# Benjamin Birker

> Benjamin Birker is a seed investor at butterfly & elephant backing Consulting and Cosmetics. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [butterfly & elephant](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/butterfly-elephant)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminbirker

Benjamin Birker is a seed investor at butterfly & elephant in Munich focused on Consulting and Cosmetics. Managing Director butterfly & elephant

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consulting | 2 | 67% |
| Cosmetics | 1 | 33% |
| Advertising | 1 | 33% |
| Sharing Economy | 1 | 33% |
| Packaging Services | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| reo | reo is a startup that operates a digital, cross-brand reusable packaging platform for cosmetics and FMCG companies, enabling circular economy solutions without requiring brands to switch to proprietary packaging. |  | Seed | May 20, 2026 |  |
| Cyreen | Cyreen primarily offers retail media solutions for stationary retailers and FMCG advertisers. |  | Seed | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| info.link | House of Change provides consultancy services as a transition to a sustainable economy by providing advice, tools, knowledge and support. |  | Seed | Mar 20, 2025 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## About butterfly & elephant

VC Fund · Cologne, Germany

butterfly & elephant, serves as the Corporate Venture Capital arm of GS1 Germany, investing in early-stage startups . Our close link to GS1 keeps us at the forefront of six key themes: supply chain transparency, digital product passports, AI, customer experience, data for sustainability, and data for health. We invest across health, retail,consumer goods, e-commerce, and logistics.Smart Capital, Smart Connections: In addition to investment capital, our startups benefit from access to exceptional networks, concrete application opportunities, and the support of a trusted partner. The uniqueness of butterfly & elephant is the strong GS1 community from the consumer goods industry and retail, e-commerce and healthcare sectors - a network of over 97,000 companies in Germany and two million worldwide. We place great value on the entrepreneurial freedom of start-ups to further develop their product and growth strategy in a self-determined manner.

2 contacts available at butterfly & elephant.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Birker | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-birker-9dff |
| Noah Burchgardt | Venture Capital Investment Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/noah-burchgardt |

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## FAQ

### What does Benjamin Birker invest in?

Benjamin Birker invests primarily in Consulting, Cosmetics and Advertising startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Benjamin Birker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benjamin Birker closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 3 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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