# Otto Group

> Otto Group is a VC fund in Hamburg backing E-Commerce and Marketplace. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ottogroup
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ottogroup_com
- Website: http://www.ottogroup.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ottogroupcom

Otto Group is a VC fund in Hamburg focused on E-Commerce and Marketplace. Otto Group is primarily a retail e-commerce company, and as a shareholder, it also operates in e-commerce services. Otto Group's operations are divided into three divisions: multichannel retail, financial services, and logistics. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $675k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 43% |
| Marketplace | 3 | 43% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |
| Sports | 1 | 14% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 14% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 29% |
| Peru | 1 | 14% |
| Brazil | 1 | 14% |
| Sweden | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Birken | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-birken |
| Constance Stein | Innovation Management | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/constance-stein |
| David Rahnaward Basar | Co-Founder, OTTO NOW | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-rahnaward-basar |
| Martin Zander | Division Manager Corporate Communications | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-zander |
| Philipp von Criegern | Tech Lead & Chief Architect Ecommerce | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philipp-von-criegern |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hermes Germany | Hermes Germany is a logistics service provider for deliveries and private parcel shipments to customers and business to customers. |  | Secondary Market | Nov 03, 2025 |  |
| LEASY | Leasy is a FinTech platform that provides automobile financing to ride-hailing drivers through a subscription model. It uses its algorithm and evaluators to analyze users' profiles and find suitable cars for them and helps customers to enter into a contract to own a vehicle.Co-founded by Gregorio Gilardini and Alejandro Garay in 2018, thecompany aims to help people who would like to earn incomes as ride-hailing drivers be able to afford cars, thus earning a steady income. | $2M | Seed | Feb 25, 2022 |  |
| Fitfox | Since launching its service in Hamburg, Fitfox offers pay-as-you-go passes for sport activities such as gyms, yoga classes, leisure centres and marathons in over 100 cities in Germany, including Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart and Frankfurt. In 2018, SportScheck - Germany's largest sports retail company acquired Fitfox to 100percent after investing in 2017. |  | Corporate Round | Mar 20, 2018 |  |
| Fitfox | Since launching its service in Hamburg, Fitfox offers pay-as-you-go passes for sport activities such as gyms, yoga classes, leisure centres and marathons in over 100 cities in Germany, including Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart and Frankfurt. In 2018, SportScheck - Germany's largest sports retail company acquired Fitfox to 100percent after investing in 2017. |  | Seed | May 06, 2017 |  |
| AuctioNet.com | Auctionet is a marketplace where auction houses from all over Europe sells furniture, art, design items, collectibles and more.The items are sold at online auction, much like eBay, but with a significant difference: all items are carefully inspected, described and photographed by experts, so you can bid with confidence.Auctionet.com was foundedin 2011 by Niklas Söderholm, formerly CEO and founder of Bukowskis Market, and Tom Österman, senior expert formerly of Bukowskis and Åmells. | $675K | Series A | Nov 22, 2016 |  |
| GetNinjas | GetNinjas is a local services marketplace in LATAM, for hiring cleaners, private lessons, and hundreds of other services. It connects clients with over 650,000 service providers, generating over U$100M in GMV. GetNinjas was launched in 2011 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil. | $3M | Series A | Apr 06, 2013 |  |
| CoupFlip | CoupFlip buys and sells unused daily deals, paying cash to deal owners suffering from buyer's remorse. CoupFlip creates a liquid, mobile enabled, secondary market for daily deals, such as Groupon. CoupFlip solves the problem of buyer's remorse around these coupons and allows consumers to find a deal after it has already passed.CoupFlip is unique in that it gives sellers the opportunity for immediate sale. There is absolutely no waiting around for your deal to sell on consignment. Similar to Cardpool and Plastic Jungle in the giftcard space, CoupFlip takes inventory.The group buying market (Groupon, LivingSocial, etc) overall is estimated to reach $5.2B in revenue during 2011. Despite popularity, these group deals have two major problems for consumers. First, consumers often regret their purchases. 20-40% of vouchers go unused and many more are only used because they must be in order to capture the sunk cost. Second, consumers often miss out on the opportunity to buy a particular voucher because of the nature of the flash sale timing. CoupFlip.com's secondary market addresses both these problems and helps unlock significant value that would otherwise go wasted. |  | Angel | Dec 01, 2011 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BuenTrip Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buentrip-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GRAM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gram-1241) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [INCA VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inca-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kaszek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaszek-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Magma Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magma-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MONASHEES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monashees-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Otto Group invest in?

Otto Group invests primarily in E-Commerce, Marketplace and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Otto Group's check size?

Otto Group typically joins rounds of $675k–$3M 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 Otto Group participates in.

### How do I contact Otto Group?

Public channels for Otto Group include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Otto Group?

The team at Otto Group includes Alexander Birken (Chief Executive Officer), Constance Stein (Innovation Management) and David Rahnaward Basar (Co-Founder, OTTO NOW), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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