# Robert Günther

> Robert Günther is a seed investor at Henkel Ventures backing CleanTech and Hospitality. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Henkel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henkel-ventures)
- Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/dr-robert-g%C3%BCnther-89159932

Robert Günther is a seed investor at Henkel Ventures in Düsseldorf focused on CleanTech and Hospitality. Robert is heading the venture capital activities of Henkel where he is responsible for all finance and investment related topics. His investment track record includes >30 early stage investments. His technology focus is on Marketplaces, B2B, D2C, SaaS, Deep Tech / AI, and his industry focus on Consumer Goods and Material Science. He hasstructured Henkel’s venturing activities with a commitment of 150 M€ and is part of the founding team of Henkel Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CleanTech | 1 | 100% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 100% |
| Consumer Goods | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Truman's | Truman’s is a household company that offers non-toxic products that reduce shipping and plastic waste while effectively cleaning clothes. The company's non-toxic solution for clean pants, plates, and potties. Their four non-toxic surface care products for floors, kitchens, bathrooms, and glass. It aims to reduce single-use plastic bottles andtruckloads in the cleaning industry by shipping concentrate-filled cartridges that mixed with water in reusable bottles at the point of use.Truman's was founded in 2019 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. | $5M | Seed | Sep 10, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Boulder Food Group ('BFG')](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boulder-food-group-bfg-) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Starting Line](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starting-line) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Uncommon Denominator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uncommon-denominator-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Henkel Ventures

VC Fund · Düsseldorf, Germany

Henkel Ventures is Henkel’s corporate venture capital engagement, combining all venture activities across the company’s three business units (Adhesive Technologies, Beauty Care and Laundry & Home Care). Henkel Ventures actively evaluates and manages equity investments and joint development projects with start-up companies to explore newtechnologies, applications and business models in areas of strategic interest for Henkel.

1 contacts available at Henkel Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robert Günther | Head of Corporate Venturing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-g%C3%BCnther |

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## FAQ

### What does Robert Günther invest in?

Robert Günther invests primarily in CleanTech, Hospitality and Consumer Goods startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Robert Günther last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Robert Günther closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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