Carsten Maschmeyer
Founder and Managing Director @ seed + speed Ventures
Hanover, Germany
Carsten Maschmeyer is a seed investor at seed + speed Ventures in Hanover focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Carsten Maschmeyer is based out of Munich, Bayern and is the Founder of MASCHMEYER GROUP. Carsten previously worked at AWD as a CEO and Founder.
- Total investments:
- 85
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
Last updated:
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Industries Carsten Maschmeyer invests in
Stages Carsten Maschmeyer invests in
Countries Carsten Maschmeyer invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $116k–$4.2M
- Angel
- $89k–$548k
- Series A
- $1.6M–$24M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 10 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 9 (11%)
- Information Technology 7 (8%)
- Apps 6 (7%)
- FinTech 6 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 32 (38%)
- Angel 25 (29%)
- Series A 9 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (5%)
Country
- Germany 58 (68%)
- Austria 4 (5%)
- Switzerland 3 (4%)
- Sweden 1 (1%)
- Turkey 1 (1%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Ivyclip manufactures and sells flexible, break-resistant hair clips made from medical-grade materials that are designed to hold hair securely without causing pressure or pain when leaning back. | $346.1K / Angel / Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| Covalo™ is disrupting how formulation-driven products are developed in the 3 trillion euro consumer goods industry so brands can reduce time to market by scouting ingredients and packaging, collaborating on projects, and purchasing -- all from one place. . Today it's one of the largest beauty ingredient search platforms that connects beautybrands with suppliers of ingredients, packaging, and services such as contract manufacturing, formulation, regulatory, compliance and testing. It also arms suppliers with the tools and real-time industry insights needed to effectively market products. Covalo launched in 2021 and is based in Switzerland. | $4M / Seed / Apr 02, 2026 | ||
| Finperks provides a unified API platform that orchestrates prepaid products like gift cards, cashback, employee benefits, and crypto off-ramps for banks, fintechs, HR platforms, and crypto providers. | $3.9M / Pre-Seed / Mar 11, 2026 | ||
| admark.ai combines cutting-edge AI language models with social media data | $235.8K / Angel / Feb 24, 2026 | ||
| The happyhotel revenue and yield management system has a simple dashboard that supports the hotelier in the data analysis of the most important hotel KPI’s. happyhotel is a cloud-based hotel software specially designed for small and medium-sized hotels. Hoteliers can achieve more revenue without a great deal of prior knowledge. The hotelier getpast, current and future values of RevPar, Occupancy, ADR and Revenue. Through the booking pace graph and the on the books evaluation the hotelier can react to the current market conditions. Furthermore the hotelier can review every day the important reports and get an alert if the values do not correspond with the budget. happyhotel use a special formula and an algorithm who gives the hotelier the best price recommendation for his hotel or each of your hotel segments and room types. With an interface to the hotel pms happyhotel get all data to analyze the hotel. happyhotel facilitates the hotelier's life through automatic processes so that he can concentrate on other things. | $7.7M / Series A / Feb 19, 2026 | ||
| Pliant provides modular, API-first B2B payment solutions designed to help businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow management, and integrate payments into financial operations. Its platform serves industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, offering tools that increase operational efficiency and financial control.Pliant’s core offerings target two customer groups: businesses seeking to optimize their payment workflows using apps and APIs, and companies such as financial software providers, ERP systems, and banks looking to build or expand credit card products through embedded finance and white-label services. The company’s solutions enable customers to extend credit lines, manage expenses flexibly, and create new revenue streams.We serve two primary customer segments: - Companies looking to optimize operational processes through intuitive apps and APIs, gaining control, automation, and financial flexibility through extended credit lines. - Companies such as financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks that want to launch or enhance their credit card offerings using Pliant’s embedded finance and white-label solutions. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 3,500 businesses and more than 20 partners globally. As a licensed e-money institution (EMI), we issue Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries, helping companies streamline and simplify payments.Learn more at www.getpliant.com | $19.2M / Series A / Apr 17, 2024 | ||
| Pliant provides modular, API-first B2B payment solutions designed to help businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow management, and integrate payments into financial operations. Its platform serves industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, offering tools that increase operational efficiency and financial control.Pliant’s core offerings target two customer groups: businesses seeking to optimize their payment workflows using apps and APIs, and companies such as financial software providers, ERP systems, and banks looking to build or expand credit card products through embedded finance and white-label services. The company’s solutions enable customers to extend credit lines, manage expenses flexibly, and create new revenue streams.We serve two primary customer segments: - Companies looking to optimize operational processes through intuitive apps and APIs, gaining control, automation, and financial flexibility through extended credit lines. - Companies such as financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks that want to launch or enhance their credit card offerings using Pliant’s embedded finance and white-label solutions. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 3,500 businesses and more than 20 partners globally. As a licensed e-money institution (EMI), we issue Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries, helping companies streamline and simplify payments.Learn more at www.getpliant.com | $8.7M / Series A / Jan 16, 2024 | ||
| Zeedz is the first game that allows players to reduce global carbon emissions by collecting plant-inspired creatures. They exist as NFTs on an environmentally friendly blockchain and grow in accordance with the real-world weather. | $1M / Seed / Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| JobSwop.io is the employment software that allows you to find available positions but also filled ones for people looking to move jobs. The features of this app are Salary information, a Watch list, Area search, Integrated chat, Up to three Job profiles in one account, Document management. | $190.4K / Angel / Oct 09, 2023 | ||
| The happyhotel revenue and yield management system has a simple dashboard that supports the hotelier in the data analysis of the most important hotel KPI’s. happyhotel is a cloud-based hotel software specially designed for small and medium-sized hotels. Hoteliers can achieve more revenue without a great deal of prior knowledge. The hotelier getpast, current and future values of RevPar, Occupancy, ADR and Revenue. Through the booking pace graph and the on the books evaluation the hotelier can react to the current market conditions. Furthermore the hotelier can review every day the important reports and get an alert if the values do not correspond with the budget. happyhotel use a special formula and an algorithm who gives the hotelier the best price recommendation for his hotel or each of your hotel segments and room types. With an interface to the hotel pms happyhotel get all data to analyze the hotel. happyhotel facilitates the hotelier's life through automatic processes so that he can concentrate on other things. | Seed / Oct 04, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About seed + speed Ventures
Seed + Speed Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed investments. They invest in software startups mainly in the B2B sector mostly in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. As part of the Maschmeyer Group with offices in Hanover, Munich, Berlin, and San Francisco, they provide innovative startups with equity investments and free ofcharge sales support.
seed + speed Ventures Contacts
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Alexander Koelpin
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Carsten Maschmeyer
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FAQ
What does Carsten Maschmeyer invest in?
Carsten Maschmeyer invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 85 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Carsten Maschmeyer invest in?
Carsten Maschmeyer typically joins rounds of $116k–$4.2M at Seed, $89k–$548k at Angel and $1.6M–$24M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Carsten Maschmeyer's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Carsten Maschmeyer took part in.
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When did Carsten Maschmeyer last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Carsten Maschmeyer closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 85 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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