# VR Ventures

> VR Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin backing Software and FinTech. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vr-ventures-vc
- Website: https://www.vr-ventures.vc/

VR Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Software and FinTech. VR Ventures supports leading-edge startups in the financial services and real estate sector. VR Ventures supports companies with shared access to their network, deep pool of expertise, and market knowledge. VR Ventures is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

## Contacts

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

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$5.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$3.1M |
| Series A | $3.3M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 28% |
| FinTech | 6 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 16% |
| Banking | 3 | 12% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 40% |
| Series A | 5 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 16% |
| Series B | 2 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 12 | 48% |
| France | 3 | 12% |
| Estonia | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andreas Laule | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-laule |
| Marco Bruns | Finance & Operations Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marco-bruns |
| Mickael Bellaiche | Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mickael-bellaiche |
| Samuli Sirén | Member of the investment committee | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samuli-siren |
| Timo Fleig | Managing Director | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/timo-fleig |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ClimeFi | ClimeFi is the leader specialising in permanent carbon removals (CDRs), partnering with companies to build portfolio of certified CDR assets. We partner with organisations on their net zero journey to help them turn climate commitments into permanent carbon removal. |  | Seed | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| KohortPay | KohortPay is a gamified social checkout tool that boosts influencer value, doubling conversion and reducing customer acquisition expenses. KohortPay streamlines collaboration, payments, and savings for both retailers and their customers by applying referral rewards to a purchase, even days after it's completed. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Banxware | The Fintech startup Banxware specializes in embedded lending solutions tailored to platform-based businesses, fintechs, and banks. In a rapidly evolving digital economy, flexible financing holds increasing importance. The data-driven technology seamlessly integrates lending solutions into various platforms, enabling SMEs, e-commerce sellers, andrestaurant owners to access the required liquidity. Banxware’s commitment lies in bolstering platforms, promoting growth, and enhancing customer convenience by providing essential financial infrastructure. With Banxware, platforms can instantly launch tailored embedded lending solutions across Europe. The company was founded in 2020 by Miriam Wohlfarth, Jens Röhrborn, and Fabian Heiß and employs 50+ people in their Berlin headquarters. | $16.3M | Series A | Nov 30, 2023 |  |
| Orus | Orus provides simple and transparent insurance coverage. The company is on a mission to offer simple, affordable, and tailored insurance coverage to European SMBs to give them the peace of mind to focus on what matters. | $11.7M | Series A | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| nuwo | Workplace as-a-Service. nuwo is the #1 platform 
for financing, equipping 
and managing hybrid 
workspaces | $3M | Seed | Jul 25, 2023 |  |
| nuwo | Workplace as-a-Service. nuwo is the #1 platform 
for financing, equipping 
and managing hybrid 
workspaces | $3.1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2023 |  |
| ContractHero | ContractHero is a leading digital contract management solution for business customers. The smart and easy-to-use software provides an overview of all current contracts, quickly identifies unnecessary costs and reduces risks from missed contract deadlines. As a result, companies have full control over their contracts and avoid missed deadlines andunnecessary costs. | $2.3M | Seed | Jul 06, 2023 |  |
| Kertos | Kertos is a software company that develops and provides a holistic compliance platform in Europe, implementing automation and execution in a highly regulated environment focusing on the operational needs for all stakeholders involved. With their focus on product, integration, and automation they enable businesses to scale, to adopt and to maneuverin modern tech environments with only a fraction of the current workload. They drive consumer engagement and help companies to interact with their customers in sensitive matters. | $4.4M | Seed | May 04, 2023 |  |
| Finanzguru | Finanzguru is an AI-powered financial assistant that assists users in managing their accounts and contracts. Finanzguru determines a user's disposable income in real time based on their income and expenses. It even considers its contractual partners' upcoming bookings. This provides users with a single number that contains all of theinformation they require. Finanzguru gives users complete control over their finances and safely and reliably guides them. | $14.2M | Series B | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Atlas Metrics | Atlas Metrics was founded in 2021 to make the impact of companies on people and the environment fully transparent. Our mission is to build the tools that make it easy for companies to measure and share the impact of their activities. We’re here to support an increasingly active community of companies, investors, regulators, consumers, andnon-profits, in their efforts to bring about a more sustainable future. | $5.6M | Seed | Mar 28, 2023 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does VR Ventures invest in?

VR Ventures invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is VR Ventures's check size?

VR Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$5.6M at Seed, $1.3M–$3.1M at Pre-Seed and $3.3M–$16M 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 VR Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact VR Ventures?

Public channels for VR Ventures 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 VR Ventures?

The team at VR Ventures includes Andreas Laule (Managing Director), Marco Bruns (Finance & Operations Manager) and Mickael Bellaiche (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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