# Jan Bartels

> Jan Bartels is a seed investor at Zalando backing E-Commerce, Open Source and Developer APIs. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zalando](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zalando)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-bartels-84980b59/?originalSubdomain=de

Jan Bartels is a seed investor at Zalando focused on E-Commerce and Open Source. Jan Bartels

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Open Source | 1 | 100% |
| Developer APIs | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce Platforms | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saleor Commerce | The next-generation, open-source, headless e-commerce platform. Fast. Open. Maintainable. | $8M | Seed | Feb 05, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Target Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/target-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TQ Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tq-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Zalando

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Zalando is a European online fashion platform- offering a broad assortment of fashion for men, women and children. It carries over 1.500 brands and over 150.000 product choices for over 17 million customers in 15 countries. By constantly optimising its processes and platform offerings, using its e-commerce expertise and lots of can-do spirit,Zalando have become Europe's leading online fashion retailer in only a few years. Its goal is to create the world’s best online fashion experience. The cores of its business are what the company focuses on, always striving to be cutting-edge in fashion, technology, marketing, and logistics. Zalando SE in Berlin is the group’s centrepiece which focuses on the development of its core product: the online shopping experience. Zalando SE operates the international business and takes care of their business development. Zalando SE comprises functions like the management, marketing, administration, and technology.

5 contacts available at Zalando.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lorenzo Grabau | Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lorenzo-grabau |
| David Schneider | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-schneider-3 |
| Eric Bowman | VP Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-bowman |
| Gunnar Obst | Delivery Lead Platform Excellence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gunnar-obst |
| Jan Bartels | SVP B2B | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-bartels |

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## FAQ

### What does Jan Bartels invest in?

Jan Bartels invests primarily in E-Commerce, Open Source and Developer APIs startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Poland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jan Bartels last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jan Bartels closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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