# Franz Koch

> Franz Koch is a seed investor backing E-Commerce, Retail and Travel. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Franz Koch is a seed investor focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Franz Koch

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| Consumer Goods | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Horizn Studios | Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offerGPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design. | $11M | Series B | Jan 04, 2019 |  |
| Horizn Studios | Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offerGPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design. |  | Series A | Dec 14, 2016 |  |
| Horizn Studios | Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offerGPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design. | $3.8M | Seed | Apr 29, 2016 |  |
| Lesara | Lesara is the leading global agile retail pioneer for amazing fashion merchandise at best prices.The company has offices in China and Germany and since its launch in 2013 expanded into 24 markets in 7 languages across Europe, grew its assortment to more than 100.000 SKUs and the the team to over 300 employees.Lesara is operating a completelyvertically integrated supply chain and needs only 2 weeks from idea over design, production to product go-live for its collections.The company was awarded as fastest growing tech-company in Europe in 2016. |  | Seed | Jan 13, 2014 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vorwerk Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vorwerk-direct-selling-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Project A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/project-a-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Milano Investment Partners SGR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/milano-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Monkfish Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monkfish-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [U-Start](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/u-start) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Franz Koch invest in?

Franz Koch invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Franz Koch last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Franz Koch closed in Jan 2019. Shizune tracks 4 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.

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