# Sebastian Kreft

> Sebastian Kreft is a seed investor at Metalshub backing Mining and Software. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Metalshub
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiankreft
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sebastian.kreft1

Sebastian Kreft is a senior commercial manager with more than 10 years experience in the metals industry. Previous roles include Head of Nickel Sales at Anglo American and Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group. Sebastian holds a business degree and PhD from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. Sebastian is married and has ason and a daughter. He is originally from Beckum (Münsterland), a big tennis fan and enjoys spicy food, especially Mexican and Sichuan.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Logistics | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Metalshub | Metalshub is one of the pioneers of digital transformation in the metals industry. The software start-up was founded in 2016 in Düsseldorf by Dr. Sebastian Kreft and Dr. Frank Jackel with the mission to connect companies in the industry with a digital platform. Digital supply chains can help reduce costs and CO2 emissions. More than 1,100 companiesare already using Metalshub, including more than 200 foundries and steel mills that have digitised their purchasing processes with Metalshub. Since the launch of the platform in 2017, more than 750 Million USD in trading volume was concluded through Metalshub. | $3.3M | Seed | Nov 07, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chromo Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chromo-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Point Nine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/point-nine-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Metalshub

VC Fund · Düsseldorf, Germany

Metalshub is one of the pioneers of digital transformation in the metals industry. The software start-up was founded in 2016 in Düsseldorf by Dr. Sebastian Kreft and Dr. Frank Jackel with the mission to connect companies in the industry with a digital platform. Digital supply chains can help reduce costs and CO2 emissions. More than 1,100 companiesare already using Metalshub, including more than 200 foundries and steel mills that have digitised their purchasing processes with Metalshub. Since the launch of the platform in 2017, more than 750 Million USD in trading volume was concluded through Metalshub.

4 contacts available at Metalshub.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frank Jackel | Managing Director and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-jackel |
| Sebastian Kreft | Managing Director and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastian-kreft |
| Niklas Friederichsen | Chief Product Officer | — |
| Tristan Fischer | CTO | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Sebastian Kreft invest in?

Sebastian Kreft invests primarily in Mining, Software and Logistics 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.

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### When did Sebastian Kreft last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sebastian Kreft closed in Nov 2018. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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