# Tim Marbach

> Tim Marbach is a seed investor at Asia Venture Group backing E-Commerce and Marketplace. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Asia Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asia-venture-group)
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/timmarbach
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/timmarbach
- Website: https://x.com/timmarbach

Tim Marbach is a seed investor at Asia Venture Group focused on E-Commerce and Marketplace. Tim is a global entrepreneur and venture investor. He started his first company bonial.com in 2008 and sold it to German media conglomerate Axel Springer SE in 2011. In 2013, Tim relocated to South East Asia and has since co-founded and invested in many successful consumer internet companies through his private internet holding company Asia VentureGroup. Those companies have successfully raised several hundred million USD in follow-on venture capital and employ several thousand employees across the global. Those companies include HappyFresh, iPrice Group, iMoney (sold to iSelect), FlowerChimp, audibene (sold to Sivantos/EQT), Scalable Capital (sold to BlackRock), Jewelcandle (sold to Equistone), Vicampo (sold to Burda), CARS24, Movinga, Homebell, Fave, Stoyo and many more.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $550k–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 29% |
| Marketplace | 3 | 21% |
| Real Estate | 3 | 21% |
| Rental Property | 3 | 21% |
| Internet | 2 | 14% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 64% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 6 | 43% |
| Thailand | 2 | 14% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 7% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MYNE Homes | MYNE Homes is a digital co-ownership platform for vacation properties. MYNE Homes was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $23.9M | Seed | Jul 07, 2022 |  |
| Alpakas | Alpacas, in the storm of delivery services, offer a real alternative. With their e-cargo bikes, they deliver sustainable products, sustainably packaged, directly to their homes. Those delivery products include fresh foods, pastries, beverages, household products, and beauty care. They offer gift packs for new products and on a weekly sales basis. | $5.7M | Seed | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| PropertyScout | PropertyScout is a proptech startup that builds an end-to-end rental and sale platform for owners, agents, buyers, and tenants. The startup is connecting over 1,800 agents and agencies with buyers, renters, and owners, servicing thousands of satisfied customers every month. PropertyScout leverages its database of more than 200,000 properties, itstechnology platform, and its centralized operations to digitize and automate 90% of the real estate transaction. This frees up agents’ time to professionally and efficiently communicate with buyers, renters, owners and co-agents to deliver outstanding service and close transactions faster. Providing a transparent and trusted experience, PropertyScout has quickly become the favorite go-to place for buying, selling, and renting real estate in Thailand, as proven by hundreds of five-star reviews. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 14, 2022 |  |
| PropertyScout | PropertyScout is building a real estate transaction platform enabling a trusted renting, buying, and selling experience. Our mission is to enable consumers (tenants or buyers) to find the most suitable home at the best available price and help owners to earn more, effortlessly by employing the latest technologies and eliminating hassles involvedin renting processes.Founded in 2019, we are venture-funded and now expanding quickly in Bangkok with plans to further expand across South East Asia. |  | Seed | Jan 11, 2022 |  |
| Locad | Locad is a cloud-based solution for global e-commerce fulfillment. Access to an international warehousing network. Distributed fulfillment keeps products close to customers, reducing shipping time and cost. | $4.9M | Seed | Mar 17, 2021 |  |
| Myos | Myos was started in 2018 in Berlin by experienced e-commerce and financial experts. As a fintech company, they are rethinking working capital, dedicated to helping merchants globally grow to scale, fully digital and flexible. In doing so, they go completely new ways of assessing risks and collateral based on big data and machine learning, whichonly became possible with marketplaces such as Amazon. | $1.9M | Seed | Oct 24, 2020 |  |
| PropertyScout | PropertyScout is a proptech startup that builds an end-to-end rental and sale platform for owners, agents, buyers, and tenants. The startup is connecting over 1,800 agents and agencies with buyers, renters, and owners, servicing thousands of satisfied customers every month. PropertyScout leverages its database of more than 200,000 properties, itstechnology platform, and its centralized operations to digitize and automate 90% of the real estate transaction. This frees up agents’ time to professionally and efficiently communicate with buyers, renters, owners and co-agents to deliver outstanding service and close transactions faster. Providing a transparent and trusted experience, PropertyScout has quickly become the favorite go-to place for buying, selling, and renting real estate in Thailand, as proven by hundreds of five-star reviews. | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 20, 2020 |  |
| Homebell | Homebell is a business enterprise that offers reliable craftsmen services at a fixed quote and fair prices for home & living space projects.The company is focused on its customers' home and create ideal living spaces. A professional approach and a high-quality result are the most important values for them and its craftsmen. The companyorganize and realize their customers' plans so that they can lean back and enjoy the results. Quality, transparency and fair pricing are part of their complete service. They are the reliable partner for home improvement. |  | Seed | Apr 18, 2016 |  |
| Movinga | Movinga is a vertically integrated logistics tech company for customers and medium-sized moving companies. As a professional full service provider, it offers logistically optimized moves for private individuals and companies, goods transports, and courier services. | $25M | Series B | Jan 04, 2016 |  |
| Movinga | Movinga is a vertically integrated logistics tech company for customers and medium-sized moving companies. As a professional full service provider, it offers logistically optimized moves for private individuals and companies, goods transports, and courier services. | $25M | Series B | Jan 04, 2016 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Heilemann Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heilemann-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Swiss Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swiss-founders-fund-ag) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [True Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AngelCentral](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelcentral) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Asia Venture Group

VC Fund · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asia Venture Group is a hands-on, private Internet Holding Company and focuses on long-term value creation in South East Asian online markets. Asia Venture Group targets the sweet spots of the Asian internet space by combining: state of the art international know-how and expertise, rigorous execution excellence, outstanding international managementtalent, and the best local partners. Asia Venture Group focuses on digital distribution models and is extremely selective in terms of the companies it supports, which allows strong engagement in day-to-day operations.

2 contacts available at Asia Venture Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kai Kux | Managing Director & Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kai-kux |
| Tim Marbach | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-marbach |

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## FAQ

### What does Tim Marbach invest in?

Tim Marbach invests primarily in E-Commerce, Marketplace and Real Estate startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tim Marbach's check size?

Tim Marbach typically joins rounds of $550k–$24M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tim Marbach participates in.

### When did Tim Marbach last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tim Marbach closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 14 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 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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