# Janna Ensthaler

> Janna Ensthaler is a seed investor at GGF (Berlin) backing Manufacturing and Local. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GGF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-generation-fund)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janna-ensthaler-23859120/

Janna Ensthaler is a seed investor at GGF in Berlin focused on Manufacturing and Local. Janna Ensthaler of Green Generation.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$11M |
| Angel | $109k–$274k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 25% |
| Local | 1 | 13% |
| EdTech | 1 | 13% |
| Rental | 1 | 13% |
| Travel | 1 | 13% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Angel | 3 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 4 | 50% |
| Spain | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| nomadi | nomadi is a rental platform that offers children's and baby products. |  | Seed | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Samara | Samara is a solar energy company that helps households transition to a more sustainable energy model. Solar energy services are provided by the company, which includes solar panels, batteries, and chargers. With Samara, consumers can save up to 70% on their electricity bill while taking care of the planet. | $12.5M | Series A | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| Greenlyte Carbon Technologies | Greenlyte Carbon Technologies develops and markets an efficient low temperature DAC process that captures CO2 from the air. | $11.4M | Seed | Mar 06, 2024 |  |
| Urban Challenger | Urban Challenger is an app or card deck with engaging travel challenges and activities for exploring cities.Its mission is to make the often mundane urban life more active, playful and social. Urban Challenger is like a good friend who gets you moving when you feel lazy. Urban Challenger believes in getting out of the comfort zone and trying newstuff, because this is where the magic happens. | $64.1K | Pre-Seed | Sep 19, 2023 |  |
| Bildungs urlauber | The goal of Bildungsurlauber.de is to make complicated topics simple. First and foremost, we assist you in locating the appropriate seminar for you by using simple filter options - regardless of whatever federal state you work in. | $160.6K | Angel | May 29, 2023 |  |
| eSelly | As a result, if a seller wishes to continue selling successfully on eSelly, he must supply proper values. We wish to maintain justice and reasonableness on our platform. We will investigate any irregularities and attempt to identify solutions. | $274.1K | Angel | May 09, 2023 |  |
| The Way Up | THE WAY UP seeks to end this cliché once and for all. Tradition meets modern design, as the phrase "Turn old into new" suggests. A sophisticated interior design with a strong appreciation for nature. Our glass items blend modern, minimalist styles with long-term sustainability. Our vases, carafes, bowls, and other items are constructedentirely of recycled glass, making them genuinely one-of-a-kind and of great quality. The melting of foreign-substance-free glass fragments gives fashionable living accessories valuable traces of recycling, which gives them their unique aspect. Furthermore, glass recycling conserves both fresh raw materials and energy. Because glass may be recycled indefinitely without losing its quality. Because of all of these advantages, our sustainable | $108.7K | Angel | Apr 10, 2023 |  |
| Libre Foods | Libre Foods is a biotech startup on a mission to liberate the food system and create a more free future for people, the planet, and animals. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. | $2.5M | Seed | Feb 24, 2022 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Carbon Removal Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbon-removal-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Athletico Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/athletico-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brandenburg Kapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bfb-brandenburg-kapital-gmbh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Good Seed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-seed-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Berlin-Brandenburg](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mittelst%C3%A4ndische-beteiligungsgesellschaft-berlin-brandenburg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GGF

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Green Generation Fund is a venture capital firm. The company primarily invests in early-stage food technology and green technology companies. They support passionate, mission-driven founders who are building game-changing firms in the field of environmental sustainability, the single least pressing goal of humanity.

4 contacts available at GGF.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dr. Manon Sarah Littek | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-manon-sarah-littek |
| Janna Ensthaler | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janna-ensthaler |
| Kai-Christian Brockstedt | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kai-christian-brockstedt-f9c7 |
| Peter Dorfner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-dorfner |

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## FAQ

### What does Janna Ensthaler invest in?

Janna Ensthaler invests primarily in Manufacturing, Local and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Janna Ensthaler's check size?

Janna Ensthaler typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$11M at Seed and $109k–$274k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Janna Ensthaler participates in.

### When did Janna Ensthaler last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Janna Ensthaler closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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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