# Claus Sendlinger > Claus Sendlinger is a seed investor at DesignHotels.com backing Travel. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: DesignHotels.com - Location: Berlin, Germany - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Dec 2016 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Sep 2026 Claus Sendlinger is a seed investor at DesignHotels.com in Berlin focused on Travel and E-Commerce. Sendlinger began his career in the travel industry in 1987 with the founding of an agency specializing in sport and music events. Only four years later Travel Trends, a tour organizer for high-end, authentic travel experiences, followed. In 1993, Sendlinger established Design Hotels Inc. in Sausalito, California. What began as a small hotelcooperation with 10 iconic members, focused on communications strategies that went beyond traditional tourism marketing. With the growth of its worldwide creative network, lebensart global networks AG was born in Augsburg, Germany in 1998 and went public in 1999. In 2003, the company was renamed Design Hotels AG and in 2004 the headquarters was moved to Berlin. Today, Design Hotels(TM) represents and markets a hand-picked collection of more than 300 hotels in over 55 countries. Sendlinger leads the company with an Executive Board. In November 2012, Sendlinger was honored at the European Hotel Design Awards for outstanding contributions to the industry. In January 2013, Design Hotels AG received the Special Award from one of the top German hospitality publications, AHGZ (Allgemeine Hotel und Gastronomie Zeitung). ## Contacts 5 contacts available for Claus Sendlinger: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/claus-sendlinger?utm_source=investor_profile ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Travel | 1 | 50% | | E-Commerce | 1 | 50% | | Consumer Goods | 1 | 50% | ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 50% | | Series A | 1 | 50% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Horizn Studios | Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offerGPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design. | | Series A | Dec 14, 2016 | | | Horizn Studios | Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offerGPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design. | $3.8M | Seed | Apr 29, 2016 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Project A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/project-a-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Vorwerk Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vorwerk-direct-selling-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [#adm ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adm-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Astutia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astutia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Monkfish Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monkfish-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [U-Start](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/u-start) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About DesignHotels.com VC Fund 1 contacts available at DesignHotels.com. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Claus Sendlinger | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claus-sendlinger | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### 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 ### Similar country - [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund - [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund - [IBB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibb) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Travel Angel Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/travel-angel-investors-germany) ## FAQ ### What does Claus Sendlinger invest in? Claus Sendlinger invests primarily in Travel, E-Commerce and Consumer Goods startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 Claus Sendlinger? For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox. ### When did Claus Sendlinger last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Claus Sendlinger closed in Dec 2016. Shizune tracks 2 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. 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