# Martin Rost

> Martin Rost is a seed investor at Saarbruecker 21 (Berlin) backing Fashion and Shopping. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Saarbruecker 21](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saarbruecker-21)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-rost-29b51870?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=SKgh&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A252101783%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1483468759697%2Ctas%3Amartin%20rost%20zal

Martin Rost is a seed investor at Saarbruecker 21 in Berlin focused on Fashion and Shopping. Martin Rost is the Vice President Zalando Lounge (Shopping Club model of Zalando), Offline and Overstock at Zalando. He is responsible for >450 employees and 10 countries.Prior to Zalando Martin joined Rocket Internet with the focus on Online Marketing and can now look back on 6 years of excellent e-commerce experience. Before he didhis diploma in Business Administration at the University of Mannheim and the Helsinki School of Economics with the focus on corporate finance, financing, statistics and controlling.His business strengths lay specifically in the fields of Online Marketing, Business Intelligence, Product, Business Strategy, Controlling/Financing, Operations and General Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| Shopping | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Packmatic | Packmatic connects brands with packaging suppliers. Their services include packaging requests, onboarding, kick off calls with packaging engineers, sign off on the final product, and supplier matching. Contact Packmatic at info@packmatic.io. | $16.3M | Series A | Jan 24, 2024 |  |
| Catchys | CATCHYS is an online search engine for fashion, furniture, watches and jewelery. CATCHYS already brings together over 5 million products on one page and offers the largest selection of new and used designer deals from international online shops. At catchys.de you'll find the complete range of international second hand and second seasonmarketplaces - from Zara to Prada. Clearly displayed so can also find the very special favorite part for the best price. The fashion tech startup is based in Munich. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Saarbruecker 21](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saarbruecker-21) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [xdeck](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xdeck-gmbh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Saarbruecker 21

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

They are a group of friends and internet/tech entrepreneurs who first met ten years ago in Saarbruecker Strasse 21 in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. All of them started successful businesses, they are founders and share a passion for building great companies. As active business angels, they also invest in young startups, either individually orcollectively as a group. They provide seed funding for killer-founders and great ideas. But way more important: they help to avoid mistakes that they have already made . They introduce to the right people. They provide with all the experience that they have. Not just talking about it but helping hands-on.

3 contacts available at Saarbruecker 21.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robert Maier | Business Angel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-maier |
| Eric Ebert | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-ebert-0e11 |
| Martin Rost | Business Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-rost |

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## FAQ

### What does Martin Rost invest in?

Martin Rost invests primarily in Fashion, Shopping and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 Rost last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Martin Rost closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 2 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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