Markus Grundmann
Partner @ Senovo
Berlin, Germany
Markus Grundmann is a seed investor at Senovo in Berlin focused on Software and Information Technology. Markus got hooked on startups when he joined one during the .com boom. After the bust, he worked in R&D teams at SAP and IBM, then later ventured into consulting. As a consultant he focused on remodeling technology organizations within German blue chips. He first began investing in SaaS startups as an Associate at Target Partners in 2011, wherehe invested in the teams behind Falcon.io, tado and Dedrone (among others).
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Markus Grundmann invests in
Stages Markus Grundmann invests in
Countries Markus Grundmann invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (25%)
- Information Technology 3 (25%)
- SaaS 2 (17%)
- Internet of Things 2 (17%)
- Big Data 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (33%)
- Series A 4 (33%)
- Series B 3 (25%)
Country
- Germany 4 (33%)
- United States 1 (8%)
- Czech Republic 1 (8%)
Investments
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IP Fabric
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Automated Networks Assurance Platform fully maps complete network infrastructure, providing hyper-converged visibility and a single point of truth for global networks, provides advanced visualization for troubleshooting issues, and simulates network behavior to infer deviation from policy or infer risks which could cause an outage in the future. | $25.1M / Series B / Jun 29, 2023 | |
Manta
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Manta is the world-class automated approach to visualize, optimize, and modernize how data moves through your organization through code-level lineage. By automatically scanning your data environment with the power of 50+ out-of-the-box scanners, Manta builds a powerful map of all data pipelines to drive efficiency and productivity. | $35M / Series B / May 26, 2022 | |
HiveMQ
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HiveMQ helps companies connect devices to the Internet. They make it possible to move data from device to cloud in a secure, reliable and scalable manner. Over 100 customers, including many Fortune 500 companies, rely on their product in production for mission critical use cases like connected cars, logistics, Industry 4.0 and connected IoTproducts. | $42.5M / Series A / May 04, 2022 | |
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HiveMQ
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HiveMQ helps companies connect devices to the Internet. They make it possible to move data from device to cloud in a secure, reliable and scalable manner. Over 100 customers, including many Fortune 500 companies, rely on their product in production for mission critical use cases like connected cars, logistics, Industry 4.0 and connected IoTproducts. | $11.2M / Seed / May 06, 2021 | |
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Manta
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Manta is the world-class automated approach to visualize, optimize, and modernize how data moves through your organization through code-level lineage. By automatically scanning your data environment with the power of 50+ out-of-the-box scanners, Manta builds a powerful map of all data pipelines to drive efficiency and productivity. | $13M / Series A / Oct 06, 2020 | |
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IP Fabric
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Automated Networks Assurance Platform fully maps complete network infrastructure, providing hyper-converged visibility and a single point of truth for global networks, provides advanced visualization for troubleshooting issues, and simulates network behavior to infer deviation from policy or infer risks which could cause an outage in the future. | $4.1M / Series A / Sep 22, 2020 | |
quantilope
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quantilope automates consumer research to unlock high quality insights with speed & ease. Our Insights Automation Platform offers AI-driven advanced quantitative and qualitative solutions to support data-driven decision making. Founded in 2014, quantilope was named the #2 top technology provider for consumer research and one of the top 50 mostinnovative suppliers for insights worldwide (Greenbook GRIT Business & Innovation Report 2022). quantilope powers consumer insights in brand awareness, market segmentation, advertising testing, product concepts and pricing analysis for over 300 brands including Nestle, Pepsi, Danone, Deutsche Telekom, PBS, OMD, and more. | $28M / Series B / Jul 23, 2020 | |
Industrial Analytics IA
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Industrial Analytics offers a holistic all-in-one solution from sensor to analytics for industrial processes and rotating equipment such as compressor, turbines and pumps. They digitalize industrial plants within weeks. | $1.7M / Seed / Apr 17, 2019 | |
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quantilope
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quantilope automates consumer research to unlock high quality insights with speed & ease. Our Insights Automation Platform offers AI-driven advanced quantitative and qualitative solutions to support data-driven decision making. Founded in 2014, quantilope was named the #2 top technology provider for consumer research and one of the top 50 mostinnovative suppliers for insights worldwide (Greenbook GRIT Business & Innovation Report 2022). quantilope powers consumer insights in brand awareness, market segmentation, advertising testing, product concepts and pricing analysis for over 300 brands including Nestle, Pepsi, Danone, Deutsche Telekom, PBS, OMD, and more. | $8M / Series A / Nov 05, 2018 | |
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Manta
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Manta is the world-class automated approach to visualize, optimize, and modernize how data moves through your organization through code-level lineage. By automatically scanning your data environment with the power of 50+ out-of-the-box scanners, Manta builds a powerful map of all data pipelines to drive efficiency and productivity. | Seed / Sep 18, 2018 | |
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Co-Investors
About Senovo
Senovo is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Munich and Berlin that partners with exceptional founders building global B2B SaaS category-leaders from Europe.As European first-mover, the fund invests since 2013 into a new generation of B2B software startups which enable the digitalization of medium and large enterprises. Their focus isprimarily on supporting teams working in the areas of process optimization, industry 4.0 and data-enabled solutions.Senovo joins the journey after a company has first revenues in a late Seed or Series A round. Their team of SaaS specialists seek meaningful eye-level relationships and regularly publish their learnings and thought leadership at www.medium.com/senovovc.
Senovo Contacts
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Alexander Buchberger
Managing Partner
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Frederick Mallinckrodt
Managing Director
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Lucas Behem
Venture Capital | Principal
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Markus Grundmann
Partner
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Mike Siebert
Venture Partner (please send any enquiry to info@senovo.vc)
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What does Markus Grundmann invest in?
Markus Grundmann invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Markus Grundmann closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 12 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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