# Alois Flatz

> Alois Flatz is a seed investor at CrateDB backing Software and Real Estate. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: CrateDB
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alois-flatz-73a6a23/

Alois Flatz is a Venture Partner with 20 years' experience in private equity, investment management and sustainability. He is a member of the boards of va-Q-tec and The Mobility House.Before joining Zouk, Alois was a Partner and Head of Research at Sustainable Asset Management in Zurich, where he co-founded the Dow Jones SustainabilityIndex. Alois was also Managing Partner of BTS Investment Advisors, a private equity advisor in India with over $3 billion AUM, and an advisor to the Austrian Ministry of the Environment.A published author on sustainable investment, Alois has a PhD in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, an MBA from Vienna University of Economics and studied International Management at HEC.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$7.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 25% |
| Social Media | 1 | 25% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 25% |
| Smart Building | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 2 | 50% |
| Austria | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tset | Tset is a software company that develops a SaaS enterprise solution for product cost and CO2 emission estimation. | $14.3M |  | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Tset | Tset is a software company that develops a SaaS enterprise solution for product cost and CO2 emission estimation. | $14.2M | Series A | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Kooky | - What is kooky? kooky is a digital cup smart system and offers you the possibility to dispose your reusable cup on your way in an easy and sustainable way through kooky boxes.- How does kooky work? You order your drink as usual and get it in a kooky cup. You simply pay for the drink plus 1 CHF deposit. When you return the cup in a kooky drop offbox, you will immediately get your 1 CHF deposit credited in the wallet of your app.- What do I have to do when I got the cup with the drink? Simply scan the QR code of the cup with the kooky app (registration required), and the cup will be paired to your app account.- Where can I return the cup? In all the kooky boxes around town and in all the venues of the kooky network. You can find both in the app.- How do I get my credit? In order to withdraw the credit in your app wallet, you need to enter your bank details in the app. Then you submit a payout request of the desired amount. Kooky only takes a 10% fee as cost of service, you will receive a receipt for each withdrawal.- What does kooky do with the cups? Our employees empty the kooky boxes and bring the cups to our rinsing logistics. There, they are cleaned according to hygiene regulations and standards, picked, packed and distributed to our partners again.- Are e-vehicles used for logistics? Yes, the logistics for collecting and distributing the cups takes place exclusively with electric vehicles. | $7.1M | Seed | Apr 06, 2021 |  |
| Allthings | Allthings enables digital communication and interaction between property users, owners and property managers. Allthings bundles various digital services around life and work in buildings in one app. By doing so, Allthings achieves operational cost reductions while simultaneously increasing the value of the property. The company was founded in 2013by an experienced team and has offices in Basel, Berlin and Freiburg i. Breisgau. | $2.3M | Seed | May 17, 2016 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Brose Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brose-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ZF Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zf-friedrichshafen-ag) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UVC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uvc-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CrateDB

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Crate.io are the developers of CrateDB, a global leading edge database, that enables companies to access data insights at scale. The flexible, distributed database solution combines the performance of NoSQL with the power and simplicity of standard SQL. Optimized for large data volumes with high compute and data versatility requirements, CrateDBruns in the cloud, on the edge and on-premise.   ​We are a VC and corporate funded global technology company, recognized as cutting edge by both Forbes and Gartner. Crate.io is well funded with $10M+ capital raised in our latest financing round in 2021. We are gearing up for hyper-growth, with current offices in the US, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

5 contacts available at CrateDB.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alois Flatz | Chairman Of The Board Of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alois-flatz |
| Anna Dreier | Head of People | — |
| Bernd Dorn | Co-Founder & CTO | — |
| Christian Lutz | Co-Founder & President of the Board of Directors | — |
| Eva Schoenleitner | CEO | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Alois Flatz invest in?

Alois Flatz invests primarily in Software, Real Estate and Social Media startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Alois Flatz's check size?

Alois Flatz typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$7.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alois Flatz participates in.

### How do I contact Alois Flatz?

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### When did Alois Flatz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alois Flatz closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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