# Niko Waesche

> Niko Waesche is a pre-seed investor at German Media Pool (London) backing B2B and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [German Media Pool](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmpvc-german-media-pool)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/waesche
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/cafelido
- Website: http://www.gmpvc.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cafelido

Niko Waesche is a pre-seed investor at German Media Pool in London focused on B2B and Apps. Niko co-Founded German Media Pool with Aljoscha in 2011. Niko has over fifteen years of media industry experience, for example, as Global Industry Head for Media & Entertainment at GfK and Partner at IBM Global Business Services, leading IBM's European Media & Entertainment Industry practice. Niko also worked in VC and helped set up acorporate accelerator. He has a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics as well as other degrees.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Content | 1 | 20% |
| Fitness | 1 | 20% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 3 | 60% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ENVOY Technology Limited | Envoy is a smart scalable referral solution for content services (SaaS). We improve conversion rates, lower cost of acquisition and increase return on ad-spend without touching core product code. Seamless integration and GDPR compliant for a post-cookie world. | $180K | Pre-Seed | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| 42watt | 42watt is the first retrofit marketplace for homeowners. The platform streamlines the home retrofit journey by connecting homeowners with tailored, end-to-end solutions across solar, heating, mobility, and electricity. Fully digital and manufacturer-independent, 42watt designs optimal systems, matches projects with vetted local installers, andensures real-time optimization. By handling the complexity, 42watt empowers installers to focus on delivering high-quality work. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 31, 2022 |  |
| Carwow | Carwow is the smart way to choose and buy a new car. The company helps to connect car buyers to car dealers to make the process as efficient and cost effective as possible, while enabling consumers to interact with an official dealer throughout the transaction process. The company's dealer partners sell more cars in the showroom alone, whilereducing cost inefficiencies and improving stock turnover.Carwow was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in London, England. | $22.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| Debitos | Debitos is Germany’s first online-exchange, on which banks and corporates can actively trade both real estate-secured and unsecured non-performing loans.The platform is available at www.debitos.de and allows sellers to offer claims individually or bundled as a portfolio. More than 290 institutional investors compete with one another and placetheir bids in an online-auction. Through this process, sellers increase transaction prices and transparency. More than 1.300 corporates currently use the exchange to trade dunned invoices, enforceable claims/terminated loans and bankruptcy claims. Since launching the exchange in January 2012, a total volume of over 1 billion Euros has been offered on the exchange. Debitos GmbH is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The company’s managing partners are Hajo Engelke and Timur Peters. |  | Series A | Jun 19, 2012 |  |
| Clue | Clue is a female health application that tracks period and fertility cycle. It uses science and data to provide actionable personal insights into female health. The free mobile app, available on iOS, Android, and Apple Watch, calculates and predicts users’ periods and PMS based on users’ data. It calculates fertility windows based on globalaverages, which can be made more accurate by users entering ovulation test data.Clue’s mission is to help people all around the world benefit from insights into female health. The startup was founded in 2012 and it is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. |  | Seed |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Channel 4 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/channel-4-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hercules Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/herculescapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SquareOne](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paua-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RI Digital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ri-digital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About German Media Pool

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Founded in March 2011, German Media Pool is Germany's leading independent media for equity fund combining television, out of home, print and radio. They have invested more than 175 million Euro in gross media volume in more than 50 investment rounds into 28 startups. They currently count 12 successful exits and 2 IPOs, with more to come.

4 contacts available at German Media Pool.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aljoscha Kaplan | Managing Director & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aljoscha-kaplan |
| Dennis Ahrling | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-ahrling |
| Dennis Ahrling | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-ahrling-cea3 |
| Niko Waesche | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/niko-waesche |

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## FAQ

### What does Niko Waesche invest in?

Niko Waesche invests primarily in B2B, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Niko Waesche last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Niko Waesche closed in Nov 2022. 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.

### 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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