# Berthold von Freyberg

> Berthold von Freyberg is a Series A investor at Target Partners backing Software. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Target Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/target-partners)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/in/bertholdvonfreyberg
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Berthold von Freyberg is a Series A investor at Target Partners in Munich focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Berthold von Freyberg, Partner, brings 21 years of venture capital and technology experience in Germany and the USA to the partnership.He co-founded Target Partners with his partners Waldemar Jantz and Kurt Müller in 1999. Prior to that, Berthold was an investment manager with TVM Capital.From 1994 to 1997, he worked as program manager ofthe Office product division at Microsoft in Seattle where he led design and development projects for Office 95, Office 97 and FrontPage 98.Between 1989 and 1993, Berthold conducted research at ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) in Zurich and at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He has a diploma and a doctorate in physics from ETH as well as an MBA from INSEAD.Berthold is chairman of the advisory boards at GameGenetics GmbH, So1 GmbH, SuitePad GmbH, Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH and at BM12 Software as a Solution GmbH (trecker.com), and a member of the advisory boards at 1-2-3.TV GmbH and hetras GmbH. He was also responsible for Target Partners’ investment in Betty Holding AG which was sold to Swisscom AG in 2006.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$8.7M |
| Series A | $1.2M–$9.3M |
| Series B | $3.3M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 14% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 11% |
| SaaS | 2 | 7% |
| Big Data | 2 | 7% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 39% |
| Seed | 5 | 18% |
| Series B | 4 | 14% |
| Series C | 2 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 12 | 43% |
| United States | 2 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AQUATY | AQUATY is a fully digital platform that makes venture capital and private market investments more accessible and liquid to a wider audience. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Mar 11, 2024 |  |
| Apheris | apheris AI was founded by Robin Rohm and Michael Höh with a shared dream to empower companies to run analytics on decentralized datasets. Michael developed software infrastructure for distributed data during his PhD at Forschungszentrum Julich and his time at BCG. Robin has a background in algebraic theories for data linkage and data privacy andhas experienced the complexity of centralizing sensitive personal healthcare data firsthand in one of his previous start-ups. Through their work, they encountered barriers that limit progress within data driven industries: data is often stored in silos and most companies work in closed data ecosystems. Therefore, Apheris strives to connect the world’s data to extract better insights. | $8.7M | Seed | Nov 07, 2022 |  |
| hakuna | Hakuna provides a variety of embedded insurance solutions to e-commerce companies. They work with merchants of all sizes and industries to provide product protection as a service, both online and offline. They make it simple to begin selling product protection. | $3.9M | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| German Autolabs | German Autolabs empowers mobile workers in logistics with voice assistance, increasing efficiency and improving quality of service in many transport industries. Their unique modular technology can be deployed in driver apps, scanners and vehicles. German Autolabs builds industry-specific solutions that augment daily workflows of professionaldrivers, couriers and delivery staff. Their assistant skills speak the language of logistics and are used by leading providers around the world. |  |  | Mar 29, 2021 |  |
| German Autolabs | German Autolabs empowers mobile workers in logistics with voice assistance, increasing efficiency and improving quality of service in many transport industries. Their unique modular technology can be deployed in driver apps, scanners and vehicles. German Autolabs builds industry-specific solutions that augment daily workflows of professionaldrivers, couriers and delivery staff. Their assistant skills speak the language of logistics and are used by leading providers around the world. | $1.2M | Series A | Mar 29, 2021 |  |
| Treasury Intelligence Solutions | TIS is reimagining the world of enterprise payments through a cloud-based platform uniquely designed to help global organizations optimize outbound payments. Corporations, banks, and business vendors leverage TIS to transform how they connect global accounts, collaborate on payment processes, execute outbound payments, analyze cash flow andcompliance data, and improve critical outbound payment functions. The TIS corporate payments platform helps businesses improve operational efficiency, lower risk, manage liquidity, gain a strategic advantage, and ultimately achieve enterprise payment optimization. Visit www.tis.biz | $20M | Series D | May 26, 2020 |  |
| Suitepad | 2012, the idea for SuitePad was born. Merge guests' wallet, phone, remote, room-service menu, spa catalog, and newspapers on a device's vision was that for the first time was financed thanks to favorable expectant Android tablets.Product development was accompanied by renowned private and chain hoteliers from Germany, Austria, andSwitzerland. So the SuitePad was very close to the actual needs of the developed chain and private hotels. After 2013, the first SuitePad installation is completed, the product is found not only in sales so far in 11 European countries, but was also honored with numerous industry-related awards. These include the u. A. CeBit BITKOM Innovation Award 2013, the Gastro Vision Award 2014 of the Travel Industry Club Best Practice Award 2014, and the HSMAI Technology and Innovation Award. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 04, 2020 |  |
| German Autolabs | German Autolabs empowers mobile workers in logistics with voice assistance, increasing efficiency and improving quality of service in many transport industries. Their unique modular technology can be deployed in driver apps, scanners and vehicles. German Autolabs builds industry-specific solutions that augment daily workflows of professionaldrivers, couriers and delivery staff. Their assistant skills speak the language of logistics and are used by leading providers around the world. | $7.7M | Seed | Feb 18, 2019 |  |
| Instana | Instana discovers and maps services, infrastructure and full-stack interdependencies automatically in realtime, delivering context and feedback needed for modern cloud-native microservices Application Performance Monitoring (APM). Instana offers a comprehensive enterprise observability platform: it ingests all observability metrics, traces eachrequest and profiles every process. Instana provides actionable contextual information empowering Dev+Ops teams to manage and optimize their delivery pipelines, application quality, system availability and performance. | $20M | Series B | Dec 14, 2017 |  |
| Treasury Intelligence Solutions | TIS is reimagining the world of enterprise payments through a cloud-based platform uniquely designed to help global organizations optimize outbound payments. Corporations, banks, and business vendors leverage TIS to transform how they connect global accounts, collaborate on payment processes, execute outbound payments, analyze cash flow andcompliance data, and improve critical outbound payment functions. The TIS corporate payments platform helps businesses improve operational efficiency, lower risk, manage liquidity, gain a strategic advantage, and ultimately achieve enterprise payment optimization. Visit www.tis.biz | $12M | Series C | Nov 09, 2017 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [coparion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coparion) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [83North](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock-partners-israel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Zobito](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zobito) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Aquiline Technology Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquiline-technology-growth) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BayTech Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baytech-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Target Partners

VC Fund · Munich, Germany

Target Partners is a German venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. With 300 million Euro under management, Target Partners is one of the leading venture capital investors in Germany.The partners of Target Partners have years of collective experience as successful managers, entrepreneurs and venture capitalinvestors in Europe and the USA. They founded or led companies their selves, developed or sold technology products their selves. They have seen numerous companies through to IPO and beyond. They understand the challenges an entrepreneur faces and that the road to success often isn't simple and straight.Both in Europe and the USA Target Partners has a large network in industry and venture capital. They open doors for you to customers, business partners, experienced managers and financial markets. They support you in business development, in international expansion, in closing OEM or distribution contracts, and in acquisition decisions. In addition, several dozen European and US entrepreneurs and top managers, as well as a number of US venture capitalists, have personally invested in their funds and thus have a particularly strong interest in your company's success.

5 contacts available at Target Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Berthold von Freyberg | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berthold-von-freyberg |
| Kurt Muller | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-mller |
| Waldemar Jantz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waldemar-jantz |
| Wolfram Drescher | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wolfram-drescher |
| Dominik Tobschall | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominik-tobschall |

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## FAQ

### What does Berthold von Freyberg invest in?

Berthold von Freyberg invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Berthold von Freyberg's check size?

Berthold von Freyberg typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$8.7M at Seed, $1.2M–$9.3M at Series A and $3.3M–$20M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Berthold von Freyberg participates in.

### When did Berthold von Freyberg last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Berthold von Freyberg closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 28 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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