# Paolo Negri

> Paolo Negri is a Series A investor at Contentful (Berlin) backing SaaS and Computer. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Contentful](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contentful)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/panegri/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hungryblank
- Website: https://x.com/hungryblank

Paolo Negri is a Series A investor at Contentful in Berlin focused on SaaS and Computer. Paolo Negri is based out of Berlin, Berlin and is the CTO & Co-Founder of Contentful. Paolo previously worked at Woogaas a Senior Developer Team Lead. Paolo Negri attended the Polytechnic University of Milan. Paolo Negri has been certified ISO 27001 Certified ISMS Lead implementer (CIS LI).

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $11M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Computer | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Network Security | 1 | 33% |
| Telecommunications | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 2 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edgeless Systems | Edgeless Systems builds the secure platform to store, analyze, and share data, using confidential computing. | $5M | Seed | Mar 07, 2023 |  |
| Whereby | Whereby isn’t your standard video meetings tool. Created with our Scandinavian simplicity at its heart, we're ahead of the curve. Whereby is the go-to meetings tool for creative businesses and agencies worldwide, for its ease of use, beautiful design, and no download requirement. With unlimited call duration, customizable meeting rooms, andintegrations with collaborative tools like Miro whiteboards, Whereby is changing the video meetings game. | $10.6M | Series A | Mar 17, 2021 |  |
| Whereby | Videonor provides video conferencing services for businesses. Videonor delivers cloud-based software-as-a-service video conferencing at a low monthly cost, avoiding the need to buy expensive equipment or make big up-front investments. As a tech agnostic service provider, Videonor can build solutions that integrate with other conferencing productsand endpoints that customers already have in place. Skype, Cisco, Polycom and others can be enhanced with higher quality video and audio service provided by Videonor. With clients in 50+ countries, Videonor currently helps global enterprises, startups, academic institutions and national sports teams communicate more effectively. | $12M | Series A | Mar 17, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Point Nine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/point-nine-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [s16vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s16vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SquareOne Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/squarone-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Contentful

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Contentful offers automated translation, audience segmentation, and performance analytics to assist marketing and product teams with campaign deployment. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence to generate content and provides no-code interfaces for real-time experimentation. By using flexible application programming interfaces, the firmenables developers to integrate custom solutions into existing technology stacks. The entity also manages front-end hosting and automated workflows to maintain consistent branding across multiple regions.

5 contacts available at Contentful.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paolo Negri | Co-Founder and CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paolo-negri |
| Soren Abildgaard | Executive Vice President of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soren-abildgaard |
| Brian Spittler | Senior Director of Brand and Communications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-spittler |
| Bridget Perry | CMO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridget-perry |
| Charles Bell | Senior Director, Solution Engineering EMEA | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-bell |

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## FAQ

### What does Paolo Negri invest in?

Paolo Negri invests primarily in SaaS, Computer and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Paolo Negri's check size?

Paolo Negri typically joins rounds of $11M–$12M 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 Paolo Negri participates in.

### When did Paolo Negri last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paolo Negri closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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