# Christoph Osburg > Christoph Osburg is a seed investor at Neosfer (Frankfurt) backing Apps and PaaS. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Neosfer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/main-incubator-2) - Location: Frankfurt, Germany - Total investments: 9 - Last investment: Apr 2023 - Lead investor: 44% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-osburg-9ab34274 Christoph Osburg is a seed investor at Neosfer in Frankfurt focused on Apps and PaaS. Christoph Osburg works as investment manager at main incubator and is responsible for the execution of the whole investment process. His core tasks are in the areas of deal-sourcing /deal- evaluation, due diligence and contract negotiations up to the support and business development of the portfolio-companies.Before Christoph joined themain incubator team, he had worked for seven years as a senior analyst and investment manager at Aurelia Private Equity GmbH. Christoph graduated at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen in business administration with focus on Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Finance, Corporate Analysis & Evaluation, Controlling & Management. In addition to his job, he has acquired additional qualifications as a private equity advisor (EBS / BAI) as well as a professional negotiator at EBS European Business School. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Apps | 1 | 11% | | PaaS | 1 | 11% | | SaaS | 1 | 11% | | Rental | 1 | 11% | | FinTech | 1 | 11% | 16 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 3 | 33% | | Series A | 1 | 11% | | Convertible Note | 1 | 11% | | Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Germany | 2 | 22% | | Luxembourg | 1 | 11% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 11% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Next Gate Tech | Next Gate Tech is a Luxembourg based, data-driven FundTech that provides innovative Software-as-a-Service solutions for the asset management industry. Our mission is to enhance the Fund industry technology, thanks to machine learning, data analytics, and smart automation. We capitalize on the rapid emergence of cloud-based computing frameworks tooffer fast, accurate, and robust solutions to our clients. We provide intelligent, adaptive, and dynamic automation solutions through a web platform to help industry players manage middle and back-office processes. | $8.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 12, 2023 | | | spaciv | spaciv is a smart software platform. They also provide footprint optimization potential, CO2 emissions per employee, virtually endless scenarios, and workplace optimizations software services. | | Seed | Feb 07, 2022 | | | Grover | Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. | | Convertible Note | Oct 01, 2019 | | | Grover | Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. | $12.1M | Series A | Oct 01, 2019 | | | Grover | Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. | $12.1M | Series A | Oct 01, 2019 | | | TransFICC | TransFICC is an e-trading technology company providing low latency connectivity for banks and asset managers trading in Fixed Income and Derivatives markets. The company resolves the problem of fragmentation in the fixed income and derivatives markets. It does three things such as translates Execution Venue API’s to a single API. Clients connectonce to TransFICC's unified API, and TransFICC manages connectivity with the electronic venues from that point, uses low-latency, scalable and secure technology, essential to keep pace with price updates and not get beaten to trade by high-frequency trading firms, and provides timestamps for price and order messages. Measured in microseconds, timestamps record when data arrives at the bank or asset manager, helping to provide an audit trail, which supports Best Execution.TransFICC makes it easier to upgrade when venues change their application programming interfaces, compared with the enterprise systems of legacy firms, the firm claims. It also focuses solely on the business of providing market access.TransFICC was founded in 2016 and is based in London, England, United Kingdom. | | Seed | Oct 11, 2017 | | | TransFICC | TransFICC is an e-trading technology company providing low latency connectivity for banks and asset managers trading in Fixed Income and Derivatives markets. The company resolves the problem of fragmentation in the fixed income and derivatives markets. It does three things such as translates Execution Venue API’s to a single API. Clients connectonce to TransFICC's unified API, and TransFICC manages connectivity with the electronic venues from that point, uses low-latency, scalable and secure technology, essential to keep pace with price updates and not get beaten to trade by high-frequency trading firms, and provides timestamps for price and order messages. Measured in microseconds, timestamps record when data arrives at the bank or asset manager, helping to provide an audit trail, which supports Best Execution.TransFICC makes it easier to upgrade when venues change their application programming interfaces, compared with the enterprise systems of legacy firms, the firm claims. It also focuses solely on the business of providing market access.TransFICC was founded in 2016 and is based in London, England, United Kingdom. | | Seed | Oct 11, 2017 | | | Grover | Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 03, 2015 | | | Grover | Grover is a platform that enables users to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them.The product-as-a-service company gives the freedom of renting by bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market and offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. It allows private customers, as well asbusinesses, to get access to a wide assortment of over 1500 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear, and wearables profiting from the flexibility and full usage rights at a fraction of the purchase price.Michael Cassau established Grover in Berlin, Berlin, Germany in 2015. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 03, 2015 | | 9 of 9 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Augmentum Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augmentum-fintech) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Circularity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circularity-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [coparion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coparion) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Neosfer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/main-incubator-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Neosfer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neosfer) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Samsung NEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsungnext) — VC Fund, 3 deals together ## About Neosfer VC Fund · Frankfurt, Germany Neosfer (formerly main incubator) is the early stage investor and innovation unit of Commerzbank Group. 5 contacts available at Neosfer. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Christina Koch | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christina-koch-7007 | | Christoph Osburg | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christoph-osburg | | Julian Bürklein | Senior Investment Manager & Prokurist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-b%C3%BCrklein | | Kai Werner | Founder, Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kai-werner | | Karim Menn | Senior Manager Strategy, Growth & Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karim-menn-2151 | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Christoph Osburg invest in? Christoph Osburg invests primarily in Apps, PaaS and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Christoph Osburg last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Christoph Osburg closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 9 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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