# Klaas Kersting

> Klaas Kersting is a seed investor at Phoenix Games (Karlsruhe) backing Gaming and Mobile. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Phoenix Games](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phoenix-games)
- Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/klaaskersting
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/klaaskersting
- Website: https://x.com/klaaskersting
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/klaas.kersting

Klaas Kersting is a serial entrepreneur (Gameforge / flaregames / Phoenix Games) and Seed-/Early-stage investor in startups in games and e-commerce. He served and serves as board member and advisor to several of his investments.Most recently, in 2019, Klaas founded Phoenix Games, a company aiming to help game founders to achievemore - both financially as well as commercially. In 2008 Klaas Kersting was named 'Entrepreneur of the Year'. Gameforge was awarded 'Red Herring 100 Europe', and 'Technology Fast 50 Rising Stars'. Furthermore, he was selected 'Technology Pioneer 2009' by the World Economic Forum.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $768k–$4.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 6 | 25% |
| Mobile | 4 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 13% |
| Apps | 2 | 8% |
| FinTech | 2 | 8% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 46% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 17% |
| Angel | 2 | 8% |
| Series A | 2 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 11 | 46% |
| United States | 5 | 21% |
| Finland | 2 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 4% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Minit Games | Minit Games provides bite-sized, instantly playable HTML5 games in a tailored, algorithmically driven feed. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Dead Astronauts | Dead Astronauts reinvents open-world game experiences with technical innovation at the core of the company and PLAYER CREATIVITY at the core of the games we make. | $4.1M | Seed | Feb 10, 2025 |  |
| Daulto | Daulto is revolutionizing the heating industry through a fresh approach to its processes. Embracing a technology-driven perspective, coupled with industrialized, standardized installation methods and a strong emphasis on software, Daulto has innovatively transformed the installation of heat pumps for homeowners into an assembly line-like process.This innovative approach not only makes the installation process more streamlined but also increases efficiency, thereby making sustainable heating solutions more accessible and dependable for a wider audience. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 26, 2023 |  |
| Aggero | Aggero is a B2B SaaS/Marketplace for esports&gaming and livestreaming industry. Connecting brands and streamers. | $2M | Seed | Mar 23, 2022 |  |
| Fein | Fein is a female-led studio developing casual games for women. |  | Seed | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Kasaz | Buying and selling properties in Spain is a daunting task. Low-quality listings, inaccurate location and painful visits-scheduling combined with dated portals makes for a bad user experience.Kasaz' one-stop real-estate portal reduces time to purchase by connecting buyers and sellers in a platform where the quality of the experience is key.The company was founded by Sebastien Marion, a serial entrepreneur who sold his previous startup Comufy to king.com. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 29, 2020 |  |
| Legendary Play | Legendary Play creates mobile games for esport fans. The company was established in 2017 in Berlin, Germany. | $2M | Seed | Oct 10, 2019 |  |
| loots | Rethinking how influencers monetize in live streaming by altering the conventional cashflow and transforming live streaming landscape. |  | Seed | Apr 18, 2018 |  |
| GameInfluencer | GameInfluencer helps game publishers and influencers to connect.Founded by a team with deep experience in game publishing, marketing, online communities and promotion, we are passionate about great games and strongly believe that there's no better way to introduce new players to games than through player-generated content.We bringtogether mobile and online games with the best fitting influencers on platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, etc. Among others we work for companies like Com2us, Nexon, Wargaming and Spilgames. |  | Seed | Apr 24, 2017 |  |
| Neufund | Neufund is a FinTech startup connecting innovative companies seeking capital with progressive investors. The company is an operator of a Blockchain-based platform used to bridge the world of cryptocurrency, private equity, and venture capital. Its platform creates and issues tokens that are legally binding with a different set of features andprotocols that enable users to tokenize real-world assets, such as equity, and issue them as legally enforceable security tokens on the Ethereum Blockchain. It is on a mission to open the world of finance, create new markets, and bring together assets, investors, and entrepreneurs.Neufund was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. | $2.3M | Seed | Jan 17, 2017 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/london-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Team Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/team-europe-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1up-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alstin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alstin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Phoenix Games

VC Fund · Karlsruhe, Germany

Founded in 2019 by serial games entrepreneur and investor Klaas Kersting, Phoenix Games is a team of skilled founders, experienced investors and passionate gamers, based in Germany, with studios worldwide. Phoenix is on a mission to help great studios and game entrepreneurs breakthrough and combat industry barriers, as the market is stacked againstthem. It acquires studios, empowering them to achieve more creatively and financially.

2 contacts available at Phoenix Games.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Klaas Kersting | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/klaas-kersting |
| Todd English | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/todd-english-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Klaas Kersting invest in?

Klaas Kersting invests primarily in Gaming, Mobile and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Klaas Kersting's check size?

Klaas Kersting typically joins rounds of $768k–$4.1M at Seed and $1.2M–$2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Klaas Kersting participates in.

### When did Klaas Kersting last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Klaas Kersting closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 24 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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