Neuhaus Partners

Neuhaus Partners is a venture capital firm based in Hamburg, Germany, established in 1998. The firm specializes in investing in growth companies across various sectors, including information technology, internet services, telecommunications, laser and photonics, microsystems technology, and multimedia, primarily within the European Union. Comprising ten former information technology professionals, Neuhaus Partners offers not only equity capital but also technological expertise and comprehensive consulting services to its portfolio companies. The firm aims to create sustained value for these companies from their inception through to initial public offerings and beyond. Neuhaus Partners is affiliated with the Federal Association of German Equity Investment Companies and the European Venture Capital Association, providing it with a robust network in the venture capital sector.

Peter J. Gombert

CFO

46 past transactions

Softgarden

Venture Round in 2015
Softgarden is a provider of online recruitment software that simplifies the hiring process for businesses. Its platform allows companies to post job advertisements on their websites and various job boards, facilitating online applications from candidates. The software includes features for candidate tracking, application management, and employer branding, enabling businesses to assess and discuss applications efficiently. By offering analytics, Softgarden provides insights into the recruitment process, helping organizations make informed decisions. The cloud-based system covers the entire recruitment lifecycle, from publishing job postings to processing applications and selecting suitable candidates, streamlining the hiring workflow for companies.

Smava

Series B in 2015
Smava GmbH operates an online loan comparison portal based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2005. The platform connects private borrowers with a diverse range of banks and private investors, offering personal loans, car loans, debt restructuring options, and credit cards. Smava facilitates a tailored loan experience, enabling customers to secure loans quickly with varying amounts and interest rates. The company has seen significant growth, with the volume of loans brokered increasing from approximately EUR 2 billion in 2018 to around EUR 2.7 billion in 2019, and further rising by 45% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period the previous year. To date, Smava has brokered over 8 billion euros in loans, establishing itself as a prominent player in the German credit market.

Searchmetrics

Venture Round in 2014
Searchmetrics GmbH is a leading provider of search analytics software, primarily focused on search engine optimization (SEO) solutions for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Berlin, the company operates the Searchmetrics Suite, a comprehensive SaaS platform that enables organizations to analyze their SEO performance, understand competitor strategies, and develop effective digital marketing campaigns. The platform offers tools for analyzing organic, paid, and universal search results, as well as social media engagement metrics. Additionally, Searchmetrics Essentials allows marketers to assess domains and keywords while predicting return on investment and identifying opportunities for competitive advantage. The company also provides consulting services through a network of partners, supporting clients in crafting long-term marketing strategies that encompass SEO, content, and social media. With a global presence, including offices in New York, San Mateo, and London, Searchmetrics serves a diverse clientele, including well-known brands such as eBay and Siemens, helping them enhance their online visibility and performance through data-driven insights.

Searchmetrics

Venture Round in 2014
Searchmetrics GmbH is a leading provider of search analytics software, primarily focused on search engine optimization (SEO) solutions for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Berlin, the company operates the Searchmetrics Suite, a comprehensive SaaS platform that enables organizations to analyze their SEO performance, understand competitor strategies, and develop effective digital marketing campaigns. The platform offers tools for analyzing organic, paid, and universal search results, as well as social media engagement metrics. Additionally, Searchmetrics Essentials allows marketers to assess domains and keywords while predicting return on investment and identifying opportunities for competitive advantage. The company also provides consulting services through a network of partners, supporting clients in crafting long-term marketing strategies that encompass SEO, content, and social media. With a global presence, including offices in New York, San Mateo, and London, Searchmetrics serves a diverse clientele, including well-known brands such as eBay and Siemens, helping them enhance their online visibility and performance through data-driven insights.

Next Kraftwerke

Venture Round in 2013
Next Kraftwerke GmbH is an operator and provider of virtual power plant (VPP) and a certified power trader on various European energy exchanges. Its VPP Next Pool includes a network of medium and small scale power producing units, such as bioenergy, wind, and solar power generators, as well as power consuming units in Central Europe. The company digitally aggregates distributed units and trades their power smartly. Next Kraftwerke GmbH was founded in 2009 and is based in Cologne, Germany.

Smava

Venture Round in 2011
Smava GmbH operates an online loan comparison portal based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2005. The platform connects private borrowers with a diverse range of banks and private investors, offering personal loans, car loans, debt restructuring options, and credit cards. Smava facilitates a tailored loan experience, enabling customers to secure loans quickly with varying amounts and interest rates. The company has seen significant growth, with the volume of loans brokered increasing from approximately EUR 2 billion in 2018 to around EUR 2.7 billion in 2019, and further rising by 45% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same period the previous year. To date, Smava has brokered over 8 billion euros in loans, establishing itself as a prominent player in the German credit market.

Content Fleet

Series B in 2011
Content Fleet is a provider of online marketing services that specializes in enhancing content creation for digital publishers. Utilizing a sophisticated Big Data backend, the company identifies trending topics that can attract new audiences, thereby boosting internet traffic and revenue for its clients. Content Fleet's technology streamlines the editorial process, increasing efficiency and reducing costs for editorial teams. The firm offers a range of services, including content creation, search engine optimization, and a content evaluation system, which together enable clients to produce engaging digital content that delivers measurable results. With a team of 80 professionals, Content Fleet serves notable clients in the media industry, including Axel Springer, Burda, and Yahoo!.

Apprupt

Series B in 2011
Apprupt operates as a premium performance network specializing in mobile advertising. The company connects advertisers with a broad array of premium publishers, offering targeted solutions for context-driven mobile advertising. Its services include app marketing, mobile website promotion, and premium lead generation through interactive ads such as click-to-call and click-to-email. Additionally, Apprupt has developed a mobile retargeting technology that allows app providers to re-engage users who have previously interacted with their apps. By focusing on value-driven and emotive branding formats, Apprupt aims to enhance the promotion of product and brand messages in the mobile advertising landscape.

tolingo

Series B in 2011
tolingo GmbH is a prominent translation service provider based in Hamburg, Germany, with an additional office in Stuttgart. Established in 2007, the company offers a comprehensive range of translation solutions tailored to various industries, including finance, law, marketing, medicine, and technology. Its services encompass the translation of diverse document formats, website localization, urgent translation requests, video transcription and subtitling, as well as editing and certification. tolingo also specializes in creating glossaries, style guides, and providing professional typesetting and desktop publishing. The firm collaborates with a network of translators worldwide, ensuring high-quality translations that meet the specific needs of clients in sectors such as automotive, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and IT. With a commitment to continuous improvement and a strong focus on client relationships, tolingo aims to enhance its service offerings and solidify its position as a leading force in the translation industry.

Testroom

Venture Round in 2011
The Hamburg agency TESTROOM specializes in Content Marketing . Content, consulting, design, implementation - their qualified staff will take you in every area forward. As a full-service provider TESTROOM can realize your success on the Internet - from the first consulting on the development of a successful strategy to make the necessary technical programming work and catchy and targeted marketing activities. This mainly includes quality content, but also an organic link building. For we know that only quality content in conjunction with optimized technology and strong recommendation links to a website lasting success. TESTROOM is the perfect partner for any digital issues. They offer customized business solutions for more visibility and reach the network.

Searchmetrics

Venture Round in 2011
Searchmetrics GmbH is a leading provider of search analytics software, primarily focused on search engine optimization (SEO) solutions for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Berlin, the company operates the Searchmetrics Suite, a comprehensive SaaS platform that enables organizations to analyze their SEO performance, understand competitor strategies, and develop effective digital marketing campaigns. The platform offers tools for analyzing organic, paid, and universal search results, as well as social media engagement metrics. Additionally, Searchmetrics Essentials allows marketers to assess domains and keywords while predicting return on investment and identifying opportunities for competitive advantage. The company also provides consulting services through a network of partners, supporting clients in crafting long-term marketing strategies that encompass SEO, content, and social media. With a global presence, including offices in New York, San Mateo, and London, Searchmetrics serves a diverse clientele, including well-known brands such as eBay and Siemens, helping them enhance their online visibility and performance through data-driven insights.

MIKESTAR

Venture Round in 2010
MIKESTAR.com is the online-karaoke community for Europe. Users can select from hundreds of songs, play them in a web browser and record their own performance. Recordings can be shared with the community. Furthermore MIKESTAR contains a contest area, in which users can mess in singing against each other.

Content Fleet

Series A in 2010
Content Fleet is a provider of online marketing services that specializes in enhancing content creation for digital publishers. Utilizing a sophisticated Big Data backend, the company identifies trending topics that can attract new audiences, thereby boosting internet traffic and revenue for its clients. Content Fleet's technology streamlines the editorial process, increasing efficiency and reducing costs for editorial teams. The firm offers a range of services, including content creation, search engine optimization, and a content evaluation system, which together enable clients to produce engaging digital content that delivers measurable results. With a team of 80 professionals, Content Fleet serves notable clients in the media industry, including Axel Springer, Burda, and Yahoo!.

Hornetsecurity

Venture Round in 2010
Hornetsecurity is a cloud security company. its services provide safe e-mail communication without investments into hardware or software and free of administration or maintenance efforts for IT managers and users. Their product range includes premium spam and virus protection services, e-mail encryption services, e-mail continuity services and e-mail archiving services. The company offers e-mail archive, web filtering, encrypted online storage solutions, advanced threat protection, and hosted exchange services for from small and medium-sized companies to large corporations.

Next Kraftwerke

Seed Round in 2010
Next Kraftwerke GmbH is an operator and provider of virtual power plant (VPP) and a certified power trader on various European energy exchanges. Its VPP Next Pool includes a network of medium and small scale power producing units, such as bioenergy, wind, and solar power generators, as well as power consuming units in Central Europe. The company digitally aggregates distributed units and trades their power smartly. Next Kraftwerke GmbH was founded in 2009 and is based in Cologne, Germany.

Propertybase

Series A in 2010
Over 200,000 users at 1,900 real estate businesses in 60 countries worldwide. The Propertybase platform connects and simplifies the entire real estate process- from first website click to final closing documents.

Apprupt

Series A in 2010
Apprupt operates as a premium performance network specializing in mobile advertising. The company connects advertisers with a broad array of premium publishers, offering targeted solutions for context-driven mobile advertising. Its services include app marketing, mobile website promotion, and premium lead generation through interactive ads such as click-to-call and click-to-email. Additionally, Apprupt has developed a mobile retargeting technology that allows app providers to re-engage users who have previously interacted with their apps. By focusing on value-driven and emotive branding formats, Apprupt aims to enhance the promotion of product and brand messages in the mobile advertising landscape.

Searchmetrics

Venture Round in 2010
Searchmetrics GmbH is a leading provider of search analytics software, primarily focused on search engine optimization (SEO) solutions for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Berlin, the company operates the Searchmetrics Suite, a comprehensive SaaS platform that enables organizations to analyze their SEO performance, understand competitor strategies, and develop effective digital marketing campaigns. The platform offers tools for analyzing organic, paid, and universal search results, as well as social media engagement metrics. Additionally, Searchmetrics Essentials allows marketers to assess domains and keywords while predicting return on investment and identifying opportunities for competitive advantage. The company also provides consulting services through a network of partners, supporting clients in crafting long-term marketing strategies that encompass SEO, content, and social media. With a global presence, including offices in New York, San Mateo, and London, Searchmetrics serves a diverse clientele, including well-known brands such as eBay and Siemens, helping them enhance their online visibility and performance through data-driven insights.

tolingo

Series A in 2009
tolingo GmbH is a prominent translation service provider based in Hamburg, Germany, with an additional office in Stuttgart. Established in 2007, the company offers a comprehensive range of translation solutions tailored to various industries, including finance, law, marketing, medicine, and technology. Its services encompass the translation of diverse document formats, website localization, urgent translation requests, video transcription and subtitling, as well as editing and certification. tolingo also specializes in creating glossaries, style guides, and providing professional typesetting and desktop publishing. The firm collaborates with a network of translators worldwide, ensuring high-quality translations that meet the specific needs of clients in sectors such as automotive, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and IT. With a commitment to continuous improvement and a strong focus on client relationships, tolingo aims to enhance its service offerings and solidify its position as a leading force in the translation industry.

Playnik

Series A in 2009
Playnik publishes browser games for game developers and provides content for media companies. Its products are free-to-play browser games that monetize via premium accounts and item sales worldwide. Playnik also provides marketing solution for development studios to concentrate solely on developing new titles. It began operation on March 1, 2008 as wwg worldwidegames, with its headquarters in Münster in Germany as a subsidiary of next idea as of April 27, 2012.

Hornetsecurity

Venture Round in 2009
Hornetsecurity is a cloud security company. its services provide safe e-mail communication without investments into hardware or software and free of administration or maintenance efforts for IT managers and users. Their product range includes premium spam and virus protection services, e-mail encryption services, e-mail continuity services and e-mail archiving services. The company offers e-mail archive, web filtering, encrypted online storage solutions, advanced threat protection, and hosted exchange services for from small and medium-sized companies to large corporations.

Tellja

Series A in 2009
Tellja is a digital recommendation marketing service provider based in Frankfurt, Germany. Established in 2009 as Pelvit, the company has developed a marketing platform aimed at assisting online businesses in enhancing their recommendation-based promotions for various products and services. This platform features back-end tracking and rewards systems that incentivize customers to make referrals, effectively attracting new clientele. As a result, online retailers can leverage Tellja's services to boost their revenue, expand their customer base, and improve overall profitability.

sofatronic

Series B in 2009
sofatronic, is a technology provider for the development of interactive Blu-ray and New TV application.

Kaboa

Seed Round in 2009
KABOA GmbH is a German startup based in Unterföhring near Munich that aims to enhance the supermarket shopping experience for consumers. The company has developed a software platform that analyzes users' purchasing habits through data mining. By examining past orders, KABOA generates personalized shopping lists that indicate which items customers will need for their next grocery trip, eliminating the need for traditional shopping lists. Additionally, the platform provides users with insights into current offers and products, streamlining the shopping process and reducing the likelihood of forgetting essential items. Recently, KABOA has also expanded its offerings to include services in the online grocery shopping sector.

Charismathics

Series A in 2008
Charismathics is an independent supplier of identity management software focused on device authentication. The company specializes in smart card middleware, virtual smart cards, and TPM-based device authentication solutions. Its software is designed to enhance the security of hardware devices, including personal computers, by utilizing hardware security tokens. Charismathics aims to provide clients with efficient and reliable services for authenticating their devices, ensuring a streamlined and secure experience.

Hornetsecurity

Venture Round in 2008
Hornetsecurity is a cloud security company. its services provide safe e-mail communication without investments into hardware or software and free of administration or maintenance efforts for IT managers and users. Their product range includes premium spam and virus protection services, e-mail encryption services, e-mail continuity services and e-mail archiving services. The company offers e-mail archive, web filtering, encrypted online storage solutions, advanced threat protection, and hosted exchange services for from small and medium-sized companies to large corporations.

OSN

Series B in 2008
OSN is an operator of pay-TV broadcasting stations that offers digital content such as blockbuster movies, sporting events, lifestyle programming, and series that are being offered to customers in the Middle East. It also provides entertainment content for devices such as laptops, tablets, and mobile phones via its online and mobile app entertainment platform, offering movies and series on the go.

Fishlabs

Series A in 2007
Fishlabs Entertainment, based in Hamburg, is a prominent independent developer and publisher of mobile games, active since 2004. The studio has garnered recognition for its award-winning titles, including the critically acclaimed Galaxy on Fire™ series, DEEP™, Blades & Magic™, Rally Master Pro™, and Snowboard Hero™. These games have been developed using Fishlabs' proprietary platform-independent technology, ABYSS®, and are available on various platforms such as iOS, Android, and BlackBerry OS. Galaxy on Fire 2™, the studio's flagship title, has achieved global acclaim and has been pre-installed or promoted by major tech companies. In addition to its original titles, Fishlabs has established itself as a leader in creating successful brand games for clients like Volkswagen and Barclaycard, achieving significant success in download charts worldwide. The company's games have amassed over 100 million installs, showcasing its impact on the mobile gaming industry.

Emporis

Venture Round in 2007
Emporis is a provider of information regarding the building industry, and manages data about structures in more than two hundred countries. Emporis is the world market leader for information about buildings with 10 or more floors. Emporis manages data which comes from a variety of sources such as data researchers, building-related companies, the public audience, vendors, and an editorial community.

Cellity

Series A in 2007
Founded in October 2006, Hamburg-based cellity AG offers an addressbook 2.0 web and mobile platform and innovative mobile telephony services based on its own software technology. The new cellity Communicator includes the cellity Addressbook 2.0, which synchronizes automatically all contact information from different sources, like the mobile phone book, Outlook, Twitter, AOL, Hotmail, Yahoomail, Gmail and Social Networks like Plaxo and LinkedIn, and keeps them updated. The cellity Communicator also integrates smart functions such as mobile e-mail, freeSMS, low-priced international calls, easy conference calling and a secure and reliable backup service. The free cellity cellphone applications have already been downloaded over 6 million times in over 160 countries and work with any mobile and SIM card.

Exit Games

Series B in 2007
Exit Games GmbH specializes in developing multiplayer mobile and online games, with a focus on real-time communication and networking solutions for the video game industry. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with additional offices in Portland, Oregon, and Tokyo, Japan, the company is best known for its Photon platform. Photon enables real-time, multiplayer, cross-platform gaming, allowing developers to create seamless experiences across various devices, including mobile, PC, console, and VR/AR. The high-performance Photon Server and Photon Cloud are utilized by over 330,000 game developers, including major industry players like Square Enix, Ubisoft, and Disney. Exit Games also offers self-hosted servers and comprehensive communication tools, facilitating ease of game development and supporting a high player count for its clients.

Hornetsecurity

Seed Round in 2007
Hornetsecurity is a cloud security company. its services provide safe e-mail communication without investments into hardware or software and free of administration or maintenance efforts for IT managers and users. Their product range includes premium spam and virus protection services, e-mail encryption services, e-mail continuity services and e-mail archiving services. The company offers e-mail archive, web filtering, encrypted online storage solutions, advanced threat protection, and hosted exchange services for from small and medium-sized companies to large corporations.

sofatronic

Series A in 2006
sofatronic, is a technology provider for the development of interactive Blu-ray and New TV application.

Intenium

Venture Round in 2005
INTENIUM GmbH, based in Hamburg, specializes in developing, licensing, and publishing casual multiplayer online games primarily aimed at a female audience. As one of Europe's leading publishers in the casual gaming sector, the company operates various gaming platforms and owns multiple intellectual properties worldwide. Notable titles include "DEUTSCHLAND-SPIELT!", the free-to-play world Alamandi, and Bonga Online, along with the recently launched cross-platform game The Rats Online. INTENIUM is committed to expanding its international presence through direct operations and long-term partnerships across Europe, North America, and Asia. The company also boasts a skilled development studio located in Kaliningrad, Russia, which enhances its capacity for creating engaging gaming experiences.

Axentiv

Venture Round in 2004
Axentiv is a consulting firm with a focus on strategy and organization development, software applications and technology integration. axentiv helps companies with strategy, organization and information technology to progress more successfully in their business. As a consulting company, we serve customers from industry, trade and service. In doing so, we close the gap between classic management consulting and IT implementation. Based on strategic goals, we design and implement modern IT and organizational solutions. With them companies are able to work more economically and efficiently, to open up new sales, production or procurement potential and thus to increase their performance and competitiveness. axentiv is a certified service partner and special expertise partner of SAP AG.

Infitel International

Venture Round in 2004
Infitel International develops and markets pioneering network-convergent technology.

Netlife AG

Venture Round in 2004
Netlife is a developer and provider of software solutions for financial service providers in the areas of banking, securities accounts and financing.

Exit Games

Series A in 2004
Exit Games GmbH specializes in developing multiplayer mobile and online games, with a focus on real-time communication and networking solutions for the video game industry. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with additional offices in Portland, Oregon, and Tokyo, Japan, the company is best known for its Photon platform. Photon enables real-time, multiplayer, cross-platform gaming, allowing developers to create seamless experiences across various devices, including mobile, PC, console, and VR/AR. The high-performance Photon Server and Photon Cloud are utilized by over 330,000 game developers, including major industry players like Square Enix, Ubisoft, and Disney. Exit Games also offers self-hosted servers and comprehensive communication tools, facilitating ease of game development and supporting a high player count for its clients.

Garderos

Series B in 2004
Garderos makes industrial-grade routers which are self-managing and cyber-secure. They work with their customers to make sure that their multi-site router projects are fully-functional and secure against cyber-attacks.

MyHeritage

Series A in 2004
MyHeritage is the global destination for discovering, preserving and sharing family history. Our platform and DNA kits make it easy for anyone, anywhere to embark on a meaningful journey into their past and treasure their family stories for generations to come. Our powerful technology does the searching for you, revealing fascinating new details about your family history — effortlessly. The company was founded in 2003 by our CEO – entrepreneur and family historian Gilad Japhet. From a humble garage startup, MyHeritage has grown into a global company with 90 million users across 196 countries. Our 370 employees work out of bright, spacious offices in Israel, North America, and Europe to deliver an exceptional user experience in 42 languages. Guided by our core values of innovation, compassion and diversity, our team undertakes many voluntary community initiatives, using our expertise and technology to reunite families. We are delighted to go the extra mile for our users, offering 24/7 support and striving to create a true sense of community in the world of family history. In October 2013 MyHeritage was named the most promising Israeli start-up for 2013-14 by "Globes" magazine.

Gentleware

Venture Round in 2003
Gentleware AG was founded in 2000 in Hamburg, Germany with a strong basis in the the open source project ArgoUML. In addition to the product line "Poseidon for UML", the firm also offers training and consulting as well as tool customization for high productivity software engineering.

octocom AG

Venture Round in 2002
ctocom AG develops and markets 3D laser-scanning software and hardware.

NXN Software

Series C in 2001
NXN Software is supplier of Digital Asset and Production Management solutions for the computer graphics and digital entertainment industries.

DocMorris

Venture Round in 2001
DocMorris is an online provider of medical and pharmaceutical products, established in 2000 and acquired by Celesio AG in 2007. The company aims to enhance drug therapy services by partnering with customers, healthcare providers, and health insurance companies. It offers a comprehensive health platform that includes an online pharmacy, telemedicine solutions, and live video consultations. This approach facilitates easier access for patients to consult with doctors and receive their prescriptions delivered directly to their homes, while maintaining high pharmaceutical standards and focusing on information exchange and networking within the healthcare ecosystem.

handy.de Vertriebs GmbH

Venture Round in 2000
handy.de offers Internet ideas for the mobile phone generation and is the leading mobile portal in Germany with more than 650,000 registered users. With a comprehensive shop and innovative services, such as the delivery of ringtones and icons via SMS, the WAP portal wap.handy.de, news via SMS and the forwarding of e-mails to mobile phones, especially a young, mobile-enthusiastic target group should be addressed , The 40-person team of investors includes G + J Multimedia Ventures, venture capital firm Techno Nord, fluxx.com AG, Dangaard, Ingo Schwarz and Hasso Plattner (founder of SAP).

Ricardo

Venture Round in 1999
Ricardo operates as an online trading portal based in Zug, Switzerland, specializing in e-commerce auction services. Established in 1999, the company facilitates both business-to-consumer and consumer-to-consumer transactions, allowing users to efficiently create and manage sales of second-hand goods. It operates several online marketplaces across Western Europe, including ricardo.ch, autoricardo.ch, shops.ch, and ricardolino.ch, as well as platforms in Denmark, Norway, and Greece. All operations are supported by a unified technology platform, with dedicated local marketing, sales, and product teams tailored to each market. Ricardo is a subsidiary of Tamedia AG and continues to play a significant role in the online marketplace sector in Switzerland and beyond.
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