# Pawel Schapiro

> Pawel Schapiro is a seed investor at TA Ventures (Frankfurt) backing Software and Automotive. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ta-venture)
- Location: Frankfurt, Germany
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schapiro/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pawel_vc
- Website: https://x.com/pawel_vc

Pawel Schapiro is a Partner at TA Ventures, based in Frankfurt a.M., mainly responsible for the DACH region. Pawel has worked in VC, Business Development and Online Marketing at Rocket Internet and Creathor Venture in the past.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 44% |
| Automotive | 3 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 22% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 22% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 2 | 22% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 22% |
| Spain | 1 | 11% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Israel | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AccessOwl | AccessOwl automates the provisioning and permissioning of SaaS accounts for employees. |  | Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| AccessOwl | AccessOwl automates the provisioning and permissioning of SaaS accounts for employees. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Mobile Healthcare Solutions | At-Home Wellness Tracker | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| Bipi | Bipi is a car subscription startup offering consumers a hassle-free alternative to car ownership with fully-flexible, all-inclusive monthly subscriptions to quality new and used cars for a single, all-inclusive monthly payment and a digital-first, 100% online transaction process. Its platform lets users book cars, subscribe, swap, and cancel it atany point in time that enables customers to revolutionize the way they access cars.Bipi was co-founded by Hans Christ and Alejandro Vigaray in 2017 and it is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. | $17.5M | Series B | Oct 28, 2020 |  |
| Tortoise | Tortoise is an automated delivery platform for the retail and logistics industries. It was founded by David Graham and Dmitry Shevelenko. Companies like Lyft, Microsoft, and Samsung have brought David in when developing novel technologies and concepts. Meanwhile, Dmitry oversaw the new modality partnership strategy at Uber and led Uber’s firstdeals with JUMP, Getaround, and the public transit ticketing system Masabi. Together, the two have identified some of the biggest pain points in logistics and shared micromobility and are setting out to tackle them together. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 30, 2019 |  |
| Bipi | Bipi is a car subscription startup offering consumers a hassle-free alternative to car ownership with fully-flexible, all-inclusive monthly subscriptions to quality new and used cars for a single, all-inclusive monthly payment and a digital-first, 100% online transaction process. Its platform lets users book cars, subscribe, swap, and cancel it atany point in time that enables customers to revolutionize the way they access cars.Bipi was co-founded by Hans Christ and Alejandro Vigaray in 2017 and it is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. | $6.9M | Series A | Jun 11, 2019 |  |
| Shift | Shift is a German company that provides metal CNC-machined parts and machining service for customers in the European Union. We use proprietary IT solution to select which CNC partner within our own cooperation network has the required machines, the necessary experience and the free capacity to deliver in time. |  | Seed | Sep 30, 2018 |  |
| Aurora Labs | Aurora Labs is pioneering the use of Software Intelligence to solve the challenge of automotive software development. Created using Aurora Labs' Line-Of-Code Intelligence™, the Automotive Software Intelligence (ASI) solution collects granular and actionable data from complex automotive systems, applying AI to enable software transparency andmanagement. Aurora Labs' ASI solution detects and validates changes in the software lines-of-code for OTA updates, and analyses dependencies and software behaviour to enable predictive software maintenance throughout the vehicle lifecycle. Aurora Labs provides automotive development teams unique tools to roll out new technologies and services on time and on budget.Aurora Labs, founded in 2016, has raised $34m and has been granted dozens of patents. Aurora Labs has customers around the world and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with offices in Germany, North Macedonia, and the US. | $8.4M | Series A | Jul 11, 2018 |  |
| Invision AI | We are on a mission to transform the Internet of Things into the Internet of Intelligent Things. Our AI software runs directly on edge devices, enabling them to create valuable situational insight without expensive hardware or cloud uploads | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 01, 2017 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ICLUB VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iclub-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A.GAIN (Formerly IDC Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idc-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Maniv Mobility](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manivmobility) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rebel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebel-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adevinta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adevinta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atresmedia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atresmedia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About TA Ventures

VC Fund · Frankfurt, Germany

TA Ventures is a global, network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups that redefine the industries of tomorrow. We typically write initial checks of $100-250K for Pre-Seed and Seed companies and actively provide follow-on investments. We pride ourselves on swift execution, hands-on support, and leveraging our extensiveinternational network. By connecting our portfolio companies with growth-oriented co-investors, we help them scale effectively through subsequent funding rounds. Additionally, we draw on our deep industry expertise to offer portfolio companies and partner VCs access to top-tier, cost-efficient R&D talent.

5 contacts available at TA Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oleg Malenkov | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oleg-malenkov |
| Pawel Schapiro | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pawel-schapiro |
| Viktoriya Tigipko | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viktoriya-tigipko |
| Andrew Verbitsky | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-verbitsky-862b |
| Elya Chiechienieva | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elya-chiechienieva |

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## FAQ

### What does Pawel Schapiro invest in?

Pawel Schapiro invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Pawel Schapiro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pawel Schapiro closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 9 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?

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