# Wilfried Gillrath

> Wilfried Gillrath is a seed investor in Hamburg backing Guides and Travel. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Hamburg, Germany
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilfried-gillrath-8b7705208

Wilfried Gillrath is a seed investor in Hamburg focused on Guides and Travel. Wilfried Gillrath served as CEO of the LichtBlick Group.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $897k–$2.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guides | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Leisure | 1 | 25% |
| Tourism | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| socialbnb | socialbnb operates as an online platform that connects travelers with unique accommodations hosted by social and environmental projects around the world. By booking through socialbnb, guests have the opportunity to stay in distinctive places while directly supporting the initiatives aimed at making a positive impact on local communities and theenvironment. The platform offers a range of accommodations, from bed & breakfasts to homestays, enabling travelers to experience new cultures and places off the beaten path. Additionally, socialbnb emphasizes the importance of sustainable tourism and encourages meaningful connections between hosts and guests, furthering its mission to contribute to a better world through every booking made. |  | Angel | Oct 18, 2024 |  |
| Wildplastic | Wildplastic is a recycled plastic products designed to focus on cleaning the environment from plastic waste. Their products use plastic from beaches, landfills, and illegal dumpsites and also prevent plastics from ending up there, reduce pollution on the planet by creating new plastic products from recycled plastic waste. | $896.6K | Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |
| Recyclehero | Recycle hero is a sustainable pickup-service for recyclable waste. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 14, 2022 |  |
| Caeli Wind | Caeli Wind is a digital marketplace that identifies wind potential locations for landowners and enables professional AI-supported analysis and marketing. Their mission is to accelerate the expansion of wind turbines and increase the likelihood and speed of realisation in the wind industry. Their software checks all the criteria, from regionalplanning and grid connection to economic efficiency. | $2.1M | Seed | Jun 23, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cantella](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cantella) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Focused Business Events](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/focused-business-events) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Golzern Holding GmbH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golzern-holding-gmbh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovation for Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-for-impact) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Karma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karma-capital-e8cb) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Planet A Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/planet-a-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Wilfried Gillrath invest in?

Wilfried Gillrath invests primarily in Guides, Travel and Leisure startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Wilfried Gillrath's check size?

Wilfried Gillrath typically joins rounds of $897k–$2.1M 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 Wilfried Gillrath participates in.

### How do I contact Wilfried Gillrath?

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### When did Wilfried Gillrath last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Wilfried Gillrath closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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