# Venture Stars

> Venture Stars is a VC fund in Munich backing E-Commerce and Pet. See 46 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 46
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/venture-stars-gmbh
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/VentureStars
- Website: http://www.venture-stars.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/VentureStars

Venture Stars is a Munich based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in innovative, digital B2C and B2B business models.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Venture Stars. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Venture Stars. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/venture-stars?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $274k–$7.3M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 11% |
| Pet | 3 | 7% |
| Retail | 3 | 7% |
| Software | 3 | 7% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 7% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 28% |
| Series A | 6 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |
| Series C | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Florian Calmbach | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/florian-calmbach |
| Martin Junker | Founding Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-junker |
| Erik Pfannmöller | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-pfannm%C3%B6ller |
| Raphael Budday | Investment Manager | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raphael-budday |
| Stefan Pfannmoeller | Founder and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefan-pfannmoeller |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freshflow | 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 |  |
| Synera | 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 | 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 | 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 | VoiceLine helps professionals by bringing voice collaboration to high performing teams. | $11.8M | Series A | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| Cyberdesk | Cyberdesk provides IT solutions and management. |  | Seed | Feb 06, 2026 |  |
| Freshflow | 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 | 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 | 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 | VoiceLine helps professionals by bringing voice collaboration to high performing teams. | $2.6M | Seed | Aug 13, 2024 |  |

10 of 46 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [coparion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coparion) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [NAP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nap-vc) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Heliad AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heliad-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [SCALEHOUSE Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scalehouse-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Signature Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/signature-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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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 is Venture Stars's check size?

Venture Stars typically joins rounds of $274k–$7.3M at Seed and $5.5M–$23M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Venture Stars participates 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 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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