# Joachim Schoss

> Joachim Schoss is a seed investor at HAUSGOLD (Zürich) backing Internet and Social Media. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HAUSGOLD](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/talocasa)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joachim-schoss-3866a999

Joachim Schoss is a seed investor at HAUSGOLD in Zürich focused on Internet and Social Media. Joachim Schoss is based out of Zurich and is the Co-Founder of Afirmo. Joachim previously worked at Scout24 Group as a Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board. Joachim Schoss attended the University of Hamburg.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $750k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 38% |
| Social Media | 2 | 25% |
| Music | 1 | 13% |
| Social | 1 | 13% |
| Software | 1 | 13% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 3 | 38% |
| Germany | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CareerLunch | CareerLunch is a recruitment platform that pairs potential hires with employees through informal exchanges over lunch. It was founded in 2019 by Simon Hofer and Konstantin Nesterov. | $1.2M | Seed | May 17, 2021 |  |
| CareerLunch | CareerLunch is a recruitment platform that pairs potential hires with employees through informal exchanges over lunch. It was founded in 2019 by Simon Hofer and Konstantin Nesterov. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | May 17, 2021 |  |
| DeepCode | DeepCode is a developer of a semantic code analysis software that is used to facilitate coding and decoding. Its software automates programming interface to determine the intent of the code, identifies critical bugs, and vulnerabilities and finds serious coding issues that enable developers to benefit and increase overall software quality withoutrequiring a user annotation or specification of any kind. |  | Seed | Aug 06, 2019 |  |
| DeepCode | DeepCode is a developer of a semantic code analysis software that is used to facilitate coding and decoding. Its software automates programming interface to determine the intent of the code, identifies critical bugs, and vulnerabilities and finds serious coding issues that enable developers to benefit and increase overall software quality withoutrequiring a user annotation or specification of any kind. | $1.3M | Seed | May 15, 2018 |  |
| HAUSGOLD | HAUSGOLD is a fast-growing property technology company that provides assistance in all matters relating to the real estate sale. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. |  | Series B | Aug 10, 2016 |  |
| iMusician | iMusician is a Swiss based music start up offering musicians everything they need to sell, manage and monetise their music online. Run by a small, international team who are passionate about music, They do the hard work so you can concentrate on what’s important to you: making music! | $1.2M | Series A | Oct 20, 2014 |  |
| ResearchGate | ResearchGate is the professional network for researchers. Over 20 million researchers use researchgate.net to share and discover research, build their networks, and advance their careers. Based in Berlin, ResearchGate was founded in 2008. Its mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all. |  | Series A | Sep 14, 2010 |  |
| UpDown | The UpDown is a new investing social network with a slightly different take on investment communities. Founded by three Harvard Business School students, UpDown users are able to invest a simulated portfolio starting with $1 million and are paid based on their ability to consistently out-perform the S&P 500. Also, those users who refer a friendpick up 10% of any earnings that friend achieves. Beta launch took place in June 2007 and some members have been able to make thousands of dollars off the site. According to co-founder Michael Reich, the company's ultimate goal is to build up a group of users who consistently out-perform the major indices and then create an investment vehicle that mimics the behavior of those users. The challenge is to pinpoint a subset of users whose investment behavior is both trustworthy and scalable to large investments.As of April 2008, UpDown has more than 40 thousand registered users. The demographics aren't clear but seem to be heavily tilted towards students. | $750K | Seed | Jan 29, 2008 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founderful](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wingman-897a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ECONA AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/econa-ag) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hanse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanseventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About HAUSGOLD

VC Fund · Hamburg, Germany

HAUSGOLD is a fast-growing property technology company that provides assistance in all matters relating to the real estate sale. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

3 contacts available at HAUSGOLD.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joachim Schoss | Advisory Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joachim-schoss |
| Miguel Ruth | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miguel-ruth |
| Sebastian Wagner | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastian-wagner-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Joachim Schoss invest in?

Joachim Schoss invests primarily in Internet, Social Media and Music startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Joachim Schoss's check size?

Joachim Schoss typically joins rounds of $750k–$1.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Joachim Schoss participates in.

### When did Joachim Schoss last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joachim Schoss closed in May 2021. 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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