Participated · Equity · Dec 2021

Dogo is a mobile app that helps dog parents train their dogs from home with customized programs, video exams, and professional feedback. The app offers more than 100 tricks, longer training sessions, socialization guidance, a built-in clicker, and 24-hour support from the Dogo team. Dogo is available in 12 languages and is used by over 4 million dog parents. The app earned Editor’s Choice on the Google Play Store in the US and UK and was named an Apple “Ones to Watch” title in 2021. The product was developed by co‑founders Tadas Žiemys and veterinarian Rasa Gentvilaitė‑Žiemienė, alongside co‑founders Eliza‑Marija Hirvensalo and Mindaugas Kuprionis. The company plans to use recent funding to expand its global presence and build additional features for its active dog-parent community.

Participated · Series B · Aug 2021

Refurbed operates an online marketplace in Austria. The company has reached profitability, demonstrating a sustainable business model before seeking additional capital. While the article does not elaborate on specific products or categories offered on the marketplace, Refurbed’s core platform connects buyers and sellers online. The firm’s recent funding indicates it is still in a growth phase despite already operating profitably. No additional operating metrics—such as revenue, user count, or growth rates—were disclosed. Similarly, the article does not mention explicit future expansion plans or target markets. The founders have kept further company details, including investor information, under wraps. Overall, Refurbed stands out for reaching profitability ahead of its latest capital infusion.

Participated · Series A · Oct 2019

Inne builds a connected minilab for at-home, saliva-based hormone testing with a subscription of single-use testing strips and an app offering fertility and cycle-tracking modes. The product measures progesterone to confirm ovulation and will add a cortisol test for stress profiling; an app update will also add 41 self-reported symptoms and events to correlate with hormones. Inne launched out of stealth R&D in 2019, scaled cautiously through COVID-related supply-chain disruption, and focused initial commercial efforts on Germany with early users also in Austria, Switzerland and the U.K. The company circulated roughly 500 devices in its first year and closed the last year with close to 2,000 customers. Inne is pursuing regulatory clearance for a digital contraceptive (a study with a European partner is underway and expected to complete around November), and plans a Q1 launch for that product if the data and approvals align. The team emphasizes user data protections (double encryption and split processing, with some on-device processing) and is preparing a U.S. perimenopause partnership to enter the U.S. market. Inne has developed a saliva-based disposable hormone test paired with a pocket-sized reader and companion app that logs hormonal data and builds individual baselines for fertility tracking and natural contraception. The product is positioned as a hormone-free contraception and fertility tool that measures fertility hormones (eg. progesterone) rather than using temperature, and the company says it applies algorithms to interpret hormonal readings alongside cycle data. Inne reports it has completed the biochemical R&D work since 2017 and says it has applied for and gained European CE medical device certification. The company plans a closed beta launch in select European markets (starting in Scandinavia) with a wider product launch slated for Q1 next year, and it intends to run further clinical studies and pursue FDA certification to enter the U.S. market. Inne is also exploring additional use cases for longer-term hormone tracking, such as menopause insights and research into conditions like endometriosis. The company says it prefers manufacturable, low-cost testing chemistry and has worked with external diagnostics partners to optimize the test.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2018

Masterplan is an employee training platform that shifted from producing high-end video content to focusing on an intuitive software offering. It has released Masterplan Creator, a no-code tool that lets companies build their own learning courses. The company has attracted major German customers including Otto Group, VW, and EON. Demand spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic and Masterplan reports revenues tripled in 2020. With fresh capital the startup plans to further flesh out its software and push commercial sales. Founded in 2017, CEO Stefan Peukert emphasizes digital training’s ability to save costs, time and travel while increasing learning effectiveness. Masterplan is an online training company based in Bochum, Germany, that has launched Masterplan.com with the aim of digitizing the German economy. The platform provides video content designed to help every employee—whether digital native or digital immigrant—understand technological changes and promote digital action. Companies gain access to knowledge from leading experts such as Trivago founder Rolf Schrömgens and Thomas Bachem to foster digital thinking and address new organizational structures. The curriculum covers key skills including digital marketing, IT security and legal topics such as the GDPR. Corporate customers include The Otto Group and Siemens. The company recently raised €6m in a Series A to support its growth of the platform.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2018

Masterplan provides a Learning Engagement Platform — a SaaS solution combining motivational software with high-quality, ready-to-use lessons and support for customers to upload their own content. The platform is internationally oriented and available in multiple languages. Masterplan serves more than 300 clients, including Volkswagen, Domino's, Beiersdorf, DZ Bank, Otto Group and E.ON. The company employs over 100 people and has offices in Berlin and Düsseldorf. Recent initiatives include a collaboration with Oliver Kahn on an online management course. Masterplan plans to expand competency-based learning and AI-powered knowledge transfer as part of its product roadmap. Founded in 2017, Masterplan.com provides a workplace learning platform that enables companies to digitize sales, product, leadership, soft skills, onboarding and mandatory trainings. The company started as a video-first service and has expanded into an all‑round learning software, most recently launching a no‑code course builder (Masterplan Creator) and native Android and iOS apps. Masterplan reports strong commercial traction: it tripled revenue in 2020 and, three years after launch, serves more than 250 companies including Otto Group, VW and EON. The business has grown its sales organisation to more than 30 employees and is strengthening management with new hires in finance and HR. With the new funding, Masterplan plans to expand development and distribution of its proprietary software and broaden its target market to small and medium‑sized companies. Co‑founder Dr. Daniel Schütt moves to an advisory role and will remain an advisor and shareholder. Masterplan.com is a German-founded e-learning platform that hosts 126 video courses aimed at helping larger organisations undergo digital transformation. The platform’s lessons cover core competencies such as digital marketing, IT security, and legal practices. Masterplan positions its content to inspire and empower employees to contribute ideas and innovate rather than relying solely on external expertise. The service sold about 2,000 licenses prior to its official launch and counts Otto Group and Siemens among its first customers. The product is officially launching in German and the company plans to expand to English-speaking markets in 2019. The company emphasizes enabling employees to secure a leading role for their companies in the digital environment.