# Christian Nagel

> Christian Nagel is a Series A investor at Earlybird Venture Capital backing Software and FinTech. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/pub/christian-nagel/8/881/8a3
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/cnearlybird
- Website: https://x.com/cnearlybird
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christian.nagel.7169

Christian Nagel is a Series A investor at Earlybird Venture Capital in Berlin focused on Software and FinTech. Christian Nagel - Managing Partner @ Earlybird Venture Capital

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 17% |
| FinTech | 4 | 13% |
| Apps | 3 | 10% |
| Finance | 3 | 10% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 10% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 23% |
| Seed | 6 | 20% |
| Series B | 5 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |
| Series C | 2 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 10 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 10% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Miss Moneypenny Technologies | Miss Moneypenny Technologies offers WalletStudio, the leading editing software for creating engaging wallet projects fast. Design, manage & build engaging 'mini applications' that users can store in Google Pay & Apple Wallet. Connect, build loyalty, save costs - no app download needed! | $8M | Seed | Apr 07, 2025 |  |
| Nosh Biofoods | Nosh Biofoods is a developer of traditional meat.It produces technical-functional components and nutritional protein by utilising manufacturing technologies to explore natural microbial biodiversity. |  |  | Sep 02, 2024 |  |
| Nosh Biofoods | Nosh Biofoods is a developer of traditional meat.It produces technical-functional components and nutritional protein by utilising manufacturing technologies to explore natural microbial biodiversity. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 02, 2024 |  |
| Neotaste | Neotaste is the developer of the restaurant-finding app that provides free marketing services for restaurateurs. | $16.4M | Series A | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| Nosh Biofoods | Nosh Biofoods is a developer of traditional meat.It produces technical-functional components and nutritional protein by utilising manufacturing technologies to explore natural microbial biodiversity. | $3.6M | Seed | Apr 21, 2023 |  |
| hakuna | Hakuna provides a variety of embedded insurance solutions to e-commerce companies. They work with merchants of all sizes and industries to provide product protection as a service, both online and offline. They make it simple to begin selling product protection. | $3.9M | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Freeverse.io | The home of Living Assets: NFT 2.0. Evolving - Scalable - Multicurrency - Sustainable - Certifiable.Freeverse’s mission is to bring true ownership of 'living' digital assets (such as NFTs) into the mainstream. Born from a simple idea of allowing gamers to trade their in-game assets among themselves, legally, for real money,Freeverse's ambition is to revolutionize the concept of 'digital ownership', where users truly own their digital assets, yet permitting companies and content creators the right to control how those assets are used within their applications.To accomplish our mission, we have created a platform that allows the creation of 'Living Assets' - NFTs that can be traded freely among users, but whose properties are regulated by their initial creators. We go beyond the concept of 'static'-NFTs (collectibles) and permit NFTs to evolve and change according to how they are actually used. We are funded by leading European tech VCs. | $10.6M | Series A | May 09, 2022 |  |
| Getsafe | Getsafe is a digital insurance company creating a better insurance experience for everyone that is easy, flexible, and enjoyable. With its strong technological backbone, the company offers liability, contents and car insurance in Germany and contents insurance in the UK. Getsafe replaces complexity and manual paperwork with smart bots andautomation, allowing customers to file claims or change their coverage in real-time with just a few clicks. | $63M | Series B | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| Noxtua | Noxtua is Europe’s sovereign Legal AI. | $11.9M | Series A | Aug 09, 2021 |  |
| Obligate | Obligate develops a blockchain-based platform that enables businesses to issue tokenized bonds through digital capital market infrastructure. Its solution simplifies debt financing by providing a digital process for bond issuance, settlement, and lifecycle management using distributed ledger technology. The platform helps organizations accesscapital markets through digital financial services. | $4.7M | Seed | Jun 02, 2021 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Advent Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advent-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [b2venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btovpartners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cipio Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cipio-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Clear Current Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clear-current-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CommerzVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerzventures-gmbh) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Earlybird Venture Capital

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.

5 contacts available at Earlybird Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andre Retterath | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-retterath |
| Annette Schiering | Financial Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annette-schiering |
| Catrin Schmidt | Team Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catrin-schmidt |
| Cem Sertoglu | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m-cem-sertoglu |
| Christian Nagel | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-christian-nagel |

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## FAQ

### What does Christian Nagel invest in?

Christian Nagel invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Christian Nagel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christian Nagel closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 30 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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