# Jan-Christoph Rickers

> Jan-Christoph Rickers is a seed investor at MobilityFund (Hamburg) backing Shipping and Logistics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [MobilityFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mobility-fund)
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-christoph-rickers/

Jan-Christoph Rickers is a seed investor at MobilityFund in Hamburg focused on Shipping and Logistics. Jan-Christoph Rickers - Managing Director @ MobilityFund

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shipping | 1 | 50% |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Industrial Automation | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FlowFox | FlowFox is a logistics automation company that works with shipping businesses. Their services include container release, container drop-off change, container reuse, and container pickup change. | $7.3M | Seed | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| ChargeEuropa | ChargeEuropa is an electric vehicle charging station that provides free electronic vehicle charging facilities. It also provides electric vehicle charging options in restaurants, malls, and commercial locations. |  | Series A | Aug 19, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canard Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canard-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shift4Good](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shift4good) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Simpact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simpact-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About MobilityFund

VC Fund · Hamburg, Germany

MobilityFund is a BaFin-registered venture capital fund based in Hamburg, dedicated to driving the mobility transition. While our primary geographical focus lies in Europe, we also explore opportunities in select regions, such as Israel and the United States. We prioritize software solutions and B2B models, investing in both passenger and goodstransportation across road, rail, air, and sea. Above all, we invest in the founders who shape and innovate within these domains.

3 contacts available at MobilityFund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ferdinand Rust | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ferdinand-rust |
| Jan-Christoph Rickers | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-christoph-rickers |
| Samuel Baker | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samuel-baker-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Jan-Christoph Rickers invest in?

Jan-Christoph Rickers invests primarily in Shipping, Logistics and Industrial Automation startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jan-Christoph Rickers last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jan-Christoph Rickers closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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