# Hanno Renner

> Hanno Renner is a seed investor at Personio Foundation (Munich) backing Software and SaaS. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Personio Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/personio-foundation)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanno-renner
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HannoRenner
- Website: https://x.com/HannoRenner
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hanno.renner

Hanno Renner is a seed investor at Personio Foundation in Munich focused on Software and SaaS. Hanno Renner is based out of Munich, Bayern and is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Personio Foundation. Hanno previously worked at Quarterdeck Life Ltd as a Skipper of Sailing Yachts. Hanno Renner attended Columbia University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$9M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$6.5M |
| Series A | $11M–$32M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 39% |
| SaaS | 8 | 24% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 12% |
| Sales | 3 | 9% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 42% |
| Series A | 7 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 15% |
| Angel | 3 | 9% |
| Series B | 3 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 21 | 64% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Regulate | Regulate is a wellness and performance company that provides science-backed breathwork programs and a mobile app designed for professionals and organizations. The company focuses on improving focus, stress regulation, resilience, energy, sleep, and overall workplace wellbeing through guided breathing exercises tailored for the workday. | $1.6M | Seed | May 12, 2026 |  |
| CodeWords | CodeWords is a technology startup working on AI systems for workflow automation. Their platform CodeWords lets anyone create automations and AI workflows by chatting with AI. Agemo's technology is designed to build code-based workflows and systems that can autonomously reason through software. | $9M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| CedarDB | CedarDB is a database system that supports transactional and analytical workloads, handling data from small operations to large datasets. | $5.9M | Seed | May 14, 2025 |  |
| Duna | Duna is redefining business identity. It will evolve into a network for shareable identity – making onboarding as simple as one click. | $12.1M | Seed | May 07, 2025 |  |
| Plato | Plato operates as a sales intelligence platform for wholesale. | $6.5M | Pre-Seed | Nov 04, 2024 |  |
| Datagon AI | Datagon AI is an AI platform that provides software for quality management. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| Axle Energy | Axle's software dynamically gives flexibility to the electricity grid and adjusts energy usage to when it is cheapest and greenest. | $8.9M | Seed | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| zerolabs | zerolabs is an e-commerce platform that provides refreshing alcohol-free drinks and beverages. |  | Angel | Jul 18, 2024 |  |
| Langdock | Langdock is an interactive chat assistant for teams of any size, complete with full privacy settings to ensure compliance. | $3M | Seed | Apr 19, 2024 |  |
| Entrix | Entrix is an optimisation and trading platform for grid-scale battery storage that accelerates the transition towards a clean energy future. Our mission is to enable the most effective use of green energy and to ensure the reliability of the future energy system. We provide state-of-the-art technology and services to both asset owners and potentialinvestors across the globe. | $18.5M | Series A | Feb 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Visionaries Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/visionaries-club) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Picus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/picus-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [La Famiglia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/la-famiglia) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [10x Founders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-founders) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Personio Foundation

VC Fund



3 contacts available at Personio Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hanno Renner | Co-Founder & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanno-renner |
| Jonas Rieke | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonas-rieke |
| Roman Schumacher | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roman-schumacher |

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## FAQ

### What does Hanno Renner invest in?

Hanno Renner invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 33 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hanno Renner's check size?

Hanno Renner typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$9M at Seed, $1.1M–$6.5M at Pre-Seed and $11M–$32M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hanno Renner participates in.

### When did Hanno Renner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hanno Renner closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 33 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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