Marc Penkala
Investment Director Latin America @ Mountain Partners
Berlin, Germany
Marc Penkala is a seed investor at Mountain Partners in Berlin focused on Internet and SaaS. Marc Penkala joined MP in 2013. He is responsible for the international deal flow as well as the execution and the global roll-out management. Prior to his time with MP, Marc gained more than five years of entrepreneurial experience by founding two companies. Previously, Marc worked as the assistant to the executive board of Bilfinger Berger AG andassistant to the CEO of Rollbo Transport GmbH. Marc studied business administration at Freie Universität Berlin, University of New South Wales Sydney, LSE PKU Beijing and CBL Business School Dubai with a focus on international taxation, strategic management, and entrepreneurship.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Marc Penkala invests in
Stages Marc Penkala invests in
Countries Marc Penkala invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 2 (40%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- Travel 1 (20%)
- Coupons 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (20%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
Country
- Germany 2 (40%)
- Chile 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Debtist
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Debtist is the one-stop-shop for receivables management and debt collection in the fintech, e-commerce and software sectors. We provide our clients with a fast and effective solution to outstanding debts through the use of innovative technology and personalised customer service. Our transparent and trusted debt collection experience helps ourclients improve their cash flows, grow their business and retain their customers. | Pre-Seed / Oct 04, 2023 | |
Recorrido
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Recorrido is an online bus ticket search and booking platform with a built-in rating system. The platform enables travelers to access accurate information about travel options while empowering bus operators of all sizes to showcase, monitor, and optimize their services. | $600K / Seed / Oct 19, 2016 | |
Kuponjo
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Kuponjo enables companies to integrate a sustainable online- and mobile-couponing distribution on their own website, FB Fanpage, and Twitter. Furthermore we commercialize coupons via coopertion partners, Affiliates and our own aggregator platform. Our software allows our customers to create customized coupons and distribute or replicate thosespecifically on the internet via social media and selected cooperation partners. The product includes a sophisticated backend to provide all the necessary information and statistical analyses regarding social media, purchase patterns, consumer data, revenues et cetera.Kuponjo has developed a new kind model, linking the emerging topics “Software as a Service†and “White-label-Solutionâ€. We customize and host the software, we adopt our software to your corporate design, implement the software on your web page, update and develop new features and offer an on demand replication of content for customers who do not generate enough traffic on their own web page. Our browser-based couponing solution is applicable for a vast range of companies, regardless of their size or line of business. Kuponjo primarily addresses franchise companies, commercial directories, retail- and restaurant-chains, hotels, car rentals and public institutions. Companies using our software realize enormous savings, since costs for print, design and logistics are instantly reduced to zero. Furthermore, they benefit from personalized coupon-campaigns (configuration of coupon duration, the kind of saving, exact to the hour convertibility, the available total and daily contingent, et cetera), replication of content on respective web pages, growing brand awareness, ideal utilization of idle capacities, maximization of cross- and up-selling rates. | $110K / Series A / Oct 01, 2011 | |
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Recorrido
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Recorrido is an online bus ticket search and booking platform with a built-in rating system. The platform enables travelers to access accurate information about travel options while empowering bus operators of all sizes to showcase, monitor, and optimize their services. | Seed | |
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Recorrido
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Recorrido is an online bus ticket search and booking platform with a built-in rating system. The platform enables travelers to access accurate information about travel options while empowering bus operators of all sizes to showcase, monitor, and optimize their services. | Seed |
Co-Investors
10x Value Partners
2 deals together
22 Capital
1 deal together
blueworld.group
1 deal together
Nazca Ventures
1 deal together
Other People's Capital (OPC)
1 deal together
Rheingau Founders
1 deal together
About Mountain Partners
As a global company builder & early-stage investor headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Mountain Partners manages more than 120 investments in the sectors of E-Commerce & Consumer Tech, Enterprise Tech, Media & Marketing, FinTech, InsurTech & PropTech, and HealthTech. As the digital revolution reaches more sectors and markets,Mountain Partners selects, builds, and develops young, disruptive technology companies. With a global network of international hubs, strategically located in emerging-market regions (Latin America, Middle East, Southeast Asia), Mountain Partners supports and finances companies in the early incubation phase, internationalizes proven business models, provides active local management, and finally exits the companies through acquisition or IPO.
Mountain Partners Contacts
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Alexander Köhler
CFO
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Christine Schmitz-Riol
Co-Founder & Administrative Management
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Closed Down
Special advisor non executive director
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Daniel S. Wenzel
Founder
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Dr. Cornelius Boersch
Founder
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FAQ
What does Marc Penkala invest in?
Marc Penkala invests primarily in Internet, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Penkala last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Marc Penkala closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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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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