Simon Capital
VC Fund
Düsseldorf, Germany
Simon Capital is an early-stage VC fund with €105M capital ready to invest in innovations that will improve our everyday lives, following the mission of investing “for the next generation”.
- Total investments:
- 22
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
- Fund size:
- $110M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Simon Capital invests in
Stages Simon Capital invests in
Countries Simon Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$9.3M
- Series A
- $1.7M–$14M
- Series B
- $32M–$57M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (23%)
- Biotechnology 5 (23%)
- Health Care 4 (18%)
- Information Technology 4 (18%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (41%)
- Series A 9 (41%)
- Series B 2 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (5%)
Country
- Germany 15 (68%)
- Austria 2 (9%)
- The Netherlands 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Friedrich Droste
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Jan Leicht
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Nico Heinz
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Niklas Leske
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners. | $11.4M / Series A / Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| Pacifico Biolabs offers fermentation biotechnology for development, production and distribution of sustainable and food alternatives. | $8.1M / Series A / May 27, 2026 | ||
| VisioLab combines human-centric artificial intelligence with the responsibility of making data-driven decisions in order to establish a more sustainable agricultural economy. VisioLab was founded by Tim Niekamp and Justin Shenk. | $11M / Series A / Apr 21, 2026 | ||
| eternal.ag develops robotics and AI solutions for greenhouse farming. It builds autonomous robots, like its flagship Harvester for tomatoes, to address labor shortages and enable year-round fresh produce production. | $9.3M / Seed / Mar 19, 2026 | ||
| SenseUp is a biotech company that develops microbial production-strains. It offers de-novo construction or optimization of existing strains, using state of the art genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics, accompanied by our unique biosensor-technology. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia. | $3.5M / Seed / Jan 15, 2026 | ||
| Voice AI for drive thru | $8.7M / Seed / Aug 27, 2025 | ||
| Building the Category Leader for Deskless Workforce Management. All processes digitally optimized by Ordio lead to time savings, cost reduction & effectiveness - in an industries with increasing administrative burden and suffering core business. | $13.9M / Series A / Jul 15, 2025 | ||
| a2zebra is a zebra company that specializes in instructional technology for elementary school kids. | $2.9M / Seed / Jun 18, 2025 | ||
| HELLO INSIDE is a scientific self care company empowering people to have data-driven conversations with their bodies so everybody can unlock their best self. Our mission is to lead a new self care movement that’s data driven, truly personalized and rooted in science by building the world's leading scientific self care company. HELLO INSIDEstarts by using continuous glucose monitors to help people better understand different challenges in life as their body and health needs evolve.We at HELLO INSIDE are committed to creating a healthier and happier future for people and communities through the power of scientific self care. | $1.8M / Seed / Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Neople are digital co-workers created to assist customer support teams. They are highly intelligent and reliable, designed to seamlessly integrate with the existing team. They undergo thorough training using company-specific information to provide top-notch assistance in your contact center. | $6.5M / Seed / Jun 03, 2024 | ||
| See all 22 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Simon Capital invest in?
Simon Capital invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Simon Capital invest in?
Simon Capital typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$9.3M at Seed, $1.7M–$14M at Series A and $32M–$57M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Simon Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Simon Capital took part in.
How do I contact Simon Capital?
Public channels for Simon Capital include LinkedIn and 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 Simon Capital?
The team at Simon Capital includes Friedrich Droste (Managing Partner), Jan Leicht (Managing Director) and Nico Heinz (Investment Manager). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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