Crossventures
VC Fund
Köln, Germany
Crossventures is a VC fund in Köln focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Crossventures develops and participates in digital business models.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 69%
Last updated:
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Industries Crossventures invests in
Stages Crossventures invests in
Countries Crossventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$2.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 5 (38%)
- Financial Services 5 (38%)
- Banking 3 (23%)
- Finance 3 (23%)
- B2B 2 (15%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (62%)
- Seed 2 (15%)
- Funding Round 2 (15%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
Country
- Germany 9 (69%)
- Japan 1 (8%)
- Liechtenstein 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Richarz
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Peter Richarz
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Sven C Sixt
Managing Partner and Founder
|
Managing Partner and Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdInte provides online and o2o advertisement solution which focus on mobile internet in Japan and South Korea. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 02, 2018 | ||
| SMACC offers machine learning technology to automate manual document-based processing tasks in finance departments. Their AI-solutions comprise document data capturing services, accounting & controlling automation, intelligent workflow application and document management solutions. Their clients benefit from up to 90% reduction in processingtime and cost. | Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| SMACC offers machine learning technology to automate manual document-based processing tasks in finance departments. Their AI-solutions comprise document data capturing services, accounting & controlling automation, intelligent workflow application and document management solutions. Their clients benefit from up to 90% reduction in processingtime and cost. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 01, 2017 | ||
| ndgit provides software technology for a new type of software projects with APIs.Their API banking platform combines the benefits of API platforms with the subject of banking and insurance. They accelerate digital and mobile projects, flexible the IT-architecture of banks, and enable more efficient solutions with APIs. They work with the bestfintech and established software providers to develop new and innovative services for the entire financial process of digital clients and their advisors. The best-of-breed APIs are embedded in the Next Banking API marketplace and can get simply deployed in the software projects of established and new financial service providers. Their complementary API-platform is the middleware for customizing and individual definition of APIs and the rapid development of new solutions. | $1M / Seed / Mar 31, 2017 | ||
| OptioPay operates a fully serviced open banking solution without IT integration for businesses from various industries. End-customers receive value-added products and services in return for their bank account data to save time and money through exclusive cashbacks, higher-value vouchers, contract optimisation, offers for sustainable consumption andCO2 compensation, as well as discounts and other personalised recommendations. In addition to well-known partners such as AboutYou, Adidas, Amazon, Douglas, Ikea, Lieferando, Otto, Rewe, Reebok and Zalando, OptioPay’s top 100 corporate clients include DZ Bank, Comdirect Bank, Sparkasse, Commerzbank, HDI, AXA, Gothaer, Fonds Finanz, Blau Direkt, Deutsche Post, BS Energy and Basler Kantonalbank. OptioPay was founded in 2014 in Berlin by CEO Marcus Börner and COO Oliver Oster. It employs more than 65 people from 24 countries and currently operates in the DACH-region and The Netherlands. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
Cliccessory
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Cliccessory is personal easy to use jewelry atelier: it embodies the most personal jewelry concept on the market to date. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2017 | |
| Based in Berlin, Germany, Savedo is a European online marketplace for retail investment products that ensures safely deposited savings and better interest rates across the European Union. The platform supports the involved banks by handling their customer services and providing standardized account documents. Savedo enables its clients to easilyinvest across Europe without having to travel to the respective European country. Launched in 2014, Savedo’s team is comprised of experienced international finance specialists and online professionals. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Tradico is an online finetrader in Europe. Tradico provides working capital for global trades. Clients get instant feedback on payment terms for themselves or their clients fast, simple, and reliable. Register online without paperwork, drag & drop your trade on their platform, and process transactions with them. They finance the inventory oftheir clients and pay the invoices of their suppliers immediately. The buyer of the goods gains time to settle the invoice. They are involved in the transaction without any bank and enable benefits for buyer and supplier in a fast way. | $2.8M / Seed / Sep 01, 2016 | ||
| Passt Digital Services GmbH owns and operates an online insurance marketplace platform. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2016 | ||
| Lendstar is Munich-based start-up.Lendstar has developed an app with which users can lend, share or send money, combined with social features. The users can also link their current account directly with the app, to make simple, fast and secure bank transfers to their friends or family. The team has had numerous successes with their app, amongstthem winning the Best of Mobile Awards 2015 finance category and being crowned the best Finance App of 2014 by Android magazine. Lendstar is currently working in partnership with various national and international banks. Lendstar is available in German and English, for iOS and Android. | Jan 01, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does Crossventures invest in?
Crossventures invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Crossventures invest in?
Crossventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$2.8M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Crossventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Crossventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at Crossventures?
The team at Crossventures includes Peter Richarz (Founding Partner), Peter Richarz (Founding Partner) and Sven C Sixt (Managing Partner and Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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