• enmacc

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2017

  Enmacc is an over-the-counter (OTC) energy trading platform that digitalises the energy trading process. Led by CEO Jens Hartmann and based in Munich, it serves over 450 customers and hosts nearly 2,000 traders from energy suppliers, industrial firms, trading houses and municipal utilities. The company is expanding beyond power and gas to roll out environmental commodities, beginning with guarantees of origin and soon CO2 emission allowances (EUAs). Enmacc is using its European reach to accelerate the energy transition and broaden its commodity coverage. Financially, the company completed the second and final closing of its Series B financing; the first close three months earlier raised an eight-figure sum. Proceeds are being used to strengthen its position across Europe and introduce additional commodities. Enmacc operates a professional communication platform for bilateral energy trading, enabling users to connect with counterparties, clients and other energy trading professionals to exchange information. The platform supports networking and deal flow within the energy trading sector. Launched in 2016, the company was founded by Volker Puck, Marc Trieschmann and Kai Schlegel. Enmacc intends to use newly raised funds to continue developing the platform. The company also plans to hire new people in Munich to support its growth. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article.

• Zype

  Participated · Seed · Aug 2016

  Zype is a NYC-based cloud video distribution service for over-the-top (OTT) content that enables video businesses to build, manage and grow their own streaming services on their own terms. Led by co‑founder and CEO Ed Laczynski, the platform supports publishers across niche sports, entertainment, educational, lifestyle and children’s programming for both live and on‑demand formats. Zype's product includes paywall and ad integration tools to help content owners monetize, and delivers an enterprise‑level streaming experience across web, mobile and connected TV devices. The company recently launched Zype University, an online learning center designed to help content creators and owners achieve measurable results through marketing strategies, tactical guidance and best practices. Zype raised $4.9M in a Series A led by Runa Capital with participation from Revel Partners, Point Nine Capital, Alpine Meridian Ventures and Entrepreneurs Investment Fund. The company intends to use the funding to accelerate its product roadmap as well as sales and marketing initiatives and further technology development. Zype offers a platform for publishers to build video websites and apps for mobile devices and set-top boxes, automatically selecting the best video player for each device and geography and offering its own player. The platform supports monetization through advertising, video purchases, and rentals while allowing publishers to retain audience data and control their revenue streams. The company has been increasingly focused on larger enterprise customers, with clients including Mill Creek Entertainment, What’s Trending, and The Rebel Media. Over the past 12 months Zype says its revenue has grown by more than 40 percent each quarter. Upcoming projects include Zype University, a program to train customers on building successful businesses around online video. Zype is based in New York City. Zype provides a platform that enables online publishers to deliver video across devices and to build their own sites and apps. Its Dynamic Player Technology selects the best video player for each viewer and can swap players when rights or device compatibility vary. The company offers a full monetization layer with options for advertising, video purchases, and rentals. Zype has added support for connected-TV devices including Roku and Amazon Fire TV and is preparing support for Apple TV. Since officially announcing the platform last year, Zype has signed up more than 1,400 customers who manage over 400,000 videos on the platform. Co-founder and COO Chris Bassolino said the product helps broadcast-native customers build direct-to-consumer video businesses.

• OptioPay

  Participated · Seed · Jun 2016

  OptioPay is a fintech that provides open banking products enabling customer-centric, data-driven value-add services. Its core offerings include a white-label platform for value-added services and recommendations, a data-insights portal for enterprise clients, and a bank-account-data driven campaign manager for advertisers. The company says end-customers receive cashbacks, higher-value vouchers and contract optimization in exchange for bank account data. Founded in 2014 and based in Germany, OptioPay positions its products as ‘data for good’ that let customers own and responsibly share their data. Management plans to use new funding to further develop and market the three core products and to meet growing demand across Europe. CEO Marcus Börner emphasized investing the capital to better serve businesses and customers and to nudge smarter, more responsible consumption. OptioPay is a Berlin-based payment-solution software company that enables firms to convert payments such as payroll, insurance payouts and other monetary claims into products, services or vouchers from established vendors. The platform is already in market with contracts signed with more than 100 brands and suppliers, including Adidas, Zalando, banks, insurers, aviation and railway companies. Co-founded by CEO Marcus Börner and COO Oliver Easter, OptioPay partners with established vendors to increase perceived value for final recipients like employees and customers. The company raised €7m in seed funding to support its growth. OptioPay intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations.

• Adsquare

  Participated · Series A · Oct 2014

  Adsquare provides a Mobile Audience Targeting platform (Data-as-a-Service) that enables advertisers to target groups of people based on location and real-time local context. The company maps ad requests into an anonymized grid instead of saving lat/long coordinates, and it says it does not process any personally identifiable information. Adsquare analyzes up to 1,500 dynamic data points per grid square — POIs, events, weather, household data — and grid sizes can be up to 50×50 metres in urban areas. The product is pitched as a way to bridge offline behaviour and online advertising to serve ads based on intent while avoiding cookies and aiming to comply with strict European data protection laws. Adsquare raised a $4.3M Series A led by Target Partners and previously raised a $1.4M seed from Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg, Berlin Ventures and angel investors. The company plans to use the Series A to accelerate growth, support international expansion and continue product development; competitors named include PlaceIQ, xAD and Factual.

• BrandNew

  Participated · Seed · Aug 2014

  Brandnew is a Berlin-based startup that automates finding influential users on Instagram and Pinterest and helps brands create native ad campaigns. It uses technology to discover influencers, approaches them to join its network, and will soon add a tool allowing brands to search its influencer network by specific criteria. Its clients include Coca-Cola, Adidas, Ford, Uber, and L’Oreal. The company says it differentiates by giving European brands an inroad to U.S. consumers and by leveraging a large global influencer network. Brandnew plans to use its recent funding for technology development, marketing, and signing new brand partnerships. It raised a total of $1.9 million in seed funding, including a $1.1 million grant from the city of Berlin’s Pro FIT program and $845,000 from investors such as PubliGroupe, Berlin Ventures, and Lukas Kirche.

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