# Scherzer & Co.

> Scherzer & Co. is a VC fund in Cologne backing Internet, Software and Blockchain. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.scherzer-ag.de/

Scherzer & Co. is a VC fund in Cologne focused on Internet and Software. Scherzer & Co is an investment company that focuses on investing in a wide range of industries such as retail, insurance, and real estate.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| IT Infrastructure | 1 | 100% |
| Internet of Things | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| peaq | peaq is a Berlin-based deep-tech company developing decentralized infrastructure for the Economy of Things. Their platform infrastructure is powered by our novel Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), the DAGchain. The DAGchain is a high-performance DAG-blockchain hybrid DLT designed specifically for the Internet/Economy of Things. It is builtto exceed industry requirements for speed, scalability, predictability, decentralization, and consistency. Our platforms empower our clients to own, govern and maintain the infrastructure they use - solving fragmentation, trust, scaling, and interoperability issues while enabling devices and machines to autonomously exchange, synchronize and trade data in real time. We save our clients precious resources while enabling new efficiency-enhancing business models and allowing them to monetize the value they create autonomously, instantly and on their terms. To bring the infrastructure technology to market peaq developed an extensive Tech Stack, including tools such as the Blockchain Explorer and ready-to-integrate solutions for the Internet of Things. | $2.7M | Seed | Jun 09, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Meteoric VC — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Scherzer & Co. invest in?

Scherzer & Co. invests primarily in Internet, Software and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Scherzer & Co. last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Scherzer & Co. closed in Jun 2021. 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.

### 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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