# Martin Hintze

> Martin Hintze is a seed investor at Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division backing Shopping. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merchant-banking-division)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-martin-hintze

Martin Hintze is a seed investor at Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in London focused on Shopping and Education. Martin Hintze

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shopping | 1 | 25% |
| Education | 1 | 25% |
| Child Care | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Series D | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| XU Group | XU Group develops cross-sector solutions for the digital transformation of the economy, its employees, and private individuals. |  | Angel | Jan 06, 2021 |  |
| Stagelink | Digital advertising as a service |  |  | Jan 18, 2017 |  |
| Stagelink | Digital advertising as a service |  | Seed | Jan 18, 2017 |  |
| Windeln.de | windeln.de, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online retailer of products for babies, toddlers, children, and young mothers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Spain, and China. It operates through German Shop, International Shops, and Shopping Clubs segments. The company offers a range of products, including diapers,baby food, drugstore products, clothes, toys, strollers, child car seats, baby monitors, and children’s furniture. |  | Series D |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## About Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division

VC Fund · New York, United States

Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division is a private equity and venture capital firm that provides equity and credit investment. It is a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Banking and Securities Investments. It is focused on providing private equity, mezzanine debt, senior secured loans and distressed debt securities. It manages privatecapital globally and offers expertise to companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and financial intermediaries around the globe. It also invests in equity and credit across corporate, real estate and infrastructure strategies. Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division began operation in 1869, with its headquarters in New York.

4 contacts available at Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ward Waltemath | Head of Software Investment Banking | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ward-waltemath |
| Adrian Jones | Managing Director in the Principal Investment Area | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-jones-70af |
| Martin Hintze | Head of Corporate Equity Investing in Europe | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-hintze |
| Michelle Sibley | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelle-sibley |

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## FAQ

### What does Martin Hintze invest in?

Martin Hintze invests primarily in Shopping, Education and Child Care startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Martin Hintze last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Martin Hintze closed in Jan 2021. 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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