# Peer Simon

> Peer Simon is a debt financing investor at Deutsche Handelsbank backing SaaS and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Deutsche Handelsbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-handelsbank)
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peer-g-simon-8789097b/
- Website: https://skyfallcapital.de/

Peer Simon is a debt financing investor at Deutsche Handelsbank focused on SaaS and Software. Peer Simon - Executive Director - Member of the extended Management Board @ Deutsche Handelsbank

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 4 | 40% |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Marketing | 3 | 30% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 30% |
| Internet | 2 | 20% |

42 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Factor Eleven | Wir sind Factor Eleven. Ein Product & Tech-Startup mit der Mission die Planung, Kreation, Buchung und Abwicklung von Werbekampagnen einfacher und KPI-basierter zu machen.Durch die Entwicklung von SMARTER TECHNOLOGIE, wird diese Mission von Quartal zu Quartal mehr und mehr Realität. Mit Hilfe unserer technologischen „Core-Produkte“automatisieren wir Arbeitsschritte und ToDos, die heute in Unternehmen viel (unnötige) Zeit rauben und alles andere als effizient fördernd sind. Uns ist wichtig, dass sich Mitarbeiter unserer Kunden und Partner weniger um diese „Standard-Aufgaben“ oder „Trouble-Shooting“ kümmern müssen – sondern mehr Zeit für die wirklich wichtigen Dinge ihres Business haben: Deren Kunden, die Weiterentwicklung der Produkte/Dienstleistungen, Controlling & Learnings, etc.Dabei herausgekommen sind z.B. Media-Produkte, die dediziert entlang der Customer Journey entwickelt wurden und je nach Funnel-Stufe buchbar sind: Abgerechnet nach der KPI, die zur jeweiligen Funnel-Stufe passt/gehört. Ermöglicht wird dies durch unsere eigens entwickelten Algorithmen, die notwendiger Bestandteil sind, um den ambitionierten Ansprüchen von Marketeers und Mediaplanern gerecht zu werden. Darüber hinaus bieten unsere Produkte weitreichende Garantien hinsichtlich Transparenz, Brand Safety und Viewability um auch in Zukunft die Grenzen des Möglichen immer wieder neu zu challengen. | $4.9M | Debt Financing | Mar 25, 2022 |  |
| Vitafy | Vitafy GmbH is a pure online player in fitness and sports nutrition, Vitafy addresses the growing healthy living movement. | $5M | Debt Financing | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| talentsconnect | talentsconnect is the HR Tech company behind the JobShop: a SaaS career-site developed to optimise conversion rates in recruiting. With the JobShop recruiters are able to solve their recruiting bottlenecks and can regain independency from job boards. | $1.1M | Debt Financing | Mar 14, 2022 |  |
| Aklamio | Aklamio believes word-of-mouth marketing is the most powerful marketing channel and helps world-class companies expand their acquisition strategy with bespoke omnichannel technological solutions.Founded in 2011, Aklamio has become the leading referral marketing SaaS solution for enterprises with clients such as Vodafone, PayPal and Endesa. Morethan 300 international brands identify and reward influencers among their customer base to boost their sales through referrals. The company operates offices in Berlin, London, Madrid and Paris and was ranked 2nd fastest growing technology company in Germany (Europe’s 1000 fastest growing companies 2019, The Financial Times).Aklamio’s data-driven technology has ignited ongoing partnerships with leading research institutions. For support, please use the Help Center https://support.aklamio.com/hc/en-us . Learn more about Aklamio’s omnichannel plug-and-play referral technology and how it will help your company reach sales uplifts of 20% and more! | $2.3M | Debt Financing | Feb 20, 2022 |  |
| Customer Alliance | Customer Alliance manages and improves hotels online reputations and increase revenue. They collect, analyze, distribute and integrate customer centric data to provide valuable insights for the hotel's operational and strategic decisions. Since officially started in the year of 2009, Customer Alliance has grown to over 5000 customers in 35countries worldwide. By today, Customer Alliance is a +90 people strong, multinational team coming from various backgrounds on the tourism & hotel industry. | $1M | Debt Financing | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| DriveLock | DriveLock SE, is headquartered in Munich, Germany with offices in Pleasanton, USA and Sydney, Australia and has become one of the leading Endpoint Protection Platform software vendors over the past 15 years. The Endpoint Protection Platform from DriveLock is particularly strong when used in the extremely granular environment of Device Control forUSB protection, as well as for the encryption of hard disks, SSD’s or USB memory devices. Applications and their associated devices can be comprehensively protected with the Smart AppGuard based on integrated Artificial Intelligence with Predictive Whitelisting and Machine Learning functionality. DriveLock supports various operating systems, devices, and is available as a hybrid solution either on-premise or from the cloud. | $2.3M | Debt Financing | Feb 09, 2022 |  |
| SCAILEX Group | As a pioneer in the field of legal tech, we create innovative and scalable services from the intelligent combination of state-of-the-art technology, communication and services for law firms, legal departments, litigation financers and legal protection insurers. | $3.4M | Debt Financing | Feb 09, 2022 |  |
| Productsup | Productsup is the leading product-to-consumer (P2C) platform enabling manufacturers, brands, service providers, and marketplaces to turn commerce anarchy into commercial success. The Productsup P2C platform offers a range of solutions like feed management, marketplace experience and social commerce, product content syndication, and seller andvendor onboarding. It processes over two trillion products a month for over 900 brands, including IKEA, Sephora, Beiersdorf, Redbubble, and ALDI, handling more monthly data requests than Google’s consumer search service. | $10M | Debt Financing | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Atheneum | Atheneum is a B2B Research Technology connecting investment funds, consulting firms, and corporations with the world’s experts. Through its proprietary machine-learning software and cloud-based insights platform, "Athena One", Atheneum provides rapid responses and on-demand access to global intelligence for understanding cutting edgeindustry trends and the critical in-depth market information needed to drive business expansion, operational excellence, and product innovation. Founded in 2010 in Berlin, Germany, Atheneum's founding management team, Mathias Wengeler, Ammad Ahmad, and Marta Margolis, have spearheaded its global growth across 11 offices including London, Munich, and Shanghai, with U.S. headquarters in New York. | $7M | Debt Financing | Sep 28, 2020 |  |
| FinTecSystems | FinTecSystems (FTS) was founded in Munich in 2014 and is one of the leading banking API and smart data providers in Germany. Alongside the Open Banking platform that the company uses to provide Account Information and Payment Initiation Services, FinTecSystems has primarily focussed on the analysis of financial data through an analytics platform.Banks, FinTechs and payment service providers use FinTecSystems’ solutions to make real-time loan decisions, minimize credit risks and initiate online transfers. In March 2019, TÜV-certified FinTecSystems received BaFin authorization as an Account Information and Payment Initiation Service Provider. With 40 staff across five locations, FTS partners include N26, Santander, DKB and Deutsche Handelsbank. | $562.6K | Debt Financing | Jul 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [KfW](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kfw) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pride Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pride-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Deutsche Handelsbank

VC Fund · Munich, Germany

Deutsche Handelsbank was established by experienced fin-tech experts as the bank for digital startup and growth companies. They are deeply rooted in the technology startup ecosystem and dedicated to connecting and partnering with innovative technology companies, venture capital investors and domain experts. We accompany startup and digital growthcompanies along their way with growth financing, working capital, banking-as-a-service, and factoring solutions.

1 contacts available at Deutsche Handelsbank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Peer Simon | Executive Director - Member of the extended Management Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peer-g-simon |

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## FAQ

### What does Peer Simon invest in?

Peer Simon invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Marketing startups, most often at Debt Financing stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Peer Simon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Peer Simon closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 10 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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