# Maria Wagner

> Maria Wagner is a Series A investor at Beringea backing E-Commerce and Information Services. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Beringea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beringea)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/maria-wagner/0/b8/aa0

Maria Wagner is a Series A investor at Beringea in London focused on E-Commerce and Information Services. Maria is responsible for sourcing investments, executing deals and monitoring portfolio companies. She is currently a board observer for Monica Vinader, Watchfinder and SwitchmyBusiness.Maria was previously Managing Director of Birchbox UK, a beauty ecommerce and subscription business. Prior to this, she was on the investment teams at VirginGroup and GMT Partners, where she made investments and monitored portfolio companies, mainly in the digital and media sectors. Maria began her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs and an Engagement Manager at McKinsey in New York.Maria has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from MIT.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 22% |
| Information Services | 2 | 22% |
| TV | 1 | 11% |
| Baby | 1 | 11% |
| Gift | 1 | 11% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 67% |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Social Value Portal | Social Value Portal provides a solution for public and private sector organizations to measure, monitor, and benchmark the social value they generate. | $10.6M | Series B | Apr 19, 2023 |  |
| YardLink | YardLink is a B2B procurement platform for the construction industry | $17.5M | Series A | Oct 07, 2022 |  |
| Dealroom.co | Dealroom.co serves as a platform that facilitates connections between new investors and technology companies, allowing them to exchange data. The platform functions across all stages of investment, ranging from seed-stage to late growth-stage.Dealroom.co empowers investors to monitor the progress of companies and determine the optimal timing fortheir investments. Entrepreneurs can manage investment interests and utilize Dealroom.co as their primary channel for disseminating information to prospective investors. | $6.8M | Series A | Dec 22, 2021 |  |
| Learnerbly | Learnerbly assists with the development of people at work by curating learning and development opportunities to accelerate professional growth. Its platform helps forward thinking businesses such as likes of Ideo, Curve, goCardless. | $10M | Series A | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| Social Value Portal | Social Value Portal provides a solution for public and private sector organizations to measure, monitor, and benchmark the social value they generate. | $3.9M | Seed | Sep 25, 2020 |  |
| MYCS | MYCS was co-founded in Berlin by serial entrepreneurs Christoph Jung, Kachun To, Claudio Bredfeldt and Kai Sap in May 2014. Their vision was to create a new buying experience in the furniture segment and to make customisation the new normal. MYCS’ photorealistic 3D online configurator has revolutionised the customisation experience for theconsumer. The start-up launched its online platform in mid-2015 and closed the first year with a run rate of €5m. Every third existing customer returns to MYCS within an 18-month period. | $11M | Series B | Jun 20, 2018 |  |
| My 1st Years | Once upon a time, two best friends named Jonny and Dan were looking for the perfect gift for a friend’s new-born. They wanted to give a unique present that was personal and wouldn't break the bank - but they could not find the perfect one. After many hours of research and trialling, they created their very first pair of personalised babyshoes. Soon the shoes were being requested by friends and relatives everywhere, and My 1st Years was born.Since then, My 1st years has been dedicated to creating high-quality personalised gifts, all made with as much love, as that very first pair of shoes. With next day delivery available and the brand’s iconic luxury gift box free with orders, it really is the online destination for gifts loved by all. | $6.5M | Series A | Jan 16, 2017 |  |
| Honeycomb | They're Honeycomb. They're supercharging video advertising with faster delivery, easier collaboration, and smarter data. Honeycomb works together with the latest technology, and the most brilliant people in the business. When it comes to advertising we don’t believe in wasting time, money or talent. | $3.8M | Series A | Oct 24, 2016 |  |
| Social Value Portal | Social Value Portal provides a solution for public and private sector organizations to measure, monitor, and benchmark the social value they generate. | $3.9M | Series A |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amplifier](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplifier-36cb) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blisce](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blisce) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [B&Y Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-y-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BY Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/by-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Launchbay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-horizon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Beringea

VC Fund · Farmington Hills, United States

Beringea is an international venture capital and private equity firm dedicated to finding, funding and nurturing exceptional companies in growth industries. Founded in 1988, the firm currently has more than 60 portfolio companies in a range of emerging sectors, including media, health care and life sciences, Internet technologies, advancedmanufacturing, clean tech and specialized consumer goods. With capital, experience and offices in the U.S. and U.K., Beringea is in a unique position to offer entrepreneurs and their management teams the resources to develop strategy, evaluate growth opportunities, solve problems and build value. Beringea is the co-manager of the Michigan Growth Capital Partners Funds in the U.S., as well as the ProVen VCT family of funds in the UK, among others.

5 contacts available at Beringea.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Bernstein | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-bernstein |
| Eyal Malinger | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eyal-malinger |
| Leslie A. Shipley | Director, Operations; CCO, US | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leslie-a-shipley |
| Maria Wagner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-wagner |
| William Blake III | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-blake-iii |

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## FAQ

### What does Maria Wagner invest in?

Maria Wagner invests primarily in E-Commerce, Information Services and TV startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Maria Wagner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Maria Wagner closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 9 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?

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