Nikolas Samios
Managing Partner & Co-Founder @ PT1
Berlin, Germany
Nikolas Samios is a serial entrepreneur, long-time expert for transformational startups and venture capital and early sustainability advocate.He founded his first company around 25 years ago in parallel to doing A-Levels in Munich, Germany, and was quickly sucked into the grand new thing called "the Internet", mainly helping traditionalindustries like print publishers, TV stations, retail chains or banks to digitise their businesses. Around 15 years ago, he increasingly focused on the transactional aspects, financing, buying and selling startups. He set up a special family office for like-minded Internet entrepreneurs and venture capital investors that, for example, built up and managed the personal investment holdings of MP3 inventor Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg and AOL Europe founder Jan Henric Buettner.After many years, participating in more than 100 venture capital transactions and co-authoring the German reference book on venture capital methodology DEALTERMS.VC, he co-founded PT1 – PropTech1 Ventures, one of the first PropTech/ConstructionTech venture capital funds in Europe and most likely the first ESG SFDR article 8 fund in this segment. PT1 is a fully independent early-stage venture capital platform that fuels #Futurebuilders on their mission to apply transformative real estate technologies, generating double returns for its investors and society.He was also appointed “Co-Chairman” of the PropTech platform of leading German real estate association ZIA as well as Deputy Chairman of the Young Digital Economy Advisory Board to German federal minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck. Furthermore, Nikolas is part of the committees of multiple leading industry awards and events (e.g. QUO VADIS, ZIA TDI – Tag der Immobilienwirtschaft). He was recently awarded “Head of the Year 2023” by Immobilienmanager magazine.Nikolas is living with his wife and two kids in Berlin, is privately supporting many NGOs around sustainable transformation and is a member of Leaders for Climate Action. In his rare spare time, he is an enthusiastic musician and music producer.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 64%
Last updated:
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Industries Nikolas Samios invests in
Stages Nikolas Samios invests in
Countries Nikolas Samios invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (21%)
- Real Estate 3 (21%)
- Battery 2 (14%)
- Construction 2 (14%)
- Energy Storage 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (43%)
- Series A 3 (21%)
- Series B 3 (21%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
Country
- Germany 8 (57%)
- Switzerland 1 (7%)
- United Kingdom 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Voltfang
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We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network. | $17.4M / Series B / Jun 12, 2025 | |
Gendo
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Gendo is a browser based platform that provides beautiful CGI. It accelerates design image production 100x with AI and ML, eliminating technical hurdles for designers using innovative browser-based tools." | $5.4M / Seed / Nov 15, 2024 | |
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Voltfang
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We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network. | $8.8M / Series A / Oct 04, 2024 | |
Terra One
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Terra One engages in the development and operation of large-scale battery storage systems. | $7.5M / Seed / Apr 25, 2024 | |
ecoworks
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Ecoworks specializes in climate-neutral renovations and modernizations for apartment buildings. The company uses industrial pre-fabrication, digital processes, and highly efficient energy systems to modernize multi-family houses with up to four floors within a few weeks. | $24.1M / Series A / Jul 28, 2023 | |
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Voltfang
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We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network. | $5.5M / Seed / May 10, 2023 | |
Wunderflats
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Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin. | $21M / Series C / Jul 19, 2021 | |
Archilyse AG
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Archilyse, founded in 2017, is a PropTech start-up that offers holistic numeric architecture analysis as an easy to use Software-as-a-Service solution. By doing so, Archilyse provides information necessary for optimising a multitude of processes in every step of the real estate lifecycle. To produce knowledge based on data Archilyse uses fourgeneric power-simulations, such as view, geometrical, connectivity and physical analysis, from which countless others can be derived. Their results provide the most comprehensive view on architecture currently available worldwide. This is how it works: 2D floor plans in the form of PDFs or building image files are converted to 3D BIM-Light models and geo-referenced. Using API (Application Program Interface) calls, professional users can analyse building models drawn from algorithms which translated the latest scientific findings into formulas. The results are presented to users in easy-to-read heatmaps or can be exported in the form of key figure tables for further processing. This process renders portfolio digitalisation profitable for the first time. Archilyse uses the underutilized potential of digitization in the real estate industry and thus eliminates the prevailing information imbalance between real estate professionals and layman, thereby enabling the maximization of benefits for all stakeholders in real estate. | $4.1M / Series A / Feb 25, 2020 | |
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Wunderflats
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Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin. | $8.5M / Series B / Jul 08, 2019 | |
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Archilyse AG
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Archilyse, founded in 2017, is a PropTech start-up that offers holistic numeric architecture analysis as an easy to use Software-as-a-Service solution. By doing so, Archilyse provides information necessary for optimising a multitude of processes in every step of the real estate lifecycle. To produce knowledge based on data Archilyse uses fourgeneric power-simulations, such as view, geometrical, connectivity and physical analysis, from which countless others can be derived. Their results provide the most comprehensive view on architecture currently available worldwide. This is how it works: 2D floor plans in the form of PDFs or building image files are converted to 3D BIM-Light models and geo-referenced. Using API (Application Program Interface) calls, professional users can analyse building models drawn from algorithms which translated the latest scientific findings into formulas. The results are presented to users in easy-to-read heatmaps or can be exported in the form of key figure tables for further processing. This process renders portfolio digitalisation profitable for the first time. Archilyse uses the underutilized potential of digitization in the real estate industry and thus eliminates the prevailing information imbalance between real estate professionals and layman, thereby enabling the maximization of benefits for all stakeholders in real estate. | Seed / Nov 13, 2018 | |
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Co-Investors
About PT1
PT1 is a European venture capital platform investing in early-stage tech that’s upgrading the physical world in three core clusters: electrification & energy transition; built world AI & automation; climate & infrastructure resilience.With initial tickets ranging from €300k to €4M, we back the boldest founders across the UK and Europewho are redefining how we build, power and sustain our world. At PT1 we don’t just fund startups - we actively support to add value where it matters most. Combining deep domain expertise with data-driven insights, we leverage our AI-enabled deal flow engine to identify and accelerate future category winners. Championed by our network of 100+ industry experts – from unicorn founders to corporates and industrial veterans – we provide startups with collective wisdom, hands-on guidance, strategic acceleration sprints and the backing needed to scale.
PT1 Contacts
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Adreas Wende
Venture Partner
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Beat Schwab
Venture Partner (Fund I)
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Kristofer Fichtner
Venture Partner (Fund I)
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Nicholas Neerpasch
Venture Partner
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Nikolas Samios
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
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What does Nikolas Samios invest in?
Nikolas Samios invests primarily in Software, Real Estate and Battery startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Nikolas Samios last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nikolas Samios closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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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