Soren Schuster
Managing Director @ TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen
Soren Schuster is a seed investor at TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen focused on Software and Sensor. Sören Schuster has been heading the early stage investment team at CFH Beteiligungsgesellschaft since July 2007 and is a managing director of TGFS. In his career, he was involved in over 60 transactions and over 15 successful trade sales. He holds a graduate degree in physics with a minor in business administration from the University ofLeipzig. After his graduation in 1996, he joined the Leipzig office of Technologieholding, by then Germany's leading venture capital firm. After a stay at Soffinova Ventures in San Francisco and the merger of Technologieholding with 3i, Sören Schuster worked in the 3i offices in Berlin and Stuttgart. In 2006, he joint the Triangle Venture Capital group that is specialized in financing university spin-offs. In 2007, he took over his current position at CFH.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
Last updated:
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Industries Soren Schuster invests in
Stages Soren Schuster invests in
Countries Soren Schuster invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (16%)
- Sensor 2 (11%)
- Computer 2 (11%)
- Industrial 2 (11%)
- Real Estate 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (37%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (26%)
- Series A 3 (16%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
Country
- Germany 13 (68%)
- United States 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Prodlane, the company behind MAIA, is a technology company based in Leipzig that specializes in intelligent software solutions for SMEs in the DACH region. With MAIA, we are setting new standards in data analysis and daily knowledge management in all areas of the company using AI, thereby driving forward the digital transformation of SMEs. | $4.6M / Seed / 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 | ||
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$1.8M / Seed / Feb 17, 2026 | ||
| SaxonQ uses NV technology to create high-performance quantum computers and introduce a new era of computers with unknown possibilities. | Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 05, 2025 | ||
| in.hub is a specialist in condition monitoring of machines, processes, and products, offering digitalisation options in the industrial environment. It connects legacy and modern systems, creates condition monitoring systems, and generates information for optimal planning and control. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 21, 2025 | ||
| Packwise is bringing Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) to the Internet of Things. Their Packwise Smart Cap makes a container intelligent and allows for improved and automated packaging management and logistics. Millions of IBCs are being used by chemical, pharmaceutical and food companies every day. Their Packwise Smart Cap is narrow-band LPWANconnected and provides users with real-time information on the state and location of containers.Packwise develops ready-to-use web applications and can be integrated with existing in-house IT or software through web service API.Packwise GmbH is a German company based in the Silicon Saxony. Packwise is Europe’s pioneer in digital industrial packaging management (IBCs and drums). | Jul 30, 2025 | ||
| Based in Leipzig, Hamburg, and San Francisco, FlyNex is the leading solution provider for commercial drone projects. With its software solution, FlyNex covers the entire commercial area of application for unmanned aerial systems. The business solution, FlyNex Enterprise Suite, enables companies in the construction, energy, and real estate sectorsto plan drone missions, collect image and survey data, and then evaluate the data in their own or 3rd-party analysis applications.With its solution to seamlessly integrate drones into their processes, companies reduce costs for inspection by up to 90% while increasing safety for personal and reducing time from planning to a final evaluation of gathered information.FlyNex provides its FlyNex Enterprise Suite for renowned partners in construction, real estate, energy, and aviation, such as EnviaM, LEAG, Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), or Goldbeck. Moreover, FlyNex participates in publicly funded federal and European trials for drone integration, medical delivery, and unmanned aerial solutions.Benefits in the construction industry: • Periodic documentation of construction and project progress • 3D reality capture for digitization or digital processing (rebuilding, deconstruction, renaturalization, etc.) • Creation of BIM and digital twinsBenefits for infrastructure inspections: • Inspection of railways, roads, bridges, etc. through aerial data • Mapping of non-digitized structures • Remote inspection: Reduction of personnel and equipment costs • Connectivity to any digital analysis softwareBenefits for the pipeline inspections: • Pre-defined flight routes for automated aerial surveys • AI-supported damage detection with RGB, multispectral, thermal, or ultrasound images • Recordings accurate to the millimeterAUTOMATED INTELLIGENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONSWE KNOW OUR CUSTOMERSʼ CHALLENGESThey manage a large number of assets. We know the importance of reducing their operating and maintenance costs and times. They need to increase the security and quality of the information flow in a sustainable and scalable way. They need to digitize and automate the data obtained from their assets to predict and avoid failures before they occur and generate significant losses. FlyNex Enterprise Suite has been designed to empower our customers and make their businesses smarter.PLATFORM • digital map-based project planning • compliant capturing operation planning • collaboration and object management platformFLYNEX CONNECT • connecting sensors to the platform • execution of operations in the field • flight automation • automated data transferAI SUPPORTED ANALYTICS • processing data for final results • mapping and 3D visualization, digital twins • AI damage detectionTHE SOLUTION: A PLATFORM CONNECTING PROCESSES END 2 END All-in-One platform for infrastructure inspections. Plan. Collect. Analyze.CURRENTLY SUPPORTED USE CASES* • surveying • digital twin • powerline inspections • construction site documentation • pipeline inspection • bridge inspection • facade inspectionGROWING NUMBER OF ASSETS • roofs • antennas • pipelines • powerlines • roads • forests • buildings • quarries • chimneys • construction sites • bridges • cropsHOW WE DO IT With FlyNex, companies in construction, energy, telecommunications, or real estate can capture and manage data of their infrastructure inspections sustainably, faster, and more cost-effective than with conventional methods. Data is captured centrally in the cloud-based application and is immediately available for processing. With a project management workflow, a dedicated Connect App for drones, and interfaces to analytics applications, companies can handle their entire project management through the FlyNex Platform.WHY FLYNEX IS THE IDEAL PARTNER THE PLATFORM PROCESS OF A POWER LINE INSPECTIONWe connect hardware, software, people, and clients through: • Massive reduction of costs and time (up to 50 %) • Significant increase of productivity • Enhanced and documented shared visual results Our target is the integration of a simple, sustainable overall process with AI-supported evaluation for the fast and cost-effective management of our customers‘ infrastructure | Jul 08, 2025 | ||
| Prodlane, the company behind MAIA, is a technology company based in Leipzig that specializes in intelligent software solutions for SMEs in the DACH region. With MAIA, we are setting new standards in data analysis and daily knowledge management in all areas of the company using AI, thereby driving forward the digital transformation of SMEs. | Seed / Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| Flexora's unique sensor film is ideal for large-scale monitoring of physical factors such as temperature and pressure. | Seed / Nov 12, 2024 | ||
| in.hub is a specialist in condition monitoring of machines, processes, and products, offering digitalisation options in the industrial environment. It connects legacy and modern systems, creates condition monitoring systems, and generates information for optimal planning and control. | Series A / Aug 19, 2024 | ||
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Co-Investors
TGFS - Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen is an early stage VC fund targeting high tech startups with strong growth potential. The fund invests into ventures located in Saxony/Germany, Europe's leading semiconductor cluster. The team has invested into more than 120 companies so far, including more than 40 investments from the currentfund.
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen Contacts
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Andreas Müller
General Manager
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Christian Lenk
Investment Manager
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Christian Sternitzke
Partner
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Friedemann Stier
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Ivo Harzdorf
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What does Soren Schuster invest in?
Soren Schuster invests primarily in Software, Sensor and Computer startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 19 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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