# Carsten Maschmeyer

> Carsten Maschmeyer is a seed investor at seed + speed Ventures backing Software. See 83 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [seed + speed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-speed-ventures)
- Location: Hanover, Germany
- Total investments: 83
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carsten-maschmeyer/

Carsten Maschmeyer is a successful entrepreneur, consultant and financial investor. He was born on May 8, 1959 in Bremen and grew up in Hildesheim. After his graduation in 1978 Maschmeyer completed military service before he began to study medicine in Hannover. To finance his studies, he worked part-time in sales of investment advice to it in 1982completely dedicated financial advice. More about Carsten Masch Meyers consultant. In 1988 Carsten Maschmeyer to AWD financial group, which was successfully launched on the stock market in 2000 and rise to the MDAX and expanded in 11 countries. Was sold in 2007 Carsten Maschmeyer all his shares in the company at the insurance group Swiss Life, who renamed the AWD in AWD Holding. Maschmeyer has today different occupational focuses, inter alia, as entrepreneur, investor and consultant. His experience Carsten Maschmeyer a sought-after speaker on the subject of success. Motivated by the desire expressed by many listeners to learn more about his secret of success, Carsten Maschmeyer published in the spring of 2012 his book "Self Made - performance live richly". In it he describes the basis of his own exciting path and the celebrities strategies for professional, financial and personal success.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $106k–$4.2M |
| Angel | $89k–$548k |
| Series A | $1.6M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 8% |
| Apps | 6 | 7% |
| FinTech | 6 | 7% |

130 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 32 | 39% |
| Angel | 24 | 29% |
| Series A | 9 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 57 | 69% |
| Austria | 4 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Covalo | 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 | 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 | admark.ai combines cutting-edge AI language models with social media data | $235.8K | Angel | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| happyhotel | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| happyhotel | 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 |  |
| theblood | We empower Digital B2C Healthcare to enable customers through a non-invasive menstrual blood test. Our mission is to help people access, understand and benefit from unprecedented data. | $219K | Pre-Seed | Sep 26, 2023 |  |

10 of 83 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [FinLab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finlab) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [kopa ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kopa-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [seed + speed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-speed-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Übermorgen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/%C3%BCbermorgen-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About seed + speed Ventures

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

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.

2 contacts available at seed + speed Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Koelpin | Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-koelpin |
| Carsten Maschmeyer | Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/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 83 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Carsten Maschmeyer's check size?

Carsten Maschmeyer typically joins rounds of $106k–$4.2M at Seed, $89k–$548k at Angel and $1.6M–$24M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Carsten Maschmeyer participates in.

### When did Carsten Maschmeyer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Carsten Maschmeyer closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 83 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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