# Flash Ventures

> Flash Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin backing FinTech and Software. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 34%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fl4shventures/
- Website: https://www.fl4sh.vc/

Flash Ventures is a pre-seed investor that provides pre-seed capital to talented founders, supporting them to build game-changing businesses. Flash Ventures is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 9 | 26% |
| Software | 9 | 26% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 14% |
| B2B | 3 | 9% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 21 | 60% |
| Seed | 10 | 29% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 23% |
| Germany | 6 | 17% |
| Singapore | 4 | 11% |
| Australia | 3 | 9% |
| Spain | 2 | 6% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Johann Nordhus Westarp | Venture Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johann-nordhus-westarp |
| André Iaconelli | Principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andr%C3%A9-iaconelli |
| Yash Zaveri | Partner & Managing Director | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yash-zaveri |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Genie | Genie is a provider of a Shopify inventory management solution for fast-growing merchants. | $5.8M | Seed | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Ofload | Ofload is a digital road freight platform that fully tackles inefficiencies. Ofload connects road freight to thousands of reliable carriers and manage it through technology. This means less waste and more data.Ofload manages end-to-end logistics fulfillment through technology, connects carriers with shippers helping shipments to be deliveredquickly and affordably by taking up what would have been empty space in delivery vehicles, allowing businesses to have visibility of their shipments. | $40M | Series B | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Cyberdesk | Cyberdesk provides IT solutions and management. |  | Seed | Nov 10, 2022 |  |
| truckOs | truckOS is a platform for transportation businesses. It provides logistics operators with web-enabled freight factoring solutions. The company provides freight payment management solutions for transportation companies. Users can use the platform to verify company information, submit invoices with proof of delivery, and receive payments. |  | Seed | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| Tranch | Tranch brings payment flexibility to B2B by offering expense financing services for fast-growing businesses. With Tranch, businesses can spread bulky expenses and take control of the cash flow on their terms and prioritise spend on growth, without compromising on the tools they need. Tranch transforms how businesses pay with Grow Now, Pay Later. | $4.4M | Pre-Seed | May 23, 2022 |  |
| Blipay | Blipay provides financial services. Blipay operates as a fintech company. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| Mistho | mistho.io offers the first open payroll API for Europe, that enables consumers to easily access and share their salary and employment information with third parties such as banks, insurance companies, lenders and others at the click of a button. Our goal is to help businesses build the best consumer experiences in the fintech world that requireincome information. As a first step, we are now enabling businesses to easily integrate the Mistho app into their existing flow for income verification.Remember the last time you searched for a flat to rent, wanted to lease a car or applied for a loan? At some point during your search you were asked to share your last three months of payslips. You probably had to upload them to a platform or send them via e-mail to your agent. In some cases, you might even have needed to ask your HR department to help you out. Mistho helps exactly here - by offering a digital, directly embedded income verification tool that asks the end consumer to do no more than log in to their payroll portal. | $3M | Seed | Feb 21, 2022 |  |
| Gobble | Gobble is a group-based food ordering platform that allows users to view and select what their friends have ordered instead of scrolling through delivery apps. | $1.3M | Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Fuzey | Fuzey offers a digital one-stop shop for SMEs and independent contractors such as plumbers, electricians, and mechanics. Their platform allows them to grow and manage their businesses and focus on the services they provide. SMEs can manage their communications across SMS, Whatsapp, email, Facebook, and Instagram, understand customer behavior,manage appointments directly to calendars, send invoices, receive payment, and increase customer reviews. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 17, 2021 |  |
| everstox | Logistics-as-a-Service and technology platform for flexible warehousing & fulfillment services across Europe | $22.4M | Series A | Nov 25, 2021 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Flash Ventures invest in?

Flash Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Flash Ventures's check size?

Flash Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$10M at Seed and $500k–$3.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Flash Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Flash Ventures?

Public channels for Flash Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Flash Ventures?

The team at Flash Ventures includes Johann Nordhus Westarp (Venture Partner), André Iaconelli (Principal) and Yash Zaveri (Partner & 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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