# Top 50 Renewable Energy Angel Investors in Germany in June 2026

## Philipp Kloeckner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech

Philipp has been product manager and inhouse SEO at the market leading price comparison in Germany (Idealo.de) for 6 years. He specializes in the fields of accessability, crawlability and onpage optimization of websites with 1M+ subpages.Since 2011 Philipp Klöckner focuses on search consultancy and angel investing to share his experience insearch marketing, product and business intelligence with publishing houses, e-commerce companies and start-ups as an independent consultant and angel investor.

## David Balensiefen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, SaaS

David Balensiefen - CEO and Founder @ gridX

## Andy Booke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Battery, Semiconductor

Andy Booke

## Gabor Cselle
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Mobile Apps, Renewable Energy

Gabor Cselle is a Partner at Area 120, Google's internal startup incubator.

Previously, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising startup Namo Media which was [acquired by Twitter in 2014.

## Tobias Schuett
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Renewable Energy, SaaS, Solar

Tobias Schuett is the CEO at DZ-4.

## Lucas von Fürstenberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Schmallenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Organic, Sustainability, Renewable Energy

Lucas von Fürstenberg serves as head of the Freiherr von Fürstenberg'sche Forstverwaltung forest administration based in Sauerland.

## Lukasz Gadowski
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software

Lukasz Gadowski is the Founder and CEO of Team Global. He previously worked at Circ as a Co-Founder. Lukasz Gadowski attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.

## Julius Göllner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Julius Göllner - Co-Founder @ ARRtist Summit

## Patrick Andrae
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Travel, FinTech, Tourism

Patrick Andrae is based out of Berlin, Berlin and is the Co-Founder & CEO of HomeToGo. Patrick previously worked at Home24 as a Director Business Development. Patrick Andrae attended the University of Münster.

## Anna Alex
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, CleanTech, Information Technology

In 2012 Anna together with her co-founder Julia launched OUTFITTERY with the vision to create a shopping experience for men that is convenient, fun and inspiring. Today, OUTFITTERY serves individual outfits to over 600k men in eight countries and Anna is one of the most famous female entrepreneurs in Europe. In 2016, she was voted amongst Europe’s“Inspiring Fifty”, the 50 most inspirational women in tech. Prior to OUTFITTERY Anna lead the IT of the Swiss group buying platform DeinDeal in Zurich. She studied economic sociology in Freiburg and Paris.

## Johannes Sass
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Organic, Software, Sustainability

Johannes Sass - Shareholder @ Bluenini

## Martin Herrmann
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Environmental Consulting

Martin Herrmann

## Felix Jahn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

Felix is an active entrepreneur and business angel. A WHU graduate, Felix was one of the first MDs of Rocket Internet, responsible for many of the initial companies incubated in 2007-2009. He went on to start Home24 in 2009 and run it as Co-CEO until 2014. In 2015 he started german hybrid real estate agent McMakler as founding investor and has beenrunning the company as executive Chairman and CEO since then. His current and past private business angel investments include Zalando, Auto1 Group, HomeToGo, among others.

## Axel Stepken
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Software, Carbon Capture

Axel Stepken was born in Essen, Germany. He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the RWTH Aachen and achieved his PhD in High Voltage Engineering in 1989.Upon completion of his PhD, Axel Stepken worked at ABB where he held several Management positions in Germany and Indonesia within the Power Transmission and DistributionSegment. He joined TÜV SÜD AG as Member of the Board of Management responsible for the INDUSTRY and the former PEOPLE Strategic Business Segments as well as the Strategic Region ASIA. In June 2007 Axel Stepken was appointed the Chairman of the Board of Management.

## Tobias Mehrer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Smart Home, Electronics, Manufacturing

Tobias Mehrer serves as CEO at Ranger Marketing (part of the STRÖER group).

## Jan Rabe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Solar, Power Grid, Renewable Energy

Jan Rabe - CEO, CFO @ Rabot Energy GmbH

## Christian Schmalenbach
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy

Christian Schmalenbach

## Nina Kani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Orange, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic, Sustainability, Renewable Energy

Nina Kani - General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer @ Home Care Assistance

## Arno Nonnen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Organic, Shipping, Logistics

Arno Nonnen is Managing Director, Dr. Schwarz-Schilling & Partners.

## Burcu Gezegen Ozdemir
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy, Software, Renewable Energy

Burcu Gezegen Ozdemir is a Managing Director at Azelis Türkiye

## Stefan Müller
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Environmental Consulting

Stefan Müller

## Matt Blythe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Convertible Note
- Focus: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy

Matt Blythe

## Daniel Krauss
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Rental, Information Technology

Daniel Krauss was born in 1983 in Neheim-Hüsten.He studied Economic Sciences at the FernUniversität Hagen. Daniel has generally worked in the IT area for Marquardt GmbH, IFS AB and Siemens AG. Before co-founding Flixbus in 2011, he was a Technical Account Manager at Microsoft for three years. Now Daniel is CIO of Flixbus, which was able toestablish Europe’s largest intercity bus network.

## Christoph Ostermann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kempten, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Energy

Christoph Ostermann is a Co-Founder at Sonnen.

## Andre Schwammlein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Rental, Solar

Andre Schwammlein is the CEO of FlixBus DACH. Andre Schwammlein attended FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg.

## Jochen Berger
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Banking, FinTech

Jochen Berger

## Lothar Stein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity
- Focus: Information Technology, Energy, Railroad

Lothar Stein - Mentor @ SINN Power

## Jonathan Teklu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Solar, Rental, Software

Jonathan Teklu is the Venture Partner at CREANDUM. Jonathan Teklu attended WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

## Kintxo Cortés
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Kintxo Cortés is the Head of Expansion at Gigs.com

## Emma Tracey
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Human Resources, Computer

Emma Tracey is a co-founder of Honeypot.

## MARKUS W. VOIGT
- Type: Angel
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CRM, iOS, Apps

MARKUS W. VOIGT is a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Aream company.

## Friedrich A. Neuman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Battery, Organic

Friedrich A. Neuman studied Business & Economics in St. Gallen, Switzerland. After his studies he moved to Berlin to start his first company. Later he led business development at Glispa. In 2012, Friedrich joined Rocket Internet and co-founded Dropgifts, a social gifting platform active in 25 countries with 120 people. Together with MariusSchulze, Friedrich is the founder and CEO of Run a Shop and founding partner of MAKERS. At MAKERS, Friedrich is responsible for Finance and Operations.

## Tim Bode
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, Marketplace, Clean Energy

Tim Bode

## Frank Thelen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing

Frank Thelen is the Founder & CEO of 10xDNA Capital Partners. He previously worked at mytaxi - The Taxi App as an Investor. Frank Thelen attended Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.

## Manu Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Manu is the founder of Blue Lion Global VC, and was previously a founding member and Partner of Lakestar VC (>$1.4bn).   He splits time between San Francisco and London.

## Michael Suer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy

Partner

## Alexandre Berriche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Alexandre Berriche is currently the CEO of Fleet, a startup which simplifies the access, management and a sustainable renewal of computers for start ups, scale ups and SMB, helping you focus on your growth.He is also an angel investor (companies include Kocomo, Claap, Finary, Convelio and more) and scout for Sequoia Capital.Before launchingFleet he was VP of Operations and Expansion at Ironhack and Managing Director of Jumia Tunisia, a Rocket Internet’s company.Alexandre is trilingual and holds degrees from IESEG, le Wagon and Victoria University.

## Carsten Gropp
- Type: Angel
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy

Partner

## Maximilian Both
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CleanTech, Clean Energy

Maximilian Both is the Founder and Managing Director at Rabot Charge. Maximilian Both attended Tu Vienna.

## Moritz Poewe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CMS, SaaS

Moritz areas of responsibility involve strategic consulting to portfolio companies in particular when related to BI and IT structural topics as well as deal flow management. He is a constant sparring partner to CTOs of the portfolio companies providing guidance in IT processes. He supports companies in HR efforts by filling the pipeline andinterviewing candidates.Moritz is a former CTO of a nightlife and community platform in Germany.

## Christian Von Hardenberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Solar, Government, Power Grid

Christian Hardenberg is the Global, CTO at Rocket Internet GmbH.Before joining Rocket Internet as Global CTO in Berlin, Christian was CEO at Metaversum. He also developed 3D game engines in C++, researched on computer vision, did business consulting at BCG and McKinsey, and crossed the Alps on foot. Christian holds a Master Degree inBusiness Administration and Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Berlin.

## Martina Merz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, Software, Renewable Energy

Martina Merz

## Alexander Rittweger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: iOS, Apps, SaaS

Alexander Rittweger is a Board Member & Lead Investo at ALOHA. He attended University of Mannheim.

## Kai Klapdor
- Type: Angel
- Location: Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CleanTech, Clean Energy

CEO

## Florian Bennhold
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy

Florian Bennhold

## Christoph Lange
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Fashion, Fitness

Christoph Lange is the Co-Founder at Orkney & SNL (real estate), ex-Zalando (CPO). He attended Berlin School of Economics.

## Thomas Bein
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Battery, Renewable Energy

Thomas Bein

## Martin Goetzeler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Battery, Renewable Energy

Martin Goetzeler is the CEO of dSPACE.

## Frank Piotraschke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Organic, Sustainability, Renewable Energy

Frank Piotraschke is the SVP Revenue & Growth bei SoSafe Cyber Security Awareness. Frank Piotraschke attended Edinburgh Napier University.

## Felix Schuerholz
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic, Sustainability, Renewable Energy

Felix Schuerholz