Stefan Glänzer
Founding Partner @ Passion Capital
London, United Kingdom
Stefan Glänzer is a seed investor at Passion Capital in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Stefan is an entrepreneur and investor from Germany who enjoys living in London. He is the co-founder of companions.de, companionsTV, ricardo.de and myblog.de. He is the founding investor and executive Chairman of Mendeley.com and RjDj.me and has been and in the same role at Last.fm. Stefan is a firm believer in European entrepreneurship and an active angel. He holds a PhD in foreign exchange risk management and was a professional DJ for 15 years.
- Total investments:
- 42
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries Stefan Glänzer invests in
Stages Stefan Glänzer invests in
Countries Stefan Glänzer invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $584k–$3.2M
- Angel
- $197k–$1M
- Series A
- $2M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 7 (17%)
- Financial Services 7 (17%)
- Social Media 4 (10%)
- SaaS 3 (7%)
- Banking 3 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 19 (45%)
- Angel 7 (17%)
- Series A 7 (17%)
- Funding Round 3 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (2%)
Country
- Germany 13 (31%)
- United Kingdom 13 (31%)
- United States 3 (7%)
- Spain 2 (5%)
- Serbia 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Minitap is an AI-driven mobile development company that assists with monitoring mobile devices. | $4.1M / Seed / Sep 08, 2025 | ||
| Artho has revealed its first product, Mozart AI, a groundbreaking AI-powered Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that aims to accelerate and magnify human creativity. This hybrid musician will have complete control over their musical vision with no creative friction. They will create, engineer, and perform at the speed of their imagination. They willoutperform and innovate the best pure human artists by combining human artistry with AI co-creation. We are a team of musicians, technologists, and creative visionaries. | $737.8K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2025 | ||
| 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. | $2.1M / Seed / Oct 19, 2023 | ||
| Our embedded credit solution provides platforms with a flexible end-to-end lending program that enables them to offer fast and attractive financing for their merchants, to grow their ecosystems and businesses. | Mar 28, 2022 | ||
| Spotahome is a mid- to long-term residential rentals platform that is reinventing the property market. It offers the most complete property and room listings for stays above 30 days, bookable exclusively through online viewings which saves tenants and property owners time and money. The company creates the listing at no cost to the landlord - aprofessional photographer ("Homechecker") visits the property and creates the audio-visual materials including high quality photos, HD video tours, detailed floor plans and honest property and neighbourhood descriptions. By offering the most complete property listings, it allows tenants to book their property from anywhere in the world without the need for in-person viewings. It also offers guarantees against default payments and damages. Spotahome is growing rapidly, fueled by a $40M Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins, the first leading Silicon Valley VC in a Spanish company. It is present in 11 cities across 8 countries in Europe.Spotahome was launched by Alejandro Artacho, Bryan McEire, Hugo Monteiro and Bruno Bianchi in March 2014 and has offices in both Madrid, Spain and London, UK. | $28.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 07, 2021 | ||
| Reneo is the leading end-to-end asset transformation- and decarbonization platform for residential real estate in Germany. Using proprietary software technology to identify and realize the ecological and economic potential of stranded assets. | $15.1M / Series A / Jun 01, 2021 | ||
| ClickClickDrive is a developer of a search engine designed for users to find driving schools.The company's platform helps users to find information on different driving schools, find evaluations/recommendations published by driving students and also offers an easy-to-use theory application to help them prepare for the exam, enabling usersto choose the best driving school for them. | $1M / Angel / Nov 11, 2018 | ||
| Auro is a mobile fitness-tech solution providing you with a personal trainer in your ear. We believe that fitness is at its effective best, when it is personalized, engaging, and accessible anytime. We break down the barriers to exercise by providing millions of people all over the world access to a personal trainer along with the best of contentthat boutique studio fitness has to offer.We’re creating a truly motivating, connected fitness experience that keeps people coming back for more by combining world class instructors, killer playlists and data science led personalisation.Our mission is to transform lives by making fitness experiences awesome, accessible and affordable. | $586K / Seed / Jul 19, 2018 | ||
| Spotahome is a mid- to long-term residential rentals platform that is reinventing the property market. It offers the most complete property and room listings for stays above 30 days, bookable exclusively through online viewings which saves tenants and property owners time and money. The company creates the listing at no cost to the landlord - aprofessional photographer ("Homechecker") visits the property and creates the audio-visual materials including high quality photos, HD video tours, detailed floor plans and honest property and neighbourhood descriptions. By offering the most complete property listings, it allows tenants to book their property from anywhere in the world without the need for in-person viewings. It also offers guarantees against default payments and damages. Spotahome is growing rapidly, fueled by a $40M Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins, the first leading Silicon Valley VC in a Spanish company. It is present in 11 cities across 8 countries in Europe.Spotahome was launched by Alejandro Artacho, Bryan McEire, Hugo Monteiro and Bruno Bianchi in March 2014 and has offices in both Madrid, Spain and London, UK. | $40M / Series B / Jun 06, 2018 | ||
| Founders' success is often defined by their physical location. Tapping into top startup ecosystems need expensive relocation and time. LIFT99 connects startup founders across borders by sharing unique knowhow through an invite-only online platform. Founders connect over burning topics like fundraising, entering new markets, hiring, etc. LIFT99supports founders across their lifecycle and uses behavioral and company data to provide the highest value to founders.The online platform is supported by physical co-growing centers in emerging markets (CEE) and founder-focused events. | $2.3M / Seed / May 25, 2018 | ||
| See all 42 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Passion Capital
Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators who are applying our experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. We are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe, and we believe that the critical differentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders. We take pride in the calibre and success of all of our founders and teams including but nowhere near limited to GoCardless, Tray.io, Mendeley, Digital Shadows, Adzuna, Smarkets, Ravelin, Tide, Marshmallow, Butternut Box, PolyAI, Lendable and Monzo Bank
Passion Capital Contacts
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Andrew Jenkins
Partner
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Robert Dighero
Co-Founder & Partner
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Sandra Lyness
Head Of Operations
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Stefan Glänzer
Founding Partner
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Will Neale
Investor (LP)
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FAQ
What does Stefan Glänzer invest in?
Stefan Glänzer invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Social Media startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 42 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 Stefan Glänzer invest in?
Stefan Glänzer typically joins rounds of $584k–$3.2M at Seed, $197k–$1M at Angel and $2M–$16M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Stefan Glänzer's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Stefan Glänzer took part in.
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When did Stefan Glänzer last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Stefan Glänzer closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 42 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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