# Dennis Kirpensteijn

> Dennis Kirpensteijn is a pre-seed investor at Faraday Venture Partners backing Apps and SaaS. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Faraday Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faraday-venture-partners)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denniskirpensteijn
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kirpensteijn
- Website: http://www.kirpensteijn.de

Dennis Kirpensteijn is a pre-seed investor at Faraday Venture Partners in Munich focused on Apps and SaaS. I have been active in the German start-up scene over 10 years and have co-founded several companies during that time. After the successful exit of one of these companies to a Fortune 500, I started to support startups as an active angel investor. Today I am the Managing Director of Faraday Venture Partners Germany, an investor network for privateindividuals.In recent years, I have also been heavily involved in supporting young entrepreneurs as a mentor for Techstars or the Google Launchpad, among others, to help them grow or to help companies such as BMW, Whirlpool or the DZ Bank to better understand and interact with startups.Apart from that, I co founded the German Association of Student Entrepreneurship Associations (Gründermagnet), which now boasts more than 4.000 members.For more info on what I do or any other requests just drop me a few lines and/or follow me on Twitter @kirpensteijn

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JobUFO | JobUFO is a SaaS solution which allows applicants to give a real first impression of themselves. It simplifies application process and optimizes communication between applicant and employer. Utilizing state-of-the-art technologies, JobUFO enables its users to make personalized video applications on more than 70,000 jobs from well-known employerssuch as Deutsche Bahn, Lufthansa, Evonik or EDEKA, and has already targeted more than 25,000 applicants and companies. It sconcept relieves job seekers and offers companies unique opportunities to connect with talent. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 03, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Faraday Venture Partners

VC Fund · Madrid, Spain

Faraday Venture Partners is a private investors club that offers an exclusive investment service to its partners. The company analyzes innovative start-up projects in need of private financing and offers promising projects for investment to partners, co-investors, and business angels.The company offers project analysis and selection services, tocarry out a strictly confidential due diligence process. Active management and assessment of investment stake, to offer diligent acquisition and sales assessment of customers existing investment with the company itself. The company also offers empowerment of entrepreneurial initiatives and custom exit strategy assessment, to maintain a close relationship with portfolio companies, offering personalized support and resources.Faraday Venture Partners was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

5 contacts available at Faraday Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dennis Kirpensteijn | Managing Director Germany | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-kirpensteijn |
| Gonzalo Tradacete | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gonzalo-tradacete |
| Jaime Biel | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jaime-biel |
| Nicole S. Dobianer | Head of Communications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicole-s-dobianer |
| Antonio Fernandez Ruiz | Partner and member of the Committee of Experts | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antonio-fernandez-ruiz |

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [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
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — 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
- [Recruiting Angel Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/recruiting-angel-investors-germany)

## FAQ

### What does Dennis Kirpensteijn invest in?

Dennis Kirpensteijn invests primarily in Apps, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed 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.

### When did Dennis Kirpensteijn last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dennis Kirpensteijn closed in Aug 2016. Shizune tracks 1 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. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co