# Markus Weitzel

> Markus Weitzel is a Series A investor at Fraunhofer Venture backing Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fraunhofer Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fraunhofer-venture-gruppe)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-weitzel-a007ab75

Markus Weitzel is a Series A investor at Fraunhofer Venture in Munich focused on Software and Visual Search. Markus Weitzel joined Fraunhofer Venture in September 2013 as an Investment Manager. After assignments for Siemens Management Consulting and Detecon (Switzerland) AG, the Master of Business Administration founded baimos technologies gmbh in 2006, a company developing security software for smartphones. As the commercial managing director, he wasresponsible, among others, for the finance, controlling, marketing and sales sectors at baimos technologies. Mr. Weitzel studied Technology and Management (TUM-BWL) at Technische Universität München and is engaged in various start-up networks as well as as a juror of the Munich Business Plan Contest.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Visual Search | 1 | 100% |
| Virtual Reality | 1 | 100% |
| Augmented Reality | 1 | 100% |
| Data Visualization | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Threedy | Threedy is the provider of instant3Dhub, a platform for high-performance visual computing, which enables data sets of any size to be used across all application and device classes, directly connected with business data and sensors for a variety of applications. | $10.4M | Series A | Feb 20, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [EquityPitcher Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equitypitcher) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Futury Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futury-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LBBW VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lbbw-venture-capital-gmbh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Matterwave Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matterwave-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TRUMPF Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trumpf-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fraunhofer Venture

VC Fund · Munich, Germany

Fraunhofer Venture acts as a partner of founders, start-up companies, Fraunhofer institutes and investors. By offering access to Fraunhofer technologies, infrastructure and know-how with more than 4,500 patent classes, it provides young companies with the opportunity of a faster and better establishment of their products on the markets.

5 contacts available at Fraunhofer Venture.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Markus Weitzel | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/markus-weitzel |
| Björn Schmalfuß | Innovation and Intrapreneurship | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bjrn-schmalfu |
| Dominik Malter | Team Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominik-malter |
| Friederike Krämer-Plath | Lawyer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/friederike-krmer-plath |
| Manfred Stöger | Member- Logistics Department | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manfred-stger |

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## FAQ

### What does Markus Weitzel invest in?

Markus Weitzel invests primarily in Software, Visual Search and Virtual Reality startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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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### When did Markus Weitzel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Markus Weitzel closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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