# Sirius Venture Partners

> Sirius Venture Partners is a VC fund backing Software and E-Commerce. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wiesbaden, Germany
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: May 2020
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sirius-venture-partners/about/
- Website: http://www.sirius-venture.com/de/home/index.html
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sirius.equity/

Sirius Venture Partners is a VC fund in Wiesbaden focused on Software and E-Commerce. Sirius Venture Partners GmbH is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, mid venture, and early venture investments. The firm seeks to invest between €0.15 million ($0.21 million) and €1.5 million ($2.1 million) in its portfolio companies. It would consider syndicated investments with private and public partners of up to €5 million ($6.95 million). The company typically acts as a lead or co-lead investor, takes a minority stake and a seat on the board or committee of its portfolio company. The firm typically exits its investment through IPO or trade sale. Sirius Venture Partners GmbH was founded in 2004 and is based in Wiesbaden, Germany with an additional office in Düsseldorf, Germany.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $768k–$5.2M |
| Series A | $7.5M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 13% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 13% |
| Energy | 3 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 10% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 22 | 71% |
| Seed | 3 | 10% |
| Series A | 3 | 10% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 24 | 77% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 6% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Jetel | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-jetel |
| Ernst G. Mayer | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ernst-g-mayer |
| Friedrich von Diest | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/friedrich-von-diest |
| John Peschko | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-peschko |
| Wolfram Glock | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wolfram-glock |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Syndio | Syndio is a technology company that helps companies measure, achieve, and sustain workplace equity.Syndio’s mission is to empower employers to eradicate unlawful pay disparities due to gender, race, and ethnicity and make ongoing compensation decisions that are consistent and equitable. Syndio customers drastically reduce legal risk, savemillions in ongoing remediation, and create a positive brand reputation, which helps attract and retain top talent at every level of the business. Over time, we help companies close their pay gap. Syndio is proud to partner with brands – including Salesforce, Nordstrom, General Mills, Nerdwallet, Match Group and many more – who are leading the way in equity and setting the standard for workplace fairness.Syndio pay equity analysis software helps companies quickly analyze and resolve pay gaps, empowering them to do the right thing while doing what’s best for their business. The company license software to companies that are serious about equal pay and help them find and fix pay equity issues, and stay in compliance over time. | $7.5M | Series A | May 15, 2020 |  |
| Syndio | Syndio is a technology company that helps companies measure, achieve, and sustain workplace equity.Syndio’s mission is to empower employers to eradicate unlawful pay disparities due to gender, race, and ethnicity and make ongoing compensation decisions that are consistent and equitable. Syndio customers drastically reduce legal risk, savemillions in ongoing remediation, and create a positive brand reputation, which helps attract and retain top talent at every level of the business. Over time, we help companies close their pay gap. Syndio is proud to partner with brands – including Salesforce, Nordstrom, General Mills, Nerdwallet, Match Group and many more – who are leading the way in equity and setting the standard for workplace fairness.Syndio pay equity analysis software helps companies quickly analyze and resolve pay gaps, empowering them to do the right thing while doing what’s best for their business. The company license software to companies that are serious about equal pay and help them find and fix pay equity issues, and stay in compliance over time. | $5.2M | Seed | Nov 14, 2018 |  |
| Lalamove | Originally known as EasyVan, Lalamove was launched to satisfy a specific logistical need - van hire. Started in Hong Kong in December 2013, Lalamove operates in 21 markets across Asia and Latin America connecting over 7 million customers with a pool of over 700,000 driver-partners. The Lalamove way has revolutionized old van hiring call centersto being so streamlined, customers and drivers match with each other within 12 seconds. Local deliveries are fulfilled at a breakneck 55 minutes, door-to-door. Providing reliable and quick deliveries for customers, Lalamove also optimises drivers fleet and route to maximise their earning potential. | $10M | Series A | May 30, 2016 |  |
| Feelunique.com | Feelunique.com was a on-line retailer of premium beauty products, serving predominantly the UK market from its headquarters in the Channel Islands, and employing 125 staff. | $26.2M | Private Equity | Apr 05, 2016 |  |
| Electrochaea | Electrochaea is commercializing a disruptive, scalable technology to convert electric power into methane, the principal component of natural gas. Using CO2 as a feedstock gas, power can be efficiently converted to renewable natural gas for power storage, for transportation fuels, or for transmission via a natural gas network. The company licensedtechnology from the University of Chicago and is led by the Nidus Partners, a St. Louis investment group specializing in renewable energy. Mich Hein, a Nidus Managing Partner, serves as CEO.Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable and disruptive solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, a conversion process known as “power-to-gas”. |  | Series A | Nov 06, 2014 |  |
| Aito | We are developers of patented and award-winning Piezo Sensing and Haptics technology who are on a mission to offer unparalleled user experience by bringing surfaces to life with tactile feedback to help consumer electronics brands create new and innovative products, offering differentiation in a crowded marketplace. | $2.2M | Series B | Jun 12, 2014 |  |
| Okanda | Okanda is here to change the way you book meetings |  |  | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| Lehrer-Online | Teacher Online is a service and information portal for teaching with digital media and offers teachers of all school types and levels of tried and tested teaching materials and current information. |  |  | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| My Energiy Solution | My Energiy Solution is an energy conservation firm that provides energy consulting services and plans and implements personal energy services. Their company offers thorough and balanced guidance for the efficient and expert implementation of energy-saving measures as well as optimum use by a skilled consultant, enabling people and businessorganizations to reduce the cost of energy. |  |  | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| Skill Software | Skill Software is a software developing company that specializes in customer relationship management software. It provides information in the mobile workplace, documents the changes, tags photos, and sends back to the server. The company’s flagship product is SKILL Academy, a direct applicable CRM and mobile CRM solution in the cloud. The companyprovides industry 4.0 solutions for areas such as building and building industry; energy and technology; customer and visitor flows. In addition, they provide guidance systems and solutions for location, measurement, and control in the internet of things. Skill Software was founded by Edgar Reh ibn 1991 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. |  |  | Jan 01, 2014 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Sirius Venture Partners invest in?

Sirius Venture Partners invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sirius Venture Partners's check size?

Sirius Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $768k–$5.2M at Seed and $7.5M–$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 Sirius Venture Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Sirius Venture Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Sirius Venture Partners?

The team at Sirius Venture Partners includes David Jetel (Managing Partner), Ernst G. Mayer (Managing Partner) and Friedrich von Diest (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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