# Jens Hewald

> Jens Hewald is a seed investor at SPRK.global (Berlin) backing Internet and Finance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SPRK.global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sprk-global)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenshewald
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/JensHewald

Jens Hewald is a seed investor at SPRK.global in Berlin focused on Internet and Finance. Jens Hewald is the Co-Founder of Soonami.io and UFOstart. He previously worked at Agrilution as an investor. Jens Hewald attended HTW Berlin.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 67% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Ethereum | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SPRK.global | SPRK.global is an AI-enabled distribution platform for connecting food oversupply with demand partners by considering NGOs. |  | Angel | Nov 04, 2020 |  |
| UFOstart | We are an international community of independent marketers, developers, and product managers with a common passion for digital marketing, blockchain, and web3 technologies. We combine our decades-long digital marketing experience with over 6 years of blockchain experience to enable decentralized projects to perform successful marketing. | $1M |  | Sep 01, 2013 |  |
| Itembase | Itembase is an e-commerce API integration platform. It is a marketplace that connects e-commerce shops with solution providers. It allows solution providers to offer services on multiple shop systems by solely integrating with itembase. Today, already more than 120,000 e-commerce shops get access to the best solutions tailored to the needs.Itembase was founded on 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. |  | Seed | Sep 21, 2012 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## About SPRK.global

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

SPRK.global is an AI-enabled distribution platform for connecting food oversupply with demand partners by considering NGOs.

2 contacts available at SPRK.global.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Piutti | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-piutti |
| Jens Hewald | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jens-hewald |

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## FAQ

### What does Jens Hewald invest in?

Jens Hewald invests primarily in Internet, Finance and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jens Hewald last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jens Hewald closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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