# Cornelsen Verlag

> Cornelsen Verlag is a VC fund in Berlin backing EdTech and Education. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2014
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/cornelsenverlag
- Website: http://www.cornelsen.de/home
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/derpruefungstrainer

Cornelsen Verlag is a VC fund in Berlin focused on EdTech and Education. Cornelsen Verlag GmbH is a company which develops educational applications and softwares for iPhon

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |
| Online Portals | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Wüstenhagen | Managing Director, CPO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-wstenhagen |
| Christian Ebert | Head of Brand Management | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-ebert-2 |
| Dirk Wagener | Co-Founder & Chief Digital Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dirk-wagener |
| Franz Cornelsen | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franz-cornelsen |
| Jana Kunze | Learning Designer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jana-kunze |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sofatutor | Sofatutor is an online platform that of educational tutorials for school and college students to study for exams and recapitulate lessons. It offers short video tutorials, exercises, homework chat, and tutoring sessions for subjects such as mathematics, physics, English, French, Latin, computer science, economics, medicine and health, law,humanities, and so on. Sofatutor was launched by Stephan Bayer in February 2008 and is based in Berlin, Germany. | $3.8M | Series C | Aug 26, 2014 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acton-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IBB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibb) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JCMB Beteiligungs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jcmb-beteiligungs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cornelsen Verlag invest in?

Cornelsen Verlag invests primarily in EdTech, Education and Online Portals startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 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 Cornelsen Verlag?

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### Who are the partners at Cornelsen Verlag?

The team at Cornelsen Verlag includes Benjamin Wüstenhagen (Managing Director, CPO), Christian Ebert (Head of Brand Management) and Dirk Wagener (Co-Founder & Chief Digital Officer), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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