ECONA AG
VC Fund
Berlin, Germany
ECONA AG is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Information Technology and Apps. ECONA partners with ambitious entrepreneurs to build fast growing companies. We aim to be a reliable long-term partner at eye level, providing capital and a network of entrepreneurial experience. Since we founded ECONA in 1999, this approach has achieved very good results for the companies in our portfolio.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries ECONA AG invests in
Information TechnologyAppsInternetSoftwareE-Commerce
Stages ECONA AG invests in
Series ASeedAngelSeries BSeries C
Countries ECONA AG invests in
GermanySwitzerlandUnited StatesMalaysia
Round sizes
Series A $2M–$6M
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
4 more contacts available
Round size
- Series A
- $2M–$6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 4 (29%)
- Apps 3 (21%)
- Internet 3 (21%)
- Software 3 (21%)
- E-Commerce 3 (21%)
Country
- Germany 8 (57%)
- Switzerland 3 (21%)
- United States 2 (14%)
- Malaysia 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bernd Hardes
CEO and Partner
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CEO and Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
XbyX – Women in Balance
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XbyX® is a digital platform changing the world of midlife female health with solutions that help women to go through menopause with more serenity and less symptoms. Specifically developed for women over 40, XbyX® offers plant-based products combining natural ingredients like adaptogens, amino acids and more, that have been proven to reduce typicalsymptoms of perimenopause, menopause and hormone imbalance. The mission of XbyX® is to educate and thus, liberate midlife women from the still existing stigma of menopause and promote healthy aging. The XbyX® products are supported by features like an online self-assessment, a 7-week audio course & comprehensive educational content enabling women to understand their bodies and the role of nutrition in menopause as well a private community. The Berlin based company, founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneur Peggy Reichelt and digital marketing expert Monique Leonhardt, targets the German speaking market. | Seed / Jan 25, 2023 | |
Remind.me
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Remind.me is the new reminder service for periods of notice! With remind.me you will never miss an opportunity to optimize your contracts. You will be reminded of us in time and optionally get even the best deals that are on the market, offered as alternatives. In addition, you can order us to provide you with the cheapest electricity and / orgas tariff from now on. remind.me went live in October 2017 and is run by the remind me GmbH in Berlin. Founder & CEO are Daniel Engelbarts & Christian Lang. You already founded Sparwelt.de in 2008 and expanded it into Germany's largest bargain and voucher portal. The media group RTL Germany bought the company in September 2014.With the new portal remind.me they now want to give you the opportunity to increase the savings potential of at least € 1,700 per year and from now on only to have favorable and good contracts. For you as a consumer / user, the portal is completely free. They finance through agency commissions, which they receive from dealers / partners, when you make a corresponding conclusion. As already at Sparwelt.de they always act true to the motto: Always the cheapest / best offer for the user. The commission level has no influence on the selection. | $2.2M / Series A / Jul 11, 2019 | |
yamo
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yamo is on a mission to give parents healthier and easy food choices for their children. Its products are available online via a direct to consumer subscription model and through grocery stores. The latter includes Coop in Switzerland and select Edeka and Rewe stores in Germany. | Jun 28, 2018 | |
DeepCode
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DeepCode is a developer of a semantic code analysis software that is used to facilitate coding and decoding. Its software automates programming interface to determine the intent of the code, identifies critical bugs, and vulnerabilities and finds serious coding issues that enable developers to benefit and increase overall software quality withoutrequiring a user annotation or specification of any kind. | $1.3M / Seed / May 15, 2018 | |
Ververica
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Ververica is the new name of data Artisans, the company founded in 2014 by the original creators of Apache Flink®. Ververica is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.They started data Artisans (now Ververica) because they saw the need for a large-scale data processing technology that is open source and at the same time properly rooted in long-testedprinciples and architectures from the database and distributed systems fields.From the very beginning, they developed Apache Flink® in the open source, and they witnessed and led Flink’s rapid community growth and industry adoption. Ververica provides Ververica Platform, with open source Apache Flink and Application Manager, to the enterprise. Ververica Platform enables high-throughput and low-latency solutions for event-driven applications. | $5.8M / Series A / Mar 30, 2016 | |
Ververica
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Ververica was founded in 2014 by the original creators of Apache Flink®. Ververica is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.They started data Artisans (now Ververica) because they saw the need for a large-scale data processing technology that is open source and at the same time properly rooted in long-tested principles and architectures from thedatabase and distributed systems fields.From the very beginning, they developed Apache Flink® in the open source, and they witnessed and led Flink’s rapid community growth and industry adoption. Ververica provides Ververica Platform, with open source Apache Flink and Application Manager, to the enterprise. Ververica Platform enables high-throughput and low-latency solutions for event-driven applications. | $6M / Series A / Mar 30, 2016 | |
Pets Deli
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PETS DELI is a leading D2C pet food brand in Germany with a clear focus on subscription based eCommerce, headquartered in Berlin. The company’s vision is to become the ultimate biggest and most customer centric D2C pet food brand in its core markets. PETS DELI’s unique business model is based on multiple diversified and recurring revenuestreams: The company markets its superior product offerings via online subscriptions, their online shop, offline flagship stores as well as selected partners in the most dominant retail chains. | Series A / Feb 29, 2016 | |
Armedangels
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Armedangels is a clothing retail site that sells classy and timeless fashions for men and women. The company designs a variety of apparel products made from textiles such as organic cotton and sells them via their online shop as well as in boutiques and major retails stores in six countries. It also creates and produces sustainable fashion that isboth ethical and fashionable, while attempting to appeal to the LOHAS demographic.Armedangels uses renewable energy in its direct operations to reduce its climate impact. Its use of eco-friendly materials limits the number of chemicals, water, and wastewater used in production. The company aims to make a social statement about fashion and works exclusively with socially responsible companies that are certified as being fair trade.Armedangels was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. | Seed / Aug 07, 2014 | |
iMoney Group
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iMoney is a Financial Aggregator which equips Malaysians to make #IntelligentMoney decisions for every Life Moment. Founded in 2012, we help consumers simplify personal finance so they can reach their goals. Through our website, consumers can compare and apply for financial and utility products that fits their needs including credit cards, loans,insurance, and investment products. Visitors can also learn about personal finance through jargon-free and insightful articles on our Learning Centre and social media. Additionally, we empower consumers to take charge of their finances with tools like the iMoney CreditScore and Income Tax Calculator. In 2020, iMoney was acquired by a Malaysian-based B2B fintech company, JurisTech. Commenting on the acquisition, See Wai Hun, CEO of JurisTech and iMoney said, "We are now poised to bring more value by offering a more holistic end-to-end solution to our clients. From marketing to consumers, onboarding consumers digitally, providing immediate decisioning through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and straight-through processing, JurisTech and iMoney will help elevate and shape the future of the financial services industry.”iMoney is headquartered in Malaysia, and has a branch in the Philippines. | $2M / Series A / Oct 24, 2013 | |
SmallRivers
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SmallRivers develops web services that are facilitating the interconnection of people around shared interests. SmallRivers is a privately held startup incorporated in Switzerland (Lausanne) and located on the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL campus, Scientific Park. | Seed / Jun 30, 2010 | |
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FAQ
What does ECONA AG invest in?
ECONA AG invests primarily in Information Technology, Apps and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is ECONA AG's check size?
ECONA AG typically joins rounds of $2M–$6M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ECONA AG participates in.
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The team at ECONA AG includes Bernd Hardes (CEO and Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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