Bitburger Ventures GmbH is the corporate investment arm of Bitburger Holding GmbH, established in 2018 and based in Bitburg, Germany. The company specializes in seed and early-stage investments, predominantly focusing on consumer-facing business models while also exploring alternative technology and service solutions. Its investment sectors include food and beverage technology, health and lifestyle products, e-commerce platforms, and innovative distribution logistics. Bitburger Ventures typically invests between €0.5 million and €10 million, seeking minority stakes of 5% to 25% in its portfolio companies. With a heritage as a medium-sized family business, Bitburger Ventures combines the growth potential of innovative start-ups with its financial strength and extensive industry expertise. The firm primarily targets investments within the DACH region and also allocates capital to international venture capital funds. Through its established networks and competencies, Bitburger Ventures aims to support the sustainable growth of its portfolio companies, distinguishing itself from purely financial investors.
O.C. Hairsystems is a healthcare solution center specializing in hair loss management. The company offers a range of services including hair systems, hair replacement, and expert consultations to assess individual hair loss situations. By providing modern hair replacement options that mimic a natural look suitable for everyday use, O.C. Hairsystems enables clients to regain their confidence. Additionally, the company collaborates with hairstylists to deliver personalized consultations, helping clients choose the right color and hairstyle while offering various cutting and styling options to cater to their unique needs.
Holy
Seed Round in 2022
Holy is a company dedicated to producing innovative powder-based beverages, including HOLY Energy® and HOLY Iced Tea®. These products are marketed as zero sugar and sustainably packaged, appealing to health-conscious consumers. Holy emphasizes delivering a unique taste experience while fostering a commitment to social responsibility. The company offers a diverse range of flavors, aiming to cater to various customer preferences. Additionally, Holy encourages individuals interested in its mission and products to explore opportunities to join its team.
O.C. Hairsystems
Seed Round in 2022
O.C. Hairsystems is a healthcare solution center specializing in hair loss management. The company offers a range of services including hair systems, hair replacement, and expert consultations to assess individual hair loss situations. By providing modern hair replacement options that mimic a natural look suitable for everyday use, O.C. Hairsystems enables clients to regain their confidence. Additionally, the company collaborates with hairstylists to deliver personalized consultations, helping clients choose the right color and hairstyle while offering various cutting and styling options to cater to their unique needs.
MagaLoop
Seed Round in 2022
MagaLoop GmbH is a Berlin-based company that operates a digital B2B marketplace connecting wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, and shopkeepers. Founded in 2018, MagaLoop offers a mobile application and web portal that facilitate the ordering of goods from wholesale suppliers, allowing kiosk operators and small retailers to streamline their purchasing processes. The platform features tools such as a barcode scanner and order history, enabling quick and efficient transactions for a variety of products, from snacks to beverages. Additionally, MagaLoop provides services like marketing, communication, and price optimization, aiding manufacturers and wholesalers in reaching their target markets effectively. By enhancing the operational efficiency of independent retailers, MagaLoop helps them navigate competitive landscapes while maintaining their autonomy.
Waterdrop
Series B in 2022
Waterdrop is a hydration brand based in Vienna, Austria, focused on promoting wellness and sustainable drinking habits. The company offers an innovative product known as the Microdrink, which consists of sugar-free, flavored cubes that dissolve in water, enriching it with natural fruit and plant extracts, as well as essential vitamins. This approach not only enhances hydration but also significantly reduces plastic waste and CO2 emissions. Each cube comes in individual recyclable packaging, and Waterdrop has partnered with Plastic Bank to collect one plastic bottle for every 12-pack sold. With a customer base exceeding 2 million and a workforce of over 300 employees, Waterdrop has established a strong retail presence, featuring its products in more than 20,000 outlets and operating over 40 stores worldwide.
Naughty Nuts
Seed Round in 2022
Naughty Nuts specializes in the nut butter market, offering a diverse range of products that emphasize organic and all-natural ingredients. Their product line includes various flavored nut butters such as apple cinnamon peanut butter, salted caramel peanut butter, hazelnut butter choco crush, and almond butter cinnamon roll, among others. The company also provides nut butter tasting and sample packs, catering to consumers interested in exploring different flavors. In addition to nut butters, Naughty Nuts produces organic dry fruits and snacks, featuring ingredients like walnuts and cashews, which are suitable for cooking or baking. Their focus on innovative recipes and valuable ingredients aims to provide health-conscious consumers with delicious and versatile options.
Mighty Pea
Seed Round in 2021
Mighty Pea is a pea milk producer, which uses yellow split peas in the creation of its beverages.
Wild Earth
Series A in 2021
Wild Earth is a technology startup based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing sustainable protein pet foods for dogs and cats, focusing on creating healthier options that are also environmentally friendly and humane compared to traditional pet food products. By leveraging scientific advancements, Wild Earth aims to ensure that pets receive all their nutritional needs while promoting a more sustainable approach to pet food production.
Lyre's Spirit
Seed Round in 2021
Many years in the making, Lyre’s exquisite range of lovingly crafted alcohol-free, classic spirits was borne from a quest to make the impossible possible. To provide an alternative to those who don’t wish to imbibe alcohol, but still wish to enjoy the mirth, merriment and social intercourse of an evening soiree or shindig. But this is not just any alternative. Every Lyre’s spirit looks, tastes and sashays around the palate just like the original. And yet, the absence of giggle juice enables revellers to remain clear-headed, of good cheer and in fine fettle to pursue whatever tickles their fancy the following day. Lyre’s – the finest range of non-alcoholic classic spirits the world has ever seen.
MagaLoop
Seed Round in 2021
MagaLoop GmbH is a Berlin-based company that operates a digital B2B marketplace connecting wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, and shopkeepers. Founded in 2018, MagaLoop offers a mobile application and web portal that facilitate the ordering of goods from wholesale suppliers, allowing kiosk operators and small retailers to streamline their purchasing processes. The platform features tools such as a barcode scanner and order history, enabling quick and efficient transactions for a variety of products, from snacks to beverages. Additionally, MagaLoop provides services like marketing, communication, and price optimization, aiding manufacturers and wholesalers in reaching their target markets effectively. By enhancing the operational efficiency of independent retailers, MagaLoop helps them navigate competitive landscapes while maintaining their autonomy.
Sanity Group
Venture Round in 2020
Sanity Group is a European cannabis company established in 2018 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The company is dedicated to enhancing people's quality of life through cannabinoids, focusing on health, well-being, and scientific research. Sanity Group develops consumer products derived from non-psychoactive cannabinoids, aiming to provide pharmacies and clinical institutions with access to medicinal cannabis solutions.
JustSpices
Series B in 2020
Just Spices is a spice-mix and meal-prep brand that manufactures and markets food products. With numerous spice blends and pure spices, Just Spices inspires online and in an increasing number of supermarkets a growing consumer base to refine their own dishes and become creative in the kitchen. In addition to that, in 2018, the spice manufactory also launched the Just Spices IN MINUTES fix category online and nationwide in all REWE supermarkets. Just Spices offering 7 “fix” meal preparations that see Just Spices provide the recipe and spice mix needed to prepare a quick meal, with only a few additional fresh ingredients required to complete the dish. Since then, with 27 fix recipes, the company has been setting new standards for the fast and easy preparation of modern dishes in everyday life. Just Spices was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Mitte
Convertible Note in 2019
Mitte is a Berlin-based company dedicated to creating innovative drinking water solutions that align with modern health and sustainability needs. The company has developed a range of products inspired by the natural water cycle, with a focus on user-friendly design. Its flagship offering, Mitte Home, is a smart water purification system that employs advanced filtration and mineralization technologies to enhance the taste and quality of drinking water. This system allows consumers to personalize their hydration experience through various mineral cartridges, which provide different levels of natural minerals. By integrating purification and enhancement, Mitte aims to redefine how individuals interact with and consume water in the 21st century.
HelloFreshGO
Series A in 2019
HelloFreshGO GmbH is a Berlin-based company that specializes in providing healthy meal options through innovative vending machines designed for office environments. Founded in 2003, the company serves as a micro-market, offering a variety of nutritious meals, salads, snacks, and drinks to employees at affordable prices. The vending machines are equipped with smart technology that allows users to access products by registering a personal card or using a fingerprint for convenience. By sourcing its nutritious offerings from a family-owned farming business, HelloFreshGO aims to promote healthy lifestyles among office workers while accommodating various taste preferences and dietary restrictions. As a subsidiary of HelloFreshGO SE since 2018, the company continues to focus on enhancing workplace wellness through accessible food solutions.
Share
Seed Round in 2019
Share is an e-commerce company that operates on a unique model where each purchase of a product contributes to providing an equivalent product to someone in need. By offering a diverse selection of consumer goods, Share enables customers to choose from various categories while simultaneously supporting underprivileged individuals worldwide through in-kind donations. This approach not only facilitates consumer shopping but also fosters a sense of social responsibility, allowing customers to make a positive impact with their purchases.
Snoooze
Funding Round in 2019
Snoooze specializes in producing an all-natural sleep drink designed for healthy, working adults seeking improved sleep quality, particularly during stressful periods. The drink contains a blend of sleep-inducing herbs, including passion flower, valerian, lemon balm, and lime blossom, which help consumers fall asleep and support their natural sleep cycles. By promoting relaxation and enhancing sleep, Snoooze enables users to wake up feeling refreshed and energized, all while minimizing concerns about potential side effects. Additionally, the formulation aims to strengthen immune systems, elevate moods, and boost creativity, making it a holistic option for those looking to enhance their overall well-being through better sleep.
Waterdrop
Venture Round in 2019
Waterdrop is a hydration brand based in Vienna, Austria, focused on promoting wellness and sustainable drinking habits. The company offers an innovative product known as the Microdrink, which consists of sugar-free, flavored cubes that dissolve in water, enriching it with natural fruit and plant extracts, as well as essential vitamins. This approach not only enhances hydration but also significantly reduces plastic waste and CO2 emissions. Each cube comes in individual recyclable packaging, and Waterdrop has partnered with Plastic Bank to collect one plastic bottle for every 12-pack sold. With a customer base exceeding 2 million and a workforce of over 300 employees, Waterdrop has established a strong retail presence, featuring its products in more than 20,000 outlets and operating over 40 stores worldwide.
Mitte
Venture Round in 2018
Mitte is a Berlin-based company dedicated to creating innovative drinking water solutions that align with modern health and sustainability needs. The company has developed a range of products inspired by the natural water cycle, with a focus on user-friendly design. Its flagship offering, Mitte Home, is a smart water purification system that employs advanced filtration and mineralization technologies to enhance the taste and quality of drinking water. This system allows consumers to personalize their hydration experience through various mineral cartridges, which provide different levels of natural minerals. By integrating purification and enhancement, Mitte aims to redefine how individuals interact with and consume water in the 21st century.
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