# Alexander Koelpin

> Alexander Koelpin is a seed investor at seed + speed Ventures backing Software. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [seed + speed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-speed-ventures)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/koelpin
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/AlexKoelpin
- Website: https://x.com/AlexKoelpin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexander.koelpin

Alexander Koelpin is a seed investor at seed + speed Ventures in Berlin focused on Software and Information Technology. Alexander Koelpin is based out of Berlin, Berlin and is the Founder and Managing Director of seed + speed Ventures. Alexander previously worked at Unicorn.Berlin as a Co-Founder. Alexander Koelpin attended the University of Exeter.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$6.8M |
| Pre-Seed | $809k–$2.3M |
| Series A | $6.7M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 42% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 21% |
| SaaS | 4 | 17% |
| Internet | 3 | 13% |

62 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 58% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 13% |
| Series A | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 13 | 54% |
| Austria | 3 | 13% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 8% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Promptwatch | PromptWatch is a platform designed for SEO professionals and digital marketers who want to stay ahead in the age of AI-driven search. As Generative AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity increasingly influence how users discover information, PromptWatch helps businesses ensure their brand is visible and relevant within these AI-generatedanswers. Our tool enables users to monitor mentions of their brand across leading AI engines, uncover where and how their business is referenced, and identify optimization opportunities to improve visibility. By tapping into Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), PromptWatch empowers marketers to adapt their strategies beyond traditional search engines—ensuring their content gets surfaced in the conversations and answers that matter most. PromptWatch is your essential toolkit for thriving in the next wave of search. | $6.8M | Seed | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Orq.ai | Orq.ai enables companies to integrate and operate their products using the power of Large Language Models through a single collaboration platform. The platform centralizes prompt management, streamlined experimentation, feedback collection, and real-time insight into performance and costs. It's compatible with all major Large Language Modelproviders, ensuring transparency and scalability in LLM Ops, ultimately leading to shorter customer release cycles and reduced costs for both experiments and production environments.For more information, please visit https://orq.ai | $5.8M | Seed | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| CERPRO | CERPRO helps reimagining the future of production using artificial intelligence, and cloud computing technologies. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| OPTIMUSE | Optimuse provides an AI-based solution that supports the pre-design phase of building renovation. The platform converts building data into a digital twin to create accurate models for planning. It integrates data such as room types, thermal properties, and HVAC systems. The system runs energy simulations to calculate heating, cooling, lighting, andequipment needs. It helps design technical systems by defining the quantity, sizing, and configuration of components. The platform develops renovation plans by modeling financial, energy, and emissions outcomes. It also offers tools for cost calculation, performance monitoring, and collaboration across project teams. | $4.7M | Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Calvin Risk | Calvin Risk develops comprehensive and quantitative solutions for assessing and managing the risks of commercial AI algorithms. Its risk assessment framework and risk management platform lay the groundwork for reliable and responsible AI. The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. | $4M | Seed | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| Enginsight | Enginsight GmbH was founded in August 2017. With a highly motivated team, they are working together on the vision of providing companies with a solution that will enable them to safely and confidently navigate the digital future. Enginsight helps leading companies autonomously monitor and secure their entire IT landscape. Certified and highlytrained employees form the heart of Enginsight, together with partner companies around the globe. They analyze and monitor complete IT landscapes – recognize the connections and dependencies between websites and servers up to IoT-devices. The innovative software platform acts autonomously and points out the critical paths, risks and threats. | $6.6M |  | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Enginsight | Enginsight GmbH was founded in August 2017. With a highly motivated team, they are working together on the vision of providing companies with a solution that will enable them to safely and confidently navigate the digital future. Enginsight helps leading companies autonomously monitor and secure their entire IT landscape. Certified and highlytrained employees form the heart of Enginsight, together with partner companies around the globe. They analyze and monitor complete IT landscapes – recognize the connections and dependencies between websites and servers up to IoT-devices. The innovative software platform acts autonomously and points out the critical paths, risks and threats. | $6.7M | Series A | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| mogenius | mogenius is the AI-powered engine for modern cloud-native IT.We help organizations operate Kubernetes with speed, clarity, and control - without overhead.Our platform automates the setup and operation of cloud-native environments based on Kubernetes and open standards. By combining intelligent automation, secure self-service, and built-in bestpractices, mogenius turns complex toolchains into a unified, scalable platform for teams and enterprises alike.With mogenius, companies modernize their IT infrastructure in days instead of months. Platform teams gain enterprise-grade governance and transparency, DevOps teams reduce operational effort through automation, and developers are empowered to deploy, troubleshoot, and innovate safely within clear boundaries.The result: faster transformation, lower complexity, and cloud-native operations that scale with confidence, without vendor lock-in.mogenius is ISO 27001 certified and a Certified Kubernetes Product. | $2.7M | Seed | Jul 18, 2024 |  |
| Helio | The cloud is broken! Our digital infrastructure is consuming the planet with massive energy hunger, carbon emissions, and inefficient computing. Helio aggregates the computing power of professional data centers and matches it in real-time with global demand. Run large-scale computing jobs. Faster, cheaper, with fewer emissions. Like AIbatch-inference, fine-tuning, and 3D-Rendering. | $5.2M | Seed | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| Prewave | Prewave and stems from five years of advanced machine learning research. | $19.8M | Series A | May 08, 2023 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smart-infrastructure-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ventech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventech-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [XISTA Science Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xista) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [aws Gründungsfonds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aws-grnderfonds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blum-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thuringen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bm-t-beteiligungsmanagement-th%C3%BCringen) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About seed + speed Ventures

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Seed + Speed Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed investments. They invest in software startups mainly in the B2B sector mostly in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. As part of the Maschmeyer Group with offices in Hanover, Munich, Berlin, and San Francisco, they provide innovative startups with equity investments and free ofcharge sales support.

2 contacts available at seed + speed Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Koelpin | Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-koelpin |
| Carsten Maschmeyer | Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carsten-maschmeyer |

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## FAQ

### What does Alexander Koelpin invest in?

Alexander Koelpin invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Alexander Koelpin's check size?

Alexander Koelpin typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$6.8M at Seed, $809k–$2.3M at Pre-Seed and $6.7M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alexander Koelpin participates in.

### When did Alexander Koelpin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alexander Koelpin closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 24 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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