# Federico Wengi > Federico Wengi is a seed investor at SquareOne (Berlin) backing SaaS and FinTech. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [SquareOne](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paua-ventures) - Location: Berlin, Germany - Total investments: 13 - Last investment: Dec 2021 - Lead investor: 77% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/federicowengi/ - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/federicowengi Federico Wengi is a seed investor at SquareOne in Berlin focused on SaaS and FinTech. Federico joined the team in 2013, became Partner at Paua Ventures in July 2018.His main assignments include deal hunting, deal flow management, company building, financial modelling as well as internal development. He is a trusted sparring partner for CFOs/CEOs in portfolios. He is a spreadsheet guru and is actively blogging about VC and theBerlin tech scene.Before joining Paua he worked as entrepreneur in residence at our portfolio company Flaconi. He has an M&A and corporate finance background at Deutsche Bank in London and Mediobanca in Frankfurt.Federico holds a Master of Science in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan.He completes the Rubik’s cube in about three minutes. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | SaaS | 1 | 8% | | FinTech | 1 | 8% | | Payments | 1 | 8% | | Software | 1 | 8% | | Web Design | 1 | 8% | 17 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 4 | 31% | | Series A | 1 | 8% | | Convertible Note | 1 | 8% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Germany | 2 | 15% | | United States | 1 | 8% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 8% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Deed | Deed’s SaaS platform makes it easy for employees to donate to their favorite charities and volunteer with good causes. HR and social impact teams at companies like Airbnb and Stripe use Deed to increase employee engagement and retention. It was founded by Deevee Kashi, Steven Liu, and Aske Ertmann, and has offices in Brooklyn, Berlin, Tel Aviv, andSan Francisco. | $10M | Series A | Dec 09, 2021 | | | Deed | Deed’s SaaS platform makes it easy for employees to donate to their favorite charities and volunteer with good causes. HR and social impact teams at companies like Airbnb and Stripe use Deed to increase employee engagement and retention. It was founded by Deevee Kashi, Steven Liu, and Aske Ertmann, and has offices in Brooklyn, Berlin, Tel Aviv, andSan Francisco. | $10M | Series A | Dec 09, 2021 | | | inai | Inai is a single integration for your global payment stack. Inai will provide connections to multiple payment service providers ( Stripe, Adyen , Braintree), Wallets, BNPL platforms, open banking providers, fraud, BI and accounting in a single integration. Our dashboard will allow merchants to build custom workflows tailored to their uniquebusiness needs without writing any code | $4M | Seed | Sep 20, 2021 | | | inai | Inai is a single integration for your global payment stack. Inai will provide connections to multiple payment service providers ( Stripe, Adyen , Braintree), Wallets, BNPL platforms, open banking providers, fraud, BI and accounting in a single integration. Our dashboard will allow merchants to build custom workflows tailored to their uniquebusiness needs without writing any code | $4M | Seed | Sep 20, 2021 | | | Deed | Deed’s SaaS platform makes it easy for employees to donate to their favorite charities and volunteer with good causes. HR and social impact teams at companies like Airbnb and Stripe use Deed to increase employee engagement and retention. It was founded by Deevee Kashi, Steven Liu, and Aske Ertmann, and has offices in Brooklyn, Berlin, Tel Aviv, andSan Francisco. | $800K | Convertible Note | Apr 08, 2021 | | | Deed | Deed’s SaaS platform makes it easy for employees to donate to their favorite charities and volunteer with good causes. HR and social impact teams at companies like Airbnb and Stripe use Deed to increase employee engagement and retention. It was founded by Deevee Kashi, Steven Liu, and Aske Ertmann, and has offices in Brooklyn, Berlin, Tel Aviv, andSan Francisco. | $800K | Convertible Note | Apr 08, 2021 | | | Deed | Deed’s SaaS platform makes it easy for employees to donate to their favorite charities and volunteer with good causes. HR and social impact teams at companies like Airbnb and Stripe use Deed to increase employee engagement and retention. It was founded by Deevee Kashi, Steven Liu, and Aske Ertmann, and has offices in Brooklyn, Berlin, Tel Aviv, andSan Francisco. | $2M | Seed | Dec 17, 2020 | | | Deed | Deed’s SaaS platform makes it easy for employees to donate to their favorite charities and volunteer with good causes. HR and social impact teams at companies like Airbnb and Stripe use Deed to increase employee engagement and retention. It was founded by Deevee Kashi, Steven Liu, and Aske Ertmann, and has offices in Brooklyn, Berlin, Tel Aviv, andSan Francisco. | $2M | Seed | Dec 17, 2020 | | | Phase | Phase is a visual and intuitive digital design tool, reworked for the new age. | | Seed | Aug 01, 2019 | | | Phase | Phase is a visual and intuitive digital design tool, reworked for the new age. | | Seed | Apr 01, 2018 | | 10 of 13 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [SquareOne](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paua-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together - [SquareOne Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/squarone-vc) — VC Fund, 6 deals together - [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together - [Blue Moon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2-12-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [100Unicorns](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9unicorns) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Alarko Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alarko-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together ## About SquareOne VC Fund · Berlin, Germany SquareOne is a Berlin-based venture capital firm. Established in 2010 and funded only with management money, SquareOne has built its way up to become a leading tech investor in Berlin.SquareOne invests in European early-stage B2B Software companies, acting both as lead or co-lead investor. Their focus is on sectors where they can add the mostvalue to your business: Enterprise Software, Software as a Service, Industry 4.0, Deep-tech (Robotics, Security, IoT, AI/ML, NLP, DevTools..)Paua provides a broad range of services and the team is truly committed in being the best partner for entrepreneurs, aiming to be the bridge between new businesses and the corporate world. 5 contacts available at SquareOne. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Charlotte Baumhauer | Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlotte-baumhauer | | Christian Buchenau | Co-Founder, Managing Director & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-buchenau | | Christophe Defforey | Co-Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-defforey | | Federico Wengi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/federico-wengi | | Felix Plapperer | Venture Capital Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felix-plapperer | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Federico Wengi invest in? Federico Wengi invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Federico Wengi last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Federico Wengi closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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