# Matthias Schanze

> Matthias Schanze is a seed investor at Rethink Ventures (Munich) backing Drones and Aerospace. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rethink Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rethink-ventures)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-schanze-875b0922/

Matthias Schanze is a seed investor at Rethink Ventures in Munich focused on Drones and Aerospace. Matthias Schanze is the Founding Partner at Rethink Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Drones | 1 | 20% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 20% |
| Auto Insurance | 1 | 20% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Austria | 1 | 20% |
| Denmark | 1 | 20% |
| Germany | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hyperdrives | Hyperdrives is a deep-tech engineering company that specializes in super-efficient, highly power-dense, and yet low-cost electric drive systems. | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Skypuzzler | Skypuzzler is a company that specializes in the development of automated tactical deconfliction technology for drones. This technology is designed to ensure flight safety and scalability, enabling the drone industry to reach its full potential. Skypuzzler's software monitors the airspace for potential collisions and provides routing solutions.The company has also introduced a versatile coaxial UAV, THEA 190MP, which is ideal for tasks such as firefighting and logistics. Skypuzzler's air traffic control system is paving the way for safe and autonomous drone flights. |  | Seed | Aug 21, 2025 |  |
| Supplied | Streamlining onboarding and compliance processes for businesses with innovative AI tools and applications | $1.9M | Seed | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Insurevision.ai | Insurevision.ai revolutionizes insurance risk understanding using state of art CV Transformer AI | $2.7M | Seed | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| S2data | S2data & Algorithms is a company comprised of pragmatic mathematicians and highly experienced in-house software developers to provide customized optimization solutions for all industries. | $2.3M | Seed | Jan 31, 2024 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [First Momentum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-momentum-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2100 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2100-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [austria Wirtschaftsservice (aws)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austria-wirtschaftsservice) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Austria Wirtschaftsservice (AWS)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austria-wirtschaftsservice-aws) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SDAC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bldrs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Rethink Ventures

VC Fund · Munich, Germany

Rethink Ventures is a new venture capital firm exclusively focused on investing in a sustainable future of transportation. With the velocity of technologically driven change and the urgent need to decarbonize we are on the cusp of fantastic new opportunities. We are backed by leading institutional investors, corporates and entrepreneurs. Ourmission is to back founders that rethink the way we transport people & goods and have true impact in the industry.

2 contacts available at Rethink Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jens-Philipp Klein | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jens-philipp-klein |
| Matthias Schanze | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthias-schanze |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthias Schanze invest in?

Matthias Schanze invests primarily in Drones, Aerospace and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Austria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Matthias Schanze last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthias Schanze closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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