# Richmond View Ventures

> Richmond View Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin backing Software and SaaS. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jan 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/richmond-view-ventures-gmbh/
- Website: http://www.rvv.tv

Richmond View Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Software and SaaS. Richmond View Ventures was founded in 2007 to merge the business angel investments and entrepreneurial activities of serial entrepreneur Frederik Fleck into a strong platform. Located in San Francisco and Berlin, RVV is poised to work on the cutting-edge of the most innovative developments in the tech industry.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| SaaS | 2 | 18% |
| Sales | 2 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 18% |
| Business Travel | 2 | 18% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 5 | 45% |
| United States | 4 | 36% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ralf Schwiegelshon | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ralf-schwiegelshon |
| Frederik Fleck | Founding Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederik-fleck |
| Jan Schwenzien | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-schwenzien |
| Thomas Gruederich | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-gruderich |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bidnamic | Bidnamic is a marketing technology platform that helps retailers unlock the full potential of Google Shopping.Our platform helps retailers to outrank competitors, increasing revenue and market share – in short, it gives you an “unfair advantage” on Google Shopping. Bidnamic achieves this by applying machine learning to profile every singleproduct SKU in your catalogue, predicting its optimal bid value algorithmically. Real-time performance analysis and high-frequency bid management increase the efficiency of your ad spend, decrease costs per acquired customer, and enables the full revenue potential of every product. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Flower Chimp | Flower Chimp provides flower and gift delivery for any occasion throughout Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia | $1.4M | Seed | Aug 15, 2018 |  |
| Hygraph | GraphCMS is the enterprise-class content management platform that enables ambitious digital products at scale. With the industry's most versatile GraphQL content APIs and a novel approach in external data sourcing, the content platform enables ambitious use cases. Enterprise customers see GraphCMS as a database highly optimized for structuredcontent while giving content creators the tools to build their ultimate content pipeline. GraphCMS is developed by GraphCMS GmbH, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and is currently enabling nearly 50,000 teams across the world to rapidly build and deliver tomorrow’s omnichannel digital experiences at scale. | $1M | Seed | Jul 03, 2018 |  |
| RiseUp Fashion | Oceans Apart stands for modern, trendy activewear of the highest quality, sustainably produced and 100% vegan. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| Fibo | SaaS calendar, chat, invoicing for small businesses, replacing paper based workflows with web and mobile software. | $1.8M | Seed | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Reparando | Since mid-2015, Reparando offers an incomparable mobile phone repair service and is thus a bright spot for desperate smartphone owners.The founders Vincent Osterloh, Jakob Schoroth and Till Kratochwill recognized the unsatisfactory situation for people with defective iPhones or Samsung mobile phones and decided to change them: "Their mobilephone repair should be specially designed for a high level of quality, friendly and competent staff and an optimal service experience Distinguishing customers "- this is the philosophy of the mobile phones. |  | Seed | Feb 14, 2016 |  |
| Comtravo | Comtravo is a travel and tourism company that specializes in travel management, business travel, and online booking. It features machine learning and software platforms that help SMEs to book, manage, and expense their business travel. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2016 |  |
| Lehrerkolleg | Lehrerkolleg is a platform for dedicated teachers that want to improve their teaching methods. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2015 |  |
| VOIQ | VOIQ brings the power of AI Conversational Voice to every business website, web app, and mobile app on the planet. VOIQ's SaaS platform empowers companies to build highly-trained Conversational Voice Assistants for their website, web app and mobile app. Our Voice Assistants take on each brand's unique identity to engage and guideprospects, answer their questions, and convert them into customers. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| Close | Close is a modern CRM for startups and small businesses with built-in sales communication tools. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2013 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Monkfish Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monkfish-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Asia Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asia-venture-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [b2venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btovpartners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Catagonia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catagonia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fuel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Richmond View Ventures invest in?

Richmond View Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Sales startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Richmond View Ventures's check size?

Richmond View Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$1.8M 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 Richmond View Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Richmond View Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Richmond View Ventures?

The team at Richmond View Ventures includes Ralf Schwiegelshon (CEO), Frederik Fleck (Founding Partner) and Jan Schwenzien (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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