Impact51
VC Fund
Kusnacht, Switzerland
Impact51 is a VC fund in Kusnacht focused on Software and Financial Services. Our unique approach combines early stage funding with hands-on operational support and is enhanced by access to our extensive industry networks of investors and expertise. Our Investment Focus • Early pre-seed and seed for start-ups with strong, digital innovative teams and solid business plans • Technology-driven companies with MVP, first customertraction and scalable business potential • We prefer enterprise B2B or B2B2C business with start-up HQ in Western and Central Europe • Start-ups where we can engage on a personal level and actively support the business development
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Impact51 invests in
Stages Impact51 invests in
Countries Impact51 invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (33%)
- Financial Services 5 (28%)
- FinTech 4 (22%)
- Finance 3 (17%)
- Information Technology 3 (17%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 7 (39%)
- Seed 5 (28%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (22%)
Country
- Switzerland 6 (33%)
- Germany 5 (28%)
- Austria 2 (11%)
- Canada 1 (6%)
- United States 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Thomas Baggenstos
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Andreas Drescher
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Harald Stanzer
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Ingo Juraske
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Jan Miksatko
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| DearEmployee is the Workplace Mental Health Platform. As a corporate health start-up, we support employers in designing healthy and motivating working conditions for their employees in order to reduce mental stress and to increase employee productivity. Using the DearEmployee platform, companies can easily and digitally measure mental stress at theworkplace in a scientific way, and subsequently sign up to tailored health and HR measures. The solution also meets the legal requirements for mental health risk assessment in Germany. | Seed / Apr 24, 2023 | ||
| DearEmployee is the Workplace Mental Health Platform. As a corporate health start-up, we support employers in designing healthy and motivating working conditions for their employees in order to reduce mental stress and to increase employee productivity. Using the DearEmployee platform, companies can easily and digitally measure mental stress at theworkplace in a scientific way, and subsequently sign up to tailored health and HR measures. The solution also meets the legal requirements for mental health risk assessment in Germany. | Seed / Dec 17, 2019 | ||
| Citocracy specializes in digital citizen participation solutions to improve citizen-government relationships. By providing civic engagement platforms and advisory services, the company helps governments connect with their citizens effectively and make better decisions together. CivicRacy's civic tech platform allows local governments,companies, and organizations to better engage with their community and co-create their cities. | Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2018 | ||
| ndgit provides software technology for a new type of software projects with APIs.Their API banking platform combines the benefits of API platforms with the subject of banking and insurance. They accelerate digital and mobile projects, flexible the IT-architecture of banks, and enable more efficient solutions with APIs. They work with the bestfintech and established software providers to develop new and innovative services for the entire financial process of digital clients and their advisors. The best-of-breed APIs are embedded in the Next Banking API marketplace and can get simply deployed in the software projects of established and new financial service providers. Their complementary API-platform is the middleware for customizing and individual definition of APIs and the rapid development of new solutions. | Pre-Seed / Feb 27, 2017 | ||
| Pricma is a Vienna-base Company. | Seed / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Nomoko is building the digital infrastructure for the 4th Industrial Revolution - we call it the Mirror World. Within the Mirror World, users will be able to stream spatial data and build custom applications with game engine-ready, fully segmented digital twins of entire cities. The Mirror World will become the digital infrastructure to enable avariety of industries and technologies - from simulation of autonomous systems, to augmented reality, smart city applications and much more. We believe that such digital infrastructure will transform the way we interact with the world around us – by providing the common ground for communication between autonomous systems and humans – but equally between autonomous systems themselves. | Seed / Dec 05, 2016 | ||
| Open as App is a provider of an automated application development services intended to create instant application. The company's platform facilitates users to build application which are based on spread sheet formats and automatically integrates with calculations, dashboards, lists, maps, enabling businesses to create mobile applications fromtheir spreadsheet data and without any coding or macro writing. | Seed / Sep 14, 2016 | ||
| Crowdfox ist der Marktplatz einer neuen Generation. Wir sind die faire Plattform, die Händler und Käufer nachhaltig miteinander verbindet, um gemeinsam einen neuen Meilenstein im Online-Handel zu setzen. Die Idee zu Crowdfox entstand 2013. Sie begeisterte uns nicht nur mit einer einzigartigen Möglichkeit sondern vor allem mit der großenHerausforderung Lösungswege zu finden, an die sich bisher keiner heranwagen wollte. | $5.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 17, 2016 | ||
| baningo GmbH is a fast growing FinTech company with headquarters in Vienna and employees at several locations in Europe. Since the company was founded in 2015, universal banks, saving banks and insurance companies throughout the DACH region have been our customers. We are convinced that the human factor is the main differentiator when it comes tocustomer relationships, especially in this digital age. That is why we develop software solutions that combine digital & analog in an innovative way. With our applications we enable companies to establish more contact with new customers and intensify business relationships with existing customers. One of our most successful solutions is baningo-select, also known as "Beraterfinder". In addition to developing IT solutions, we advise and support all aspects of digital transformation. | Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2016 | ||
| Provide the most efficient and lowest cost water well management available. Using the latest technologies, Thier easy to use services include well and pit automation, system-wide water management, and 24/7 front-line services to keep it all running, all for a low monthly service fee. Manage your wells from anywhere, being notified of problemsas they occur. Seldon’s powerful solutions help ensure you confidently have the water you need, when and where you need it. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2016 | ||
| See all 18 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Impact51 invest in?
Impact51 invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Impact51?
The team at Impact51 includes Thomas Baggenstos (Partner), Andreas Drescher (Partner) and Harald Stanzer (Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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