ECONA AG
VC Fund
Berlin, Germany
ECONA AG is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Internet and E-Commerce. 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:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
Last updated:
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Industries ECONA AG invests in
Stages ECONA AG invests in
Countries ECONA AG invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$5.1M
- Series A
- $2M–$6.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 5 (19%)
- E-Commerce 4 (15%)
- Information Technology 4 (15%)
- Apps 3 (12%)
- Software 3 (12%)
Stage
- Series A 9 (35%)
- Seed 7 (27%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (15%)
- Series B 2 (8%)
- Angel 1 (4%)
Country
- Germany 15 (58%)
- Malaysia 3 (12%)
- Switzerland 3 (12%)
- United States 2 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bernd Hardes
CEO and Partner
|
CEO and Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amara is a voice-first senior companion delivered via tablet and dock with a family app, serving Germany's AgeTech market. | $4.2M / Pre-Seed / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| 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 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 | ||
| IPrice was set up to offer shoppers the widest selection of products and brands, provided by hundreds of partners in Southeast Asia. The company is driven by a mission to bring a greater level of transparency, convenience, and trust to the e-commerce market in Southeast Asia by making it easy for shoppers to compare prices, discover products, andget the best deals from thousands of online shops.With the help and funding of the Asia Venture Group—investments include iMoney, Trusted Company, and Happy Fresh—iPrice quickly acquired international know-how, expertise, and talent in fields ranging from technology to online marketing to the business side of things. Focused on execution from its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, the company has quickly expanded across seven markets, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Philippines. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 20, 2018 | ||
| 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. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 28, 2018 | ||
| 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. | $1.1M / Seed / May 15, 2018 | ||
| MeinAlarm24 is Germany’s first D2C provider of professionally installed security systems. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin. | $3.5M / Series A / Nov 16, 2017 | ||
| 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. | Sep 15, 2017 | ||
| Foodspring is a premium fitness food & sports nutrition company. Their goal is to bring sports nutrition to the next level. Their protein powder has caused a stir in the industry with its organic certification. With milk from pasture cattle, they have shaken old-established structures. And fitness-enthusiastic people encouraged to think. Thereare many foods. But it's about more. To the real benefit. That's why goji berries contain seven times more vitamin C than oranges. That coconut oil has a much higher heat resistance than olive oil. And that the vacuum drying allows them , in contrast to classic dried fruit, to get 80% of the vitamins in their Crunchy Fruits. | $6.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 05, 2017 | ||
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FAQ
What does ECONA AG invest in?
ECONA AG invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does ECONA AG invest in?
ECONA AG typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$5.1M at Seed and $2M–$6.2M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not ECONA AG's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds ECONA AG took part in.
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Who are the partners at ECONA AG?
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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