# Julian Dames

> Julian Dames is a seed investor at Flink (Berlin) backing Restaurants and Mobile. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Flink](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flink-food-gmbh)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2020
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-dames-99137b19

Julian Dames is a seed investor at Flink in Berlin focused on Restaurants and Mobile. Julian Dames is the co-founder and Managing Director of Flink.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Restaurants | 3 | 100% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |
| Ediscovery | 1 | 33% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 67% |
| Egypt | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DiscoEat | DiscoEat is a restaurant discovery platform where foodies can find new restaurants and book tables. It allows users to specify the type of cuisine, the number of diners, restaurants, and preferred locations to make table reservations at the chosen restaurant by using the app. |  | Seed | Feb 15, 2020 |  |
| DIDIT | We are the "Shopify for restaurants" and digitize the entire customer journey - from reservations & ordering with dynamic pricing - to self-checkouts/ payment systems with QR codes. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 15, 2020 |  |
| elmenus | elmenus is a venture-backed food discovery startup based in Egypt that serves over 1 Million monthly users. We are building a platform that combines a social, visual and personalized experience to help people discover and order the food they will love. |  | Series B |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hevella Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hevella-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IBB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibb) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Flink

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Flink is a developer of an online platform used to offer and deliver multi-category grocery products. Its application offers a wide selection of convenience items like fresh herbs, fruits, bread, essentials, and home supplies among others that enable people to get necessaries delivered to the door within ten minutes while saving transit costs.Thecompany was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

5 contacts available at Flink.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christoph Cordes | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christoph-cordes |
| Oliver Merkel | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oliver-merkel |
| Christopher Steinau | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-steinau |
| Dirk Daumann | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dirk-daumann |
| Julian Dames | Co-Founder & MD | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-f-dames |

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## FAQ

### What does Julian Dames invest in?

Julian Dames invests primarily in Restaurants, Mobile and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Julian Dames last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Julian Dames closed in Feb 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?

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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