# EXTOREL

> EXTOREL is a VC fund in Munich backing Software and Information Technology. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Apr 2020
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/extorel/
- Website: http://www.extorel.de/

EXTOREL is a VC fund in Munich focused on Software and Information Technology. EXTOLL GmbH was founded in 2011 as a spin-off of the University of Heidelberg. The spin-off process has been significantly supported by the German EXIST program. The core technologies of the company were developed at the chair of computer architecture of Dr. Ulrich Brüning, who is a co-founder. The IP has been transferred to EXTOLL GmbH. Theresearch group has also developed a method for low-cost mass production of high-density Active Optical Cables (HD-AOC). Such HD-AOC enable signal transmission over longer distances than it would be possible with purely electrical interconnects. This IP has been exclusively licensed to EXTOLL GmbH. Consequently, EXTOLL GmbH has developed a complete product solution, necessary for interconnecting clusters with sizes ranging from a few nodes up to 64.000 nodes.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $739k–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 36% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 27% |
| Hardware | 2 | 18% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 18% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 18% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 45% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |
| Series D | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 8 | 73% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anja Hormann | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anja-hormann |
| Falk F. Strascheg | Founding Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falk-f-strascheg |
| Mathias Lindermeir | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mathias-lindermeir |
| Renate Strascheg | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renate-strascheg |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sintratec | Sintratec is the leading Swiss developer and manufacturer of precise 3D printers for professional use. Sintratec's cost-effective and compact systems employ the selective laser sintering (SLS) technology in order to process high-quality polymer materials. By means of the Sintratec-Technology, professionals can create complex objects with anexceptionally high degree in freedom of form. Whether stiff or flexible, Sintratec materials are highly resilient and temperature-resistant. Sintratec systems are in operation worldwide in various industries, research institutes and universities. | $739.4K | Series A | Apr 28, 2020 |  |
| iThera Medical | iThera Medical offers access to innovative technology and know-how in photonic molecular imaging. The company was founded in 2010, as a spin-off from the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, the German Research Center for Environmental Health (HMGU). Together, they pursue the further development of proprietary MSOT technology for use in preclinical andclinical applications. | $7.8M | Series C | Sep 14, 2018 |  |
| Mr Beam Lasers | Industrial laser cutters are digital tools for cutting and engraving a variety of materials based on a digital design file. Mr Beam Lasers offers a desktop laser cutter with an integrated connected ecosystem. Our target group are small businesses, professional service providers, educational institutions and private customers, who enjoy creative andartistic crafting. Mr Beam reduces the entry barrier for digital, automated labeling, personalization and prototyping to an absolute minimum. Due to child’s play handling, integrated online designs, material shops and service hubs, the mass market gets the opportunity to use this technology which originally was only possible for the industry. |  | Series A | Jul 20, 2018 |  |
| Sintratec | Sintratec is the leading Swiss developer and manufacturer of precise 3D printers for professional use. Sintratec's cost-effective and compact systems employ the selective laser sintering (SLS) technology in order to process high-quality polymer materials. By means of the Sintratec-Technology, professionals can create complex objects with anexceptionally high degree in freedom of form. Whether stiff or flexible, Sintratec materials are highly resilient and temperature-resistant. Sintratec systems are in operation worldwide in various industries, research institutes and universities. | $2.3M | Series A | Jul 13, 2018 |  |
| nextmarkets | Nextmarkets is dedicated to `helps private investors to operate in a sustainable and better educated manner on the stock exchange.For this purpose, the company developed a very easy-to-use trading platform in which private investors can trade more than 1,000 CFDs on equities , foreign exchange ( forex , FX ), bonds and commodities veryintuitively - via web and mobile apps . It is scientifically proven that more than 80 percent of all private investors fail on the stock market . This has predominantly behavioral economic reasons. | $10.4M | Series A | Jul 21, 2016 |  |
| Sintratec | Sintratec is the leading Swiss developer and manufacturer of precise 3D printers for professional use. Sintratec's cost-effective and compact systems employ the selective laser sintering (SLS) technology in order to process high-quality polymer materials. By means of the Sintratec-Technology, professionals can create complex objects with anexceptionally high degree in freedom of form. Whether stiff or flexible, Sintratec materials are highly resilient and temperature-resistant. Sintratec systems are in operation worldwide in various industries, research institutes and universities. | $2.6M | Seed | Apr 11, 2016 |  |
| Testbirds | Testbirds was founded in 2011 in Munich with the goal of supporting companies with the optimisation of their digital products. To address the growing challenges in software development and the increasing demands of clients looking to enhance quality levels, they have been looking for new opportunities and methods to enhance the functionality anduser-friendliness of apps, websites, etc.Thanks to an increasingly digitalised world, crowdsourcing, which is the sourcing of tasks to a global online community, has found its place in the business world and especially the IT industry. The application of this new form of labour to software testing resulted in a new, innovative method known as crowdtesting.A major benefit of crowdtesting is the opportunity to have not only experts but also unbiased consumers performing software tests on their own devices and under real world conditions. This grants access to a nearly endless combination of devices, operating systems and software. Another advantage of this method lies in the selection of testers, who can be chosen based on numerous criteria and characteristics that reflect the product’s target group. Crowdtesters are available ad-hoc via the internet and ready to search for defects and usability issues without encountering operational blindness. As a result, businesses are provided with a huge amount of flexibility in allocating their resources.They were able to quickly convince their first clients and investors about the numerous benefits and opportunities of crowdtesting. In addition, the Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology (now Economy and Energy) recognised their business model’s potential and funded Testbirds in the form of the EXIST scholarship as well as the start-up competition, “IKT Innovativ”. | $2.2M |  | Feb 08, 2016 |  |
| Altruja | Altruja GmbH offers Internet-based social fundraising software to collect donations online. The company also provides services, such as Altruja-SMS, an SMS fundraising campaign; and social media consulting, consultancy of fan Websites, establishment and maintenance of Twitter accounts, and programming of homepages. Altruja was founded in 2010 andis based in Munich, Germany. |  |  | Apr 02, 2013 |  |
| adviqo Group | adviqo Group, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Berlin/Germany, is a diversified media group with multiple online and offline properties directed towards female audiences. It is the world market leader in live counseling services in the areas of life advice, therapeutic counseling and coaching advice. With over 350 employees and offices in5 countries (Germany, UK, France, Spain, Poland) the company is operating TV channels, online marketplaces and eCommerce sites as well as mobile applications. The company is an exclusive advice content partner for leading women magazines such as Bild, Bild der Frau, IN Star&Style but also large online portals such as GMX, T-Online and Freenet. With a top management team with backgrounds from BigPoint, HomeAway.com, BWin.com, Axel Springer, T-Online and backed by renowned investors like Wellington Partners, AGF and the European Founders Fund – the company has enjoyed high double digit $M revenues and high profitability. |  | Series D | Jun 01, 2007 |  |
| datango | datango AG was founded in Berlin in 1999 and has since then been supporting users in navigating quickly and easily through software applications. Since 2006 Hasso Plattner Ventures and Falk Strascheg Holding are supporting datango on their way towards worldwide expansion. In 2007 datango took ownership of the Knowledge and Performance Solutionsbusiness of the Swedish Enlight AB. | $2.7M | Series A | Nov 01, 2006 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/am-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bayern Kapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bayern-kapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Falk Strascheg Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falk-strascheg-holding) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hasso Plattner Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hasso-plattner-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [5K Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/5-k-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AGF Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agf-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does EXTOREL invest in?

EXTOREL invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Hardware startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is EXTOREL's check size?

EXTOREL typically joins rounds of $739k–$10M 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 EXTOREL participates in.

### How do I contact EXTOREL?

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### Who are the partners at EXTOREL?

The team at EXTOREL includes Anja Hormann (Chief Financial Officer), Falk F. Strascheg (Founding Partner) and Mathias Lindermeir (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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