# Ehssan Dariani

> Ehssan Dariani is a seed investor in Berlin backing Internet and Shopping. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ehssan-dariani-1129725
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dariani
- Website: https://x.com/dariani

Ehssan Dariani is a German internet entrepreneur who became popular through his role as the founder and CEO of StudiVZ. After selling StudiVZ to Holzbrinck Ventures Ehssan runs his own investment firm Gruschel Ventures.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 50% |
| Shopping | 2 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Eyewear | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mister Spex | Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses in Germany. Its product range includes over 5000 different glasses, sunglasses, sports eyewear, and contact lenses from more than 60 brands and designers.The store’s offerings include sports labels such as Adidas, Carrera, Lacoste, and Oakley to designer brandssuch as Burberry, Calvin Klein, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Jil Sander, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Tom Ford, and Versace.Mister Spex was launched in 2007 and its operations are headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It also operates its own websites in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. | $72.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 20, 2019 | http://misterspex.de |
| Cookies App | Cookies wants to become the Venmo of Europe. Forget about complicated bank transfers. Save time and energy—send and receive money from your phone like you chat with your friends. Settling debts with friends can be awkward and unpleasant. Cookies will do it for you, letting you off the hook! | $1.6M | Seed | Nov 01, 2015 | https://cookies-app.com/en/ |
| webme | Webme is a web-hosting site that is based in Germany. |  | Angel | Oct 01, 2007 | http://www.own-free-website.com |
| brands4friends | brands4friends is an online shop selling remainders of high quality brand name goods of the fashion industry to end users through a series of consecutive, temporary sales auctions. |  | Seed | Sep 10, 2007 | http://www.brands4friends.de |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ABACON](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abacon-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grazia Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grazia-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ehssan Dariani invest in?

Ehssan Dariani invests primarily in Internet, Shopping and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Ehssan Dariani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ehssan Dariani closed in Aug 2019. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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