# Christoph Janz

> Christoph Janz is a seed investor at Point Nine (Ludwigsburg) backing Software and SaaS. See 47 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Point Nine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/point-nine-capital)
- Location: Ludwigsburg, Germany
- Total investments: 47
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/christophjanz
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/chrija
- Website: http://christophjanz.blogspot.in/

Christoph Janz is a seed investor at Point Nine in Ludwigsburg focused on Software and SaaS. Christoph has invested in more than 20 SaaS startups and lives and breathes SaaS, everything from “A as in AI-enhanced B2B software” to “Z as in Zendesk”. Christoph co-founded Point Nine Capital in 2011. Before that, he co-founded two Internet startups (DealPilot.com in 1997 and Pageflakes in 2005). In 2008 he became an angel investor anddiscovered Zendesk, Clio, FreeAgent – and his love for SaaS.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $750k–$8.9M |
| Series A | $7.2M–$19M |
| Series B | $23M–$80M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 26% |
| SaaS | 10 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 11% |
| Productivity Tools | 4 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 9% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 36% |
| Series A | 16 | 34% |
| Series B | 6 | 13% |
| Angel | 2 | 4% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 13% |
| France | 3 | 6% |
| Norway | 3 | 6% |
| Germany | 3 | 6% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aardaia | Aardaia is pioneering a new era of domestication on demand, a disruptive method that utilizes the enormous, untapped biodiversity of the plant kingdom to generate new crops tailored to the problem. | $5.7M | Seed | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Polar Analytics | Polar Analytics allows e-commerce merchants to easily combine all of their marketing data from multiple ad platforms, analytics tools, modern CRM, and sales channels to make the right data-driven decisions in seconds. | $19.1M | Series A | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| Findable | Findable is a SaaS platform that automates document workflows by utilising AI/ML. It allows building owners, operators and general contractors to reduce manual work and increase document quality. This is essential for compliance, sustainability and efficient facility management.Findable was launched in 2020 with a mission to unlock the valuein the building documentation and make it more accessible. | $10M | Series A | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Root Global | Root Global is a data-driven software company committed to redefining how F&B companies manage and reduce their environmental footprint. | $8.9M | Seed | Aug 19, 2024 |  |
| CloudTalk | CloudTalk is the fastest-growing AI-powered calling solution and call center software for modern businesses. CloudTalk was founded in 2016 to help businesses connect seamlessly with customers over the phone and make customer experience the greatest competitive advantage for driving more revenues. | $28M | Series B | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| Creatopy | We help brands and creative agencies become highly efficient by decreasing the time they spend on ad production in their end-to-end workflow. | $10M | Series A | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| The Brief | The Brief is the AI agency for marketers — a platform powered by intelligent agents that help teams create, launch, and optimize campaigns faster. Designed to replace scattered tools and manual workflows, The Brief connects every stage of the marketing process in one continuous loop. By automating the busywork and amplifying creativity, it givesmarketers more time to focus on strategy, storytelling, and ideas that drive results. | $10M | Series A | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| GOURMEY | GOURMEY is France's pioneering cultivated meat company. We create sustainable cultivated meat delights for an uncompromising and conscious generation. | $47.6M | Series A | Oct 05, 2022 |  |
| Mavenoid | Mavenoid develops AI-driven support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies. It works with hardware and consumer electronics companies to automate technical support and onboarding for customers spanning everything from printers and ovens to electric scooters and industrial equipment. | $30M | Series B | Aug 30, 2022 |  |
| Lottielab | Easiest animation editor for design and tech teams. | $4M | Seed | Apr 27, 2022 |  |

10 of 47 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [K Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kfund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Air Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/air-street-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alven-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mosaic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mosaic-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Point Nine

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages.

5 contacts available at Point Nine.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christoph Janz | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christoph-janz |
| Pawel Chudzinski | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pawel-chudzinski |
| Aleksandra Zorylo | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleksandra-zorylo |
| Gunther Schmidt | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gunther-schmidt |
| Janis Zech | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janis-zech |

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## FAQ

### What does Christoph Janz invest in?

Christoph Janz invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 47 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Christoph Janz's check size?

Christoph Janz typically joins rounds of $750k–$8.9M at Seed, $7.2M–$19M at Series A and $23M–$80M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Christoph Janz participates in.

### When did Christoph Janz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christoph Janz closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 47 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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