# Porsche

> Porsche is a VC fund in Stuttgart backing Software and Automotive. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stuttgart, Germany
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/porsche-ag/?originalSubdomain=in
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/porsche
- Website: http://www.porsche.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/porsche

Porsche is an automobile manufacturer. The company develops numerous technologies that have advanced vehicle performance, improved safety, and spurred environmental innovations. They are specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs, and sedans. It also offers motor vehicle development work and consulting. It also develops software solutionsfor transport logistics and traffic planning and management and provides dealer and customer financing, leasing, banking, insurance, fleet management, and mobility services. The company was awarded the title of "Most Prestigious Automobile Brand" by Luxury Institute in a 2006 survey.Porsche was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Porsche. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Porsche. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/porsche?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.9M–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $60k–$3.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 17% |
| Automotive | 4 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 17% |
| Energy | 3 | 13% |
| FinTech | 3 | 13% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 26% |
| Seed | 4 | 17% |
| Series A | 2 | 9% |
| Series C | 2 | 9% |
| Series D | 2 | 9% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 7 | 30% |
| United States | 5 | 22% |
| China | 2 | 9% |
| Sweden | 2 | 9% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Janice Tsang | Head Of Innovation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janice-tsang |
| Oliver Blum | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oliver-blum |
| Peter Garzarella | IT Software Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-garzarella |
| Sridhar Mamella | Data Streaming Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sridhar-mamella |
| Daniel Bevan | Integrated Experience Design Consultant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-bevan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Group14 Technologies | Founded to enable the electrification of everything - from tiny medical, consumer and commercial devices to every possible flavor and size of transportation - Group14 brings new finely-tuned performance capabilities to the era of the lithium-silicon battery. Our novel composite materials and our industrial process to make them reliably answer thecost, scale and performance barriers that have slowed the world’s transition towards the all-electric future. | $463M | Series D | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| VARTA | VARTA AG manufactures and markets a diverse battery portfolio ranging from microbatteries, household batteries, energy storage systems, to customer-specific battery solutions for a wide range of applications, and as a technology leader, sets industry standards in key areas.It is a recognized innovation leader in the important growth markets oflithium-ion technology and primary hearing aid batteries, setting global standards in many areas of lithium-ion technology and microbatteries. VARTA AG's operating subsidiaries are currently active in over 75 countries around the world, with five production and manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asia, as well as sales centers in Asia, Europe, and the United States. | $66.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 17, 2024 |  |
| FlixBus | FlixBus is a unique combination of tech-startup, e-commerce platform, and transportation company. FlixMobility is a young mobility provider, offering new alternatives for convenient, affordable, and environmentally-friendly travel via the FlixBus and FlixTrain brands. Thanks to a unique business model and innovative technology, the startup hasquickly established Europe’s largest long-distance bus network and launched the first green long-distance trains in 2018 as well as a pilot project for all-electric buses in Germany and France. Since 2013, FlixMobility has changed the way over 100 million people have traveled throughout Europe and created thousands of new jobs in the mobility industry. In 2018, FlixMobility launched FlixBus USA to bring this new travel alternative to the United States.From locations throughout Europe and the United States, the FlixTeam handles technology development, network planning, operations control, marketing & sales, quality management, and continuous product expansion. The daily scheduled service and green FlixBus fleet are managed by bus partners from regional SMEs, while FlixTrain operates in cooperation with private train companies. Through these partnerships, innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and a strong international brand meet the experience and quality of tradition. The unique combination of a technology start-up, e-commerce platform, and classic transport company has positioned FlixMobility as a leader against major international corporations, permanently changing the European mobility landscape. |  | Private Equity | Jul 04, 2024 |  |
| HIF Global | HIF Global is an eFuel company engaged in the production of carbon-neutral fuels. The company uses renewable energy to produce green hydrogen via electrolysis and captures CO2 from the atmosphere, or from an industrial or biogenic source. It produces a carbon-neutral equivalent of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with green methanol. HIF Global'smission is to accelerate decarbonization by producing carbon neutral eFuels, providing a solution today for a better tomorrow. | $164M | Corporate Round | May 13, 2024 |  |
| Sensigo | Sensigo is an AI-powered vehicle service platform that gives service technicians and OEMs the tools they need to reduce cycle time, enhance customer satisfaction, and mitigate warranty risk by simplifying complex automotive and maintenance data. | $5M | Seed | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| Bluedot | Bluedot is an all-in-one platform for EV fleets and drivers that unifies charging, payments, and operations. It manages public, home, and depot charging with intelligent payments, spend controls, and AI-driven route and energy optimization. We've raised $5.5M to helps business who has fleet in the vertical. | $5M | Seed | Jun 26, 2023 |  |
| Vientiane Technology | Vientiane Technology offers virtual Idol incubation, operations and commercialization services. |  | Series A | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| Bluedot | Bluedot is an all-in-one platform for EV fleets and drivers that unifies charging, payments, and operations. It manages public, home, and depot charging with intelligent payments, spend controls, and AI-driven route and energy optimization. We've raised $5.5M to helps business who has fleet in the vertical. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 24, 2023 |  |
| Customcells Group | Custom Cells - Energy storage can be optimized to chemical, battery and battery module level based on your requirements, so that large performance benefits are achieved. Our energy storage battery or intermediates are manufactured from prototype to series Zellbautechnologie unique and completely customized to the customer's application - thisis one of the outstanding uniqueness of custom Cells.Due to the close link with R & D and material suppliers Custom Cells may at any time access to the latest energy storage technologies. These technologies are used in the design of your products and generate a great value in comparison to standard solutions. Custom Cells produced in a qualified ISO 9001 production environment. | $63.3M | Series A | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| Justhome | Justhome operates as a home financing platform. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Aug 31, 2022 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [APX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apxberlin) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Axel Springer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axel-springer) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [ABACON](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abacon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AME](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-8078) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Baker Hughes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baker-hughes) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Decarbonization Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/decarbonization-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Porsche invest in?

Porsche invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Manufacturing startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Porsche's check size?

Porsche typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$5M at Seed and $60k–$3.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Porsche participates in.

### How do I contact Porsche?

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### Who are the partners at Porsche?

The team at Porsche includes Janice Tsang (Head Of Innovation), Oliver Blum (CEO) and Peter Garzarella (IT Software Development), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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