# Marc-Alexander Christ

> Marc-Alexander Christ is a seed investor at SumUp Payments backing InsurTech and E-Commerce. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SumUp Payments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumup-solucoes-de-pagamento-brasil-ltda)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/machrist/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/MaChrist
- Website: https://x.com/MaChrist
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcAlexanderChrist

Marc-Alexander Christ is a seed investor at SumUp Payments in Berlin focused on InsurTech and E-Commerce. Marc-Alexander is co-founder of leading mobile payment company SumUp. He has established SumUp as one of the leading payment companies worldwide, with a presence in 16 countries including Germany, Brazil and the U.S. Marc has secured more than €50 million in funding, from partners such as Groupon, Lakestar and BBVA and most recently led theacquisition of payleven.Marc has extensive experience in the startup world. Prior to co-founding SumUp, Marc founded MIOSATO - The Online Fashion Gallery and led the sales department of Groupon/Citydeal in the early days of the company.Marc started his career in investment banking, first at European Investors in New York and later as Vice President at JPMorgan in London and Frankfurt.Marc holds a Master of Arts in International Business as well as a Doctorandus de Bedrijfswetenschappen from the University of Maastricht.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InsurTech | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| hakuna | Hakuna provides a variety of embedded insurance solutions to e-commerce companies. They work with merchants of all sizes and industries to provide product protection as a service, both online and offline. They make it simple to begin selling product protection. | $3.9M | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| hakuna | Hakuna provides a variety of embedded insurance solutions to e-commerce companies. They work with merchants of all sizes and industries to provide product protection as a service, both online and offline. They make it simple to begin selling product protection. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Dec 10, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Visionaries Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/visionaries-club) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Discovery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/discovery-ventures-7af5) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Morphais](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morphais-technologies) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SumUp Payments

VC Fund · São Paulo, Brazil

SumUp is a leading financial technology company that continually developing new ways to help its customers do business.

2 contacts available at SumUp Payments.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Klein | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-klein-3b26 |
| Marc-Alexander Christ | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-christ |

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## FAQ

### What does Marc-Alexander Christ invest in?

Marc-Alexander Christ invests primarily in InsurTech, E-Commerce and Service Industry startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Marc-Alexander Christ last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marc-Alexander Christ closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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