# Benedikt Schulz

> Benedikt Schulz is a seed investor at Turtle Club (Cologne) backing FinTech and Blockchain. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Turtle Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/turtle-club)
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schulzb/
- Website: https://x.com/benediktschulz5

Benedikt Schulz is a seed investor at Turtle Club in Cologne focused on FinTech and Blockchain. Benedikt Schulz is based out of Lisbon and is the COO and Co-Founder of Turtle Club. Benedikt previously worked at insoro as a COO and Co-Founder. Benedikt Schulz attended Maastricht University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 60% |
| Blockchain | 5 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 30% |
| Trading Platform | 2 | 20% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 50% |
| Germany | 2 | 20% |
| Austria | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blink | Blink is a fintech company creating a blockchain marketplace platform for blockchain analytics and recovering maximum extractable value. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Aug 17, 2023 |  |
| Qredo | Qredo is a platform that provides secure and fast movement of digital assets.Qredo powers institutional traders to secure and accelerate the movement of digital assets 24/7 on an open protocol.Qredo eliminates the operational and security burden of wallet key management and the cyber-threats that result from trading operations, storage, andtransfer of digital assets | $80M | Series A | Feb 04, 2022 |  |
| Adhara | Adhara is a software company that builds advanced liquidity management, Fx and payments solutions for banks, central banks and consortiums of banks within the financial industry (e.g. Fnality). Adhara's solutions are based on the concept of tokenization of money and CBDCs, leveraging smart contracts over standard, financial-grade blockchaintechnology. Adhara's solutions include: - A CBDC Suite that can be used by central banks and specialized players to issue digital currencies of different sorts - Financial infrastructure platforms that orchestrate international, cross-currency, payments processes, as well as Delivery-vs-payment / trading processes in the capital markets, both using CBDCs and/or tokenized money as a means for settlement - Advanced, real time liquidity management and internal payments solutions for commercial banks and their clientsFounded in 2018, the company is headquartered in England, UK, and has subsidiaries in Madrid, Spain and Cape Town, South Africa | $7.5M | Series A | May 10, 2021 |  |
| Nayms | Nayms is a marketplace for crypto-native insurance, a bridge between alternative capital and uninsured risk in the rapidly evolving digital assets’ space. We provide the technical and legal infrastructure over which stakeholders come together to capitalise and transfer risk on-chain. At Nayms, all insurance, from limits and premiums to claims andreserving, is conducted entirely in a cryptocurrency of choice, whether a general token, such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, or a stablecoin. By matching assets with liabilities, we reduce or eliminate currency risk on blockchain exposures; and by matching demand with much-needed supply, we bolster growth and stability within the blockchain ecosystem. We afford our customers – insurers, insureds, intermediaries, and investors – many other advantages of blockchain technology, including its efficiency, immutability, transparency, and composability. Whitepaper: https://docsend.com/view/2nswpepqqaun96yn | $2M | Seed | Jan 15, 2021 |  |
| iVE.ONE | iVE.ONE provides a fully regulated issuance and investment platform for digital assets, supporting companies in venture and project funding as well as enabling investors to purchase, trade, and manage their digital assets. The iVE.ONE platform puts usability first, featuring a minimalistic, intuitive and functional front-end while powerfulintegrated systems are hidden out-of-sight. | $303.8K | Seed | Jan 14, 2021 |  |
| Estating | Estating democratizes real estate investments and opens the door to picking premium properties for everybody. It connects international supply with untapped global demand. It does so with a bankable and fractionalised product, protected inside the regulated financial system enabling a frictionless and enjoyable user-experience. |  | Seed | Dec 30, 2020 |  |
| Estating | Estating democratizes real estate investments and opens the door to picking premium properties for everybody. It connects international supply with untapped global demand. It does so with a bankable and fractionalised product, protected inside the regulated financial system enabling a frictionless and enjoyable user-experience. |  |  | Dec 30, 2020 |  |
| Trality | Trality is the platform for anyone to create and invest through automated trading bots. | $977.7K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| Celsius Network | Celsius is a Blockchain-based marketplace platform where membership provides access to curated financial services that are not available through traditional financial institutions. Celsius specializes in the fields of consumer lending, fintech, and financial services. It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, England. | $18.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 27, 2020 |  |
| Qredo | Qredo is a platform that provides secure and fast movement of digital assets.Qredo powers institutional traders to secure and accelerate the movement of digital assets 24/7 on an open protocol.Qredo eliminates the operational and security burden of wallet key management and the cyber-threats that result from trading operations, storage, andtransfer of digital assets |  | Seed | Jun 06, 2020 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [G1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g1-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gauss Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gauss-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gumi-cryptos) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Maven 11 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-11-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [50T Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10t-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Turtle Club

VC Fund · Zug, Switzerland

Turtle Club is a protocol for an on-chain liquidity allocation platform that focuses on connecting LPs, protocols, and partners through sustainable and transparent incentives.

2 contacts available at Turtle Club.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benedikt Schulz | COO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedikt-schulz |
| Esfandiar Lagevardi | CEO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/esfandiar-lagevardi-d8e5 |

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## FAQ

### What does Benedikt Schulz invest in?

Benedikt Schulz invests primarily in FinTech, Blockchain and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 Benedikt Schulz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benedikt Schulz closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 10 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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