# Ingo Drexler

> Ingo Drexler is a Series A investor at Next Level VC (Zürich) backing Software and Internet. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Next Level VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next-level-vc)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingodrexler

Ingo Drexler is a Series A investor at Next Level VC in Zürich focused on Software and Internet. Early-stage VC investor since 2005, fund advisor and active business angel with holdings in more than 25 technology companies. Ingo founded Next Level VC in 2019 to bundle his angel and advisor activities. Before, as CIO of Mountain Partners, Ingo reshaped and implemented the direct investment strategy of the group, which led to significant exitsand value creation. In parallel, he initiated and set up the group’s company building activities (Rheingau Founders). As an investment partner at Scail Capital he built up its retail-related investment operations. Ingo is also a co-founder and acted as a chairman of the board of Montredo, a leading online platform for new luxury watches that has recently been sold to Les Ambassadeurs Group. Before joining the VC industry, he served as COO at MovingImage and studied at Technical University of Ilmenau and UFSC in Brazil.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$4.9M |
| Series A | $1.1M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 14% |
| Internet | 4 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 8% |
| SaaS | 2 | 6% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 33% |
| Seed | 11 | 31% |
| Series B | 2 | 6% |
| Series C | 2 | 6% |
| Series D | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 10 | 28% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 8% |
| Austria | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Honeysales | We automate the prospecting of sales leads for B2B companies. After a 30 min conversation to define your ideal customer profile, we source, enrich and start contacting highly relevant leads for you in less than one hour. After the leads engage with us, we book direct meetings with your sales leads. | $2.7M | Seed | Jan 17, 2023 |  |
| Surfboard | Surfboard provides scheduling and building workforce management through customer service software. | $4.9M | Seed | Nov 21, 2022 |  |
| Refurbed | Refurbed operates as an online marketplace for refurbished products in the german-speaking world. It sells renewed phones, laptops and tablets which are up to 40% cheaper and 100% more environmentally friendly than their brand-new, store-bought counterparts. Refurbed devices are renewed through a 40-step process, making them look like new andfunction like new. On top of that, each device comes with at least a 12-month guarantee.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. | $54M | Series B | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| Stableton Financial | Founded in 2018, Stableton is an investment firm based in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm seeks to invest in growth stage tech-enabled companies operating in the cloud, enterprise software-as-a-service, consumer, information technology and fintech sectors. The firm has additional offices in Zug and Berlin. |  | Seed | Jun 02, 2021 |  |
| Holidu | Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany. | $45M | Series D | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Flash Coffee | Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore. | $15M | Series A | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| Flash Coffee | Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore. |  | Series A | Mar 23, 2021 |  |
| Holidu | Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany. | $4.7M | Series C | Sep 21, 2020 |  |
| Flash Coffee | Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore. |  | Seed | Aug 04, 2020 |  |
| Flash Coffee | Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore. | $3M | Seed | Aug 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KfW](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kfw) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acurio-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-iron-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Next Level VC

VC Fund

Venture Capital, advisory

1 contacts available at Next Level VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ingo Drexler | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ingo-drexler |

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## FAQ

### What does Ingo Drexler invest in?

Ingo Drexler invests primarily in Software, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 36 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ingo Drexler's check size?

Ingo Drexler typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$4.9M at Seed and $1.1M–$18M 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 Ingo Drexler participates in.

### When did Ingo Drexler last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ingo Drexler closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 36 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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