# Polar Light Ventures > Polar Light Ventures is a VC fund in Zug backing FinTech and E-Commerce. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zug, Switzerland - Total investments: 17 - Last investment: Nov 2021 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polarlightventures - Website: https://polarlightventures.com/ Polar Light Ventures is a VC fund in Zug focused on FinTech and E-Commerce. Polar Light Ventures focuses on seed stage investments in Europe and North America in the Technology and Internet space. The firm has investments mainly in financial services, healthcare and digital media. ## Contacts 5 contacts available for Polar Light Ventures. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Polar Light Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/polar-light-ventures-ltd?utm_source=investor_profile ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $531k–$1.9M | | Series A | $11M–$220M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | FinTech | 4 | 24% | | E-Commerce | 4 | 24% | | Finance | 3 | 18% | | Health Care | 3 | 18% | | Marketplace | 3 | 18% | 47 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 8 | 47% | | Series A | 3 | 18% | | Funding Round | 2 | 12% | | Angel | 1 | 6% | | Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% | 7 stages tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Germany | 5 | 29% | | United States | 3 | 18% | | United Kingdom | 3 | 18% | | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 12% | | Ireland | 1 | 6% | ## Team | Name | Title | Investments | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Michael Buchen | Managing Director | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-buchen | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Parabel | Parabel Nutrition operates in the U.S. through its subsidiary, Parabel USA Inc. in Florida. Parabel's proprietary technology enables the company to grow, harvest, and process water lentils –Latin name Lemnaceae – to create feed and food products for global markets in a consistent and profitable manner. The company delivers quality products atcompetitive prices due to sustainable growth, high product yields, and high quality.Parabel has developed a highly scalable and flexible solution, based on replicable growth increments, enabling phased construction and production of LENTEIN protein. LENTEIN received the innovations award from the highly regarded Institute of Food Technology in Chicago. The food industry is constantly looking for ways to source allergen-free plant proteins and LENTEIN is a complete solution. It is the only plant protein ingredient with an amino acid score of 1.0 which is the definition of a complete protein by WHO.Parabel provides a sustainable solution for food security, through a unique production process resulting in a protein ingredient with estimated neutral water and carbon footprint without the need for arable land.With successful testing and validation completed in USA, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Parabel is now fully commercial in Florida, USA.Parabel presents the opportunity to invest profitably in a new sustainable technology designed to meet the substantial and rapidly growing demand for food and feed. | $8.7M | Debt Financing | Nov 22, 2021 | | | Myos | Myos was started in 2018 in Berlin by experienced e-commerce and financial experts. As a fintech company, they are rethinking working capital, dedicated to helping merchants globally grow to scale, fully digital and flexible. In doing so, they go completely new ways of assessing risks and collateral based on big data and machine learning, whichonly became possible with marketplaces such as Amazon. | $1.9M | Seed | Oct 24, 2020 | | | Myos | Myos was started in 2018 in Berlin by experienced e-commerce and financial experts. As a fintech company, they are rethinking working capital, dedicated to helping merchants globally grow to scale, fully digital and flexible. In doing so, they go completely new ways of assessing risks and collateral based on big data and machine learning, whichonly became possible with marketplaces such as Amazon. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2019 | | | AUTO1 Fintech | AUTO1 Fintech is a digital platform offering instant financing and insurance products to automobile dealerships buying and selling used vehicles via AUTO1. | | | Jun 06, 2018 | | | Myos | Myos was started in 2018 in Berlin by experienced e-commerce and financial experts. As a fintech company, they are rethinking working capital, dedicated to helping merchants globally grow to scale, fully digital and flexible. In doing so, they go completely new ways of assessing risks and collateral based on big data and machine learning, whichonly became possible with marketplaces such as Amazon. | $878K | Angel | Mar 09, 2018 | | | Vermietet.de | Vermietet.de is an association of Berlin entrepreneurs and investors whose vision is to make real estate ownership simple and intelligent. They know from their own experience how complex the management of a property can be - and have therefore founded rented.de. | | Seed | Dec 01, 2016 | | | Fresha | Fresha is a marketplace that allows consumers to discover, book and pay for beauty and wellness appointments with local businesses, while salons, spas and barbershops can leverage Fresha to manage their operations with its intuitive, subscription-free business software. Fresha empowers business owners by managing appointment bookings,point-of-sale, customer records, human resources, inventory, and financial reporting. The consumer marketplace unlocks revenue potential for partner businesses by leveraging the power of online bookings and automated marketing through mobile apps and integrations to Instagram, Facebook and Google.Fresha was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | $1M | Seed | Oct 01, 2016 | | | Stoyo | Stoyo develops a social video advertisement creation platform to facilitate data-driven advertisement creation. It creates engaging video content for Instagram and Facebook, allowing businesses to to engage their customers on social networks without a hassle. | $531K | Seed | Mar 17, 2016 | | | Skin Analytics | Skin Analytics build a digital history of your skin so that you and your doctor can measure, track and ultimately understand your skin. Meaning you have the tools to take control and ultimately improve your skin health.Their patent-pending algorithms measure how the skin is changing from smartphone images to identify, inform and evaluatetreatment options across a range of consumer health and clinical skin conditions.Which means they build digital platforms that personalise skin health so people can control their skin health rather than be controlled by it.They’re focused on delivering a series of skin health products over the next 3 years ranging from consumer to clinical. | $673K | Equity Crowdfunding | Dec 13, 2015 | | | Parabel | Parabel Nutrition operates in the U.S. through its subsidiary, Parabel USA Inc. in Florida. Parabel's proprietary technology enables the company to grow, harvest, and process water lentils –Latin name Lemnaceae – to create feed and food products for global markets in a consistent and profitable manner. The company delivers quality products atcompetitive prices due to sustainable growth, high product yields, and high quality.Parabel has developed a highly scalable and flexible solution, based on replicable growth increments, enabling phased construction and production of LENTEIN protein. LENTEIN received the innovations award from the highly regarded Institute of Food Technology in Chicago. The food industry is constantly looking for ways to source allergen-free plant proteins and LENTEIN is a complete solution. It is the only plant protein ingredient with an amino acid score of 1.0 which is the definition of a complete protein by WHO.Parabel provides a sustainable solution for food security, through a unique production process resulting in a protein ingredient with estimated neutral water and carbon footprint without the need for arable land.With successful testing and validation completed in USA, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Parabel is now fully commercial in Florida, USA.Parabel presents the opportunity to invest profitably in a new sustainable technology designed to meet the substantial and rapidly growing demand for food and feed. | | Seed | Dec 01, 2015 | | 10 of 17 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Mountain Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mountain-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Seed GmbH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/88investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Allianz X](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allianz-x) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Avala Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avala-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Berlin Technologie Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berlin-technologie-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Crowdcube](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crowdcube) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund - [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund - [IBB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibb) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [B2B VC Funds in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/b2b-vc-funds-europe) - [B2B Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/b2b-investors-europe) - [B2B Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/b2b-investors-germany) - [B2B VC Funds in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/b2b-vc-funds-germany) - [Big Data Investors in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/big-data-investors-germany) - [Machine Learning VC Funds in Germany](https://shizune.co/investors/machine-learning-vc-funds-germany) ## FAQ ### What does Polar Light Ventures invest in? Polar Light Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, E-Commerce and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Polar Light Ventures's check size? Polar Light Ventures typically joins rounds of $531k–$1.9M at Seed and $11M–$220M 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 Polar Light Ventures participates in. ### How do I contact Polar Light Ventures? Public channels for Polar Light Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox. ### Who are the partners at Polar Light Ventures? The team at Polar Light Ventures includes Michael Buchen (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links. ### 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co