# Cinco Capital

> Cinco Capital is a VC fund in Hamburg backing Software and Apps. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.cinco-capital.com

Cinco Capital is an independent investment company which is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.Cinco Capital is building a portfolio of holdings in private companies. Currently Cinco Capital holds investments in Europe and the U.S. in different industries such as technology, financial services, telecommunications, wholesale, marketing, media andothers.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Shopping | 1 | 17% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series C | 2 | 33% |
| Series D | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lars Hinrichs | Founder and CEO | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lars-hinrichs |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xempus AG | Xempus is a leading European pension & life insurance distribution platform. Its software-as-a-service offering allows life insurers, insurance agents, corporates, and employees to buy and manage pension & life insurance online. They benefit from seamless information flows, user-friendly customer journeys, as well as connectivity to allrelevant stakeholders on a single software-as-a-service platform. More than 250,000 corporates, more than 55,000 insurance agents, more than 200 sales organizations and 45 life insurers are on the Xempus platform. Xempus employs more than 170 people. Offices are in Munich (headquarters), Berlin and Saarbruecken. | $70M | Series D | Mar 10, 2022 |  |
| Planetly | Planetly is building the software to analyze, reduce and offset your carbon footprint. They believe in transparency & action to fight the climate crisis. Therefore we made it our mission to build the tools for the economy to step up to their responsibility! With our software you analyze the footprint of your organization based on your realdata, you find where you can reduce it in the most pragmatic way and you offset the rest. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 20, 2021 |  |
| Xempus AG | Xempus is a leading European pension & life insurance distribution platform. Its software-as-a-service offering allows life insurers, insurance agents, corporates, and employees to buy and manage pension & life insurance online. They benefit from seamless information flows, user-friendly customer journeys, as well as connectivity to allrelevant stakeholders on a single software-as-a-service platform. More than 250,000 corporates, more than 55,000 insurance agents, more than 200 sales organizations and 45 life insurers are on the Xempus platform. Xempus employs more than 170 people. Offices are in Munich (headquarters), Berlin and Saarbruecken. | $27M | Series C | Apr 06, 2020 |  |
| Fab | Fab sells everyday design products online in the United States, Canada, and Australia. It offers various products in the categories of furniture, kitchen and dining, bed and bath, art, jewelry, and personal accessories, as well as home products. Bradford Shane Shellhammer, Deepa Shah, Jason Goldberg, Nishith Shah, and Sunil Khedar founded Fab inFebruary 2009, with its headquarters in New York City. Fab operates as a subsidiary of PCH International as of March 3, 2015. | $15M | Series C | Nov 01, 2012 |  |
| Adconion Media Group | Adconian Media Group is a technology company that provides customized solutions and innovative products delivered across multiple screens on a single platform.  The company’s digital distribution platform enables content owners, app developers and device manufacturers to monetize their global audiences across multiple devices and screens. This isdone by building proprietary data profiles and models on their consumers and then selling these profiles to the highest bidder in a real-time marketplace.The Adconion DDP is collecting data on the 50+ billion events a month that take place across the platform. This data is ingested, mapped, and segmented, providing Adconion with a 360° audience profile across one platform. Adconion Media Group wholly owns Adconion Direct, providing performance solutions spanning display, email and social media; along with smartclip, the video and brand advertising platform specializing in multi-screen delivery.Adconion Media Group was founded by Fred Krueger and Tyler Moebius in. |  | Series A | Jan 31, 2007 |  |
| Xempus AG | Xempus is a leading European pension & life insurance distribution platform. Its software-as-a-service offering allows life insurers, insurance agents, corporates, and employees to buy and manage pension & life insurance online. They benefit from seamless information flows, user-friendly customer journeys, as well as connectivity to allrelevant stakeholders on a single software-as-a-service platform. More than 250,000 corporates, more than 55,000 insurance agents, more than 200 sales organizations and 45 life insurers are on the Xempus platform. Xempus employs more than 170 people. Offices are in Munich (headquarters), Berlin and Saarbruecken. |  | Series A |  |  |

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## Co-investors
- [Goldman Sachs Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldman-sachs-asset-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HPE Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hpe-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Armada Investment AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/armada-investment-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-impact-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Phenomen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phenomen-ventures-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VTB Capital Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vtb-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cinco Capital invest in?

Cinco Capital invests primarily in Software, Apps and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Cinco Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Cinco Capital?

The team at Cinco Capital includes Lars Hinrichs (Founder and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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