# Harald Nieder

> Harald Nieder is a seed investor at redalpine (Zürich) backing FinTech and Software. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [redalpine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redalpine-venture-partners)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haraldnieder/

Harald Nieder is a seed investor at redalpine in Zürich focused on FinTech and Software. Harald Nieder is the General Partner at Redalpine. Attended University of Oxford.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$22M |
| Series A | $16M–$25M |
| Series B | $16M–$470M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 9% |
| Software | 2 | 9% |
| Apps | 1 | 4% |
| Local | 1 | 4% |
| Energy | 1 | 4% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 35% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 5 | 22% |
| United States | 2 | 9% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Proxima Fusion | Proxima Fusion is a fusion energy company developing stellarator-based fusion power plants to deliver safe, carbon-free, and commercially viable electricity. The company focuses on commercializing quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators, a type of magnetic confinement fusion reactor designed to provide continuous and stable plasma operation. ProximaFusion collaborates closely with research institutions, industrial partners, and energy companies across Europe through the Alpha Alliance, a consortium established to scale the manufacturing and engineering capabilities needed for commercial fusion. The company leverages scientific breakthroughs from the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator while developing proprietary engineering, simulation, and manufacturing technologies to industrialize fusion power generation. | $470.1M | Series B | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Magdrive | A revolutionary plasma thruster for the new space age | $10.5M | Seed | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| Lakera | Lakera is a real-time GenAI security company. The company is dedicated to ensuring the safe and responsible development and deployment of artificial intelligence technologies. To accelerate the secure adoption of AI, the company developed Gandalf, an educational tool that has taught over one million users about AI security. Lakera leverages AI tocontinually evolve its defenses, enabling customers to stay ahead of emerging threats. | $20M | Series A | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| Proxima Fusion | Proxima Fusion is a fusion energy company developing stellarator-based fusion power plants to deliver safe, carbon-free, and commercially viable electricity. The company focuses on commercializing quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators, a type of magnetic confinement fusion reactor designed to provide continuous and stable plasma operation. ProximaFusion collaborates closely with research institutions, industrial partners, and energy companies across Europe through the Alpha Alliance, a consortium established to scale the manufacturing and engineering capabilities needed for commercial fusion. The company leverages scientific breakthroughs from the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator while developing proprietary engineering, simulation, and manufacturing technologies to industrialize fusion power generation. | $21.7M | Seed | Apr 09, 2024 |  |
| Inkitt | Inkitt is the world's first reader-powered book publisher. They have developed an algorithm that predicts bestsellers by analyzing reading behaviour.At Inkitt, they believe that every author should have an equal chance to succeed. That’s why they’re building the fairest and most objective publishing house in the world by finding hiddentalents and turning them into globally successful authors.They're a team of 30 hard-working, extremely talented, and highly dedicated entrepreneurs and have raised $5m to level up and get closer to their goal: to help debut authors dominate the NY Times Best Seller list. | $37M | Series C | Feb 26, 2024 |  |
| Morressier | Early-stage research has unmatched potential to accelerate scientific progress. Our platform connects the scientific community to those early ideas so groundbreaking work can happen faster. The world’s leading professional and scientific organizations trust Morressier to support their virtual and hybrid meetings, engage their users, and amplifytheir content. Founded in 2014, Morressier is transforming how scientists connect and collaborate to make sure their work can advance faster. | $16.4M | Series B | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| Lakera | Lakera is a real-time GenAI security company. The company is dedicated to ensuring the safe and responsible development and deployment of artificial intelligence technologies. To accelerate the secure adoption of AI, the company developed Gandalf, an educational tool that has taught over one million users about AI security. Lakera leverages AI tocontinually evolve its defenses, enabling customers to stay ahead of emerging threats. | $10M | Seed | Oct 11, 2023 |  |
| 011h | 011H specializes in sustainable building development. The company is creating a new type of construction based on the latest advances in design, technology, industrialization, sustainability and health to deliver buildings faster, cheaper, more reliably and in a way that is both people- and environment-friendly. | $25.5M | Series A | Jul 08, 2022 |  |
| Relai | Relai is the easiest way to invest in Bitcoin for the long-term investor. A simple and intuitive app that allows users to buy and sell Bitcoin directly from their bank account within 1 minute, without registration, KYC verification or deposits. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. | $2.4M | Equity Crowdfunding | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| Inkitt | Inkitt is the world's first reader-powered book publisher. They have developed an algorithm that predicts bestsellers by analyzing reading behaviour.At Inkitt, they believe that every author should have an equal chance to succeed. That’s why they’re building the fairest and most objective publishing house in the world by finding hiddentalents and turning them into globally successful authors.They're a team of 30 hard-working, extremely talented, and highly dedicated entrepreneurs and have raised $5m to level up and get closer to their goal: to help debut authors dominate the NY Times Best Seller list. | $59M | Series B | Oct 04, 2021 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneur-first) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneurs-first) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Atomico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About redalpine

VC Fund · Zürich, Switzerland

redalpine is the Swiss venture capital firm that empowers GameChangers. Founded in 2006, redalpine brings together financial investment, operational expertise, and a vast international network to help ambitious entrepreneurs transform their vision into a reality. With over €1bn in assets under management, the firm has backed some of Europe’s mostdisruptive software and science companies, including N26, Taxfix, Inkitt, 9fin, Carvolution, vivenu, and Infinite Roots. redalpine has over 95 companies in its portfolio and invests Europe-wide from its offices in Zurich and Berlin.

5 contacts available at redalpine.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Dillinger | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-dillinger |
| Gianmarco Hodel | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gianmarco-hodel |
| Harald Nieder | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harald-nieder |
| Michael Sidler | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-sidler |
| Michelle Kuepper | Head of Communications; Head of Communications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelle-kuepper |

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## FAQ

### What does Harald Nieder invest in?

Harald Nieder invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Harald Nieder's check size?

Harald Nieder typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$22M at Seed, $16M–$25M at Series A and $16M–$470M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Harald Nieder participates in.

### When did Harald Nieder last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Harald Nieder closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 23 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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