# Ulrich Essmann

> Ulrich Essmann is a angel investor at Sedo (Boston) backing Internet and Apps. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sedo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sedo)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/essmann

Ulrich Essmann is a Co-Founder and CPO at SaaS.group. Ulrich previously worked at Sedo.com as a Co-Founder, President and Chief Product Officer Trading.As Co-Founder, President and Chief Product Officer Ulrich was responsible for developing Sedo’s Domain Marketplace between 2001 and 2013. Ulrich studied medicine at the medical schools of Mainz,Vienna and Munich and is a qualified medical doctor in the field of neurology. He is winner of "Entrepreneur of the Year", Germany (Ernst & Young, 2007).

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 50% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Goodwall | Goodwall is a social development platform for young people to connect over shared interests and discover opportunities. As the leading community for students and young professionals, Goodwall has a database of 5m+ job and internship opportunities, $1m+ in scholarships and awards, thousands of volunteer events and is made particularly to meet theneeds of Gen Z and millennials. | $2.1M | Angel | Dec 23, 2015 | https://www.goodwall.io |
| Apptopia | Apptopia provides services in app analytics, data mining and business intelligence for the mobile industry. Through its main platform called Insights, it uses Big data technologies to collect, measure, analyze and provide user engagement statistics for mobile apps.The company was launched in 2012 and by May of 2014 has already reached $5m inannual run rate. |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2014 | http://www.apptopia.com |
| ResearchGate | ResearchGate is the professional network for researchers. Over 20 million researchers use researchgate.net to share and discover research, build their networks, and advance their careers. Based in Berlin, ResearchGate was founded in 2008. Its mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all. |  | Series A | Sep 14, 2010 | http://www.researchgate.net |
| Steady | Most independent content creators (podcasters, online magazines, bloggers, YouTubers, open source developers) don’t have the resources to directly monetize their communities. They rely on shaky ad revenue or donations. Steady converts these communities to paying members, taking a share out of every transaction. Think Shopify for content creators. |  | Angel |  | https://www.steadyHQ.com |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Business Angels Switzerland (BAS)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-angels-switzerland-bas) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FONGIT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fongit) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mosaic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mosaic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sedo

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

Sedo is a domain name and website marketplace and domain parking provider based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Cologne, Germany. Sedo headquartered in Cologne and Boston (USA), is domain trading platform with 2 million customers and 19 million domains listed for sale. Sedo offers buyers and sellers a full suite of domain-related services, such asdomain parking, appraisals, transfers as well as marketing and promotional activities. For more information, please get in touch.

5 contacts available at Sedo.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andreas Schmid | Product Manager Trading | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-schmid-4 |
| Barbara Stolz | Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barbara-stolz |
| Christian Voss | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-voss |
| Marc Stepken | Senior Sales Consultant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-stepken |
| Michael Robrock | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-robrock |

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## FAQ

### What does Ulrich Essmann invest in?

Ulrich Essmann invests primarily in Internet, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Angel and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ulrich Essmann?

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### When did Ulrich Essmann last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ulrich Essmann closed in Dec 2015. Shizune tracks 4 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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