# Sebastian Mertens

> Sebastian Mertens is a pre-seed investor at wemakefuture (Gießen) backing B2C and Pet. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [wemakefuture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wemakefuture)
- Location: Gießen, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/auto-mate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/basti.heye

Sebastian Mertens is a pre-seed investor at wemakefuture in Gießen focused on B2C and Pet. Sebastian Mertens is the Managing director, Founder, and Chairman of wemakefuture. He previously worked at ASERVMENT as a CEO and Co-Founder.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2C | 1 | 50% |
| Pet | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| GreenTech | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HEY HOLY | HEY HOLY is redefining dog nutrition with the world’s first breed-specific dog food sold in a subscription. We believe every dog deserves food tailored to their unique health needs – because a German Shepherd isn’t a Chihuahua.Backed by science and crafted with only high-quality ingredients, HEY HOLY supports better digestion, fewer intolerances,and healthier, longer lives for dogs. Thousands of owners have already made the switch, choosing HEY HOLY to give their dogs personalized care and optimal health outcomes. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 20, 2022 |  |
| repath | Repath Identifies and manages climate risks with SaaS solution. The platform for climate risk and adaptation is a location-specific, user-friendly, fully functional automated SaaS solution that would allow the company to forecast the future physical climate risks, comprehend the particulars vulnerabilities of the assets, as well as the necessarymeasures of adaptation to mitigate the identified dangers. Its customers can access the translated climate data into easy-to-understand aggregated results via repath´s platform or via API. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Dec 13, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Auxxo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/auxxo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [better ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-ventures-9d06) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nucleus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k16-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nucleus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nucleus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SaaSgarage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saasgarage) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [WENVEST Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wenvest-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About wemakefuture

VC Fund · Gießen, Germany

wemakefuture is an IT consultancy that focuses on making formerly Integromat, Zapier, Workato, Power Automat, n8n, and air table.

2 contacts available at wemakefuture.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastian Mertens | Managing director, Chairman & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastian-mertens-8c9a |
| Matthias Kunz | Chief Executive Officer and Senior Project Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthias-kunz-c0fb |

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## FAQ

### What does Sebastian Mertens invest in?

Sebastian Mertens invests primarily in B2C, Pet and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sebastian Mertens's check size?

Sebastian Mertens typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$1.3M 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 Sebastian Mertens participates in.

### When did Sebastian Mertens last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sebastian Mertens closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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