# Thies Sander

> Thies Sander is a seed investor at Project A Ventures backing B2B and B2C. See 10 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Project A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/project-a-ventures)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thies-sander-5a789653/

Thies Sander is a seed investor at Project A Ventures in Berlin focused on B2B and B2C. Thies Sander studied business administration at WHU (Vallendar, Germany), Kellog (Chicago) and at ESC Reims (France). After finishing his studies in 2000, he worked with The Boston Consulting until 2006 in the company’s Berlin and New York offices, lastly as a Principal. Afterwards, Thies was Head of Strategy in the operations branch at adidas.In 2008 he became CEO of toptarif.de (comparison portal for financial products). At Project A Ventures, Thies is responsible for investor relations, finance and investment operations. Also, he’s actively involved in mentoring and supervising the individual portfolio companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $22M–$66M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 10% |
| B2C | 1 | 10% |
| SaaS | 1 | 10% |
| Medical | 1 | 10% |
| mHealth | 1 | 10% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 20% |
| Sweden | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spryker | Spryker is a provider of a commerce technology platform for global enterprises. The company enables companies to build transactional business models in B2B, B2C, and Enterprise Marketplaces. It is the most modern platform-as-a-service solution with a headless architecture that is cloud-enabled, enterprise-ready, and loved by developers and businessusers worldwide. Its solutions have empowered 150+ companies to manage transactions in more than 200 countries worldwide. Spryker is used by brands such as Toyota, Siemens, Hilti, and Ricoh. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 11, 2025 | http://spryker.com |
| Kry | Kry offers digital healthcare services that help patients to make active choices about their health in partnership with public and private healthcare professionals. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, E-health, and Digital health. Kry was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Stockholms Lan, Sweden. | $160M | Series D | Jul 21, 2022 | https://www.kry.se/en/ |
| Kry | Kry offers digital healthcare services that help patients to make active choices about their health in partnership with public and private healthcare professionals. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, E-health, and Digital health. Kry was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Stockholms Lan, Sweden. | $316.5M | Series D | Apr 26, 2021 | https://www.kry.se/en/ |
| Spryker | Spryker is a provider of a commerce technology platform for global enterprises. The company enables companies to build transactional business models in B2B, B2C, and Enterprise Marketplaces. It is the most modern platform-as-a-service solution with a headless architecture that is cloud-enabled, enterprise-ready, and loved by developers and businessusers worldwide. Its solutions have empowered 150+ companies to manage transactions in more than 200 countries worldwide. Spryker is used by brands such as Toyota, Siemens, Hilti, and Ricoh. | $130M | Series C | Dec 17, 2020 | http://spryker.com |
| Kry | Kry offers digital healthcare services that help patients to make active choices about their health in partnership with public and private healthcare professionals. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, E-health, and Digital health. Kry was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Stockholms Lan, Sweden. | $66M | Series B | Jun 12, 2018 | https://www.kry.se/en/ |
| Spryker | Spryker is a provider of a commerce technology platform for global enterprises. The company enables companies to build transactional business models in B2B, B2C, and Enterprise Marketplaces. It is the most modern platform-as-a-service solution with a headless architecture that is cloud-enabled, enterprise-ready, and loved by developers and businessusers worldwide. Its solutions have empowered 150+ companies to manage transactions in more than 200 countries worldwide. Spryker is used by brands such as Toyota, Siemens, Hilti, and Ricoh. | $22M | Series B | Feb 13, 2018 | http://spryker.com |
| Kry | Kry offers digital healthcare services that help patients to make active choices about their health in partnership with public and private healthcare professionals. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, E-health, and Digital health. Kry was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Stockholms Lan, Sweden. | $22.8M | Series A | Jun 28, 2017 | https://www.kry.se/en/ |
| Kry | Kry offers digital healthcare services that help patients to make active choices about their health in partnership with public and private healthcare professionals. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, E-health, and Digital health. Kry was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Stockholms Lan, Sweden. | $6.9M | Seed | Aug 17, 2016 | https://www.kry.se/en/ |
| Spryker | Spryker is a provider of a commerce technology platform for global enterprises. The company enables companies to build transactional business models in B2B, B2C, and Enterprise Marketplaces. It is the most modern platform-as-a-service solution with a headless architecture that is cloud-enabled, enterprise-ready, and loved by developers and businessusers worldwide. Its solutions have empowered 150+ companies to manage transactions in more than 200 countries worldwide. Spryker is used by brands such as Toyota, Siemens, Hilti, and Ricoh. |  | Series A | Jun 08, 2015 | http://spryker.com |
| Barzahlen | Barzahlen is a bank-independent cash infrastructure that allows cash withdrawals and deposits at checkout via barcode. The company offers digital payment options with cash and revolutionizes traditional banking. They offer their customers the possibility of cash deposits and expanding their withdrawal network. |  | Seed | Feb 07, 2012 | https://www.barzahlen.de |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [TCV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technology-crossover-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [One Peak](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-peak-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Project A Ventures

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $1bn in assets under management, Project A provides its portfolio companies with a wide range of operational support services. This includes more than 100 experts from key areas such as software engineering,business intelligence, marketing, and recruiting. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi.

5 contacts available at Project A Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anton Waitz | General Partner and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anton-waitz |
| Ben Fischer | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-fischer-8fa7 |
| Enrico Mellis | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enrico-mellis |
| Florian Heinemann | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-florian-heinemann |
| Jack Wang | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-wang-e91a |

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## FAQ

### What does Thies Sander invest in?

Thies Sander invests primarily in B2B, B2C and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 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 Thies Sander invest in?

Thies Sander typically joins rounds of $22M–$66M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Thies Sander's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Thies Sander took part in.

### How do I contact Thies Sander?

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### When did Thies Sander last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thies Sander closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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