# Haufe-Lexware

> Haufe-Lexware is a VC fund in Freiburg backing Banking, Finance and Payments. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Freiburg, Germany
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/haufe-gruppe/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HG_Jobs
- Website: https://www.haufegroup.com/en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/haufegroup.careers/

Haufe-Lexware is a VC fund in Freiburg focused on Banking and Finance. The Haufe Group is considered one of the most innovative media and software vendors.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Accounting | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| nuwo | Workplace as-a-Service. nuwo is the #1 platform 
for financing, equipping 
and managing hybrid 
workspaces | $3M | Seed | Jul 25, 2023 |  |
| nuwo | Workplace as-a-Service. nuwo is the #1 platform 
for financing, equipping 
and managing hybrid 
workspaces | $3.1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2023 |  |
| Kontist | Kontist is Germany's first neo-bank with a clear focus on freelancers and the self-employed. It has set itself the task of making the everyday working life of self-employed and freelancers easier with its service and giving them more financial security and control. With the "Kontist Tax Service" offer, Kontist also organizes theexecution of the complete bookkeeping and the topic of taxes together with the business account, centrally in an app. Self-employed people therefore no longer have to deal with communication with the tax office themselves. The range of services is so comprehensive that the Kontist Tax Service can be used to refer accounting and tax consulting tasks for advance VAT returns, annual financial statements, income surplus statements, private and business tax returns to the Kontist tax consulting company. The team of Kontist founded in Berlin in 2016, consists of more than 110 employees, most of whom have many years of freelance experience and developed the product together. Further information at: www.kontist.com/. | $29.5M | Series B | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Kontist | Kontist is Germany's first neo-bank with a clear focus on freelancers and the self-employed. It has set itself the task of making the everyday working life of self-employed and freelancers easier with its service and giving them more financial security and control. With the "Kontist Tax Service" offer, Kontist also organizes theexecution of the complete bookkeeping and the topic of taxes together with the business account, centrally in an app. Self-employed people therefore no longer have to deal with communication with the tax office themselves. The range of services is so comprehensive that the Kontist Tax Service can be used to refer accounting and tax consulting tasks for advance VAT returns, annual financial statements, income surplus statements, private and business tax returns to the Kontist tax consulting company. The team of Kontist founded in Berlin in 2016, consists of more than 110 employees, most of whom have many years of freelance experience and developed the product together. Further information at: www.kontist.com/. | $9.8M | Series A | Oct 02, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IBB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibb) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Redstone.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redstone-digital-gmbh) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- TAKKT Venture Capital — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [VR Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vr-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Haufe-Lexware invest in?

Haufe-Lexware invests primarily in Banking, Finance and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Haufe-Lexware last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Haufe-Lexware closed in Jul 2023. 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?

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