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Scalehouse Capital

Friedrich-Janssen Straße 1, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, 49076, Germany

Overview

SCALEHOUSE Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund in Germany, focussed on B2B software startups aiming to lead their category. Backed by experienced entrepreneurs, owners of hidden champions, and founders who have gone from zero to outstanding exits, we will support you along the way.

Total investments
9
Lead investments
6
Investments · 12mo
4
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • B2B
  • Software
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Investment portfolio

  • Heynanny

    Led · Seed · Mar 2026

    heycare offers a platform connecting employers and employees to care solutions for children, people in need of care, and pets, aiming to reduce absenteeism. The company also provides mental resilience support through training, webinars, and access to psychological services. Recently it expanded into a broader health ecosystem via integration with Urban Sports Club. The business targets employer-sponsored care benefits and has attracted strategic backers including SCALEHOUSE Capital and VENTIS CAPITAL. The company announced a €4M Seed raise to scale operations and grow its services. The article does not disclose revenue, user metrics, founding year, or valuation.

  • VoiceLine

    Participated · Series A · Feb 2026

    VoiceLine offers an AI assistant that allows field sales and mobile service personnel to dictate quick voice notes after customer interactions; the system instantly turns those spoken inputs into structured visit reports, CRM updates, follow-up tasks, and preparatory briefs that sync with existing enterprise software. Managers gain real-time visibility into frontline activities, customer needs, and market signals, improving decision-making and continuity. The platform can be deployed within days and is designed to meet enterprise-grade security requirements. VoiceLine is already used by mid-market and large enterprises such as DACHSER, ABB, Knauf, KSB, and Elis, supporting deployments across multiple countries and thousands of users. With the latest funding, the company intends to grow its headcount substantially in product, sales, customer success, and partnerships. It also plans to extend the platform to additional frontline use cases and accelerate international expansion. No revenue figures were disclosed in the article.

  • reteach

    Led · Seed · Nov 2025

    reteach is a Berlin-based HR-tech company that entered the market in spring 2021 with a learning management system (LMS) tailored to the needs of the German Mittelstand. The platform stands out through an especially intuitive user interface and has already secured more than 1,500 midsize enterprises as customers. Gartner Digital’s latest “LMS Frontrunner” report ranks reteach first worldwide in customer satisfaction, marking the first time a German provider tops this list. The product supports companies in delivering digital employee training and mandatory instruction, addressing a corporate learning market expected to grow explosively by 2030. Founders Andreas Bersch, Markus Aurich and Florine von Caprivi initially bootstrapped the venture before bringing in outside capital. The fresh funds will be directed toward scaling sales efforts and accelerating product development. Financially, the company has now completed its seed phase with €1.5 million in total funding from external investors.

  • clockin

    Participated · Equity · Sep 2025

    Founded in 2018 in Münster, Germany, clockin builds cloud-based software that digitises repetitive HR and project processes—such as time tracking, scheduling, absence management, project planning, and documentation—for employees who work away from a desk. The solution targets small and medium-sized businesses in sectors like skilled trades and healthcare, where roughly 80 % of work is still handled with manual paperwork. Its mobile-first approach integrates deskless employees into company systems and layers AI features to boost efficiency. clockin’s product mantra is practical, straightforward, and easy to use, a value proposition that has attracted more than 6,000 corporate customers across Europe. The company has been recognised by the German Accelerator and Scale-up.NRW programmes and has won the NRW Innovation Award. Management sees a massive, underserved market in Europe’s deskless workforce and plans to expand its software and AI capabilities to cement a leading position. The newly secured growth capital provides financial runway to accelerate product development and geographic reach.

  • Menlo79

    Participated · Equity · Jan 2025

    Menlo79 builds WILSON, a cloud-based workforce management platform that handles shift planning, scheduling, qualification management and automated payroll and billing for rail and logistics operators. The software is designed to address poor workforce planning in rail transport and reportedly cuts administrative effort by up to 60%. Since its first rollout in early 2022 the platform is used by more than 65 customers with over 2,300 daily users; Menlo79 has worked with over 75 customers and network partners in total. The company was founded in 2019 and employs over 35 people. Until this raise Menlo79 followed a bootstrapping approach. The new capital and recent grants will be used to further develop the product and to professionalise and expand marketing and sales to support growth.

Team

  • Jesse Jeng

    Founder & Managing Partner

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  • Christoph Grimme

    Venture Partner

  • Jens Bormann

    Venture Partner

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  • Jens Rassloff

    Venture Partner

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