# Friederike Ernst

> Friederike Ernst is a seed investor at Epicenter backing Risk Management and Financial Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Epicenter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epicenter-bitcoin)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/friederikeernst/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tw_tter
- Website: https://x.com/tw_tter

Friederike Ernst is a seed investor at Epicenter in Berlin focused on Risk Management and Financial Services. Friederike Ernst is the COO of Gnosis, a platform for information markets. In today’s digital age, knowledge is power, and the sooner you have that knowledge the better – that’s why at Gnosis, they believe that prediction markets will be the next generation forecasting tool. On top of her work with Gnosis, Friederike is also the secretary-generalof the German Blockchain Association, the leading think tank on blockchain policy in Germany.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Risk Management | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |
| Professional Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| kpk | kpk operates in the financial services sector, focusing on decentralized organizations. The company offers state-of-the-art risk management and trust-minimized DeFi treasury execution services. Their goal is to help these organizations preserve capital. They also engage in professional DAO treasury development and manage funds to fuel developmentregardless of overall economic conditions. Karpatkey is also involved in enhancing liquidity incentive strategies and has a non-custodial AUM. | $7M | Seed | Oct 22, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AppWorks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/appworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/borderless-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [G20 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g20-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Saison Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saison-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stake Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stake-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Epicenter

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Podcast about the technologies, startups & people driving #decentralization and the global blockchain revolution.

4 contacts available at Epicenter.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Fabian Crain | Founder & Organizer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-fabian-crain |
| Friederike Ernst | Co-Host | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/friederike-ernst |
| Sebastien Couture | Co-Founder, Co-Host | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastien-couture |
| Sunny Aggarwal | Co-Host | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunny-aggarwal |

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## FAQ

### What does Friederike Ernst invest in?

Friederike Ernst invests primarily in Risk Management, Financial Services and Professional Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Cayman Islands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Friederike Ernst last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Friederike Ernst closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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