Christian Winter
General Partner @ TEV Ventures
Essen, Germany
Christian Winter is a Series A investor at TEV Ventures in Essen focused on FinTech and Software. Christian is investor and general partner at Cusp Capital and has been part of the European venture ecosystem for over 20 years. He closely follows a broad range of industries and has led investments in more than 30 companies, including Zalando, Delivery Hero, Klarna and Global Fashion Group.Before becoming an investor, Christian was co-founderof a fintech company, worked in business development and sales of leading IT companies, and in the early days of e-commerce was responsible for building the online presences of two major retailers. During his career as an investor, he supported six companies on their journey to IPO and was involved in multiple 9-digit trade sales.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 54%
Last updated:
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Industries Christian Winter invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (15%)
- Software 2 (15%)
- E-Commerce 2 (15%)
- Financial Services 2 (15%)
- Information Technology 2 (15%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (38%)
- Series B 3 (23%)
- Seed 1 (8%)
- Series C 1 (8%)
- Series D 1 (8%)
Country
- Germany 6 (46%)
- Spain 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| SIDES (formerly SimplyDelivery) is a Berlin-based startup that provides cloud software for restaurant chains, ghost kitchens or individual businesses. | $11.4M / Series A / Jul 30, 2025 | ||
| Payflow is an employee benefit that companies can offer to their employees. Payflow provides employees instant access to earned salary to improve their financial well-being. Companies benefit from improved productivity and engagement, with no impact on cash-flow.Payflow was founded in 2020, and it is a Rocket Internet backed venture based inSpain. | $21.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 02, 2025 | ||
| Hero Software offers cloud software solutions that help make office work more efficient than ever. Companies can use HERO to digitize their entire project management process, from initial contact to offer to implementation and invoicing. The HERO app includes useful features for working on the road and visiting customers, such as customer andproject management, appointment scheduling, construction site documentation, task management, and more. | $43.7M / Series B / Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| Hero Software offers cloud software solutions that help make office work more efficient than ever. Companies can use HERO to digitize their entire project management process, from initial contact to offer to implementation and invoicing. The HERO app includes useful features for working on the road and visiting customers, such as customer andproject management, appointment scheduling, construction site documentation, task management, and more. | $8.4M / Series A / Jun 29, 2022 | ||
| SIDES (formerly SimplyDelivery) is a Berlin-based startup that provides cloud software for restaurant chains, ghost kitchens or individual businesses. | $11.9M / Series A / Jul 12, 2021 | ||
| COMPEON is Germany’s leading financing portal for SMEs. Companies can obtain tailored offers from various financing partners for their planned projects by submitting a query free of charge at www.compeon.de. COMPEON works with more than 220 banks, leasing companies and special providers and handles financing enquiries with a total volume of €2.5billion every year. In addition to credit, loans and leasing agreements, the firm brokers also factoring and alternative financing products – such as mezzanine capital, purchase and project financing or private debt.The fintech company has been on the market since 2013. In addition to its three founders and managing directors Kai Böringschulte, Dr Nico Peters and Dr Frank Wüller, COMPEON is owned by DvH Ventures, b-to-v and Tengelmann Ventures. | $18.2M / Series C / Jan 28, 2021 | ||
| 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. | $7M / Series A / Sep 17, 2018 | ||
| COMPEON is Germany’s leading financing portal for SMEs. Companies can obtain tailored offers from various financing partners for their planned projects by submitting a query free of charge at www.compeon.de. COMPEON works with more than 220 banks, leasing companies and special providers and handles financing enquiries with a total volume of €2.5billion every year. In addition to credit, loans and leasing agreements, the firm brokers also factoring and alternative financing products – such as mezzanine capital, purchase and project financing or private debt.The fintech company has been on the market since 2013. In addition to its three founders and managing directors Kai Böringschulte, Dr Nico Peters and Dr Frank Wüller, COMPEON is owned by DvH Ventures, b-to-v and Tengelmann Ventures. | $14.2M / Series B / Oct 12, 2017 | ||
| 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. | Seed / Sep 01, 2017 | ||
| COMPEON is Germany’s leading financing portal for SMEs. Companies can obtain tailored offers from various financing partners for their planned projects by submitting a query free of charge at www.compeon.de. COMPEON works with more than 220 banks, leasing companies and special providers and handles financing enquiries with a total volume of €2.5billion every year. In addition to credit, loans and leasing agreements, the firm brokers also factoring and alternative financing products – such as mezzanine capital, purchase and project financing or private debt.The fintech company has been on the market since 2013. In addition to its three founders and managing directors Kai Böringschulte, Dr Nico Peters and Dr Frank Wüller, COMPEON is owned by DvH Ventures, b-to-v and Tengelmann Ventures. | $2.7M / Series A / Nov 05, 2015 | ||
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Co-Investors
About TEV Ventures
TEV is a spin-off from Tengelmann Ventures, which is the venture capital subsidiary of Tengelmann Group.The TEV team was responsible for Tengelmann Ventures’ Vintages I and II, two evergreen funds financed from the Tengelmann Group balance sheet. In the past 10 years the TEV team invested more than € 400m into companies that have become marketleaders, among them Zalando, Delivery Hero, Klarna, Wish, Scalable Capital, data Artisans, Lazada and brands4friends. TEV Ventures Vintage III is the third fund managed by the TEV team and the first one open to external LPs. Just as Vintage I and II, Vintage III will be focused on investments in early-stage companies in the consumer-internet, digital services and emerging technology areas. Geographical investment focus will be Germany (70%) and Europe more generally (30%). Fundraising started in July 2019.
TEV Ventures Contacts
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Christian Winter
General Partner
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Daniel Reiff
HR & Talent Manager
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Helmut Klawitter
General Partner, General Counsel
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Laura Schmück
Financial Counsel
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Mareen Buscher
Executive Assistant, Events, Marketing
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What does Christian Winter invest in?
Christian Winter invests primarily in FinTech, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Christian Winter closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 13 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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