NFQ

NFQ is a software development company that partners with tech-driven businesses, focusing on a variety of industries including e-commerce, transportation, logistics, and travel. The company specializes in software engineering, product development, process digitalization, business analytics, digital strategy, user experience (UX) development, and data science and automation services. With a team of over 400 development specialists, NFQ takes a hands-on approach to support entrepreneurs at various growth stages, from seed and incubation to later-stage development. The firm operates globally, with offices in Europe and San Francisco, and aims to help create and scale technology-driven companies effectively.

Harald Braunstein

Founding Partner and CEO

Wolfgang Heigl

Co-Founder

22 past transactions

Raus

Seed Round in 2022
Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that specializes in providing minimalist yet comfortable getaway cabins designed for retreats in natural settings. The company focuses on creating an escape from the demands of urban life, offering sustainable accommodations that facilitate spontaneous trips. Raus enhances the guest experience with a digital booking platform and keyless access, as well as a variety of additional offerings, including activities such as guided meditations, culinary experiences, and nature-themed excursions. This approach allows individuals to unwind and reconnect with nature while enjoying a simple and uncomplicated retreat from their hectic everyday lives.

Raus

Seed Round in 2022
Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that specializes in providing minimalist yet comfortable getaway cabins designed for retreats in natural settings. The company focuses on creating an escape from the demands of urban life, offering sustainable accommodations that facilitate spontaneous trips. Raus enhances the guest experience with a digital booking platform and keyless access, as well as a variety of additional offerings, including activities such as guided meditations, culinary experiences, and nature-themed excursions. This approach allows individuals to unwind and reconnect with nature while enjoying a simple and uncomplicated retreat from their hectic everyday lives.

Productpine

Seed Round in 2021
Productpine is an innovative shopping platform designed to enhance consumer purchasing while promoting sustainability. It allows consumers to buy their favorite products at competitive prices, simultaneously contributing to environmental initiatives. The platform leverages advanced technology to significantly reduce marketing costs for direct-to-consumer brands, with savings redirected towards selected sustainability projects that offset CO2 emissions. In addition to supporting eco-friendly efforts, Productpine employs an intelligent recommendation engine to facilitate cross-selling, helping brands maintain quality margins and brand integrity while gaining insights into consumer preferences. Through its unique approach, Productpine effectively aligns consumer interests with positive global impact.

The Naked Market

Seed Round in 2020
The Naked Market is an innovative consumer products company focused on developing a diverse range of health-oriented food and beverage brands. Catering primarily to millennials, the company produces non-genetically modified and keto-friendly snacks, including puffs, ready-to-eat acai smoothie bowls, and chicken chips. By offering products that align with customers' preferences and values, The Naked Market emphasizes environmental sustainability, global development, and mental health.

GoStudent

Series A in 2020
GoStudent is an online tutoring platform that connects students with tutors for personalized, one-to-one video-based lessons across more than 20 subjects. The service operates on a membership model, allowing users to book lessons through its application, accessible via computers and mobile devices. Each session takes place in a virtual classroom equipped with interactive features such as a whiteboard, screen sharing, and document editing tools. GoStudent serves a diverse clientele, including primary, secondary, and college-aged students, and currently boasts around 15,000 customers and a network of 5,500 international tutors. The platform facilitates over 400,000 tutoring sessions each month and is supported by a team of more than 600 employees across 12 international offices. Additionally, GoStudent incorporates artificial intelligence in its tutor selection process and offers a free social homework chat for students to discuss questions and collaborate. Since its inception, the company has successfully raised over €291 million in funding.

Kyte

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Kyte is a technology and operations company that specializes in providing on-demand car rentals delivered directly to customers' locations. Founded in 2019 in San Francisco by Francesco Wiedemann, Ludwig Schoenack, and Nikolaus Volk, Kyte allows customers to rent vehicles for varying durations, from a single day to several weeks or months. Operating in over ten cities across the United States, the company aims to simplify travel by offering services that include car delivery, cleaning, and refueling, thus eliminating the necessity for individuals to purchase their own vehicles for longer trips. Kyte is experiencing rapid growth as it expands its reach and services.

Accept.inc

Seed Round in 2019
Accept.inc is a technology-enabled lender that allows qualified buyers to make all-cash offers on homes without incurring additional costs. Founded in 2016 by Adam Pollack, Nick Friedman, and Ian Perrex, the company aims to facilitate homeownership by leveling the playing field for buyers through its innovative platform. Accept.inc provides a seamless experience for agents and mortgage-qualifying buyers, ensuring that all parties involved in the transaction benefit. The company offers various services, including refinancing and loan underwriting, and specializes in FHA, VA, and USDA loans to assist first-time homebuyers and homeowners. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Accept.inc began operating its current model in mid-2019.

Tourlane

Series A in 2018
Tourlane GmbH is an online travel consulting and booking platform based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2016. It specializes in facilitating the planning and booking of personalized, multi-day tours across more than 30 countries. The platform connects travelers with pre-selected travel specialists, offering a user-friendly experience that combines technology and expert advice. Tourlane's software provides real-time pricing, availability, and instant trip visualization, allowing users to customize their itineraries easily. By integrating various travel services such as flights, accommodations, tours, and activities, Tourlane streamlines the travel planning process, enabling clients to create unique adventures tailored to their preferences.

Pop Meals

Seed Round in 2018
Pop Meals is a food delivery service established in 2021 that leverages artificial intelligence for logistics and cooking automation. The company specializes in providing fresh, healthy, and ready-to-eat meals prepared by culinary chefs. With a daily changing menu, Pop Meals caters to popular lunch and dinner needs, ensuring that balanced meals are conveniently delivered to customers' homes or offices. By integrating centralized production with customer data and machine learning, Pop Meals optimizes its operations to offer competitive delivery costs, positioning itself as a leader in the food delivery industry.

Joblift

Series A in 2017
Joblift GmbH, based in Hamburg, Germany, operates an online job aggregator that connects job seekers with potential employers by compiling job listings from various sources. Founded in 2015 and originally named Everyjob GmbH, Joblift utilizes advanced machine learning techniques and big-data algorithms to enhance the job search experience. This meta-search platform aims to simplify the recruiting process for users by delivering job vacancies that align closely with their preferences. Through its technology-driven approach, Joblift offers performance-based multichannel recruiting solutions, helping employers find suitable candidates from millions of job advertisements while promoting transparency in the recruitment process.

LemonCat

Venture Round in 2017
LEMONCAT GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, operates an online platform that specializes in business catering services. The company provides a marketplace designed to simplify the process of sourcing local catering options for meetings, conferences, and events. With a diverse selection of caterers, LEMONCAT offers businesses a user-friendly experience, featuring a low price guarantee and the convenience of free cancellations up to 48 hours before an event. By focusing on quality food options and reducing the logistical challenges associated with catering, LEMONCAT aims to enhance the everyday dining experience in professional settings.

Pop Meals

Seed Round in 2017
Pop Meals is a food delivery service established in 2021 that leverages artificial intelligence for logistics and cooking automation. The company specializes in providing fresh, healthy, and ready-to-eat meals prepared by culinary chefs. With a daily changing menu, Pop Meals caters to popular lunch and dinner needs, ensuring that balanced meals are conveniently delivered to customers' homes or offices. By integrating centralized production with customer data and machine learning, Pop Meals optimizes its operations to offer competitive delivery costs, positioning itself as a leader in the food delivery industry.

Tourlane

Seed Round in 2017
Tourlane GmbH is an online travel consulting and booking platform based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2016. It specializes in facilitating the planning and booking of personalized, multi-day tours across more than 30 countries. The platform connects travelers with pre-selected travel specialists, offering a user-friendly experience that combines technology and expert advice. Tourlane's software provides real-time pricing, availability, and instant trip visualization, allowing users to customize their itineraries easily. By integrating various travel services such as flights, accommodations, tours, and activities, Tourlane streamlines the travel planning process, enabling clients to create unique adventures tailored to their preferences.

Trade Machines FI GmbH

Venture Round in 2016
TradeMachines understands how difficult it is to trust in used machinery. They work with trustful industrial auctioneers and renowned machinery traders to ensure you receive the best connection between the two. Industrial auctions are a popular possibility to find great bargains when it comes to used machinery. In these industrial auctions potential buyers find used equipment of companies who became insolvent or who decided to get rid of a selection of their machines. But industrial auctions are not the only way how to find the right used machines for cheap prices. Machinery traders list their offers on TradeMachines as well. As a result of the extensive offer of used machines, it is much easier and less time consuming to the find right offer.

StyleLounge

Venture Round in 2016
StyleLounge operates as a fashion meta-search engine that simplifies the shopping experience for users looking for clothing and accessories. The platform allows customers to easily compare prices from a wide range of well-known brands and retailers. Users can enter specific products, select their preferred colors, and set a budget to find items that meet their criteria. Additionally, StyleLounge offers the option to search directly by favorite brands or shops, ensuring a tailored browsing experience. By aggregating product listings from various sources, StyleLounge helps customers discover a diverse selection of fashion items while enabling them to save money through price comparison.

LemonCat

Seed Round in 2016
LEMONCAT GmbH, founded in 2016 and based in Berlin, Germany, operates an online platform that specializes in business catering services. The company provides a marketplace designed to simplify the process of sourcing local catering options for meetings, conferences, and events. With a diverse selection of caterers, LEMONCAT offers businesses a user-friendly experience, featuring a low price guarantee and the convenience of free cancellations up to 48 hours before an event. By focusing on quality food options and reducing the logistical challenges associated with catering, LEMONCAT aims to enhance the everyday dining experience in professional settings.

ShipBob

Series A in 2016
ShipBob Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing online shipping and fulfillment services tailored for small e-commerce businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, ShipBob offers an end-to-end fulfillment solution that includes warehousing, order management, and package delivery, enabling direct-to-consumer brands to ship products within 1-2 business days. Its platform integrates with various e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Amazon, and eBay, allowing merchants to manage orders, track inventory, and communicate with customers effectively. ShipBob's services encompass pickup, packaging, batch fulfillment, and returns, supported by a network of fulfillment centers across the United States, including a key facility in Dallas, Texas. The company also provides a smartphone application for scheduling pickups and tracking shipments.

Fleet

Seed Round in 2016
Previously known as Shipstr, Fleet is efficiently streamlining the commercial shipping industry through a cloud-based platform. Fleet provides a cloud-based platform that businesses can use to book transportation for international freight. Fleet is the first platform to address the needs of shippers moving commercial freight overseas. Fleet provides instant quotes, improved decision making by showing provider lead times, ratings and reliability, direct access to all of the service providers, and a team room to communicate directly with service providers for status and view shipping documents.

DreamCheaper

Seed Round in 2015
DreamCheaper GmbH is a Berlin-based company that offers an online service designed to help customers find cheaper hotel rates. The platform allows users to submit their existing hotel reservations, which are then analyzed against rates from over 100 travel websites and wholesalers. If a lower rate is identified, DreamCheaper rebooks the room on behalf of the guest, charging a 20% fee on the savings achieved. This service aims to ensure that customers never overpay for hotel accommodations, providing them with more favorable booking options and the potential for significant savings.

eHealth MediDate

Series A in 2015
MediDate operates an online platform that optimizes the use of existing healthcare infrastructure to provide cosmetic surgery treatments at competitive prices. By addressing the inefficiencies in the healthcare system, particularly the excess capacity in surgical services, MediDate collaborates with clinics and surgeons to streamline the process of accessing medical specialists. The platform facilitates a variety of both invasive and non-invasive procedures, allowing patients to connect with qualified practitioners while minimizing administrative burdens such as initial consultations, billing, and surgery coordination for clinics. This approach not only enhances patient access to aesthetic and plastic surgery but also promotes cost-effectiveness in medical treatments.

Dreamlines

Series A in 2012
Dreamlines, established in 2012, is a leading online travel agency specializing in cruise bookings. With a strong presence in Europe and expanding globally, the company operates in 12 countries across five continents, serving customers in more than 100 countries. Dreamlines offers a wide range of cruises, enabling customers to search, compare, and book online, while providing independent advice to help them make informed decisions. The company's in-house developed GDS/CRM system caters to the specific demands of the cruise industry, enhancing customer satisfaction and streamlining global operations. Additionally, Dreamlines' own tour operator business offers unique cruise packages created by experienced cruise experts, exclusively available on their platform.

GetYourGuide

Seed Round in 2012
GetYourGuide is an online platform that facilitates the booking of tours, attractions, and activities around the globe. Founded in 2009 by Jochen Mattes, Johannes Reck, Martin Sieber, Pascal Mathis, Tao Tao, and Tobias Rein, the platform provides a wide range of services, including tickets to tourist attractions, cooking classes, and various experiential activities. By acting as an intermediary, GetYourGuide allows customers to book these experiences at no direct cost to them; instead, tour providers pay a percentage of their revenue to the platform. This model not only streamlines the booking process for travelers but also includes a customer review system that helps users assess the quality of tour providers. To maintain high standards, GetYourGuide removes consistently poorly reviewed providers from its offerings, ensuring a reliable selection of experiences for users.
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