# Wecken & Cie.

> Wecken & Cie. is a VC fund in Basel backing Software and SaaS. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Wecken & Cie. is an early-stage venture capital investor, focused on European fast-growing, disruptive technology companies, with expertise in FinTech and PropTech. Wecken & Cie. invests across other sectors and stages opportunistically.Having invested in more than 40 companies since 2007 and thereof successfully exited e.g. Delivery Heroand EcoIntense, Wecken & Cie. typically participates together with other institutional investors in Series A investment rounds with €500k to €3m initially, with the ability to provide additionally capital over the life of the investment. Wecken & Cie. is backed by Klaus Wecken, co-founder of multiple startups in the technology and real-estate sector, most prominently KHK Software which he sold to SAGE Group in 1997.

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $713k–$4.4M |
| Series A | $3.9M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 31% |
| SaaS | 8 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 14% |
| Analytics | 4 | 11% |
| Apps | 3 | 8% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 9 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 25% |
| Seed | 6 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 8% |
| Series C | 2 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 16 | 44% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 6% |
| Austria | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Frank Hoelzle | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-hoelzle |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| allO | We help local restaurants thrive!We are allO - the digital backbone of restaurants, the future of gastronomy, and the reliable partner of local businesses.Our mission is to give local restaurants unfair technology advantages to compete with prominent players. We strive to democratize gastronomy by making McDonald's and Starbucks'level of technology accessible to small restaurant owners. | $14M | Series A | May 26, 2026 |  |
| happyhotel | The happyhotel revenue and yield management system has a simple dashboard that supports the hotelier in the data analysis of the most important hotel KPI’s. happyhotel is a cloud-based hotel software specially designed for small and medium-sized hotels. Hoteliers can achieve more revenue without a great deal of prior knowledge. The hotelier getpast, current and future values of RevPar, Occupancy, ADR and Revenue. Through the booking pace graph and the on the books evaluation the hotelier can react to the current market conditions. Furthermore the hotelier can review every day the important reports and get an alert if the values do not correspond with the budget. happyhotel use a special formula and an algorithm who gives the hotelier the best price recommendation for his hotel or each of your hotel segments and room types. With an interface to the hotel pms happyhotel get all data to analyze the hotel. happyhotel facilitates the hotelier's life through automatic processes so that he can concentrate on other things. | $7.7M | Series A | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Ordio | Building the Category Leader for Deskless Workforce Management. All processes digitally optimized by Ordio lead to time savings, cost reduction & effectiveness - in an industries with increasing administrative burden and suffering core business. | $13.9M | Series A | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| KUGU | We make buildings energy-efficient and ready for a CO2-free future. With our digital and innovative solution, we create resource efficiency in buildings - and real energy savings potential for our customers. In this way, we make an important contribution to less CO2 consumption in the real estate sector. | $9M | Series A | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| iDWELL | iDWELL (www.idwell.com) is a revolutionary CRM cloud software and tenant app, especially designed for the next generation of real estate management. It enables the automation of routine processes, and bundles as well as optimizes all communication between the stakeholders of a property, including service providers, asset managers, landlords,tenants and property managers. Currently, more than 750,000 apartment units are managed with the assistance of iDWELL.The iDWELL ticketing system and the connected tenant app automates routine maintenance tasks with regards to handling and reporting damages. This allows iDWELL customers to focus on more important and revenue-generating tasks. The iDWELL marketplace provides further opportunities to service tenants and landlords while generating revenue. | $10.9M |  | Nov 04, 2024 |  |
| iDWELL | iDWELL (www.idwell.com) is a revolutionary CRM cloud software and tenant app, especially designed for the next generation of real estate management. It enables the automation of routine processes, and bundles as well as optimizes all communication between the stakeholders of a property, including service providers, asset managers, landlords,tenants and property managers. Currently, more than 750,000 apartment units are managed with the assistance of iDWELL.The iDWELL ticketing system and the connected tenant app automates routine maintenance tasks with regards to handling and reporting damages. This allows iDWELL customers to focus on more important and revenue-generating tasks. The iDWELL marketplace provides further opportunities to service tenants and landlords while generating revenue. | $10.9M |  | Nov 04, 2024 |  |
| Meisterwerk | Meisterwerk provides a SaaS operating system for SMB field service and craftsman companies. They offer services that include operational planning, mobile time tracking, digital forms, information exchange, and their own workflows. Meisterwerk helps to communicate between the office and the workforce. | $6.5M | Series A | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| einwert | first European hybrid appraiser reimagining real estate valuation as a whole new ESG-compliant value experience. With digital technology that empowers our appraisers and tools that offer unparalleled market transparency & sustainability insights, we help real estate investors to boost smarter and future-oriented real estate decisions. | $4.4M | Seed | Jan 09, 2024 |  |
| happyhotel | The happyhotel revenue and yield management system has a simple dashboard that supports the hotelier in the data analysis of the most important hotel KPI’s. happyhotel is a cloud-based hotel software specially designed for small and medium-sized hotels. Hoteliers can achieve more revenue without a great deal of prior knowledge. The hotelier getpast, current and future values of RevPar, Occupancy, ADR and Revenue. Through the booking pace graph and the on the books evaluation the hotelier can react to the current market conditions. Furthermore the hotelier can review every day the important reports and get an alert if the values do not correspond with the budget. happyhotel use a special formula and an algorithm who gives the hotelier the best price recommendation for his hotel or each of your hotel segments and room types. With an interface to the hotel pms happyhotel get all data to analyze the hotel. happyhotel facilitates the hotelier's life through automatic processes so that he can concentrate on other things. |  | Seed | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| einwert | first European hybrid appraiser reimagining real estate valuation as a whole new ESG-compliant value experience. With digital technology that empowers our appraisers and tools that offer unparalleled market transparency & sustainability insights, we help real estate investors to boost smarter and future-oriented real estate decisions. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | May 30, 2022 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dumont Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dumont-venture) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [seed + speed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-speed-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecapital-entrepreneurial-partners-ag) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [KfW](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kfw) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Wecken & Cie. invest in?

Wecken & Cie. invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 36 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Wecken & Cie.'s check size?

Wecken & Cie. typically joins rounds of $713k–$4.4M at Seed and $3.9M–$14M 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 Wecken & Cie. participates in.

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### Who are the partners at Wecken & Cie.?

The team at Wecken & Cie. includes Frank Hoelzle (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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