# Dennis von Ferenczy

> Dennis von Ferenczy is a seed investor at IDnow (Munich) backing Local and Marketplace. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IDnow](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idnow)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2010
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/ferenczy
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ferenczy

Dennis von Ferenczy is a seed investor at IDnow in Munich focused on Local and Marketplace. Dennis von Ferenczy is the Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of IDnow. Dennis previously worked at XING Events GmbH as a Co-Founder. He attended Technische Universität Berlin and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Local | 1 | 100% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 100% |
| Translation Service | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| lingoking GmbH | lingoking was founded in 2008 in Munich and is the first universal online marketplace for language services. lingoking connects clients with a professional translator or interpreter in a matter of minutes – anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day.When this new company arrived on the market, it hit the ground running. Each year lingokingtranslates more than 9 million words, interprets more than 6,000 hours on-site and more than 9,500 minutes on the telephone for more than 4,400 clients from around the globe. To achieve this, it relies on more than 5,100 registered translators and interpreters in more than 840 town and cities worldwide.lingoking offers a broad range of language services via all conceivable communication channels, both to business customers and private individuals alike: from the translation of apps, websites, contracts and novels, to spontaneous interpreting on phone calls, sworn interpreting in court, or interpreting at training courses, trade fairs and corporate events. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2010 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About IDnow

VC Fund · Munich, Germany

IDnow provides advanced machine-learning technology for its Identity-as-a-Service platform that can verify identities in real time. The company's solutions guarantee legal security throughout Europe and the highest level of data security. The company provides a legally secure solution without additional hardware in the area of videoidentification of customers and electronic signatures.The company's offer is directed at all business customers who would like to provide customer identification and contract conclusion online, such as banks, telecommunications companies, Fintechs, etc. Its customer portfolio includes renowned firms such as Commerzbank, UBS, Sixt neuwagen, Telefónica, and N26.IDnow was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

5 contacts available at IDnow.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andreas Bodczek | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-bodczek |
| Dennis von Ferenczy | Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-von-ferenczy |
| Sebastian Baerhold | Co-Founder and Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastian-baerhold |
| Armin Bauer | Co-Founder and Managing Director Technology | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/armin-bauer |
| Benjamin Hashim Haas | Sales Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-hashim-haas |

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## FAQ

### What does Dennis von Ferenczy invest in?

Dennis von Ferenczy invests primarily in Local, Marketplace and Translation Service startups, most often at 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 von Ferenczy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dennis von Ferenczy closed in Jan 2010. 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?

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