# Target Partners

> Target Partners is a VC fund backing Software and Enterprise Software. See 104 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 104
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 39%
- Fund size: $80M
- Last fund: Dec 2014
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/target-partners-gmbh
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/targetpartners
- Website: http://www.targetpartners.de
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/targetpartners

Target Partners is a German venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. With 300 million Euro under management, Target Partners is one of the leading venture capital investors in Germany.The partners of Target Partners have years of collective experience as successful managers, entrepreneurs and venture capitalinvestors in Europe and the USA. They founded or led companies their selves, developed or sold technology products their selves. They have seen numerous companies through to IPO and beyond. They understand the challenges an entrepreneur faces and that the road to success often isn't simple and straight.Both in Europe and the USA Target Partners has a large network in industry and venture capital. They open doors for you to customers, business partners, experienced managers and financial markets. They support you in business development, in international expansion, in closing OEM or distribution contracts, and in acquisition decisions. In addition, several dozen European and US entrepreneurs and top managers, as well as a number of US venture capitalists, have personally invested in their funds and thus have a particularly strong interest in your company's success.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.2M–$7.8M |
| Series B | $2.4M–$20M |
| Series C | $3.1M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 23 | 22% |
| Enterprise Software | 9 | 9% |
| SaaS | 8 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 5% |
| Hardware | 4 | 4% |

108 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 32 | 31% |
| Series B | 21 | 20% |
| Series C | 14 | 13% |
| Seed | 10 | 10% |
| Series D | 8 | 8% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 35 | 34% |
| United States | 8 | 8% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Berthold von Freyberg | Partner | 28 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berthold-von-freyberg |
| Kurt Muller | Partner | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-mller |
| Waldemar Jantz | Partner | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waldemar-jantz |
| Wolfram Drescher | Venture Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wolfram-drescher |
| Dominik Tobschall | Venture Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominik-tobschall |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| tado° | Tado° develops a heating app for private homes and small businesses. It adjusts to the residents' behavior in real-time and also takes current weather forecasts and building characteristics into account. Tado° is committed to changing how heating and cooling systems function in structures, minimizing energy waste, and lowering carbonemissions. The company regulates indoor temperatures using automation and various control methods. The company's application allows users to modify settings, track usage, and access reports. Integration with smart home systems enables temperature adjustments via voice commands. Features such as geofencing change settings based on occupancy, while weather adaptation adjusts heating or cooling according to forecasts. Intelligent scheduling helps users create personalized temperature plans, and automation capabilities handle climate control without requiring manual intervention. | $46.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 26, 2023 |  |
| Dedrone | Dedrone is an automated drone security platform; an extension of physical and cyber security into the airspace that protects a vulnerability gap exploited by the advances in consumer and commercial drone technology. Its aerial intrusion detection platform provides early warning of malicious drone activities and is used to protect data centers,prisons, airports, and other critical facilities from corporate espionage, smuggling, terrorism, and hacking. | $30M | Series C | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Dedrone | Dedrone is an automated drone security platform; an extension of physical and cyber security into the airspace that protects a vulnerability gap exploited by the advances in consumer and commercial drone technology. Its aerial intrusion detection platform provides early warning of malicious drone activities and is used to protect data centers,prisons, airports, and other critical facilities from corporate espionage, smuggling, terrorism, and hacking. | $30.5M | Series C | Dec 17, 2021 |  |
| NavVis | Bridging the gap between the physical and digital world, NavVis enables service providers and enterprises to capture and share the built environment as photorealistic digital twins. Our SLAM-based mobile mapping systems generate high-quality data with survey-grade accuracy at speed and scale. And with our digital factory solutions, users areequipped to make better operational decisions, boost productivity, streamline business processes, and improve profitability. Based in Munich, Germany, with offices in the United States and China, NavVis has customers worldwide in the surveying, AEC, and manufacturing industries. For more information, visit www.navvis.com. | $28.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| ArangoDB | ArangoDB is an open-source database that offers a flexible data model for documents, graphs, and key values. Build applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, United States. | $27.8M | Series B | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| German Autolabs | German Autolabs empowers mobile workers in logistics with voice assistance, increasing efficiency and improving quality of service in many transport industries. Their unique modular technology can be deployed in driver apps, scanners and vehicles. German Autolabs builds industry-specific solutions that augment daily workflows of professionaldrivers, couriers and delivery staff. Their assistant skills speak the language of logistics and are used by leading providers around the world. |  |  | Mar 29, 2021 |  |
| German Autolabs | German Autolabs empowers mobile workers in logistics with voice assistance, increasing efficiency and improving quality of service in many transport industries. Their unique modular technology can be deployed in driver apps, scanners and vehicles. German Autolabs builds industry-specific solutions that augment daily workflows of professionaldrivers, couriers and delivery staff. Their assistant skills speak the language of logistics and are used by leading providers around the world. | $1.2M | Series A | Mar 29, 2021 |  |
| CrossEngage | CrossEngage is a Customer Data & Engagement Platform that combines a customer data platform with cross-channel campaign management capabilities. It easily integrates with all data sources and marketing channels so that customers can keep their existing marketing infrastructure. By enabling a more personalized communication, CrossEngages helpsits clients sustainably increase customer engagement and loyalty.Too many marketing channels - too little orchestration. Many companies and consumers suffer from uncoordinated marketing activities. CrossEngage helps you to deliver a better customer experience through a relevant, consistent cross-channel communication per user. They provide a cross-channel marketing cloud solution that empowers marketing managers to orchestrate their campaigns across all relevant channels (e.g. E-Mail, RTA, Onsite, Push Notifications).According to the Digital Marketers Census 2015, Cross-Channel Marketing is with 58% the highest of all priorities for Digital Marketers in Germany. They help you to solve the challenges in this field and profit from the benefits of an orchestrated cross-channel strategy. | $6.9M |  | Sep 24, 2020 |  |
| Treasury Intelligence Solutions | TIS is reimagining the world of enterprise payments through a cloud-based platform uniquely designed to help global organizations optimize outbound payments. Corporations, banks, and business vendors leverage TIS to transform how they connect global accounts, collaborate on payment processes, execute outbound payments, analyze cash flow andcompliance data, and improve critical outbound payment functions. The TIS corporate payments platform helps businesses improve operational efficiency, lower risk, manage liquidity, gain a strategic advantage, and ultimately achieve enterprise payment optimization. Visit www.tis.biz | $20M | Series D | May 26, 2020 |  |
| Suitepad | 2012, the idea for SuitePad was born. Merge guests' wallet, phone, remote, room-service menu, spa catalog, and newspapers on a device's vision was that for the first time was financed thanks to favorable expectant Android tablets.Product development was accompanied by renowned private and chain hoteliers from Germany, Austria, andSwitzerland. So the SuitePad was very close to the actual needs of the developed chain and private hotels. After 2013, the first SuitePad installation is completed, the product is found not only in sales so far in 11 European countries, but was also honored with numerous industry-related awards. These include the u. A. CeBit BITKOM Innovation Award 2013, the Gastro Vision Award 2014 of the Travel Industry Club Best Practice Award 2014, and the HSMAI Technology and Innovation Award. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 04, 2020 |  |

10 of 104 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Target Partners invest in?

Target Partners invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 104 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Target Partners's check size?

Target Partners typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$7.8M at Series A, $2.4M–$20M at Series B and $3.1M–$30M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Target Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Target Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Target Partners?

The team at Target Partners includes Berthold von Freyberg (Partner), Kurt Muller (Partner) and Waldemar Jantz (Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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