Venture Stars
VC Fund
Munich, Germany
Venture Stars is a Munich based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in innovative, digital B2C and B2B business models.
- Total investments:
- 46
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
Last updated:
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Industries Venture Stars invests in
Stages Venture Stars invests in
Countries Venture Stars invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $274k–$7.3M
- Series A
- $5.5M–$23M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $5.7M–$11M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 5 (11%)
- Pet 3 (7%)
- Retail 3 (7%)
- Software 3 (7%)
- Financial Services 3 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (35%)
- Series A 8 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (11%)
- Funding Round 3 (7%)
- Series B 2 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Florian Calmbach
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Martin Junker
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Erik Pfannmöller
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Raphael Budday
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Stefan Pfannmoeller
Founder and CEO
|
Founder and CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste. | $10M / Series A / Jun 03, 2026 | ||
| Bremen-based software company ELISE GmbH has created the first low-code development platform for engineering. Engineers can use it to automate recurring tasks across all domains in a single environment. Thus, unlike in classical design processes, ELISE enables algorithm-based modeling. As a result of this automation, developers can return tocreative activities and ultimately design faster and better products. On ELISE, all data and the entire expert knowledge of the development process are integrated. Engineers are thus provided with technical capabilities that are otherwise only available to software developers, despite their diverse skills. This is achieved through a visual programming language for which no special IT knowledge is required. Users of ELISE work in numerous industries, including automotive, aerospace and medical technology. The platform’s potential has been proven at customers such as Volkswagen, BMW, Hyundai, Brose and EDAG. With the help of ELISE, they were able to design individual components up to 90 percent faster than before. | $40M / Series B / Apr 14, 2026 | ||
| Alphapet Ventures GmbH retails pet food online through its websites www.hundeland.de and www.petspremium.de. Alphapet Ventures GmbH was formerly known as ePetWorld GmbH and pets Premium GbmH and changed its name to Alphapet Ventures GmbH in May 2016. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 27, 2026 | ||
| Blue Activity GmbH is a CleanTech startup that specializes in sustainable industrial water treatment for evaporative cooling systems, replacing environmentally harmful chemical biocides with natural microorganisms and biopolymers. It provides a complete service package, including 100% sustainable products, real-time online monitoring via dashboard,and tailored on-site support for worry-free operations. | $9.8M / Seed / Mar 17, 2026 | ||
| VoiceLine helps professionals by bringing voice collaboration to high performing teams. | $11.8M / Series A / Feb 24, 2026 | ||
| Cyberdesk provides IT solutions and management. | Seed / Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste. | $7.3M / Seed / May 20, 2025 | ||
| Alphapet Ventures GmbH retails pet food online through its websites www.hundeland.de and www.petspremium.de. Alphapet Ventures GmbH was formerly known as ePetWorld GmbH and pets Premium GbmH and changed its name to Alphapet Ventures GmbH in May 2016. | Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Otark GmbH specializes in digitalizing green energy trading and is setting new standards in the industry. With a clear focus on neutrality and transparency, Otark is making trading in renewable energy more accessible. The company offers a fully digitalized platform that seamlessly integrates procurement and billing processes. As a result, Otarkenables straightforward and efficient processing of green energy transactions for every company, from industrial groups to SMEs.Otark aims to accelerate the energy transition by making it easier for its customers to access green electricity and simplify the management of their energy contracts through state-of-the-art digital solutions. Otark stands for innovation, neutrality, and reliability. | $2.8M / Seed / Sep 17, 2024 | ||
| VoiceLine helps professionals by bringing voice collaboration to high performing teams. | $2.6M / Seed / Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| See all 46 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Venture Stars invest in?
Venture Stars invests primarily in E-Commerce, Pet and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 46 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 Venture Stars invest in?
Venture Stars typically joins rounds of $274k–$7.3M at Seed, $5.5M–$23M at Series A and $5.7M–$11M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Venture Stars's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Venture Stars took part in.
How do I contact Venture Stars?
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Who are the partners at Venture Stars?
The team at Venture Stars includes Florian Calmbach (Founding Partner), Martin Junker (Founding Partner) and Erik Pfannmöller (Venture Partner). 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 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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