# Paul Schwarzenholz

> Paul Schwarzenholz is a seed investor at zenloop (Berlin) backing Internet and Software. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [zenloop](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zenloop)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-schwarzenholz-88a0485b/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.schwarzenholz.1

Paul Schwarzenholz is a seed investor at zenloop in Berlin focused on Internet and Software. Paul Schwarzenholz is absed out of Berlin, Berlin and is the Founder and Managing Director of Draxon. Paul previously worked at zenloop GmbH as a CEO and Founder. Paul Schwarzenholz attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$3.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 23% |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 15% |
| Information Services | 2 | 15% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 54% |
| Angel | 2 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 11 | 85% |
| Sweden | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| repath | Repath Identifies and manages climate risks with SaaS solution. The platform for climate risk and adaptation is a location-specific, user-friendly, fully functional automated SaaS solution that would allow the company to forecast the future physical climate risks, comprehend the particulars vulnerabilities of the assets, as well as the necessarymeasures of adaptation to mitigate the identified dangers. Its customers can access the translated climate data into easy-to-understand aggregated results via repath´s platform or via API. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Heatle | Heatle is an induction-based immersion heater device that may heat water, baby milk, mulled wine, and other liquids directly in the vessel to the necessary temperature in an energy-saving method for a clean, healthy, and sustainable lifestyle and planet. | $3M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| Datia | Datia is a data platform for sustainable finance, working with forward-thinking financial institutions to automate their ESG workflows. Datia customers use Datia for ESG data collection & analysis, screen portfolios, model ESG preferences, and automate ESG, SFDR & EU Taxonomy reporting. | $3.4M | Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Industrial Technology and Witchcraft | Industrial Technology and Witchcraft make games in voxels and pixels with amazing soundtracks. | $1.9M | Seed | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| Kittl | Heritage Type provides solutions that automate complex design processes to create beautiful graphics. | $1.9M | Seed | Oct 08, 2021 |  |
| Kittl | Heritage Type provides solutions that automate complex design processes to create beautiful graphics. | $1.9M | Seed | Oct 08, 2021 |  |
| Wisefood | Wisefood provides retail and wholesale services. They offer a range of products that include cutlery, plates, bowls, cups, napkins, drinking straws, candles, kitchen and bar items, paper towels, and more. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| 8returns | 8returns is a self-service returns center for eCommerce stores that want to automate returns & improve customer experience. | $947K | Angel | Aug 04, 2021 |  |
| Everdrop | Everdrop manufactures cleaning products. |  | Seed | Sep 08, 2020 |  |
| AskBrian | AskBrain uses narrow AI technologies to build products that connect humans with services and information via natural language. Brian, the AI assistant, communicates via email and performs time-consuming tasks that reflect the needs of management consultants and similar knowledge workers. Brian empowers users to focus on high-value activities bytaking care of tedious ones such as document translation (100 languages), file conversion, industry benchmarks, country research, presentation graphics, and many more. |  | Angel | Jun 30, 2020 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Expedite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expedite-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [BLN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bln-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [better ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-ventures-9d06) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Joyance Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joyance-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nauta Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nauta-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About zenloop

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

zenloop is the leading integrated experience management platform (IXM). The SaaS solution automatically collects customer feedback through various channels along the customer journey, analyzes and clusters it, and derives tailored measures to retain satisfied customers as well as win back churning customers. The zenloop software can be seamlesslyintegrated into solutions such as Salesforce, Spryker, Emarsys, Zendesk, Slack, or Shopify or used as an addition to the existing tech stack.The zenloop customer portfolio includes brands such as Douglas, Hello Fresh, Trade Republic, Mister Spex, Foodspring or Drykorn. The company was founded in 2016 by the two former Flaconi founders Björn Kolbmüller and Paul Schwarzenholz as well as Lukasz Lazewski and is based in Berlin with more than 70 employees.

3 contacts available at zenloop.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Schwarzenholz | Co-Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-schwarzenholz |
| Lukasz Lazewski | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lukasz-lazewski |
| Robin Brix | Junior Event Marketing Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robin-brix |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Schwarzenholz invest in?

Paul Schwarzenholz invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Paul Schwarzenholz's check size?

Paul Schwarzenholz typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$3.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Paul Schwarzenholz participates in.

### When did Paul Schwarzenholz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Schwarzenholz closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 13 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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