarding and portfolio management. The company's platform focuses on saving time, money and mental energy by eliminating legacy intermediaries, overwhelming regulatory complexity, and low-tech administration.Operating acrosslegal structures, asset classes and jurisdictions allows bunch to fully unlock private markets for everyone, enabling businesses and investors to make private markets easy, cost-efficient and fast.

Lawrence Leuschner is the CEO & Co-Founder at TIER Mobility.

Investment focus

Software, Environmental Consulting, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom, India

Portfolio highlights

Cylib — The cylib process transfers waste from end of life batteries or production scrap into marketable products. Cylib covers all steps from the discharging of batteries up to hydrometallurgical extraction. Since the whole process is in one hand, also the processing of production scraps as well as black mass is possible.
Bonnet — Bonnet is the easy way to charge your EV on the go. Access more than 3000 public chargers around the world. It's the must-have app for electric vehicle drivers everywhere.
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.

Beate Rosenthal

Investment focus

Recycling, Manufacturing, Sustainability
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.

Philipp Andernach - Founder, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer @ Service Partner ONE

Investment focus

B2B, Recycling, Marketplace
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Enter — baupal seeks to democratize sustainable and customized architecture, making design, energy assessments, permitting and cost evaluations more accessible and straightforward for private builders and smaller construction projects. baupal is an online building application service that takes advantage of digital processes and efficient team structuresto streamline design, planning and permitting processes for a range of small-scale projects.baupal was established in December, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
METYCLE — The B2B marketplace for global scrap metal trading. We give the world access to scrap metal.

Dr. Gregor Heinrich is a CTO at creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft. He attended Leipzig University.

Investment focus

Recycling, Manufacturing, Sustainability
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.

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 — Carsharing nach Kilometern statt Minuten. MILES Autos und Transporter einfach per App mieten und losfahren!

Karim Jalbout, based in London, leads the Digital and eCommerce segments of Egon Zehnder’s Technology and Communications Practice in Europe. Karim also leads the firm’s Chief Marketing Officers Practice in the UK. He is a trusted advisor to private equity, family-owned businesses, and start-ups at the C-suite and board levels. Karim has servedclients across hospitality, travel, publishing, financial services, telecommunications, pure play, and retail. He has deep experience in emerging markets, particularly India.Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Karim was Global Head of Propositions & Sales at Sony Ericsson Mobile, where he drove early investment in the Android platform. Previously, Karim gained more than a decade of FMCG experience with Diageo. He started his career working in Brand Management for Guinness in Canada, then moved to London as Brand Controller Guinness and Malta Guinness for the Africa region. Karim subsequently led Baileys in the UK market and was Marketing Director for Guinness in Europe, including Ukraine and Russia. Karim earned a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Canada and completed the Executive Education program at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has been a key speaker at the Digital Innovation Summit as well as for Endeavour (a global entrepreneur network) and LIFE (an international non-profit organization for Lebanese Executives in Finance).

Investment focus

Battery, CleanTech, Chemical Engineering
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cylib — The cylib process transfers waste from end of life batteries or production scrap into marketable products. Cylib covers all steps from the discharging of batteries up to hydrometallurgical extraction. Since the whole process is in one hand, also the processing of production scraps as well as black mass is possible.

MARK MILLER is a co-founder and partner at LearnLaunch. Miller is a lifelong entrepreneur since winning the business plan competition at Cornell University and building one of the earliest first education publishing subscription businesses. As a result of his own company exits and leading the sale of two companies he advised, Miller founded andserves as Managing Partner of Good Harbor Partners (GHP). GHP provides strategy consulting, outsourced corporate development and advisory M&A services to some of the top companies in the education marketplace.Miller has co-founded, built and/or served as Executive Chairman or CEO for leading publishing, technology and community companies. Many of these companies have had successful exits, including CollegiateLink, TakeNote, The Daily Jolt and The Custom Publishing Group.Miller was tapped by a set of leading University CIOs to commercialize CUPID and developed the first SaaS based on-demand publishing platform. NetPaper oﬀered a new model for creation and consumption of textbook, journal and scholarly monograph content.Miller is a Cornellian and he currently serves on the The Cornell University Entrepreneurship Advisory Council. He was also was recognized for his contributions at Cornell and was tapped and serves as a member of the Quill and Dagger Honorary Society.

Investment focus

EdTech, Recycling, E-Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Edu101 — 101 builds mobile-first teaching and assessment tools specifically for college STEM courses. Its first app, Chem101, replaces the clicker and provides tools for chemistry professors to engage their students in the classroom. Chem101 features a module that allows students to intuitively draw and visualize Lewis structures on their mobile devices.Its mobile platform enables instructors to engage students in the classroom, assign homework, and provide on-the-go reinforcement.101 Edu was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.

Matthias Ernst is a Managing Partner at ARRtist. He previously worked at XLETIX and attended IESE Business School.

Investment focus

CleanTech, Software, Clean Energy
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

trawa — The partner for renewable and affordable electricity for businesses. Get electricity directly from solar and windparks with corporate PPAs.
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.

Benedikt Franke is the co-founder of Helpling.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Acto — Acto is a SaaS software provider that caters to B2B sales leaders. The company leverages artificial intelligence to automate data analytics, providing valuable insights to sales teams about potential risks and opportunities in account management. Acto's platform is designed to enhance the performance of sales teams and drive business growth.It links all data in one place and proactively informs teams about sales opportunities and risks in their customers. This eliminates the need for lengthy searches in Excel reports and allows for a more streamlined and efficient sales process.
trail — Trail offers a straightforward approach to implementing AI Governance, empowering developers and businesses to create reliable AI solutions
forward earth — Next-Gen carbon management for a sustainable future. AI-driven, automated, compliant, fast, and secure. Be prepared for requirements of CSRD, SFRD, EU-Taxonomy, and kick-start your carbon reduction and abatement program. White-label options for partners.

Wilfried Gillrath served as CEO of the LichtBlick Group.

Investment focus

Marketing, Recycling, Wind Energy
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Caeli Wind — Caeli Wind is a cloud-based intelligent platform that identifies wind potential areas and enables marketing.
Wildplastic — The first trash bag that actually cleans up the planet
Recycle hero — Recycle hero is a sustainable pickup-service for recyclable waste.

Fabian Strüngmann

Investment focus

GreenTech
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

The Landbanking Group — Invest in a new asset class for regeneration: Nature Equity. The Landbanking Group provides a market infrastructure to transform nature positive outcomes into tradable assets. Support the preservation and restoration of Nature at scale.

As one of Germany’s most accomplished executives in the digital space, Stefan Groß-Selbeck has been successfully building, launching and running digital businesses and platforms for more than 15 years. He is passionate about establishing new markets and businesses and transforming traditional industries with his first-hand experience as anexecutive in highly innovative digital companies. Stefan currently serves as Global Managing Partner of BCG Digital Ventures. In this role, he manages the operation and growth of the company on a global scale, offering his significant expertise to a growing team of innovators across the world in sectors including consumer, mobility and financial services. Prior to DV, Stefan was the CEO of XING AG, Europe’s leading social network for professionals. He held leadership roles at eBay, including his position as the VP and Managing Director of eBay Germany, eBay’s biggest market outside of the U.S. During this time, he grew eBay Germany to over $10B in gross merchandise volume and $1B in revenues. He has also served as Managing Director at ProSieben Digital Media GmbH and Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group GmbH.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, B2B
Seed, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Seqana — X-Ray-Vision” Monitoring SaaS, for Soil Organic Carbon. To fight climate change, we enable Project Developers and Agri-Food Corporates to measure and understand soil carbon sequestration in an ultra low cost, fast, precise, and affordable way. At planetary scale!
CleanHub — Become plastic neutral with CleanHub and prevent ocean bound plastic before it can cause damage
GlassDollar — GlassDollar is the go-to enabler of innovation partnering for large- and medium-sized corporations. Our marketplace of startup solutions and our Innovation Project management software help innovation teams to source, manage, and successfully scale impactful startup collaborations within their organizations.

Christoph Ostermann is a Co-Founder at Sonnen.

Investment focus

Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Energy
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Numbat — Numbat is a clean-tech company from Kempten (Allgäu). The competence lies in the development and production, as well as the operation of High-Power charging solutions with integrated battery storage system. The goal is to establish Europe's densest High-Power charging infrastructure to support e-mobility and its challenges. The battery storagereduces electricity costs and eases the burden on grids, while the integrated fast charging station allows customers/visitors/employees to fully charge their electric vehicles within 15 minutes. Depending on the location, the Numbats can be provided free of charge in a platform model. With its patented climate protection technology and multi-lifecycle approach, the Numbat is the most sustainable solutions on the market.
ESFORIN SE — ESFORIN SE is a fully digital energy company, offering modularly integrable energy solutions – for both, power and gas.
Efficient Energy Technology — Efficient Energy Technology makes renewable energy simple, safe, and dependable for everyone. Efficient Energy Technology develops a small power plant consisting of photovoltaic and storage for complete self-installation.

ISB Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Ride Sharing
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Sdui — Sdui is the solution for mobile communication in schools. With amazingly easy features for messaging, timetables and a wide range of third party integrations, the app digitizes processes and reduces administrative effort. Within two years, Sdui has reached hundreds of institutions and grown a serious reputation in the educational market.
Kumpan Electric — Kumpan electric (e-bility GmbH) is a manufacturer of E-Scooters and offers e-mobility solutions and portable energy storage systems– made inEurope! Kumpan electric develops, produces, and sells stylish electric vehicles (20-120 km/h) and energy storage systems for end consumers, fleets, and sharing companies (B2C, B2B).
Hintbox — Whistleblower-System, Hinweisgebersystem, SaaS

Jan-Hendrik Goldbeck

Investment focus

GreenTech, Marketplace, Construction
Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Schüttflix — Schüttflix is a digital marketplace and delivery platform for bulk construction supplies such as sand, crushed rock, and gravel.
The Landbanking Group — Invest in a new asset class for regeneration: Nature Equity. The Landbanking Group provides a market infrastructure to transform nature positive outcomes into tradable assets. Support the preservation and restoration of Nature at scale.

Maximilian Odendahl - CEO & Co-Founder @ Silexica

Investment focus

Battery, CleanTech, Chemical Engineering
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cylib — The cylib process transfers waste from end of life batteries or production scrap into marketable products. Cylib covers all steps from the discharging of batteries up to hydrometallurgical extraction. Since the whole process is in one hand, also the processing of production scraps as well as black mass is possible.

In 2012 Anna together with her co-founder Julia launched OUTFITTERY with the vision to create a shopping experience for men that is convenient, fun and inspiring. Today, OUTFITTERY serves individual outfits to over 600k men in eight countries and Anna is one of the most famous female entrepreneurs in Europe. In 2016, she was voted amongst Europe’s“Inspiring Fifty”, the 50 most inspirational women in tech. Prior to OUTFITTERY Anna lead the IT of the Swiss group buying platform DeinDeal in Zurich. She studied economic sociology in Freiburg and Paris.

Investment focus

CleanTech, Information Technology, Big Data
Pre-Seed, Seed
Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

AIRMO — Airmo is a space tech company that offers an independent data source that locates, quantifies, and tracks carbon dioxide and methane emissions through a small satellite constellation.
finres — finres is a science-based firm that uses artificial intelligence, big data, and research to increase food system resilience in the face of climate change by making investment decision-making robust and quick, as well as providing a comprehensive algorithmic solution for recognizing and assessing climate risks in order to prioritize adaptationefforts.
forward earth — Next-Gen carbon management for a sustainable future. AI-driven, automated, compliant, fast, and secure. Be prepared for requirements of CSRD, SFRD, EU-Taxonomy, and kick-start your carbon reduction and abatement program. White-label options for partners.

Peter Mertens

Investment focus

Software, Automotive, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Certivity — Certivity offers software to model digital regulatory twins of their products. This will ensure that current regulatory requirements are integrated in the right place in the engineering process. Product compliance will be smarter, safer, more transparent, more efficient, and significantly cheaper.
DeepDrive — We are DeepDrive. We are powered by fusion. Absolute professionalism mixed up with our deeply rooted urge to discover. Deep expertise meets revolutionary innovations.
Moonblock — Moonblock is a tool to navigate Web3 with the right insights with a Web3 Brand Intelligence platform.

Torge Thönnessen is the Co-founder and CEO at Custom Cells.

Investment focus

Battery, CleanTech, Chemical Engineering
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cylib — The cylib process transfers waste from end of life batteries or production scrap into marketable products. Cylib covers all steps from the discharging of batteries up to hydrometallurgical extraction. Since the whole process is in one hand, also the processing of production scraps as well as black mass is possible.

Nikolaus invests in early stage ventures focusing on software, artificial intelligence, digitalisation and process optimisation, not only but mostly in Germany. Before converting himself into an angel investor, he co-founded and headed risk management solution provider IRIS Analytics, which was eventually acquired by IBM in 2015. Nikolaus holds adiploma in computer science from RWTH Aachen university, and fluently speaks German, English and Spanish.

Investment focus

Education, SaaS, EdTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

limbiq.com — limbiq is a centralized software platform designed to help businesses achieve end-to-end supply chain visibility and real-time updates, even on the SKU level, across all modes of transport. Our customers enjoy productivity gains of 60% or more, and cost savings of 40-60% due to lower safety stock levels and reduced process-related costs. With limbiq, you can collaborate seamlessly with all your partners along the supply chain and be automatically alerted when schedules change. Schedule a free personalized demo to see how limbiq can work for you and your team.
Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.
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.

Alf Arnold is a member of Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg.

Investment focus

Recycling, Manufacturing, Sustainability
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.

HSH Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein is the Chairman of LGT.

Investment focus

EdTech, FinTech, Tutoring
Seed, Series C, Series D
Germany, India

Portfolio highlights

LIQID Investments — LIQID is a Berlin-based digital wealth manager focused on affluent private clients. For a fraction of the traditional minimum investment, it offers its clients digital access to investment strategies and opportunities previously available only to high-net-worth and institutional investors. In addition to tailored wealth management from € 100,000,this includes professionally curated portfolios of top quartile private equity, venture capital and real estate funds from € 200,000. For the last three years, the company has been named Germany’s best wealth manager by the country’s leading business monthly, Capital*. As of early July 2021, LIQID manages in excess of € 1.4 billion (US$ 1.7 billion) for its clients. The company is backed by investors including LGT, Toscafund Asset Management, HQ Trust, Project A and Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures.*Please find the full Capital test here (Capital Test: Edition 07/21): https://www.capital.de/p/plus/geld-immobilien/vermoegensverwalter--das-perfekte-rezept-30574892.html
Vedantu — Join the League of Toppers with Vedantu LIVE 1-To-1 online classes for your K12 and competitive exam preparation.
The Landbanking Group — Invest in a new asset class for regeneration: Nature Equity. The Landbanking Group provides a market infrastructure to transform nature positive outcomes into tradable assets. Support the preservation and restoration of Nature at scale.

Leopold König is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at Customcells. He was a Research Fellow at Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology.

Investment focus

Battery, CleanTech, Chemical Engineering
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cylib — The cylib process transfers waste from end of life batteries or production scrap into marketable products. Cylib covers all steps from the discharging of batteries up to hydrometallurgical extraction. Since the whole process is in one hand, also the processing of production scraps as well as black mass is possible.

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 800,000 experts, our Atheneum Insights Platform unlocks on-demand access to global intelligence. Faster Insights. Better Data.

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.

Friedrich A. Neuman studied Business & Economics in St. Gallen, Switzerland. After his studies he moved to Berlin to start his first company. Later he led business development at Glispa. In 2012, Friedrich joined Rocket Internet and co-founded Dropgifts, a social gifting platform active in 25 countries with 120 people. Together with MariusSchulze, Friedrich is the founder and CEO of Run a Shop and founding partner of MAKERS. At MAKERS, Friedrich is responsible for Finance and Operations.

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, Battery, Organic
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany, Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

elvah — elvah provides flat rates for charging the electric car by fixing a monthly fee.
Cling Systems — Connecting the battery ecosystem to ensure batteries are reused, repurposed and recycled.
Planted Green — Planted Green plants mixed forests to compensate for CO2 emissions.

Georg Kofler is an angel investor.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, Commerce/Shopping, Apps
Angel, Seed
Germany, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Layzee — Layzee produces products related to outdoor living and camping.
KONKRUA — KONKRUA is a super delicious, gluten-free, healthy and easy original ingredients from Thailand.
Keego — Keego engages in the manufacture and supply of sports bottles.

Lin-Gong Deutschmann is an angel investor.

Investment focus

Software, Education, GreenTech
Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.
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.

Fahri Ogün Yardım is a German actor and Film Producer.

Investment focus

Machine Learning, Waste Management, Food and Beverage
Angel
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.

Martin Weber is the Founder at One • fıve. He was a Managing Director Marathon Artists LABs at Marathon Artists. He attended the ESCP Business School.

Investment focus

Software, Recycling, Food Processing
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Neggst — Neggst develops plant-based whole egg alternative that consists of a white, yolk, and a biodegradable shell. The company has begun pilot projects with several food service providers and is planning on launching at supermarkets.
Ordinary Seafood — We are a consumer facing food-tech company using the power of plant protein and biotechnology to deliver the next generation of sustainable seafood. Our mission is to bring balance back into our food system by offering delicious and healthy seafood alternatives.
Recyda GmbH — All-in-one Packaging Recyclability Management

Marcus Stahl is the Co-Founder & Managing Director at Boxine.

Investment focus

EdTech, Mobile, Soccer
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Prematch — Prematch leverages AI/NLP technology to automate content aggregation and curation for all non-professional football players in Germany. As a second step, Prematch uses its holistic data silo to create pro-level interaction and gamification experiences for the non-pro ecosystem.
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.
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.

Ingo Hoff

Investment focus

Renewable Energy
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Agriportance — Agriportance is a digital platform that connects biomethane producers and mineral oil companies.

Andre Schwammlein is the CEO of FlixBus DACH. Andre Schwammlein attended FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Investment focus

Software, IT, Commerce/Shopping
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Secjur — Secjur provides a platform for automated compliance using AI. The startup's technology streamlines procedures in the Digital Compliance Office for areas including data security, anti-money laundering, and whistleblowing.
Lyntics — Lyntics offer solution that enables companies to democratize data knowledge.
cleverly.de — cleverly.de is an onlineplatform which provides online coaching and tutorial classes.

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

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.

Sebastian Mertens is the Managing director, Founder, and Chairman of wemakefuture. He previously worked at ASERVMENT as a CEO and Co-Founder.

Investment focus

B2C, Pet, Software
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.
HEY HOLY — We’re transforming pet care — with a breed-specific health concept instead of one-size-fits-all, with longevity at its core

Ralf Christian has more than 28 years of experience in various roles at Siemens, an international leader in electronics. Prior to taking on his current role as CEO of the Energy Management Division, Ralf served as CEO in several other business units at Siemens, including Low and Medium Voltage Distribution, High Voltage Transmission and Smart PowerDistribution, and was previously general manager of several other departments. He received a Master of Science and Business Administration from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Investment focus

Battery, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy
Angel, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Voltfang — We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network.

Oliver Merkel is the Co-Founder of Flink Food.

Investment focus

Fashion, Delivery, Food Delivery
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

karla — karla gives you the absolute superpower over the delivery of your online orders, It develop the delivery options for your online orders that you have never dared to dream of!
Enter — baupal seeks to democratize sustainable and customized architecture, making design, energy assessments, permitting and cost evaluations more accessible and straightforward for private builders and smaller construction projects. baupal is an online building application service that takes advantage of digital processes and efficient team structuresto streamline design, planning and permitting processes for a range of small-scale projects.baupal was established in December, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
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.

Bryant Chou - Co-Founder, CTO @ Webflow

Investment focus

Software, Commerce/Shopping, Design
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Vaayu — Software that helps online retailers track and cut carbon.
Canvas — Canvas is a collaborative data exploration tool that helps modern business teams make decisions without SQL.
Census — Census is the leading reverse ETL tool delivering operational analytics to hundreds of the world's most data-driven companies. Start syncing data with your free account.

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