# Christian Siegele

> Christian Siegele is a Series B investor at Capnamic (Cologne) backing Software and Apps. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Capnamic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capnamic-ventures)
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/pub/christian-siegele/0/171/557
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hakoncs

Christian Siegele is a Series B investor at Capnamic in Cologne focused on Software and Apps. Christian Siegele is the Founder and Managing Partner at Capnamic Ventures in January 2013.Christian holds a Diploma in Physics from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and a Diploma in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) in Bologna, Italy.Between 1997 and 2008, Christian worked at 3i where he last worked as SeniorPartner for the German venture capital business. Throughout his career, Christian was responsible for major venture capital portfolios and numerous successful IPOs and trade sales. Christian currently serves on the boards of Neulogy Ventures, Active Venture Partners, zeotap, COBI GmbH and Adjust.In his leisure time Christian appreciates good wine, crime thrillers and spending time with his family. Christian also enjoys being outside and gathering firewood with his chainsaw for the cold winter time.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 18% |
| Apps | 2 | 12% |
| Internet | 2 | 12% |
| Transportation | 2 | 12% |
| TV | 1 | 6% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 29% |
| Seed | 4 | 24% |
| Series A | 4 | 24% |
| Series C | 2 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 12% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 7 | 41% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| yasp | yasp mission is to transform complex AI capabilities into practical, effective tools that empower businesses in the evolving digital landscape. | $5M | Seed | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| ZAGENO | ZAGENO is the leading R&D lab supply procurement platform, streamlining sourcing for scientists and procurement teams with 100% automated transactions, pre-negotiated savings, and AI-driven insights. Researchers access 50M+ SKUs from 6,000 suppliers with real-time availability while procurement teams optimize supplier relationships, consolidateorders, and enhance compliance. With end-to-end source-to-pay automation, ZAGENO eliminates manual work and maverick buying, reducing costs and improving efficiency through its industry-first Metacart and One Creditor Model. Available on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, ZAGENO makes biotech purchases easier than ever and is an ideal sales channel for suppliers and partners. Founded in 2015, ZAGENO has offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Berlin, Germany; and Bangalore, India. | $33M |  | May 25, 2023 |  |
| Nanoleq | Nanoleq is a spinoff of ETH Zurich committed to enabling the next generation of health-monitoring textiles. They combine know-how about innovative soft electronic materials, biosignal acquisition, and textile engineering to enable a seamless integration of electronic functionality into garments. Our soft sensors allow you to record your heartbeat,your electrocardiogram, or even monitor your breathing and other vital signs based on simple, washable, and comfortable garments. Further textile sensors are in development. Nanoleq's ambition is to set the standard for health-monitoring textiles and to enable their rapid development and widespread use. | $12.5M | Series A | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| ZAGENO | ZAGENO is the leading R&D lab supply procurement platform, streamlining sourcing for scientists and procurement teams with 100% automated transactions, pre-negotiated savings, and AI-driven insights. Researchers access 50M+ SKUs from 6,000 suppliers with real-time availability while procurement teams optimize supplier relationships, consolidateorders, and enhance compliance. With end-to-end source-to-pay automation, ZAGENO eliminates manual work and maverick buying, reducing costs and improving efficiency through its industry-first Metacart and One Creditor Model. Available on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, ZAGENO makes biotech purchases easier than ever and is an ideal sales channel for suppliers and partners. Founded in 2015, ZAGENO has offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Berlin, Germany; and Bangalore, India. | $60M | Series C | Nov 16, 2021 |  |
| Getsafe | Getsafe is a digital insurance company creating a better insurance experience for everyone that is easy, flexible, and enjoyable. With its strong technological backbone, the company offers liability, contents and car insurance in Germany and contents insurance in the UK. Getsafe replaces complexity and manual paperwork with smart bots andautomation, allowing customers to file claims or change their coverage in real-time with just a few clicks. | $30M | Series B | Dec 08, 2020 |  |
| ZAGENO | ZAGENO is the leading R&D lab supply procurement platform, streamlining sourcing for scientists and procurement teams with 100% automated transactions, pre-negotiated savings, and AI-driven insights. Researchers access 50M+ SKUs from 6,000 suppliers with real-time availability while procurement teams optimize supplier relationships, consolidateorders, and enhance compliance. With end-to-end source-to-pay automation, ZAGENO eliminates manual work and maverick buying, reducing costs and improving efficiency through its industry-first Metacart and One Creditor Model. Available on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, ZAGENO makes biotech purchases easier than ever and is an ideal sales channel for suppliers and partners. Founded in 2015, ZAGENO has offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Berlin, Germany; and Bangalore, India. | $20M | Series B | Apr 23, 2019 |  |
| Agorize | Agorize designs online communities that help organizations create, host, broadcast, and manage innovation challenges. It offers Studyka, a student challenges platform that allows organizations to access a community of international students, communicate their initiatives, and identify innovative ideas. Agorize also offers Hackateam, a platformfor online hackathons that enables organizations to connect with IT profiles; and access its network of partners, associate their companies with innovative startups, and meet the talented people. Moreover, the company offers UpWeStart platform that allows organizations to identify and select startups through business challenges; communicate their initiatives to startups; and build up their corporate communication strategies. Agorize has been collaborating with well-known companies such as Google, Microsoft, Bank of America, Uber, Paypal, Great Place to Work, HP, Orange, Philips, Allianz, AXA, Publicis, Unibail-Rodamco, Vinci, Engie, and Ericsson. It relies on open innovation and crowdsourcing to help companies connect with over 5 million innovators. Further, it offers Agorize platform that helps organizations launch customized challenges and engage employees, customers, partners, and key communities for the development of their businesses. Charles Thou and Mathieu Toulemonde founded Agorize in 2011, with its headquarters in Paris in France and branches in San Francisco in the United States, Stuttgart in Germany, Quarry Bay in Hong Kong, and Montreal in Canada. | $14.3M | Series B | Apr 01, 2019 |  |
| FATMAP | FATMAP is an Outdoor Adventure Platform that brings together consumers with businesses, destinations and brands. Their advanced 3D mapping technology, outdoor community and curated adventure guidebook is used by top professionals and outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy better, safer adventure. | $4.6M |  | May 24, 2018 |  |
| ZAGENO | ZAGENO is the leading R&D lab supply procurement platform, streamlining sourcing for scientists and procurement teams with 100% automated transactions, pre-negotiated savings, and AI-driven insights. Researchers access 50M+ SKUs from 6,000 suppliers with real-time availability while procurement teams optimize supplier relationships, consolidateorders, and enhance compliance. With end-to-end source-to-pay automation, ZAGENO eliminates manual work and maverick buying, reducing costs and improving efficiency through its industry-first Metacart and One Creditor Model. Available on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, ZAGENO makes biotech purchases easier than ever and is an ideal sales channel for suppliers and partners. Founded in 2015, ZAGENO has offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Berlin, Germany; and Bangalore, India. | $8M | Series A | Oct 26, 2017 |  |
| COBI | COBI is an integrated system that intelligently connects users' bike with their smartphones. The modular system integrates six accessories into one design object: light, bike-navigation, smartphone holder with charging function, alarm system, bell and bike computer. The result: a completely new riding experience.It's intelligenttechnology is geared towards one purpose: enhancing your biking experience with fun, comfort and safety. The COBI system offers hard- and software upgradeability – plus a developer SDK for third party apps, wearables, wireless sensors, bike components and on-board electronics. COBI upgrades bike and benefits one's life. | $6.9M | Series A | Jan 21, 2016 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IRIS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iris-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Grazia Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grazia-equity) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Active Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CommerzVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerzventures-gmbh) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Creathor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creathor-venture-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Capnamic

VC Fund · Cologne, Germany

Capnamic is a venture capital firm investing in outstanding early-stage companies within Europe.The team’s expertise includes 70+ investments, 30+ successful trade sales and 13+ IPOs as well as broad professional experience across various industries and functions. Capnamic unites institutional and corporate investors thus offering its portfoliocompanies a unique network of sparring partners and customers.The firm’s general partners are Jörg Binnenbrücker, Olaf Jacobi, Christian Siegele and Christian Knott.

5 contacts available at Capnamic.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Knott | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-knott |
| Christian Siegele | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-siegele |
| Frederik von Bossel | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederik-von-bossel |
| Jorg Binnenbrucker | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jrg-binnenbrcker |
| Kristina Piljek | Executive Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristina-piljek |

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## FAQ

### What does Christian Siegele invest in?

Christian Siegele invests primarily in Software, Apps and Internet startups, most often at Series B and Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Christian Siegele last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christian Siegele closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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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