Markus Ament
Co-Founder & CEO @ Causa Prima
San Francisco, United States
Markus Ament is a seed investor at Causa Prima in San Francisco focused on Software and Blockchain. Serial FinTech entrepreneur, Markus Ament, or Maex as he is known, has led many companies from early-stage startups to global leaders, loved by thousands worldwide. He is currently CEO and co-founder at Centrifuge with the mission to create an operating system for global commerce, in order to fundamentally change how businesses transact andcollaborate. Maex is co-founder and member of the board of Taulia and has transformed the company from an idea in 2009 to the market leading Financial Supply Chain company, connecting businesses to create a more efficient and profitable supply chain. With an enviable list of the of Fortune 500 clients and over 300 employees, Taulia has quickly become the recognized leader in the financial supply chain.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Markus Ament invests in
Stages Markus Ament invests in
Countries Markus Ament invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$7.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.5M–$3.7M
- Series A
- $11M–$13M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (27%)
- Blockchain 4 (27%)
- FinTech 3 (20%)
- Cryptocurrency 3 (20%)
- Web3 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (33%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (33%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Angel 1 (7%)
- Initial Coin Offering 1 (7%)
Country
- Germany 4 (27%)
- United Kingdom 2 (13%)
- India 1 (7%)
- Kenya 1 (7%)
- Spain 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Aletiq
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Aletiq is an online PLM software that offers technical data management solutions for industrial companies. Aletiq assists clients in reducing the time spent managing technical data by a factor of ten: CAD, drawings, bills of material, configurations, instructions, and quality. Teams can finally collaborate on technical data and focus on their corebusiness. Aletiq also automates key processes like approval and signature circuits, technical modifications, and project milestones. | $6.5M / Seed / Mar 19, 2025 | |
Anytype
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An operating system for the new Internet | $13.4M / Series A / Aug 23, 2023 | |
Kubik
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Kubik is an environmental technology company that uses plastic waste to make low-carbon, durable, and affordable buildings. | $3.3M / Seed / Jun 22, 2023 | |
Anything World
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Anything World combines AI, speech computing, and 3D rendering with layers of behavioral intelligence. It allows users to save time by combining voice and text commands. | $7.5M / Seed / Nov 09, 2022 | |
Februar
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Februar is an information technology company that provides payment solutions for Web3 projects. Februar's first API solution allows users to integrate fiat payments in any Web3 context. The direct-to-any token onramp in Februar allows users to directly purchase any token in their wallet. It also allows users to invest in DeFi projects withouthaving to go through multiple steps, such as token swapping. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Oct 31, 2022 | |
Mailchain
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Mailchain is the new communication layer for Web3. With one simple, elegant inbox, users can send and receive private messages using public blockchain addresses. Teams and individuals can receive notifications about their on-chain activity and communicate with any identity, on any protocol. Projects, DAOs, exchanges and protocols integratingMailchain can directly communicate with their users, wallet-to-wallet. | $4.6M / Seed / Sep 08, 2022 | |
Arrenda
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Arrenda is a fintech startup that provides market-specific insurance and financial products to the real estate markets of Latin America. It also offers advance payments to landlords upfront to lower barriers to renting in the country. Arrenda was founded in 2021 and is based in Mexico City. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Jul 20, 2022 | |
Gnosis
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Gnosis provides digital asset storage solutions. It is a cryptocurrency EVM wallet. They create an infrastructure for a variety of decentralized applications that act as predictive tools, sources of information and standards for assets in the market. | $100M / Initial Coin Offering / Jul 12, 2022 | |
Pile
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Pile is a cryptocurrency as a service platform for fintechs and neobanks. Founded in 2022 and is based in Berlin, Berlin, Germany. | $2.9M / Pre-Seed / Jun 14, 2022 | |
Otterspace
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Otterspace is an NFT company that aims to use earned NFTs rather than purchased NFTs to reward and recognize participation in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Its non-transferable badge protocol assists DAOs in developing more effective incentive systems, automating permissions, and enabling non-financialized governance. | $3.7M / Pre-Seed / Jun 13, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About Causa Prima
Causa Prima develops software to help finance teams handle both sides of every transaction on one network. The company's AI agents handle invoicing, disputes, and discounts on behalf of clients. It provides a network for the financial operations of businesses.
Causa Prima Contacts
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Henrik Gebbing
Co-Founder
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Markus Ament
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Philip Stanislaus
CTO
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FAQ
What does Markus Ament invest in?
Markus Ament invests primarily in Software, Blockchain and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Markus Ament's check size?
Markus Ament typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$7.5M at Seed, $1.5M–$3.7M at Pre-Seed and $11M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Markus Ament participates in.
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When did Markus Ament last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Markus Ament closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 15 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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