# Ableton

> Ableton is a VC fund in Berlin backing Music and Mobile Apps. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ableton
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Ableton
- Website: http://ableton.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ableton

Ableton is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Music and Mobile Apps. Ableton makes software and hardware for creating, producing, and performing music. Ableton's flagship product, Live, has introduced a new approach to making music with computers on stage and in the studio that has attracted several hundred thousand Live worldwide.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Ableton. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Ableton. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/ableton?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Devices | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jan Bohl | Chief Financial Officer | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-bohl |
| Bernd Roggendorf | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernd-roggendorf |
| Chris Woods | Sales Director; Director of Communications | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-woods-cef6 |
| Gerhard Behles | Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gerhard-behles |
| Tony McCall | Managing Director-North America | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-mccall |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Melodics | Melodics is an educational service for learning how to finger drum, using adaptive learning and other data-driven approaches. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 17, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tuhua Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tuhua-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ableton invest in?

Ableton invests primarily in Music, Mobile Apps and Mobile Devices startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ableton?

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### Who are the partners at Ableton?

The team at Ableton includes Jan Bohl (Chief Financial Officer), Bernd Roggendorf (Co-Founder) and Chris Woods (Sales Director; Director of Communications). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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