Participated · Seed · Jul 2023

ContractHero is a Berlin-based B2B SaaS company, founded in 2020, that moves contracts out of Google Drive or SharePoint into a smart contract management platform. Its software automatically analyses contracts and extracts key information, claiming to accelerate contract digitisation by more than 85%. The platform is aimed at SMEs and is designed to enhance contract negotiation, mitigate legal and compliance risks, identify opportunities for financial optimisation, improve the accuracy of cash flow forecasts, and support financial audits. ContractHero counts Eurowings, ZDF, Mercedes Benz Leasing, Dorint Hotels and Miles Mobility among its clients. To beef up its tech and sales teams and expand the platform, the company has completed a Seed financing round. The round totaled €2.15 million.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2023

Connect Earth offers an API that collects and supplies carbon and environmental data tied to financial transactions. Its platform has been integrated with banks including KBC Bank and New York's Bank Purely and with fintechs such as Cogni, Ribbon, and Jules. The company positions its infrastructure to help financial institutions measure and reduce customer emissions and to meet disclosure requirements like TCFD and SFDR. Founded in 2021 by Alexander Lempka and Nick Carmont, Connect Earth says its product can improve customer acquisition, engagement, and retention for banks. It closed a $5.6 million Seed round to scale its environmental data offering faster across Europe and to support expansion into the US. Management states the funding will enable rapid product scaling and increased global impact. Connect Earth builds infrastructure to make climate action standard by consolidating and harmonising sustainability data and exposing it through APIs and developer toolkits. Its flagship API calculates the carbon impact of consumers and companies based on spending in line with carbon accounting standards and is already being used by banks and fintechs. The company runs a proof-of-concept with the Elevator Lab Partnership Program powered by Raiffeisen Bank International and works with US challenger bank Cogni to engage Gen Z users. It also offers a climate data engine for climatetech businesses to enrich company, supplier, and product data with carbon insights and is offering early access to those APIs. Connect Earth closed its first funding round of €1.6 million and has grown the team to 10 employees with plans to reach 15 by Q3 2022. The fresh capital will be used to gain traction and expand the data offering across Europe and the US.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2022

Tyles.io is a Berlin-based platform that lets high-performing professionals build critical knowledge at high speed. Its modular note-taking tool makes it easy to save information from any app—browsers, PDF files, or presentations—and keeps users organized without friction. The product allows users to combine, split and reuse knowledge modules via drag-and-drop so they can organize content and deliver insights. The company is led by Cain Rothe and Felix Schaper. Tyles.io raised €1.4M in its first funding round and will use the proceeds to expand operations and accelerate development. Investors in the round include Slingshot Ventures, APX, NCA, Venista Ventures, Diaspora Ventures, Lars Kamp, Vincent Peters, Jens Jahn and Martin Sinner.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2021

Circuly, founded in 2019 by Victoria Erdbrügger and Nick Huijs, develops a white‑label SaaS tool to enable Renting Operations for physical goods. The product integrates with e‑commerce shop systems and provides a backend for subscription management, recurring billing, asset tracking, return handling and refurbishing. The company launched its offering in early 2020 after validation in the Founders Foundation accelerator in Bielefeld. Circuly operates fully remote and employs about 10 people. It sells its software via a classic SaaS model and positions itself as a purpose‑driven startup promoting circular economy and sustainable consumption. Management says it will prepare a Series A within a year to accelerate growth; to date investors have committed early capital to support scaling.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2015

datapine is a Berlin-based data-visualization SaaS company that helps users communicate data visually to extract insights for business intelligence. The product includes embeddable dashboards and tools for visual analysis. The company reports 1,200 monthly active users and has seen revenue grow 25% month-over-month over the last year. datapine raised a $3 million Series A led by Rheingau Founders, bringing total funding to $4 million to date. Other participants in the round included KfW, K5, Venista Ventures and German Startups Group. The new capital will be used to scale sales across Europe—specifically the DACH region—double the team and improve the embeddable dashboards.