# Marnix Roes

> Marnix Roes is a seed investor at VENPACE (Cologne) backing Financial Services and SaaS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VENPACE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venpace)
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marnix-roes-9695a5100

Marnix Roes is an investment manager at crossbuilders / VENPACE

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Banking | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 83% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 2 | 33% |
| Austria | 1 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Companion.energy | Software to manage industrial energy flexibility in the age of renewables. | $9M | Seed | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| viboo | viboo offers self-learning predictive control on the basis of physics-informed Machine Learning as a cloud service to smart-thermostat and building automation companies. | $4.7M | Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Calingo | Calingo is a digital insurance platform that offers personalised and optimised risk protection at the point of sale. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Finabro | FINABRO is your consultant for saving & investing! Proper saving and sensible investing is important for many parts of life. Saving money can be difficult - investing money wisely has become almost impossible. The savings account gives zero interest rates and the different alternative investment forms are risky, intransparent and expensive. | $5.7M | Seed | Feb 04, 2022 |  |
| Ninebarc | NineBarc is a digital estate service that maps digital footprint. The company offers the opportunity to save everything important safely and plan flexibly for the future. |  | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2021 |  |
| ICO-LUX GmbH | ICO-LUX is a start-up located in Jena, Germany, that develops solutions for document verification and fraud prevention using automated image analysis and artificial intelligence. |  | Seed | Sep 18, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Asterion Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asterion-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EquityPitcher Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equitypitcher) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kickfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kickfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lansdowne Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lansdowne-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pi Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pi-labs-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About VENPACE

VC Fund · Cologne, Germany

Rethinking insurance. VENPACE develops digital business models for the insurance industry and invests in trailblazing ideas on the market. We support innovative solutions and help startup teams to grow.Through our unique ecosystem, we rethink insurance. We implement and support digital business models with know-how and passion - either asstrategic investor or as initiator.Company Building - Together with our partners and investors, we identify the insurance industry’s challenges and chances of tomorrow, develop innovative business models and found them as startups from scratch.Venture Investment - We look for passionate founding teams that create value through their creative ideas and digital solutions. Our investment sweet spot: pre-seed and seed.

4 contacts available at VENPACE.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ingo Küpper | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ingo-k%C3%BCpper |
| Marnix Roes | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marnix-roes |
| Torsten Oletzky | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/torsten-oletzky |
| Walter Botermann | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/walter-botermann |

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## FAQ

### What does Marnix Roes invest in?

Marnix Roes invests primarily in Financial Services, SaaS and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Marnix Roes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marnix Roes closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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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