ECONA

ECONA is an independent investment boutique based in Berlin, Germany. As pioneers of the German Internet business, ECONA has been successfully founding and funding high-growth companies since 1999. ECONA has been invested in several successful internet growth companies, such as MyToys, Aperto, XING, and Facebook as well as GIGA.de and Sparwelt.de. Currently, ECONA is invested in foodspring (Onlineshop for high-quality sports nutrition and fitness food), Ampere (Germany's first independent energy broker), smava (Germany's first marketplace for private loans), finanzcheck (one of Germany's largest comparison sites for personal financial products), and several other companies like Sarah Wiener, amapur, Getsafe, Wunderflats, Comatch, Data Artisans, MediDate, Armedangels, iMoney and Dahmakan.

Jochen Beutgen

CEO

37 past transactions

Remind.me

Series A in 2019
remind me GmbH owns and operates an online portal that offers reminder and optimization services for contracts and insurances. The company's platform enables users to add their contractual information, optimize contracts, and set reminders before the expiry of contracts. It also provides online deals regarding products and services. The company serves individuals and business enterprises. remind me GmbH was founded in 2017 and is based in Berlin, Germany. As of May 5, 2020, remind me GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Versorgungsservice Taunus UG (haftungsbeschränkt).

SmallRivers

Seed Round in 2010
SmallRivers develops web services that are facilitating the interconnection of people around shared interests. SmallRivers is a privately held startup incorporated in Switzerland (Lausanne) and located on the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL campus, Scientific Park.

yamo

Venture Round in 2018
yamo is on a mission to give parents healthier and easy food choices for their children. Its products are available online via a direct to consumer subscription model and through grocery stores. The latter includes Coop in Switzerland and select Edeka and Rewe stores in Germany.

iPrice Group

Series A in 2016
iPrice Group Sdn Bhd operates an e-commerce platform. The company offers electronics, clothing, shoes, bags, watches, jeweler, kids and toys, sports and outdoors, and home and living products. The company also provides products in various categories, such as kitchen and dining, cooling, women’s ethnic wear, skin care, men’s sneakers, strollers and carriers, makeup, backpacks, women’s dresses, accessories, food supplements, hair care, smartphones, LED, cases and covers, men’s shoes, gadgets, women’s heels, sport, fashion watches, travel, headphones, bedroom, casual, beauty and health, medical equipment, and cycling products. It serves clients in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

dahmakan

Seed Round in 2017
Pop Meals is a food delivery service that utilizes artificial intelligence in logistics and cooking automation. The company combines centralized, large-scale production with customer data, machine learning and the chefs in the industry to offer food delivery experience. It applies artificial intelligence to last-mile delivery offering the lowest delivery costs in the industry. Dahmakan was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Smava

Series A in 2007
smava, one of the credit comparison portals in Germany, continued the strong growth path of previous years in 2019: The brokered loan volume grew by 35% from around EUR 2 billion in 2018 to around EUR 2.7 billion. Likewise, smava grew again significantly in the first quarter of 2020: smava was able to increase the loan volume brokered by 45% compared to the same quarter of the previous year to approx. EUR 900 million. In total, smava has already brokered more than 8 billion euros in loans.

Armedangels

Seed Round in 2014
Armedangels is a clothing retail site that sells classy and timeless fashions for men and women. The company designs a variety of apparel products made from textiles such as organic cotton and sells them via their online shop as well as in boutiques and major retails stores in six countries. It also creates and produces sustainable fashion that is both ethical and fashionable, while attempting to appeal to the LOHAS demographic. Armedangels uses renewable energy in its direct operations to reduce its climate impact. Its use of eco-friendly materials limits the number of chemicals, water, and wastewater used in production. The company aims to make a social statement about fashion and works exclusively with socially responsible companies that are certified as being fair trade. Armedangels was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Remind.me

Series A in 2019
remind me GmbH owns and operates an online portal that offers reminder and optimization services for contracts and insurances. The company's platform enables users to add their contractual information, optimize contracts, and set reminders before the expiry of contracts. It also provides online deals regarding products and services. The company serves individuals and business enterprises. remind me GmbH was founded in 2017 and is based in Berlin, Germany. As of May 5, 2020, remind me GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Versorgungsservice Taunus UG (haftungsbeschränkt).

Sparwelt

Venture Round in 2008
Sparwelt.de reports daily on the best deals and coupons, and information about smart online shopping and saving.

WinLocal

Angel Round in 2008
WinLocal GmbH offers online sales marketing services, through its platform. It operates as a search engines for recommendations of the users on the Web. It provides information to its customers on financial advisors, medical practices, crafts enterprises, and other service providers in the small medium-sized companies. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Foodspring

Funding Round in 2017
foodspring GmbH produces and sells sports nutrition products. It offers proteins, supplements, snacks and bars, muesli/porridges, drinks, protein powders, and other products. The company’s products are used for muscle building, weight loss, and healthy living. It sells its products online. The company was formerly known as egg.de GmbH and changed its name to foodspring GmbH in May 2016. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Berlin, Germany. foodspring GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Goodminton AG.

Aperto

Funding Round in 1999
Aperto AG is the Right-Service Agency with more than 350 open minded people, based in Berlin, Basel, Dubai and Beijing. Made in Berlin. Since 1995, Aperto has been creating websites and providing multimedia services to clients from a wide variety of lines and sectors such as financial service providers, industrial enterprises, medium-sized companies, federal ministries, associations and other public institutions. Aperto places great value in the permanent high quality of its services and has been ISO 9001-certified since 1999. ocal points include customer-oriented technological solutions and maximum usability for external and internal users. This also means adhering to common usability norms and BITV stipulations (German provision on barrier-free information technology). Aperto is one of Germany’s leading service providers in the area of barrier-free Internet solutions and has received a number of awards for its work in this field. A high degree of customer satisfaction is always the focus of the Aperto staff’s work, and we think this is reflected very well by our longstanding customer relations: Our first customer ever, the Free State of Saxony, is still with us today. According to independent rankings, Aperto has been one of the top agencies with the most satisfied customers for years now.

Ververica

Series A in 2016
Data Artisans GmbH provides Apache Flink, a general-purpose data processing engine for the Hadoop ecosystem. It also offers dA Platform, a stream processing platform that for enterprises. The company is based in Berlin, Germany. As of January 7, 2019, Data Artisans GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holding Limited.

Pixelpark AG

Venture Round in 1999
Publicis pixels park is a trademark of Pixelpark AG and developed in eight locations creative and value-added communication and e-business solutions.

DeepCode

Seed Round in 2018
DeepCode is a developer of a semantic code analysis software that is used to facilitate coding and decoding. Its software automates programming interface to determine the intent of the code, identifies critical bugs, and vulnerabilities and finds serious coding issues that enable developers to benefit and increase overall software quality without requiring a user annotation or specification of any kind.

XbyX® – Women in Balance

Seed Round in 2023
XbyX® is a digital platform changing the world of midlife female health with solutions that help women to go through menopause with more serenity and less symptoms. Specifically developed for women over 40, XbyX® offers plant-based products combining natural ingredients like adaptogens, amino acids and more, that have been proven to reduce typical symptoms of perimenopause, menopause and hormone imbalance. The mission of XbyX® is to educate and thus, liberate midlife women from the still existing stigma of menopause and promote healthy aging. The XbyX® products are supported by features like an online self-assessment, a 7-week audio course & comprehensive educational content enabling women to understand their bodies and the role of nutrition in menopause as well a private community. The Berlin based company, founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneur Peggy Reichelt and digital marketing expert Monique Leonhardt, targets the German speaking market.

Audicus

Venture Round in 2017
Audicus, Inc. provides online retail services for hearing aids. It provides in the canal and behind the ear hearing devices, PSA batteries, and accessories for hearing aids and PSAs. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Wunderflats

Series A in 2017
Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin.

Sarah Wiener GmbH

Funding Round in 2003
Sarah Wiener has been synonymous with enjoyment since 1990: good food made from high-quality, seasonal and regional ingredients - be it in the Holzofen bakery Wiener Brot or with your own BIO products in the retail trade.

iMoney Group

Series A in 2013
iMoney is SE Asia's biggest and fastest-growing financial comparison portal with headquarters in Kuala Lumpur and operations in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong and Thailand. It compares credit cards, loans, broadband and insurance by providing consumers with the convenience of online comparison and the benefit of telephone-based advice. iMoney uses technology to offer consumers a free analysis of their product needs followed by a comprehensive review of products from its product provider panel. This enables consumers to avoid visiting multiple suppliers to compare products as well as applying directly from their desktop or mobile using our secure application process.

Finanzcheck.de

Seed Round in 2012
FINANZCHECK.de is an independent consumer loan technology platform that enables German consumers to compare their personal loans and private financial products. The platform gives its customers visibility on all loans available covering the complete value chain from customer acquisition to credit scoring and ultimately contract signing. In addition, Finanzcheck offers B2B2C white label and B2B consumer financing technology solutions for brokers and banks. The company receives funding from Acton Capital Partners, HarbourVest Partners, TA Ventures, HarbourVest Partners, Acton Capital Partners, and various other investors.

myToys.de

Acquisition in 1999
myToys.de GmbH sells toys and related products for kids through the Internet. The company offers building blocks, baby toys, wooden toys, games and puzzles, children's fashion products, play cars, footmuffs, arts and crafts, and dolls. It also provides products ranging from early essentials for babies to colouring books, stationery, and characters. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Berlin, Germany. myToys.de GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Otto (GmbH & Co KG).

iPrice Group

Corporate Round in 2018
iPrice Group Sdn Bhd operates an e-commerce platform. The company offers electronics, clothing, shoes, bags, watches, jeweler, kids and toys, sports and outdoors, and home and living products. The company also provides products in various categories, such as kitchen and dining, cooling, women’s ethnic wear, skin care, men’s sneakers, strollers and carriers, makeup, backpacks, women’s dresses, accessories, food supplements, hair care, smartphones, LED, cases and covers, men’s shoes, gadgets, women’s heels, sport, fashion watches, travel, headphones, bedroom, casual, beauty and health, medical equipment, and cycling products. It serves clients in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

amapur

Venture Round in 2003
amapur stands for a sustainable metabolism-regulating weight reduction . They reject one-sided diets, radical cures, miracle pills that promise a lot and hold nothing, as well as drug appetite suppressants. Rather, they want to help their customers on a healthy way to a better body feeling, more zest for life and performance - in other words, to more vitality and a healthy lifestyle. Even after the diet, you will not be left alone at amapur. Not only have they limited their range to diet products, they also offer dieticians, vitamins & minerals, fiber and other nutritional supplements. This allows us to provide you with the highest level of competence in the areas of nutrition and diet.

Meta

Series C in 2008
Facebook Audience Network can help publishers and developers grow their business by driving advertiser value and engaging people through positive user experiences.

MediDate

Series B in 2016
An excess of unused surgery capacity in healthcare leads to inefficient medical treatments & high costs. Medidate works with clinics and surgeons, using existing infrastructure more efficiently to offer premium medical treatments at better prices. Clinics are freed of the administrative tasks preceding surgery, such as initial consultation, billing and appointment as well as surgery coordination. Doctors use Medidate as an platform to access patients and pre-organised surgery capacity.

Zynga

Series B in 2010
Zynga develops, markets, and operates social games as live services played on the Internet, social networking sites, and mobile platforms in the United States and internationally. It offers its online social games primarily under the Slots, Words With Friends, Zynga Poker, and FarmVille franchises. The company’s games are accessible on mobile platforms, Facebook, and other social networks. It also provides advertising services to advertising agencies and brokers. Zynga was established in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Getsafe

Seed Round in 2015
Getsafe is a digital insurance company creating a better insurance experience for everyone that is easy, flexible, and enjoyable. With its strong technological backbone, the company offers liability, contents and car insurance in Germany and contents insurance in the UK. Getsafe replaces complexity and manual paperwork with smart bots and automation, allowing customers to file claims or change their coverage in real-time with just a few clicks.

Comatch

Series A in 2016
COMATCH GmbH operates a freelancer platform for management consultants and industry experts. It offers consultants in strategy, organization and IT, marketing and sales, finance, market analysis, and operations for companies of all sizes. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.

XING

Angel Round in 2004
XING Is the social network for business professionals. More than 13 million members worldwide – over 6.5 million of whom are based in german-speaking countries – use xing to boost their business, job, and career. Xing is a platform where professionals from all kinds of different industries can meet up, find jobs, colleagues, new assignments, cooperation partners, experts and generate business ideas. Members can meet and exchange views in over 50,000 specialist groups, while also getting together at networking events. The platform is operated by xing ag, which was founded in hamburg, germany, in 2003, has been publicly listed since 2006, and listed on the tecdax since september 2011. In december 2010, xing acquired amiando ag, a munich-based company and europe’s leading provider of online event management and ticketing. The acquisition of kununu gmbh, the leading platform for employer reviews in german-speaking countries, allows xing to extend its position as the social recruiting market leader.

Pets Deli

Funding Round in 2017
PETS DELI is the leading international omni-channel natural pet food brand with a clear focus on subscription based eCommerce, headquartered in Berlin. The company’s vision is to indefinitely produce the healthiest & most species-appropriate pet food on the planet, thereby providing its 100% human-grade quality pet food to >500K active subscribers worldwide generating ~€500M in revenue run-rate within the next 5 years. PETS DELI’s unique business model is based on multiple diversified and recurring revenue streams: The company markets its superior product offerings via online subscriptions, their online shop, offline flagship stores as well as proprietary fridges located in the most dominant retail chains.

MeinAlarm24

Venture Round in 2018
MeinAlarm24 GmbH offers and installs alarm and security systems for businesses and households in Germany. The company provides alarm system, video surveillance, fire alarm system, electronic door locks, fever cameras, and entry control systems. It also offers consulting and maintenance services for security systems. MeinAlarm24 GmbH was founded in 2017 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

MediDate

Series A in 2015
An excess of unused surgery capacity in healthcare leads to inefficient medical treatments & high costs. Medidate works with clinics and surgeons, using existing infrastructure more efficiently to offer premium medical treatments at better prices. Clinics are freed of the administrative tasks preceding surgery, such as initial consultation, billing and appointment as well as surgery coordination. Doctors use Medidate as an platform to access patients and pre-organised surgery capacity.

Stroer Media Brands

Acquisition in 2010
Stroer Media Brands a digital media company that creates and distribute premium content to influencers and digital natives through various digital channels, such as Web, mobile, social media, and public video. The company includes established media brands like GIGA.de (technology, games, entertainment), Gamona.de (games and entertainment), Kino.de (movies and cinema), Spieletipps.de (games), familie.de and desired.de (women and lifestyle), and SpielAffe.de, Kraloyun.com (casual games). Ströer Media Brands was founded on 2000 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Ampere AG

Acquisition in 2003
Ampere AG offers electric power distribution services to commercial and industrial clients.

Pets Deli

Series A in 2016
PETS DELI is the leading international omni-channel natural pet food brand with a clear focus on subscription based eCommerce, headquartered in Berlin. The company’s vision is to indefinitely produce the healthiest & most species-appropriate pet food on the planet, thereby providing its 100% human-grade quality pet food to >500K active subscribers worldwide generating ~€500M in revenue run-rate within the next 5 years. PETS DELI’s unique business model is based on multiple diversified and recurring revenue streams: The company markets its superior product offerings via online subscriptions, their online shop, offline flagship stores as well as proprietary fridges located in the most dominant retail chains.