# Bauer Venture

> Bauer Venture is a VC fund in Hamburg backing B2B and Internet. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2016
- Lead investor: 20%
- Fund size: $134M
- Last fund: Aug 2014
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- Website: http://www.bauerventurepartners.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bauerventurepartners/

Bauer Venture is a venture capital firm that acts as a strategic investment arm of Bauer Media Group. It targets digital media and publishing companies mainly in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Iskender Dirik founded it on August 1, 2014, with its headquarters in Hamburg in Germany.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 2 | 40% |
| Internet | 2 | 40% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| EdTech | 1 | 20% |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Bauer | Team Member | 1 | — |
| Thomas Preuay | Managing Partner | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Contorion | Contorion.de is a B2B online marketplace for maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products |  | Series B | Oct 20, 2016 | http://www.contorion.de |
| CareerFoundry | CareerFoundry mentors clients on how to become a designer, web developers, data analysts, and digital marketers. CareerFoundry was founded in 2013 and was headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $5M | Series A | Apr 18, 2016 | http://careerfoundry.com |
| Kyto | Kyto is a Software-as-a-service company, which supports small and medium enterprises in optimizing and increasing their international online B2B presence. The proprietary platform synchronizes entered company and product data with a global network of business directories, market places, and search engines. In this way Kyto allows its customers togenerate more leads and sales online in a cost and time efficient way. Kyto is supported by recognized investors and experts, and has established a strong network of international publishing partners, such as Europages, IndustryStock, EC21 and more. Kyto is headquartered in Berlin and was founded in May 2013 by Dr. Martin Mittermeier and Paul Wulff. |  | Seed | Oct 09, 2015 | http://www.kyto.com/ |
| navabi | navabi is striving to become global leader in plus size fashion. navabi carries the largest assortment of brands for plus sizes globally and established their own brands. Their website, www.navabi.co.uk offers the style-savvy plus-sized customer unprecedented access to the newest looks of the season from european cutting edge plus-size labelsvia worldwide express delivery.The pages of navabi feature weekly fashion editorial, weekly updated products and unique video presentations for each collection with style recommendations. | $29M | Series D | Jan 21, 2015 | http://www.navabi.co.uk |
| Kyto | Kyto is a Software-as-a-service company, which supports small and medium enterprises in optimizing and increasing their international online B2B presence. The proprietary platform synchronizes entered company and product data with a global network of business directories, market places, and search engines. In this way Kyto allows its customers togenerate more leads and sales online in a cost and time efficient way. Kyto is supported by recognized investors and experts, and has established a strong network of international publishing partners, such as Europages, IndustryStock, EC21 and more. Kyto is headquartered in Berlin and was founded in May 2013 by Dr. Martin Mittermeier and Paul Wulff. |  |  | Dec 19, 2013 | http://www.kyto.com/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Creathor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creathor-venture-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Project A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/project-a-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bauer Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bauer-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dumont Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dumont-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Elephant & Castle Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bauer Venture invest in?

Bauer Venture invests primarily in B2B, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Bauer Venture?

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### Who are the partners at Bauer Venture?

The team at Bauer Venture includes Benjamin Bauer (Team Member) and Thomas Preuay (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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