# Lars Dittrich > Lars Dittrich is a seed investor at Gauly Advisors (London) backing Software and Social Media. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Gauly Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gauly-dittrich-van-de-weyer) - Location: London, United Kingdom - Total investments: 4 - Last investment: Jul 2013 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/larsdittrich Lars Dittrich is a seed investor at Gauly Advisors in London focused on Software and Social Media. Lars Dittrich is responsible for the "Investments & Investments Management" unit and head of the Berlin office.He has extensive business experience as a founder and investor of successful start-up businesses.In 1997 Lars Dittrich founded dug telecom AG (today part of freenet AG) and served as its Chairman & CEO. In 2007the company was sold to Permira, which merged it with debitel AG. Lars Dittrich was chairman of the Sales division of debitel AG until 2010.In 2008 Lars Dittrich became Chairman and Business Angel of tape.tv, besides pursuing other investments in various industries. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 2 | 50% | | Social Media | 2 | 50% | | Apps | 1 | 25% | | Film | 1 | 25% | | Hardware | 1 | 25% | 9 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 50% | | Angel | 1 | 25% | | Series A | 1 | 25% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Germany | 3 | 75% | | United States | 1 | 25% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Tapstack | Tapstack was founded in 2014 as Taptalk, and since then, we’ve built a product that’s all about helping people connect more deeply to the those they care about.Their app represents a new form of communication - something in between messaging and social media - that quickly becomes indispensible for their users. It’s the easiest way to maintain aregular, day-to-day presence in the lives of those they tap with, and more importantly, it gives them a way to share all the little moments that they might not have ever otherwise shared via phone or text. | | Seed | Jul 24, 2013 | | | FOUNDD | FOUNDD is an app to find movies and shows with friends. | $350K | Angel | Jun 01, 2013 | | | Zoobe | Zoobe operates as a cartoon video messaging app. Using Zoobe, you can create a personalised animated message by taking a recording of your voice, changing its pitch and adding it to a cute 3D character which moves its lips in synch with your words. | | Seed | May 30, 2013 | | | Versus | Versus offer over 45 million natural language text comparisons ranging from smartphones to universities in 18 languages. With such a huge amount of valuable data at hand, Versus aim to be the go-to wikipedia-scale information source for comparisons. Since their launch in 2011, traffic has increased on average by 35% each month and is nowattracting 3 million unique monthly visitors. Versus raised $3.8 million from Earlybird Venture Capital, Dave McClure, Dario Suter, Lars Dittrich, JMES and HTGF. Versus are based in the heart of Berlin with 30 employees headed by CEO Ramin G. Far. | $2.8M | Series A | May 15, 2013 | | 4 of 4 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [A-Grade Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-grade-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Ceyuan Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceyuan-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [JMES Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jmes-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Maven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-ventures-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/queensbridge-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Gauly Advisors VC Fund 1 contacts available at Gauly Advisors. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Lars Dittrich | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lars-dittrich | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [DAA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daa-capital-partners) — VC Fund - [Alpana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpana-ventures) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund - [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund - [IBB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibb) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-angel-investors-germany) - [Film Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/film-investors-europe) - [Film Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/film-angel-investors-europe) - [Film Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/film-angel-investors) - [Photography Angel Investors in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/photography-angel-investors-united-states) - [Social Media Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/social-media-investors-germany) ## FAQ ### What does Lars Dittrich invest in? Lars Dittrich invests primarily in Software, Social Media and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Lars Dittrich last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Lars Dittrich closed in Jul 2013. Shizune tracks 4 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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