Erik Bovee
Founder Partner @ Speedinvest
Vienna, Austria
Erik Bovee is a seed investor at Speedinvest in Vienna focused on Software and Human Resources. Erik Sebastian Bovee is based out of Vienna, Wien and is the Vice President of Business Development of MindsDB. Erik previously worked at Speedinvest as a founding partner. Erik Sebastian Bovee attended the University of Oxford.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
Last updated:
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Industries Erik Bovee invests in
Stages Erik Bovee invests in
Countries Erik Bovee invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $637k–$3.9M
- Series A
- $11M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (27%)
- Human Resources 2 (18%)
- Apps 1 (9%)
- SaaS 1 (9%)
- EdTech 1 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (45%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Angel 1 (9%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 3 (27%)
- Germany 1 (9%)
- United Kingdom 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Inkitt is the world's first reader-powered book publisher. They have developed an algorithm that predicts bestsellers by analyzing reading behaviour.At Inkitt, they believe that every author should have an equal chance to succeed. That’s why they’re building the fairest and most objective publishing house in the world by finding hiddentalents and turning them into globally successful authors.They're a team of 30 hard-working, extremely talented, and highly dedicated entrepreneurs and have raised $5m to level up and get closer to their goal: to help debut authors dominate the NY Times Best Seller list. | $59M / Series B / Oct 04, 2021 | ||
| Inkitt is the world's first reader-powered book publisher. They have developed an algorithm that predicts bestsellers by analyzing reading behaviour.At Inkitt, they believe that every author should have an equal chance to succeed. That’s why they’re building the fairest and most objective publishing house in the world by finding hiddentalents and turning them into globally successful authors.They're a team of 30 hard-working, extremely talented, and highly dedicated entrepreneurs and have raised $5m to level up and get closer to their goal: to help debut authors dominate the NY Times Best Seller list. | $16M / Series A / Aug 28, 2019 | ||
| Stateless is reinventing connectivity. With software-defined interconnect (SD-IX) from Stateless colocation providers can dynamically deliver routing, security and automation services to network interconnection points through software. In doing so, providers can control and connect every endpoint, including portfolio data centers, tenant sites andhyperscale clouds. Stateless is based in Boulder, CO and is a spinoff of research conducted by co-founders Murad Kablan and Eric Keller. | $11.3M / Series A / Jan 30, 2019 | ||
| Metis Labs produces intelligent software tools which improve production yield and reduce energy consumption. | $1.1M / Seed / Jul 24, 2018 | ||
| Stateless is reinventing connectivity. With software-defined interconnect (SD-IX) from Stateless colocation providers can dynamically deliver routing, security and automation services to network interconnection points through software. In doing so, providers can control and connect every endpoint, including portfolio data centers, tenant sites andhyperscale clouds. Stateless is based in Boulder, CO and is a spinoff of research conducted by co-founders Murad Kablan and Eric Keller. | $1.5M / Seed / Dec 05, 2017 | ||
| Sunlight helps companies grow a highly engaging learning culture by facilitating their team’s access to any book, event or course in the world. | $637K / Seed / Nov 01, 2017 | ||
| Inkitt is the world's first reader-powered book publisher. They have developed an algorithm that predicts bestsellers by analyzing reading behaviour.At Inkitt, they believe that every author should have an equal chance to succeed. That’s why they’re building the fairest and most objective publishing house in the world by finding hiddentalents and turning them into globally successful authors.They're a team of 30 hard-working, extremely talented, and highly dedicated entrepreneurs and have raised $5m to level up and get closer to their goal: to help debut authors dominate the NY Times Best Seller list. | $3.9M / Seed / Sep 25, 2017 | ||
| At Gustav, we power the next‑generation of staffing agencies and recruiters to run their business online, so they can help millions of people find work every day. Backed by the world’s best venture capital firms and business angels: Y Combinator, Speedinvest, Beenext, 10x Group and Youtube co-founder Jawed Karim among many others. | $980K / Seed / Jan 10, 2017 | ||
| At Gustav, we power the next‑generation of staffing agencies and recruiters to run their business online, so they can help millions of people find work every day. Backed by the world’s best venture capital firms and business angels: Y Combinator, Speedinvest, Beenext, 10x Group and Youtube co-founder Jawed Karim among many others. | $650K / Angel / Apr 15, 2016 | ||
| Inkitt is the world's first reader-powered book publisher. They have developed an algorithm that predicts bestsellers by analyzing reading behaviour.At Inkitt, they believe that every author should have an equal chance to succeed. That’s why they’re building the fairest and most objective publishing house in the world by finding hiddentalents and turning them into globally successful authors.They're a team of 30 hard-working, extremely talented, and highly dedicated entrepreneurs and have raised $5m to level up and get closer to their goal: to help debut authors dominate the NY Times Best Seller list. | $1.1M / Seed / Nov 15, 2015 | ||
| See all 11 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Speedinvest
Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more. From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster. Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together. Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.
Speedinvest Contacts
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Florian Obst
Associate
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Gabriel Tirouflet
Venture Partner
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Olga Shikhantsova
Principal
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Stefan Klestil
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Tom Lesche
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FAQ
What does Erik Bovee invest in?
Erik Bovee invests primarily in Software, Human Resources and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Erik Bovee's check size?
Erik Bovee typically joins rounds of $637k–$3.9M at Seed and $11M–$16M 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 Erik Bovee participates in.
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When did Erik Bovee last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Erik Bovee closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 11 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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