# Kurt Muller > Kurt Muller is a Series A investor at Target Partners backing Software and Enterprise Software. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Target Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/target-partners) - Location: Munich, Germany - Total investments: 26 - Last investment: Dec 2021 - Lead investor: 23% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/kurt-mueller-9975 - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/targetpartners - Website: http://www.targetpartners.de - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kurt.mueller.7798 Kurt Muller is a Series A investor at Target Partners in Munich focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Kurt Müller, Partner, has been a successful high-tech entrepreneur, executive and venture capitalist for more than 31 years.He co-founded Target Partners with his partners Berthold von Freyberg and Waldemar Jantz in 1999.In 1986 Kurt founded Boston based Dataware Technologies, which grew annual revenues to $41 million under his direction.In 1993, he successfully brought Dataware public on the NASDAQ and remained chairman & CEO until 1998. Kurt also founded the search technology company Northern Light Technology in 1995.From 1984 to 1986, Kurt was managing director of Lotus Development GmbH in Munich. Prior to that he worked for three years as a strategic consultant for Bain & Company in Boston and Munich.Kurt has a degree in computer studies from Northwestern University in Illinois and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago. He also studied law at Harvard Law School.Kurt is a member of the advisory boards at Mercateo AG, tado° GmbH, adjust GmbH and Theva Dünnschichttechnik GmbH, and an observer on the board of directors at Falcon Social ApS and Swarm64 AS. He was also responsible for Target Partners' investments in WLAN AG (sold to Swisscom AG in 2003), NXN Software AG (sold to Avid Technology, Inc. in 2004), gate5 AG (sold to Nokia in 2006), and ubitexx GmbH (sold to BlackBerry in 2011).From 2007 to 2010 Kurt served as a Director on the Board of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) in Berlin. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 8 | 31% | | Enterprise Software | 4 | 15% | | Electronics | 2 | 8% | | Clean Energy | 2 | 8% | | Mobile Devices | 2 | 8% | 42 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series A | 6 | 23% | | Series C | 6 | 23% | | Series B | 5 | 19% | | Seed | 2 | 8% | | Series D | 1 | 4% | 8 stages tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Germany | 10 | 38% | | Denmark | 1 | 4% | | Switzerland | 1 | 4% | | United States | 1 | 4% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | NavVis | Bridging the gap between the physical and digital world, NavVis enables service providers and enterprises to capture and share the built environment as photorealistic digital twins. Our SLAM-based mobile mapping systems generate high-quality data with survey-grade accuracy at speed and scale. And with our digital factory solutions, users areequipped to make better operational decisions, boost productivity, streamline business processes, and improve profitability. Based in Munich, Germany, with offices in the United States and China, NavVis has customers worldwide in the surveying, AEC, and manufacturing industries. For more information, visit www.navvis.com. | $28.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 07, 2021 | | | ArangoDB | ArangoDB is an open-source database that offers a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key values. Build applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, United States. | $27.8M | Series B | Oct 06, 2021 | | | ArangoDB | ArangoDB is an open-source database that offers a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key values. Build applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, United States. | $10M | Series A | Mar 14, 2019 | | | NavVis | Bridging the gap between the physical and digital world, NavVis enables service providers and enterprises to capture and share the built environment as photorealistic digital twins. Our SLAM-based mobile mapping systems generate high-quality data with survey-grade accuracy at speed and scale. And with our digital factory solutions, users areequipped to make better operational decisions, boost productivity, streamline business processes, and improve profitability. Based in Munich, Germany, with offices in the United States and China, NavVis has customers worldwide in the surveying, AEC, and manufacturing industries. For more information, visit www.navvis.com. | | Series C | Dec 10, 2018 | | | Theva | Theva is the market leader in HTS coatings and has been developing flexible coated conductors for electrical power engineering for more than a decade. Thanks to a proprietary, independent technology access and a broad patent portfolio Theva is taking a leading role in coated conductor technology. Theva also develops processes and coatings in thephysical coating technology, e.g. for fuel cells, photovoltaic, and sensors.The equipment manufacturing unit is based on a team of highly experienced professionals. Theva is designing specialized equipment and components for physical coating and is leading in the quality control of superconductor coatings. Theva‘s instruments are setting standards in HTS quality assurance worldwide. | | Series D | Jun 12, 2018 | | | ArangoDB | ArangoDB is an open-source database that offers a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key values. Build applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, United States. | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 29, 2017 | | | Theva | Theva is the market leader in HTS coatings and has been developing flexible coated conductors for electrical power engineering for more than a decade. Thanks to a proprietary, independent technology access and a broad patent portfolio Theva is taking a leading role in coated conductor technology. Theva also develops processes and coatings in thephysical coating technology, e.g. for fuel cells, photovoltaic, and sensors.The equipment manufacturing unit is based on a team of highly experienced professionals. Theva is designing specialized equipment and components for physical coating and is leading in the quality control of superconductor coatings. Theva‘s instruments are setting standards in HTS quality assurance worldwide. | | Series C | Jun 22, 2017 | | | Falcon.io | Falcon.io offers a unified SaaS platform for social media listening, engaging, publishing and managing customer data. Falcon clients can explore the full potential of digital marketing by managing multiple customer touch points from one platform.The diverse and global client portfolio includes Carlsberg, Tiger, Columbia University, IWC Watches,Momondo, Coca-Cola and much more. | $7M | Series C | Feb 15, 2017 | | | ArangoDB | ArangoDB is an open-source database that offers a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key values. Build applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, United States. | $2.4M | Seed | Nov 24, 2016 | | | Theva | Theva is the market leader in HTS coatings and has been developing flexible coated conductors for electrical power engineering for more than a decade. Thanks to a proprietary, independent technology access and a broad patent portfolio Theva is taking a leading role in coated conductor technology. Theva also develops processes and coatings in thephysical coating technology, e.g. for fuel cells, photovoltaic, and sensors.The equipment manufacturing unit is based on a team of highly experienced professionals. Theva is designing specialized equipment and components for physical coating and is leading in the quality control of superconductor coatings. Theva‘s instruments are setting standards in HTS quality assurance worldwide. | | Series B | Jun 03, 2016 | | 10 of 26 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [BayBG Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baybg) — VC Fund, 8 deals together - [Bow Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bow-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecapital-entrepreneurial-partners-ag) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [MIG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mig-ag) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Shortcut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shortcut-ventures-gmbh) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Bayern Kapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bayern-kapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together ## About Target Partners VC Fund · Munich, Germany Target Partners is a German venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. With 300 million Euro under management, Target Partners is one of the leading venture capital investors in Germany.The partners of Target Partners have years of collective experience as successful managers, entrepreneurs and venture capitalinvestors in Europe and the USA. They founded or led companies their selves, developed or sold technology products their selves. They have seen numerous companies through to IPO and beyond. They understand the challenges an entrepreneur faces and that the road to success often isn't simple and straight.Both in Europe and the USA Target Partners has a large network in industry and venture capital. They open doors for you to customers, business partners, experienced managers and financial markets. They support you in business development, in international expansion, in closing OEM or distribution contracts, and in acquisition decisions. In addition, several dozen European and US entrepreneurs and top managers, as well as a number of US venture capitalists, have personally invested in their funds and thus have a particularly strong interest in your company's success. 5 contacts available at Target Partners. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Berthold von Freyberg | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berthold-von-freyberg | | Kurt Muller | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-mller | | Waldemar Jantz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waldemar-jantz | | Wolfram Drescher | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wolfram-drescher | | Dominik Tobschall | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominik-tobschall | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Kurt Muller invest in? Kurt Muller invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Electronics startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Kurt Muller last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Kurt Muller closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 26 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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