# Christian Stein > Christian Stein is a debt financing investor at Riverside Acceleration Capital backing Information Technology. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio… - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Riverside Acceleration Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riverside-acceleration-capital) - Location: Cologne, Germany - Total investments: 14 - Last investment: Jul 2026 - Lead investor: 43% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-stein-4366883 Christian Stein is a debt financing investor at Riverside Acceleration Capital in Cologne focused on Information Technology and SaaS. Christian Stein - Partner @ Riverside Acceleration Capital ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Information Technology | 7 | 50% | | SaaS | 4 | 29% | | Software | 3 | 21% | | Travel | 2 | 14% | | Hospitality | 2 | 14% | 30 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Debt Financing | 3 | 21% | | Series A | 2 | 14% | | Private Equity | 2 | 14% | | Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% | | Seed | 1 | 7% | 7 stages tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Germany | 6 | 43% | | Spain | 2 | 14% | | Italy | 1 | 7% | | Sweden | 1 | 7% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Smart Host GmbH | Smart Host is a CRM and guest management system that collects all guest-relevant information in one place. This data is used for highly targeted, automated campaign suggestions. Your backoffice can launch these campaigns (100% GDPR compliant) in minutes and in multiple languages. You can track the success of these campaigns down to the level ofeach and every booking generated. Smart Host: one tool, returning guests, more bookings. | | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 02, 2026 | | | heyData | heyData is a legal tech company. HeyData offers a digitized data protection officer for companies. | $16.5M | Series A | Jan 28, 2026 | | | BEONx | Beonprice is one of the Travel Tech companies in Spain, committed to leading the future of revenue strategy. Agility, innovation and organization are the engines of the brand, with the aim of offering profitable innovation and being part of the DNA of each of its customers. Beonprice has developed HQI™, the only index in the hotel market thatmeasures the integral quality of a hotel in order to understand the competitive position and price elasticity of the demand in the market. Beonprice has more than 2,000 customers in more than 30 countries. Its RMS is successfully used by growing hotel chains such Bluebay, Hotelatelier, Iberostar, RIU, Labranda Hotels & Resorts, HM Resorts, Park Royal, Dreamplace, Catalonia, Room Mate, Orchid Hotels and many others. | | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 09, 2025 | | | Cyber Guru | Cyber Guru operates as a cybersecurity awareness training platform. Cyber Guru serves to educate employees around the dangers and pitfalls of information security. The solutions use stimulating and educational learning paths to cater to those who do not hold specialist roles in the field of Cyber Security. | $24.9M | Series B | Oct 24, 2024 | | | Cloud Factory | Cloud Factory is a cloud hosting, Microsoft CSP, and cloud service company. | | Private Equity | Feb 27, 2024 | | | Cyber Guru | Cyber Guru operates as a cybersecurity awareness training platform. Cyber Guru serves to educate employees around the dangers and pitfalls of information security. The solutions use stimulating and educational learning paths to cater to those who do not hold specialist roles in the field of Cyber Security. | | Debt Financing | Dec 06, 2023 | | | Masterplan.com | Masterplan.com is a developer of a SaaS platform for corporate education. Its platform offers practical lessons on varied content, short learning sessions, and e-learning videos with a hands-on knowledge review that helps users integrate digital learning simply and effectively into their work routines. | | Debt Financing | Nov 03, 2023 | | | casavi | casavi is a customer communication and service portal solution for property management companies and housing cooperatives. It helps these organisations connect with their customers in a more efficient, immediate and user-friendly way by utilising a mix of digital channels such as mobile, web and email. In doing so casavi acts as the front-desk forinbound as well as outbound customer communication and utilises existing ERP and CRM solutions by integrating with workflows and syncing with their data. | | Debt Financing | Jan 31, 2021 | | | Micropsi Industries | Micropsi Industries is building cognitive machines: Theyr’re providing high-end machine learning solutions for robotics and process control.micropsi industries MIRAI is a robot control system designed for complex assembly tasks. MIRAI-controlled robots perform movements that react to minute changes in the environment, as perceived by the robotwith cameras or force sensors. MIRAI skills aren't programmed, but trained - through demonstration, correction, and repetition. This allows users to create skills without writing a single line of code or modelling the problem.The company was founded in 2014 by a group of experienced entrepreneurs, software engineers and scientists, most of them with cognitive science or machine learning backgrounds. micropsi industries is backed by Vito Ventures, coparion, and a group of experienced business angels from Munich and Berlin. | | Series A | Jun 18, 2020 | | | Micropsi Industries | Micropsi Industries is building cognitive machines: Theyr’re providing high-end machine learning solutions for robotics and process control.micropsi industries MIRAI is a robot control system designed for complex assembly tasks. MIRAI-controlled robots perform movements that react to minute changes in the environment, as perceived by the robotwith cameras or force sensors. MIRAI skills aren't programmed, but trained - through demonstration, correction, and repetition. This allows users to create skills without writing a single line of code or modelling the problem.The company was founded in 2014 by a group of experienced entrepreneurs, software engineers and scientists, most of them with cognitive science or machine learning backgrounds. micropsi industries is backed by Vito Ventures, coparion, and a group of experienced business angels from Munich and Berlin. | $6.1M | Series A | Oct 30, 2018 | | 10 of 14 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Vito Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vito-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Project A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/project-a-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Adara Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adara-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Amplifier](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplifier-36cb) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Asgard - human Capital for AI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asgard-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-angels-club-berlin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Riverside Acceleration Capital VC Fund · New York, United States Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC) provides flexible growth capital to expansion-stage B2B software and technology companies, through an investment structure that maximizes alignment while minimizing dilution. RAC is part of The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on investing in growing businesses valued at up to $400million. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has made more than 650 investments. The firm's international private equity and structured capital portfolios include more than 90 companies. 5 contacts available at Riverside Acceleration Capital. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Christian Stein | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-steinborn | | Jim Toth | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-toth | | Aakash Patel | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aakash-patel-4f2e | | Jonathan Drillings | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-drillings | | Jon Temple | Operating Partner; Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-temple-2 | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [ENISA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enisa-2) — VC Fund - [Development Bank of Wales](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/development-bank-of-wales) — VC Fund - [The FSE Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finance-south-east) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Christian Stein invest in? Christian Stein invests primarily in Information Technology, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Debt Financing and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 Stein last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Christian Stein closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 14 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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