# Ignaz Forstmeier

> Ignaz Forstmeier is a seed investor at Personio backing Software and Information Technology. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Personio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/personio)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ignazforstmeier/

Ignaz Forstmeier is a seed investor at Personio in Munich focused on Software and Information Technology. Ignaz Forstmeier is based out of Vienna, Wien and is the Co-Founder of Personio. Ignaz previously worked at Y42 as a Marketing & Management Advisor. Ignaz Forstmeier attended the Center for Digital Technology and Management, CDTM.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.8M–$5.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 57% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 43% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| mHealth | 1 | 14% |
| Internet | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 4 | 57% |
| Austria | 2 | 29% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Heizma | Heizma make climate-neutral heating possible and easy for every family. It offers complete solutions that include not only heating systems, but also photovoltaic systems, power storage, e-charging stations, and intelligent energy management systems. | $2.8M | Seed | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| fynk | Contract Lifecycle Management | $3.4M | Seed | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| fynk | Contract Lifecycle Management | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Equipme | Equipme seamlessly connects businesses with service providers to make it easier for customers to obtain services in a frictionless manner. | $3.8M | Seed | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| SECJUR | SECJUR provides a platform for automated compliance. The startup's technology streamlines procedures in the Digital Compliance Office for areas including data protection, information security, anti-money laundering, and whistleblowing. | $5.8M | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Flowers-Software GmbH | Flowers Software is an organization management for digitizing, simplifying and automating recurring workflows.Flowers -Software can be used independent of company size, industry, region, and existing company structure due to its highly flexible no-code process editor. | $3.2M | Seed | Apr 13, 2022 |  |
| Dearest | Dearest is an innovative interpersonal mindfulness app designed to support millennials worldwide in cultivating healthier relationships. Through its user-friendly platform, Dearest provides access to evidence-based self-learning content and personalized 1:1 coaching sessions. Users benefit from guided exercises, meditation sessions, and educationalmaterials aimed at promoting mindfulness and self-awareness in interpersonal interactions. Additionally, experienced coaches offer tailored guidance and support to address individual needs and challenges. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Saarbruecker 21](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saarbruecker-21) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [La Famiglia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/la-famiglia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LEA Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lea-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Visionaries Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/visionaries-club) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10x Founders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-founders) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [3VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Personio

VC Fund · München, Germany

Personio is the People Operating System for small and medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. The company's mission is to make HR processes as efficient and effective as possible so HR can focus on what matters most: people. Personio does that by offering an all-in-one HR software that includes human resources management,recruiting, talent management and payroll.

5 contacts available at Personio.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aarón Cogolludo | Country Manager, Spain | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aar%C3%B3n-cogolludo |
| Arseniy Vershinin | Chief Architect | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arseniy-vershinin |
| Geraldine MacCarthy | Chief Revenue Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geraldine-maccarthy |
| Ignaz Forstmeier | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ignaz-forstmeier-58b4 |
| Ignaz Forstmeier | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ignaz-forstmeier |

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## FAQ

### What does Ignaz Forstmeier invest in?

Ignaz Forstmeier invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ignaz Forstmeier's check size?

Ignaz Forstmeier typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$5.8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ignaz Forstmeier participates in.

### When did Ignaz Forstmeier last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ignaz Forstmeier closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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