# Patrick Pinschmidt

> Patrick Pinschmidt is a Series A investor at Middlegame Ventures backing SaaS and FinTech. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Middlegame Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/middlegame-ventures)
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickpinschmidt/
- Website: http://www.middlegamevc.com

Patrick Pinschmidt is a Series A investor at Middlegame Ventures focused on SaaS and FinTech. Patrick Pinschmidt is the General Partner & Co-Founder at Middlegame Ventures. He attended Columbia Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 29% |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Analytics | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 71% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 4 | 57% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Theia Insights | Leveraging AI to transform information into insights | $8M | Series A | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| Circit | Circit is a financial audit management platform that provides real-time visibility of audit confirmations as well as direct connections to banks, solicitors and fintech services for secure document and data transfer.Circit has created a network of validated professional and financial services firms, all of which benefit from the highly secureand customisable software platform.Circit's founders have over 50 years experience across financial auditing, banking operations and software engineering.The company has been granted status as an Enterprise Ireland High-Potential Startup (HPSU) company and has been awarded government funding along with professional investors. | $22M | Private Equity | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| UrbanFox | UrbanFox protects online retailers against new forms of stealth fraud by analysing and learning from existing legitimate and fraudulent customer behavioural patterns. | $3.6M | Seed | Nov 12, 2022 |  |
| &Open | &Open is a gifting platform that sends digital and physical gifts at scale from brands to people around the world — boosting customer loyalty, retention, and engagement across sales, marketing, and CX teams, all from one powerful platform. | $26M | Series A | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| Circit | Circit is a financial audit management platform that provides real-time visibility of audit confirmations as well as direct connections to banks, solicitors and fintech services for secure document and data transfer.Circit has created a network of validated professional and financial services firms, all of which benefit from the highly secureand customisable software platform.Circit's founders have over 50 years experience across financial auditing, banking operations and software engineering.The company has been granted status as an Enterprise Ireland High-Potential Startup (HPSU) company and has been awarded government funding along with professional investors. | $6.8M | Series A | May 18, 2022 |  |
| Conjura | The Conjura platform uses data science, company reporting, and benchmarking to advance e-commerce businesses. A 360-degree perspective of an organization's operations enables businesses to compare their performance against industry norms, obtain deep-dive information to highlight their strengths, challenges, and chances for growth, and makeinformed decisions across all departments. Conjura offers organizations a scalable and integrated data infrastructure by effortlessly integrating with the top e-commerce tools and platforms.Conjura was established on November 13, 2016 in London, England. | $16M | Series A | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Payslip | Payslip provides Automation & Integration technology for global payroll management. We help multinationals standardize their global payroll process, centrally manage their payroll with visibility & control and scale into new countries easily. | $10.1M | Series A | May 18, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aquiline Technology Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aquiline-technology-growth) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Tribal.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tribal-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CircleRock Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circlerock-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Furthr VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dbic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Molten Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-esprit) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Middlegame Ventures

VC Fund · Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Middlegame Ventures is a fintech​ venture capital firm investing in early-stage growth businesses focused on Financial Innovation. The firm is seeking great entrepreneurial teams who are focusing on rearchitecting financial services infrastructure.

5 contacts available at Middlegame Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kanishk Walia | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kanishk-walia |
| Patrick Pinschmidt | General Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-pinschmidt |
| Ellen McCance | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ellen-mccance |
| L Michael Meyer | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/l-michael-meyer |
| Mia Lewis | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mia-lewis |

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## FAQ

### What does Patrick Pinschmidt invest in?

Patrick Pinschmidt invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Patrick Pinschmidt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Patrick Pinschmidt closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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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