# Karin Hagen-Gierer

> Karin Hagen-Gierer is a seed investor in Zürich backing SaaS and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-hagen-gierer-2433554

Karin Hagen-Gierer is a seed investor in Zürich focused on SaaS and Software. Karin Hagen-Gierer joined Sanofi as Chief Procurement Officer in October 2017 and is based in Paris. Prior to joining Sanofi, Karin spent 24 years with Unilever in Switzerland, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Germany and held senior management positions in Finance and Procurement. In her most recent role as Vice President Procurement, Karinsuccessfully led the transformation and acceleration of value delivery of Unilever’s Marketing and Business Services Procurement team. Karin holds Master Degrees in Business Administration (University of Augsburg, Germany) and in Economics (Wayne State University, MI, U.S.A.).

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Procurement | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Archlet | At Archlet, we help companies make better and faster sourcing decisions. We believe in creating easy to use and intelligent software products to disrupt the currently mostly manual and time-consuming approach in strategic sourcing. | $2.8M | Seed | Jan 20, 2021 | https://www.archlet.io |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [La Famiglia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/la-famiglia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Senovo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/senovo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founderful](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wingman-897a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Karin Hagen-Gierer invest in?

Karin Hagen-Gierer invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Procurement startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Karin Hagen-Gierer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karin Hagen-Gierer closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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