# Frank Strauss

> Frank Strauss is a seed investor backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 10 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Metropolitan, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-strau%C3%9F-a021aa19b/?originalSubdomain=de

Frank Strauss is a Member of The Management Board at Deutsche Postbank.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $6.9M–$7M |
| Series A | $13M–$65M |
| Series B | $14M–$46M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 7 | 70% |
| FinTech | 4 | 40% |
| Banking | 2 | 20% |
| Payments | 2 | 20% |
| Solar | 1 | 10% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Series B | 3 | 30% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 30% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 30% |
| United States | 2 | 20% |
| Singapore | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Finanzguru | Finanzguru is an AI-powered financial assistant that assists users in managing their accounts and contracts. Finanzguru determines a user's disposable income in real time based on their income and expenses. It even considers its contractual partners' upcoming bookings. This provides users with a single number that contains all of theinformation they require. Finanzguru gives users complete control over their finances and safely and reliably guides them. | $14.2M | Series B | Apr 04, 2023 | http://www.finanzguru.de |
| Oxygen | Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure. | $20M | Series B | Feb 02, 2023 | https://www.oxygen.us |
| Hometree | Hometree is a home energy services company, is dedicated to expediting the journey towards achieving net zero emissions. Through the provision of installation, repair, and financing solutions for home energy hardware, we empower homeowners to make the transition to low-carbon living at their own pace.Hometree offers comprehensive home emergencyinsurance and maintenance cover, plus energy-efficient heating installations along with affordable financing plans. Hometree helps homeowners across the full lifecycle of sustainable home improvements - from the point of hardware installation, to how the projects get financed, to in-life repair and maintenance. | $46M | Series B | Dec 30, 2022 | https://www.hometree.co.uk |
| Yonder | Yonder is a credit card that allows users to build good credit habits while earning and enjoying rewards at their favorite spots in town. They're on a mission to make money rewarding and credit empowering through products people understand and love.They're building a challenger credit card that's a key to the city, designed forexpats and young professionals. They've packed it with modern rewards, travel insurance, no FX fees, and loads more - all without needing a UK credit score. | $6.9M | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 | https://www.yondercard.com |
| Gotrade | Gotrade is a fractional share trading startup that enables 150 countries to invest commission-free in fractions of companies. Users can make a maximum of three-day trades every five trading days for accounts under $25,000. It is currently available on an invite-only basis. | $7M | Seed | Jun 25, 2021 | https://heygotrade.com |
| NAX Group | NAX enables a corporate partner to realize the full potential of its proprietary assets through the development of new asset-backed ventures and securities. From seed to securitization, NAX co-leads the commercialization of these initiatives alongside its partners. It has three distinct but complementary platforms to repurpose corporate assets:(i) a development platform, (ii) a technology platform and a (iii) securitization platform. NAX maintains its headquarters in Manhattan Beach, CA and has offices in Palo Alto, New York, London, Paris, Zurich and Frankfurt. | $65M | Series A | Jan 13, 2021 | https://www.naxgrp.com/ |
| Oxygen | Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure. | $17M | Series A | Dec 21, 2020 | https://www.oxygen.us |
| Phase0 | Payment platform for construction projects |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2020 | https://www.compa.co/ |
| Heimkapital | Heimkapital is a real estate platform that allows homeowners to tap into their home equity to address their important financing needs. | $766.2K | Seed | Apr 30, 2020 | https://www.heimkapital.de/ |
| Yapily | Yapily creates a world without financial friction. To empower everyone to access and move value. | $13M | Series A | Apr 06, 2020 | https://www.yapily.com/ |

10 of 10 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Frank Strauss invest in?

Frank Strauss invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Frank Strauss invest in?

Frank Strauss typically joins rounds of $6.9M–$7M at Seed, $13M–$65M at Series A and $14M–$46M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Frank Strauss's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Frank Strauss took part in.

### How do I contact Frank Strauss?

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### When did Frank Strauss last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Frank Strauss closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 10 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?

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