Metro
VC Fund
Düsseldorf, Germany
Metro is a VC fund in Düsseldorf focused on Retail and Analytics. METRO GROUP is a Germany-based holding company and international retailing company. It operates numerous outlets in various countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. The Company operates a portfolio of sales brands, which offers a range of services for private and commercial customers. The portfolio comprises Metro Cash & Carry brand, which isactive in the self-service wholesale industry, Real hypermarkets brand, which operates the Real stores across Europe offering both food and non-food products; Media Markt brand, which is active on the European market in the consumer electronics retailing industry; Saturn brand, which operates consumer electronics stores and Galeria Kaufhof brand, under which the Company operates department stores in Germany and Belgium. The Company is also engaged in the real estate operations (Metro Properties), logistics (Metro Logistics), Information Technology (Metro Systems) and advertising services.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
Last updated:
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Industries Metro invests in
Stages Metro invests in
Countries Metro invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $115k–$120k
- Series A
- $3M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 2 (22%)
- Analytics 2 (22%)
- Hospitality 2 (22%)
- Coupons 1 (11%)
- Big Data 1 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (33%)
- Seed 2 (22%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (11%)
- Series C 1 (11%)
- Corporate Round 1 (11%)
Country
- Germany 5 (56%)
- Portugal 1 (11%)
- United States 1 (11%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Valentina Nolli
Quality Assurance Specialist Own Brand
|
Quality Assurance Specialist Own Brand | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Flora Jost
Manager Digital Projects HoReCa.digital GmbH
|
Manager Digital Projects HoReCa.digital GmbH | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Léa Gatinois
Manager Digital Projects HoReCa.digital GmbH
|
Manager Digital Projects HoReCa.digital GmbH | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sylvia Dudek
Program Director
|
Program Director | Total investments: 6 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensei offers a scalable, seamless store-wide solution that empowers the stores of the future to be check-out and cash free.Through an integrated system of cameras and AI algorithms, Sensei enables a new era of Phygital stores able to capture in-store product data and shoppers’ activities, to offer a wealth of analytics and smooth, frictionlessshopping experience. | $16M / Series A / Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Orderbird is focused on building an intuitive and customer-centric solution helping hospitality merchants by introducing Germany’s first iPad-based POS. It is a provider of Integrated Software solutions for independent restaurateurs and SMBs. It is offering its customers professional, easy-to-use POS systems and add-on products optimizing theirbusiness operations and providing a flexible alternative to costly, time-consuming, and paperwork-intensive legacy systems. | $22.8M / Series C / May 11, 2016 | ||
| Gastrozentrale.de is a B2B online shop for kitchen technology and restaurant/catering equipment. From small food stands to canteen kitchens, customers can easily order napkins, industrial refrigerators or patio heaters online. | $115.3K / Seed / May 02, 2016 | ||
| Retail Media Group GmbH (RMG) is a cross-industry marketing platform for retail data. RMG monetizes retail and customer insights from leading retailers such as Media Markt, Saturn, real, Thalia and Metro. Based on these data, RMG enables advertisers to address their respective target audiences individually and without scatter losses. With a digitalreach from more than 60 million IDs, it is a leading partner in the European trade sector. RMG is the Center of Competence when it comes to the effective handling of customer insights in retail marketing compliant with data protection regulations. Furthermore, the company strives to advance the digital transformation of the trade industry. | Series A / May 01, 2016 | ||
| Retail Media Group GmbH (RMG) is a cross-industry marketing platform for retail data. RMG monetizes retail and customer insights from leading retailers such as Media Markt, Saturn, real, Thalia and Metro. Based on these data, RMG enables advertisers to address their respective target audiences individually and without scatter losses. With a digitalreach from more than 60 million IDs, it is a leading partner in the European trade sector. RMG is the Center of Competence when it comes to the effective handling of customer insights in retail marketing compliant with data protection regulations. Furthermore, the company strives to advance the digital transformation of the trade industry. | Seed / Feb 01, 2016 | ||
| Gastrozentrale.de is a B2B online shop for kitchen technology and restaurant/catering equipment. From small food stands to canteen kitchens, customers can easily order napkins, industrial refrigerators or patio heaters online. | $120K / Seed / Oct 13, 2015 | ||
| Lunchio offers digital meal vouchers and goods vouchers for employees. | Pre-Seed / Oct 12, 2015 | ||
| Culinary Agents is a website to find career-related information about the hospitality industry. Focused on its mission to help talent succeed in their careers within the hospitality industry, the platform empowers aspiring and existing talent to easily discover and apply to the best jobs. Culinary Agents also provides job marketing, recruiting andemployer branding solutions to help businesses hire the best talent.Culinary Agents is committed to a hospitality-driven approach, thoughtful innovation, building meaningful relationships and maintaining integrity. Its growing community spans the U.S., including all levels of talent as well as restaurants, hotels, resorts, catering, foodservice, schools and organizations of all sizes. | $3M / Series A / Apr 27, 2015 | ||
| Emma's grandson provides fine food from all over the world. discover with us a wide range of different delicacies from the international kitchen. | Corporate Round / Dec 12, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does Metro invest in?
Metro invests primarily in Retail, Analytics and Hospitality startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Metro invest in?
Metro typically joins rounds of $115k–$120k at Seed and $3M–$16M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Metro's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Metro took part in.
How do I contact Metro?
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Who are the partners at Metro?
The team at Metro includes Valentina Nolli (Quality Assurance Specialist Own Brand), Flora Jost (Manager Digital Projects HoReCa.digital GmbH) and Léa Gatinois (Manager Digital Projects HoReCa.digital GmbH). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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