# SFO

> SFO is a VC fund in Weingarten backing Food and Beverage and B2C. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Weingarten, Germany
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.sfo.vc/

SFO is a venture capital firm that supports entrepreneurs with a focus on cleantech, foodtech, mobility, digital transformation, and automation. We provide capital as well as strategic guidance and access to a robust network of industry experts, investors, and partners. SFO is dedicated to fostering sustainable growth by combining entrepreneurialexpertise with reliable equity financing, offering long-term support without fixed investment timelines.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for SFO. Shizune tracks 2 team members at SFO. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sfo-c16e?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$16M |
| Series A | $3.8M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 18% |
| B2C | 1 | 9% |
| Pet | 1 | 9% |
| Travel | 1 | 9% |
| Software | 1 | 9% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Felicia Hommel | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicia-hommel |
| Martin Unger | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-unger-406a |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| yummy | Multichannel Convenience Food | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 06, 2025 |  |
| yummy | Multichannel Convenience Food | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 06, 2025 |  |
| Younikat | VEGDOG - vegan dog food is the first 100% vegetable and gluten-free complete feed for dogs, which was developed in a one-year development phase in cooperation with specialist veterinarians and specialist laboratories due to a feed allergy in our dog Nelson. | $10.3M | Series A | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| ecoLocked | ecoLocked is turning buildings into carbon sinks! We convert captured carbon from local biomass residues into functional, carbon-negative construction materials. Our products permanently store CO2 in the built environment, reduce the need for fossil raw materials, and deliver targeted functionalities such as thermal insulation, durability, orcuring time reduction.  Thereby, we combine carbon storage and utilization and create a self-sustaining CDR business case | $4.3M | Seed | Jun 03, 2024 |  |
| MOBIKO | Mobiko offers commute mobility services to make it easy for people to travel and manage travelling expenses. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| ProteinDistillery | ProteinDistillery is at the forefront of producing clean protein ingredients sourced from fermented biomass materials, such as brewer’s yeast. Using cutting-edge technology, the company creates Prew:tein™, a high-quality protein with superior nutritional and functional properties that can replace animal components and unwanted additives in avariety of products, including meat-, dairy-, and egg alternatives, as well as baked goods. Thereby, Prew:tein™ enables food companies to create authentic vegan alternatives to animal products, delivering nutritional value, taste, and texture to the end-product. | $16.4M | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| reteach | Reteach creates software and digital tools for online learning and training. | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| Younikat | VEGDOG - vegan dog food is the first 100% vegetable and gluten-free complete feed for dogs, which was developed in a one-year development phase in cooperation with specialist veterinarians and specialist laboratories due to a feed allergy in our dog Nelson. | $3.8M | Series A | Nov 11, 2022 |  |
| Younikat | VEGDOG - vegan dog food is the first 100% vegetable and gluten-free complete feed for dogs, which was developed in a one-year development phase in cooperation with specialist veterinarians and specialist laboratories due to a feed allergy in our dog Nelson. | $3.6M | Seed | Nov 11, 2022 |  |
| ecoLocked | ecoLocked is turning buildings into carbon sinks! We convert captured carbon from local biomass residues into functional, carbon-negative construction materials. Our products permanently store CO2 in the built environment, reduce the need for fossil raw materials, and deliver targeted functionalities such as thermal insulation, durability, orcuring time reduction.  Thereby, we combine carbon storage and utilization and create a self-sustaining CDR business case | $2M | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GGF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-generation-fund) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Counteract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/counteract) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [better ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-ventures-9d06) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Katjes Greenfood](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katjesgreenfood) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bâloise Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b%C3%A2loise-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climentum Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climentum-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does SFO invest in?

SFO invests primarily in Food and Beverage, B2C and Pet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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 SFO's check size?

SFO typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$16M at Seed and $3.8M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SFO participates in.

### How do I contact SFO?

Public channels for SFO include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at SFO?

The team at SFO includes Felicia Hommel (Principal) and Martin Unger (Managing Partner & Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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