# Chris Schagen

> Chris Schagen is a seed investor in Berlin backing Software and Information Technology. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianschagen/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cschagen/
- Website: https://x.com/cschagen/

Chris Schagen is a seed investor in Berlin focused on Software and Information Technology. I help developer tech entrepreneurs beginning from crazy idea, through MVP stage, product market fit, go-to-market fit, up to go-to-market scaling. Also I help you get your first 1000 leads. Before, I was the CMO at Contentful and helped it grow from $0m to $50m in ARR, and before that founded 3 companies, including Wooga (exit to Playtika),Linklift, and Mundwerk.I obsess about being customer-centric and customer-driven in building your organization. And I am the curmodgeon who tells you things you need to (but probably don't want to) hear.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$2.7M |
| Series A | $13M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 21 | 57% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 30% |
| SaaS | 6 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 16% |
| Analytics | 4 | 11% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 49% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 24% |
| Series A | 5 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 11 | 30% |
| United States | 5 | 14% |
| France | 3 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 8% |
| Poland | 2 | 5% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Restate | Restate build workflows, event-driven applications, and distributed services in a fault-tolerant manner with durable async/await. | $7M | Seed | Jun 10, 2024 |  |
| PartyKit | PartyKit is an open source deployment platform for AI agents. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| DGG | RapidCompact by DGG is the leading solution to make 3D content fit all target platforms, freeing up each creative team's' time by automating the creation of high-quality, optimized 3D assets for Web, mobile, AR and XR use. Customers include retailers, public institutions, tech companies, XR studios, and more. | $4.5M | Seed | Jul 20, 2023 |  |
| Growblocks | Driving revenue growth is complicated. Teams need to collaborate, work with data and keep everyone on track in order to succeed.Growblocks strives to apply our winning formula to the B2B Scale-Up community helping our customers reach their revenue growth dreams - faster.We believe that when enough brains are applied, every problem is solvableand our team of brains is world class.Founded by a team of business leaders who have helped start, scale and exit some of the most successful SaaS companies in Europe. Funded by leading European VCs and Angel Investors. | $6.5M | Seed | Feb 05, 2023 |  |
| Giskard | Giskard is the first automated Red Teaming platform for AI agents to prevent security vulnerabilities and ensure business alignment. We are committed to ensuring companies can deploy AI Agents with trust, by advancing research in AI Safety and providing the leading standards for LLM quality & security testing in critical applications.We areproud to be backed by leading investors such as Elaia, Bessemer Venture Partners, and the CTO of Hugging Face. Giskard is trusted by industry leaders including AXA, BNP Paribas, Michelin, and Google DeepMind to ensure their AI models are reliable, secure, and robust, allowing them to deploy Generative AI applications with confidence and trust. | $1.6M | Seed | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Giskard | Giskard is the first automated Red Teaming platform for AI agents to prevent security vulnerabilities and ensure business alignment. We are committed to ensuring companies can deploy AI Agents with trust, by advancing research in AI Safety and providing the leading standards for LLM quality & security testing in critical applications.We areproud to be backed by leading investors such as Elaia, Bessemer Venture Partners, and the CTO of Hugging Face. Giskard is trusted by industry leaders including AXA, BNP Paribas, Michelin, and Google DeepMind to ensure their AI models are reliable, secure, and robust, allowing them to deploy Generative AI applications with confidence and trust. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Plain | Plain, a new startup that wants to reinvent support tools. While the customer support space is a competitive industry with big tech companies like Intercom and Zendesk, Plain believes it has a different approach as it focuses on API integrations to make your company’s product and your support platform work hand in hand. | $6M | Seed | Nov 09, 2022 |  |
| Ninetailed | Ninetailed primarily offers personalization for headless CMS and modern jamstack frameworks. | $5M | Seed | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| InfinyOn | InfinyOn is a programmable data streaming platform that manages data movement between users, services, and locations. The platform empowers app developers, data engineers, and IT operators to build and deploy a new generation of services that accelerate decision-making and improve customer experience. | $5M | Seed | Oct 24, 2022 |  |
| Alvin | At Alvin, we specialize in automating BigQuery optimization to help organizations significantly reduce cloud expenditures without compromising performance. Our platform seamlessly integrates with your existing data infrastructure, continuously analyzing and enhancing your BigQuery environment.Our clients include industry leaders like OpenX,GoCardless, and GetScale. With a swift setup requiring minimal engineering effort, Alvin guarantees a positive ROI by charging only a percentage of the savings realized.Join the growing number of organizations transforming their data operations with Alvin's automated solutions. | $5.9M | Seed | Oct 12, 2022 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

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- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [First Momentum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-momentum-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Expedite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expedite-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Schagen invest in?

Chris Schagen invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chris Schagen's check size?

Chris Schagen typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$7M at Seed, $500k–$2.7M at Pre-Seed and $13M–$25M 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 Chris Schagen participates in.

### When did Chris Schagen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Schagen closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 37 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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