Participated · Series A · Nov 2020

Sponsoo is a Hamburg-based digital marketplace for sports sponsoring that connects athletes, clubs, sports events and associations with sponsors. The platform supports more than 10,000 athletes, clubs, sports events and associations and over 1,000 sponsors. Athletes and clubs can create free sponsorship profiles to introduce themselves to potential sponsors, while sponsors can browse profiles and book sponsorships. A database uses a large number of data points to help select sponsoring programs that best match a sponsor's marketing goals. The company intends to use recent funding to expand its team, creating at least ten new jobs and one apprenticeship position in Hamburg and Ljubljana. Sponsoo is led by CEO Andreas Kitzing and CTO Christian Kaspar. In November 2020 it closed a €1.4M Series A round. Sponsoo is a sport marketing startup that operates a full-service online marketplace to digitalize the sport sponsorship industry by connecting athletes, clubs and sponsors. Led by CEO Andreas Kitzing and based in Hamburg, Germany, the company facilitates sponsor-asset matching and transactions online. It has been financed to date by EU grants, recurring revenues and prizes from startup competitions such as Microsoft’s “Do Great Things” campaign. The company closed a €300K funding round to support growth. Sponsoo plans to use the funds to further grow its core business in Germany, hire sales employees and developers, and ramp up marketing efforts. The raise is intended to accelerate marketplace expansion and commercial traction in its home market.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2020

kompany is an award-winning RegTech platform that delivers global Business KYC (KYB) and audit-proof business verification via an advanced API platform and a collaborative web-based KYC workspace. The company operates a real-time proprietary global register network connecting to primary-source commercial registers and financial & tax authorities in over 200 countries and jurisdictions. Its clients include banking groups, payment providers, insurers, FinTechs, Big Four accounting firms, law firms, Banking-as-a-Service and multinational corporations; kompany is also a government-licensed clearing house and register distributor. Over the last year the team doubled and the sales pipeline increased to an eight-figure value. The new funding will be used to accelerate growth and expand product lines, including the AI-based shareholder analysis tool UBO discovery® and the DLT-based audit-trail solution KYC onchain, and to develop instant shareholder discovery and the fusion of digital identity with KYB for cross-border payments. kompany is headquartered in Vienna and has offices in London, New York, and Singapore. kompany provides audit-proof, primary-source and time-stamped company information in real time for Business KYC and global business verification. It combines artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and blockchain to simplify and audit-proof business verification and client onboarding for banks, insurers, corporations and FinTechs. kompany operates the largest proprietary corporate register network with real-time access to primary-source commercial register information covering more than 110 million companies in 200+ countries and jurisdictions. The company is consistently rated among the top five of the Global RegTech Top 100 in the Business Verification market. Headquartered in Vienna with offices in Singapore and the UK, kompany was founded in 2012 and is a government-licensed clearing house and official distributor for business registers in multiple countries. Management says an upcoming growth funding round will enable the company to strengthen its AI capabilities and blockchain-based services. kompany is a Vienna-based regulatory technology (RegTech) provider offering authoritative global company intelligence for KYC and AML processes. Its core product provides real-time access to official commercial register data, including filings from more than 100 million companies across 150+ jurisdictions, and can be accessed via web or integrated into ERP and CRM systems through an API. The proprietary core engine ARTSS (Adaptive Real-Time Semantic Search) connects government registers and other KYC & AML sources worldwide and supports value-added services such as Politically Exposed Person (PEP) and sanction list checks, enhanced VAT and IBAN verifications, and monitoring & alerting. The service is used by a client base of about 35,000 businesses in over 100 countries. Founded in 2012 and led by Russell E. Perry, kompany plans to use newly raised funds to expand global coverage to 150 million companies and to develop an international Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) analysis tool. Financially, the company received a seven-digit equity investment from I.E.C.T. Capital Partners, Stefan Schneider and other financial investors.

Led · Initial Coin Offering · Jul 2019

Blockpit is a Linz, Austria-based provider of legally compliant and audited tax reports for the treatment of crypto assets, delivered via its Cryptotax software platform. Cryptotax automates calculation of taxable profits from trading cryptocurrencies and from activities such as staking, DeFi, lending, mining, and margin trading. The platform imports data in real time from common exchanges and wallets, standardizes it, and consolidates it into country-specific reports that display taxable profits and other important data. Cryptotax was most recently deployed in Spain and France, and audited tax reports are available across six countries (AT/DE/FR/CH/ES/US). Led by CEO and co-founder Florian Wimmer, Blockpit intends to use the funds to further develop Cryptotax and expand availability into additional countries. The company raised $10m in a Series A round. Blockpit is an Austrian regtech company that provides software to calculate and report transactions from cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets for compliant reporting. Its solution calculates tax liabilities and provides proof of origin for crypto transactions, aiding transparency when profits are converted to other currencies or returned to bank accounts. The company targets the regtech and B2B sector and serves private individuals as well as institutions including banks and tax authorities. Since April, Blockpit has raised more than €2.5 million through a Security Token Offering (STO). Members of the European Super Angels Club also purchased Blockpit's security tokens (TAX tokens), and the club’s 'EXF Alpha' syndication fund doubled down after an initial July 2018 investment. TAX tokens are issued in Austria under Austrian law and guarantee investors the right to a share of future revenue. With the new capital infusion, Blockpit aims to accelerate growth and plans to raise €5 million by the end of the year.

Participated · Equity · Jan 2018

Firstbird offers a digital employee referral platform that helps companies recruit talent through employee referrals to speed up and improve hiring. The solution allows firms to create a branded referral strategy, invite employees to act as Talent Scouts, and manage sharing, referring, and candidate feedback. Led by CEO Arnim Wahls and CTO Daniel Winter, the company sells its recruitment‑tech service to employers across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Firstbird plans to use newly raised funds to grow sales, expand partnership networks and to enter additional international markets. The company recently raised €2m in funding to support these expansion efforts. The product is positioned to make hiring processes faster and more efficient by leveraging employee networks.