BPO Capital
Saseler Damm 39, Hamburg, 22395, Germany
Overview
BPO Capital is a venture capital company founded in 2014 by Benjamin Otto with the goal of supporting young entrepreneurs and participating in good ideas. More and more, the ethical claim in the selection of investments in the foreground. With the BPO, Benjamin Otto makes investments, which may or may not have a business impact on the Otto Group. All investment decisions are made only by the board of BPO Capital and not by the Otto Group.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Advice
- Consulting
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Learnlife
Led · Seed · Jun 2019
Learnlife is a Barcelona-based lifelong learning startup building a hybrid ecosystem that combines a digital platform with physical "learning innovation hubs." The company has opened a 1,200 m² hub in Barcelona where more than 70 learners are enrolled, supported by 24 learning guides, experts and mentors. Learnlife says its mission is to empower 100,000,000 learners and 100,000 schools by 2030. The startup plans to use the new capital to grow its community of learners and educators and to open additional learning innovation hubs worldwide. Its next hub is expected to open in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2020. Learnlife raised €3.1 million in a funding round led by BPO Capital.
- Exporo
Participated · Equity · Jul 2017
Exporo is a Hamburg-based platform that connects real estate developers with investors. It enables crowdfunding for property projects and offers retail investors two products: Exporo Stock (investing in rental properties for rental income and value appreciation) and Exporo Financing (a lending option with a fixed interest rate). The platform serves developers seeking project capital and small investors seeking stakes in real estate. Founded in 2014, Exporo has raised capital across multiple rounds. The company has secured €16 million in new growth capital from existing investors to fund the launch of a new digital real estate product in early Q2. To date it has raised over €75 million from backers including Partech and e.ventures, including an €8 million round in 2017. Exporo operates an online platform that lets retail investors participate in individual real estate projects from low entry amounts (starting at €500), offering both audited short-term projects with fixed interest rates and professionally managed property investments that provide rental income and potential value appreciation. The company emphasizes transparency and portfolio diversification by connecting thousands of private investors. Since its founding in November 2014, Exporo has financed around 200 real estate projects with more than 20,000 customers, raising over €420 million in capital. The team currently numbers about 140 people. Exporo plans to invest new capital in product development—adding features such as a portfolio builder and a real-time trading platform—while expanding its market leadership in Germany. The company is also pursuing international expansion into neighbouring European countries and will grow headcount particularly in Real Estate, Sales and Technology. Exporo is a crowdinvesting platform for real estate based in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2014 by Simon Brunke, Dr. Björn Maronde, Tim Bütecke and Julian Oertzen. The platform enables investors to fund property projects across Germany. Since 2014 the company has completed 50 projects and facilitated more than €64m in funding. Today Exporo employs 60 people. The company intends to use the newly raised funds to accelerate new product development. The article does not disclose revenue or profitability figures.
Team
No current team members are available.