# Curious Capital

> Curious Capital is a VC fund in Köln backing SaaS and Marketing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Köln, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/curious-capital/
- Website: http://www.curiouscapital.vc

Curious Capital is a VC fund in Köln focused on SaaS and Marketing. Curious Capital is the corporate venture subsidiary of Heinen-Verlag, and was just established in 2017. Heinen-Verlag, founded in 1946, is a Cologne-based publishing house with activities and history in regional print media. Curious Capital is now looking for seed and early stage investments in business models, products and/or markets, whichanyhow fit to activities of a modern media company.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Advertising | 1 | 50% |
| Broadcasting | 1 | 50% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Johannes Heinen | Founder and CEO | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AdTonos | AdTonos is a programmatic audio advertising platform that connects advertisers with publishers. The marketplace offers multiple ad placements from well-known pre-rolls, through to mid-rolls and real-time ad replacement for live streaming. This provides advertisers with vast reach across digital audio channels, while radio stations, podcasters ormusic streaming services profit from the use of an effective tool that supports them in growing their revenues from online advertising. Brands have, at their fingertips, an easy-to-reach audience of more than 15 million unique online audio listeners from the UK and worldwide and potential of at least 200 million ad playouts a month. AdTonos is supported by the UK’s Department of International Trade, helping the company to scale globally, and is a member of IAB UK, IAB Europe and the European Association of Commercial Radios, which represents commercial radio at the European Parliament. | $465.3K | Pre-Seed | Nov 19, 2019 | http://www.adtonos.com |
| vAUDiENCE | vAudience.AI is a pioneering German artificial intelligence company that has created the world's first comprehensive AI Workforce Management Platform. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Würzburg, Germany, vAudience.AI transforms organizations into AI-first companies through revolutionary technology and partnership-driven solutions.What WeDo vAudience.AI operates two flagship products:Nexus Platform - An enterprise AI workforce management solution featuring component-based AI agent assembly, multi-LLM orchestration, and automated workflow generation. The platform enables organizations to build, deploy, and manage AI agents that work seamlessly alongside human teams.m3mo.ai - A universal AI memory system that works across all major AI platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.), providing persistent memory and context across conversations and services. This eliminates the "context tax" that typically limits AI interactions.Key Differentiators Component-based AI Architecture: Reusable expertise, personality, and context modules with auto-propagation technology Multi-LLM Orchestration: Platform-agnostic approach utilizing the best AI models for specific tasks GDPR-Native Compliance: Built for European data protection standards | $1.6M | Seed | Jun 29, 2019 | https://x.com/vAudience_ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cofounder VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cofounderzone) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shape VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shape-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Curious Capital invest in?

Curious Capital invests primarily in SaaS, Marketing and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Curious Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Curious Capital?

The team at Curious Capital includes Johannes Heinen (Founder and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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