# VENPACE

> VENPACE is a VC fund in Cologne backing Finance and Software. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last fund: Mar 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venpace/
- Website: https://www.venpace.com/en

VENPACE is a VC fund in Cologne focused on Finance and Software. Rethinking insurance. VENPACE develops digital business models for the insurance industry and invests in trailblazing ideas on the market. We support innovative solutions and help startup teams to grow.Through our unique ecosystem, we rethink insurance. We implement and support digital business models with know-how and passion - either asstrategic investor or as initiator.Company Building - Together with our partners and investors, we identify the insurance industry’s challenges and chances of tomorrow, develop innovative business models and found them as startups from scratch.Venture Investment - We look for passionate founding teams that create value through their creative ideas and digital solutions. Our investment sweet spot: pre-seed and seed.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$5.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 18% |
| Software | 2 | 18% |
| Health Care | 2 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 18% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 73% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 6 | 55% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 18% |
| Austria | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ingo Küpper | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ingo-k%C3%BCpper |
| Marnix Roes | Investment Manager | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marnix-roes |
| Torsten Oletzky | Co-Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/torsten-oletzky |
| Walter Botermann | Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/walter-botermann |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DC Connected | DC Connected is a technology startup from the automotive and AI environment that has set itself the task of revolutionizing the future of vehicle maintenance. By means of the digital vehicle maintenance platform it has developed, DC Connected has created the virtual vehicle technician of the future. It solves the problems of complex vehiclegenerations and the shortage of skilled workers on the market and enables automated and intelligent diagnosis and repair processes. This enables car manufacturers, insurance companies and providers from the automotive aftermarket to offer drivers digital and intelligent support in the event of problems or maintenance work on their vehicles. Individually tailored diagnostic AI for each brand and access functionality to connected cars and their diagnostic functions, all via chat or voice command, makes the solution unique in the form of a virtual assistant and ensures a complete transformation of the way cars will be serviced in the future. The team consists of professionals from the fields of automotive diagnostics, software and AI as well as insurance experts. | $2.3M | Seed | Aug 07, 2024 |  |
| Calingo | Calingo is a digital insurance platform that offers personalised and optimised risk protection at the point of sale. | $3.7M | Seed | Aug 07, 2024 |  |
| HealthCaters | HealthCaters is a developer of health and wellness software used to monitor and track employee health. The platform of the company allows users to communicate with any medical professionals, monitors their biometrics in the workplace, and also allows the aggregation and extraction of data relating to specific employee health or productivity,empowering workforces to take control of their health. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| ucura Deutschland GmbH | With it's brand DeinePflege, ucura is on the forefront of digitizing the ambulatory care system in Germany |  | Seed | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| Calingo | Calingo is a digital insurance platform that offers personalised and optimised risk protection at the point of sale. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Erste Hausverwaltung GmbH | Erste Hausverwaltung GmbH offers digital property management. We combine digital processes with local contacts on site. With our on-site managers and our team in the back office, we are able to react quickly and reliably to your individual requirements. For us, first-class and competent service is our top priority. |  | Seed | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| Finabro | FINABRO is your consultant for saving & investing! Proper saving and sensible investing is important for many parts of life. Saving money can be difficult - investing money wisely has become almost impossible. The savings account gives zero interest rates and the different alternative investment forms are risky, intransparent and expensive. | $5.7M | Seed | Feb 04, 2022 |  |
| ucura Deutschland GmbH | With it's brand DeinePflege, ucura is on the forefront of digitizing the ambulatory care system in Germany |  | Seed | Nov 29, 2021 |  |
| Ninebarc | NineBarc is a digital estate service that maps digital footprint. The company offers the opportunity to save everything important safely and plan flexibly for the future. |  | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2021 |  |
| ICO-LUX GmbH | ICO-LUX is a start-up located in Jena, Germany, that develops solutions for document verification and fraud prevention using automated image analysis and artificial intelligence. |  | Seed | Sep 18, 2020 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [APX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apxberlin) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SICTIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sictic) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [EquityPitcher Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equitypitcher) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atlas Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-ventures-67bb) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Barmenia Next Strategies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barmenia-next-strategies) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bloomhaus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bloomhaus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does VENPACE invest in?

VENPACE invests primarily in Finance, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is VENPACE's check size?

VENPACE typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$5.7M 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 VENPACE participates in.

### How do I contact VENPACE?

Public channels for VENPACE include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at VENPACE?

The team at VENPACE includes Ingo Küpper (Managing Director), Marnix Roes (Investment Manager) and Torsten Oletzky (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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