# Axel Harries

> Axel Harries is a corporate round investor at Mercedes-Benz Group AG backing Automotive. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mercedes-Benz Group AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daimler)
- Location: Stuttgart, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2019
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axel-harries-0a28a013/

Axel Harries is a corporate round investor at Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Stuttgart focused on Automotive and Marketplace. Axel Harries has been working in engineering and management roles at Daimler AG for more than 20 years. Currently, he leads the Connected, Autonomous, Shared & Services and Electric Drive (CASE) unit, which is responsible for all-electric vehicle architecture (EVA). Previously, Axel led the restructured Quality Management unit for Mercedes-Benzcars, which involved bringing all relevant quality functions together and assigning them to the restructured unit. He has also held roles in the Commercial Vehicles, Corporate e-Business and Off-Road Vehicles divisions of Daimler AG. Axel studied product engineering with finance and management accounting at Furtwangen University, Germany.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Transaction Processing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carwow | Carwow is the smart way to choose and buy a new car. The company helps to connect car buyers to car dealers to make the process as efficient and cost effective as possible, while enabling consumers to interact with an official dealer throughout the transaction process. The company's dealer partners sell more cars in the showroom alone, whilereducing cost inefficiencies and improving stock turnover.Carwow was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in London, England. | $32.7M | Corporate Round | Aug 05, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Episode 1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/episode) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Mercedes-Benz Group AG

VC Fund · Stuttgart, Germany

The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (former Daimler AG) is one of the world's most successful automotive companies. With Mercedes-Benz AG, we are one of the leading global suppliers of high-end passenger cars and premium vans. Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG offers financing, leasing, car subscription and car rental, fleet management, digital services forcharging and payment, insurance brokerage, as well as innovative mobility services.The company founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history by inventing the automobile in 1886. As a pioneer of automotive engineering, Mercedes-Benz sees shaping the future of mobility in a safe and sustainable way as both a motivation and obligation. The company's focus therefore remains on innovative and green technologies as well as on safe and superior vehicles that both captivate and inspire.Mercedes-Benz continues to invest systematically in the development of efficient powertrains and sets the course for an all-electric future: Mercedes-Benz Cars intends to go all-electric by the end of this decade wherever market conditions allow. Mercedes-Benz Vans targets an EV share of more than 50% by 2023. Shifting from electric-first to electric-only, the company is accelerating toward a fully electric and software-driven future. The company's efforts are also focused on the intelligent connectivity of its vehicles, autonomous driving and new mobility concepts as Mercedes-Benz regards it as its aspiration and obligation to live up to its responsibility to society and the environment.Mercedes-Benz sells its vehicles and services in nearly every country of the world and has production facilities in Europe, North and Latin America, Asia and Africa.

5 contacts available at Mercedes-Benz Group AG.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Axel Harries | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axel-harries |
| Bernd Pischetsrieder | Member of the Supervisory Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernd-pischetsrieder |
| Elke Tönjes- Werner | Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elke-tnjes-werner |
| Jürgen Langer | Supervisory Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jrgen-langer |
| Manfred Bischoff | Supervisory Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manfred-bischoff |

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## FAQ

### What does Axel Harries invest in?

Axel Harries invests primarily in Automotive, Marketplace and Information Technology startups, most often at Corporate Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Axel Harries last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Axel Harries closed in Aug 2019. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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