# Markus Wagner

> Markus Wagner is a seed investor at blackshark.ai (Palo Alto) backing B2B and Apps. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [blackshark.ai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackshark-ai)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wagnermarkus/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/MarkusWagner
- Website: https://x.com/MarkusWagner

Markus Wagner is a seed investor at blackshark.ai in Palo Alto focused on B2B and Apps. Founder i5invest & i5growth capital (San Francisco, Vienna, Berlin, Madrid) Markus is a Europe based serial tech entrepreneur, who’s first Exit to VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) in 2006 turned him and his family office into one of the most active European tech investors, who spent many years in the Silicon Valley and New York. In 2007 Markus foundedone of Europe’s leading high-tech investment banks - i5invest (www.i5invest.com) followed by i5growth Inc (US based accelerator) and i5equity LLC (US based investment bank) based in San Francisco, which facilitates business relationships and security transactions between silicon valley based tech companies/investors and US & European high-tech ventures. Through his family office he is a fulltime investor.Multiple Exits and Deals towards US tech giants include Google, Facebook, Salesforce, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Canva, Softbank and many moreFocus sector of investments are B2B Tech, DeepTech, EnergyTech

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| GovTech | 1 | 25% |
| Computer | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austria | 2 | 50% |
| Germany | 2 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cities Apps | Cities is a B2G and B2B SaaS company, providing solutions that digitize entire towns. Its centralized platform enables municipalities, businesses, organizations, and citizens to connect, engage, and deliver services efficiently. Combining eGov integrations, business activation tools, and scalable community engagement, Cities is building the digitalinfrastructure for communication, commerce and payments for Europe’s towns. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| 123-Transporter | Transporter mieten ab nur 45€ Volle 24h \| Unlimitierte KM \| digitale Vignette inkl. Einfach. Flächendeckend. Kundenzentriert: https://de.trustpilot.com/review/123-transporter.at |  |  | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| planqc | planqc's quantum computers store information in individual atoms – nature's best qubits. Quantum information is processed by arranging these qubits in highly scalable arrays and manipulating them with precisely controlled laser pulses. planqc’s unique combination of quantum technologies is the fastest way to scale to thousands of qubits,a prerequisite for industry-relevant quantum advantage. |  | Seed | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Innophore | Innophore specializes in enzyme discovery, drug discovery, molecular dynamics simulations and biopharmaceutical services. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Creative Destruction Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-destruction-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Max Planck Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-planck-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [UVC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uvc-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About blackshark.ai

VC Fund · Graz, Austria

Blackshark.ai provides a 3D digital twin of Earth by extracting information from satellite imagery and reconstructing detected attributes in photorealistic 3D fully automatically. A scalable artificial intelligence builds the core of the blackshark platform, detecting features globally with incredible precision and speed. A patented approach to 3Dreconstruction can store petabytes of data and render it in infinite detail in real-time, allowing for powerful visualization and simulation applications for government, geospatial intelligence, humanitarian relief, paletary management, autonomous driving and flying, insurance, smart cities and more. The blackshark.ai platform, backed by Microsoft's venture fund M12 and Silicon Valley VC Point72 Ventures, serves large clients globally with a team of 100+ people based out of Silicon Valley/US and Graz/Austria, Europe's computer vision hub.

4 contacts available at blackshark.ai.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brad Young | Co-Founder ,VP Business Development & Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-young-5c1c |
| Markus Wagner | Blackshark.ai Advisory Board & Strategic Partnerships at Blackshark | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/markus-wagner |
| Michael Putz | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-putz |
| Thomas Richter | Co-Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-richter-cbfe |

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## FAQ

### What does Markus Wagner invest in?

Markus Wagner invests primarily in B2B, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Austria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Markus Wagner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Markus Wagner closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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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