Maximilian Tayenthal
Angel Investor
Berlin, Germany
Maximilian Tayenthal is a seed investor in Berlin focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Maximilian Tayenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of N26. Together with his business partner and friend Valentin Stalf, he built one of the first and now fastest-growing mobile banks in Europe. Their vision was to create a retail bank that's flexible, transparent and speaks to today's digital lifestyles. Previously, Max worked in a varietyof consulting and financial roles at leading professional services firms, including CMS and Booz & Company. Max holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and business administration from the University of Vienna. He also has a master’s degree in economics from the Community of European Management Schools, as well as a law degree form the University of Vienna. Max is a CFA charterholder. While Max is based in Berlin, he always makes time for his passion outside of personal finance: skiing in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Maximilian Tayenthal invests in
Stages Maximilian Tayenthal invests in
Countries Maximilian Tayenthal invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$7M
- Pre-Seed
- $213k–$3.3M
- Series A
- $12M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 11 (42%)
- Financial Services 11 (42%)
- Software 7 (27%)
- Information Technology 6 (23%)
- SaaS 5 (19%)
Stage
- Seed 12 (46%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (23%)
- Series A 3 (12%)
- Series B 1 (4%)
Country
- Germany 10 (38%)
- United Kingdom 4 (15%)
- Spain 1 (4%)
- France 1 (4%)
- Austria 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calibre uses causal AI in conjunction with clinical expertise to help people understand what is truly influencing their health and how to modify it. | $3.3M / Pre-Seed / Apr 22, 2026 | ||
| Exakt Health is the physio app for sports injuries. The Exakt Health app guides users through self-diagnosis for frequent sports injuries and then creates an individualized rehabilitation plan. | $2.4M / Seed / Sep 23, 2024 | ||
| Terra One engages in the development and operation of large-scale battery storage systems. | $7.5M / Seed / Apr 25, 2024 | ||
| Vitt is building a platform that simplifies both fundraising for SaaS founders and creates a new asset class for investors to invest in. A SaaS company that has contracted revenue can apply for financing it upfront — rather than waiting for cash to come in monthly, through Vitt's web application they get the cash upfront.Vitt analyses theirfinancial data and gives them a financing decision in a matter of minutes — not months. No more searching for intros to venture capitalists in your network. It shouldn't be about who you know but what you've built. | $1.1M / Seed / Dec 19, 2023 | ||
| Embat develops cloud-based treasury management software designed to help finance teams manage cash flow, banking operations, and financial forecasting in real time. The company provides a platform that connects bank accounts, enterprise resource planning systems, and payment systems to centralize visibility of cash positions across multipleentities and currencies. Its software supports automated reconciliation, payment execution, liquidity forecasting, and financial reporting through a unified interface. The platform also includes AI-driven features that assist with transaction matching, anomaly detection, and cash flow prediction to reduce manual finance operations. Embat works with mid-sized and large enterprises to streamline treasury workflows, improve liquidity management, and support financial decision-making. The company integrates with a wide network of financial institutions and enterprise systems to enable continuous financial data synchronization and operational control.The platform uses automation and AI features to reduce manual treasury tasks, including transaction matching, accounting entries, and financial reporting workflows. It integrates with a wide range of banking systems and corporate ERPs to synchronize financial data continuously. Embat also enables centralized payment management, allowing finance teams to initiate, approve, and track transactions across multiple banking relationships. Its tools support cash visibility, debt monitoring, and financial scenario planning for operational decision-making. | $5.5M / Seed / Jun 26, 2023 | ||
| With Soveren you can fulfill your mission-critical production data observability and security goals.Soveren helps identify and protect crown jewels in Kubernetes-based environments. It automatically discovers sensitive data and assets, mapping the flows between them and immediately alerting you before risks become full-blown incidents.Ourmission is to help leading organizations protect millions of consumer data records without slowing down their business. We have built our solution in partnership with the most innovative security leaders in Europe and the US.We enable security teams to:1. Enrich your data inventory and improve the quality of manual reviews2. Gain near real-time visibility into sensitive assets and data flows3. Protect sensitive data and assets in the cloud from common security risks4. Maintain ongoing compliance with data regulations (PCI DSS, GDPR, CPRA, etc.)5. Reduce supply-chain attack risks and control sensitive data sharing | $3.6M / Seed / Feb 20, 2023 | ||
| Salv develops an AML platform that uses smart technology to reduce non-compliance and financial crime. Salv allows financial institutions to collaborate on investigations by opening a direct line of communication, allowing them to exchange and enrich data on potential threats. Salv covers screening, monitoring, and risk assessment to detectcriminal behavior, streamline internal processes, and leave clear audit trails for regulators. | $4.4M / Seed / Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| beatvest is a platform that offers both educational and financial tools, making it simple to understand investing and finance. By using their platform to learn about investments and financial tools from the ground up, users may become experts at making financial investments. | $1.4M / Seed / Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Upvest is a financial technology company that provides an investment infrastructure platform enabling other businesses to offer investment products through a single API. The firm’s core product is a modular investment API that handles complex backend functions such as brokerage, settlement, custody, and compliance, allowing fintech platforms,banks, and wealth managers to embed investing features into their apps and services. This infrastructure supports a range of asset classes, including stocks, exchange‑traded funds, mutual funds, and digital assets, and can be configured to enable fractional investing, savings plans, and automated investment experiences. Upvest’s platform manages the technical and regulatory aspects of investment operations, so its clients can focus on user experience and product innovation without building extensive financial infrastructure themselves. Its solutions encompass account management, real‑time transaction processing, and portfolio services that integrate with existing digital offerings. | $42M / Series B / Jun 16, 2022 | ||
| Pile is a cryptocurrency as a service platform for fintechs and neobanks. Founded in 2022 and is based in Berlin, Berlin, Germany. | $2.9M / Pre-Seed / Jun 14, 2022 | ||
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FAQ
What does Maximilian Tayenthal invest in?
Maximilian Tayenthal invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Maximilian Tayenthal's check size?
Maximilian Tayenthal typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$7M at Seed, $213k–$3.3M at Pre-Seed and $12M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Maximilian Tayenthal participates in.
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When did Maximilian Tayenthal last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Maximilian Tayenthal closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 26 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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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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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