# Jochen Berger

> Jochen Berger is a seed investor in Cologne backing SaaS and Banking. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jochenberger

Jochen Berger is a seed investor in Cologne focused on SaaS and Banking. Jochen Berger

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Banking | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Organic | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Planted Green | Planted is a leading Sustainability as a Service provider that offers comprehensive support to service based companies in their ESG management on the way to Net Zero. With state-of-the-art technology, in-depth expert support and scientific standards, Planted helps companies with their double materiality analysis, carbon footprinting,decarbonisation, CSRD reporting and biodiversity protection | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 22, 2022 | https://www.planted.green/ |
| awamo | awamo offers a mobile, biometric core banking system (SaaS) to microfinance institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. It is affordable, easy-to-use, and platform independent.Using this platform 300+ institutions serving 450,000+ consumers are being connected. Going forward, they will be able to additionally sell partner products & services,generating additional revenue and fostering local economic growth. The market awamo serves accounts for more than 600m individuals in sub-Saharan Africa – only considering awamo’s core services. In awamo's target markets, there are already more than 16,000 MFIs operational with more than 210,000 staff serving 53m+ consumers. Besides, the microfinance sector grows at >10% p.a. and Africa’s population is about to more than double to 2.4bn people until 2050. Currently, Awamo serves 300+ institutions with 450,000+ consumers in Uganda and Kenya. Month-over-month more than 150,000+ transactions are being processed, moving more than 7m EUR through the platform. | $1.7M | Seed | Jun 08, 2017 | https://awamo.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [KFW DEG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kfw-deg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [neoteq ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neoteq-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rivus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rivus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smart-infrastructure-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Jochen Berger invest in?

Jochen Berger invests primarily in SaaS, Banking and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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.

### How do I contact Jochen Berger?

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### When did Jochen Berger last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jochen Berger closed in Jun 2022. 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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