Picus Capital

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm based in Munich, Germany, established in 2015. The firm focuses on making pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments in various sectors, including financial services, human resources, energy and climate, healthcare, logistics and mobility, real estate and construction, crypto and web3, deeptech, and e-commerce. Picus Capital adopts a long-term investment philosophy, seeking exceptional founders committed to building category leaders over a period of 5 to 10 years or more. The firm emphasizes close collaboration with its portfolio companies, offering strategic advice, marketing expertise, and access to a broad B2B and investor network. With a disciplined yet creative approach, Picus Capital has invested in over 50 companies, focusing on identifying ambitious investment opportunities and supporting entrepreneurs throughout their growth journey.

Santiago Dañino Beck

Partner

Pierre Bourdon

Vice President

Li Chen

Senior Vice President

Philipp Emig

Senior Vice President

Robin Godenrath

Founding Partner

Carina Harding

Vice President

Bastian Hasslinger

Investor

Kolja Heck

Investor

Oliver Heinrich

Partner

Lorenz Kammer

Investor

Roberto Kern

Investor and Builder

Moritz Kittler

Investor

Cristina Koehn

Venture Partner

Alessandro Kopp

Investor

Alexander Kremer

Partner

Tony Liu

Investor

David Mirzazadeh

Investor

Grace Missakian

Investor, Americas

Alice Morath

Investor

Raphael Mukomilow

Partner

Nina Neumann

Investor

Daniel Niklas

Senior Vice President, Americas

Florian Reichert

Partner and Managing Director

Julian Roeoes

Partner and Head of Americas

Sebastian Schäfer

Partner

Patrick Sonnleitner

Investor

Francis Wang

Senior Associate

Alexander Worbs

Investor

Luis Zarate

Vice President

Past deals in Marketplace

Cayena

Series B in 2024
Cayena operates a B2B marketplace tailored for the wholesale food industry in Latin America, valued at over $200 billion. The platform connects restaurants, grocery stores, and other food outlets with multiple suppliers, facilitating inventory procurement with next-day delivery. By leveraging its software, Cayena empowers small restaurants and commercial kitchens to enhance profitability and streamline operations through direct procurement of essential food items. The company also offers a comprehensive suite of add-on services, enabling suppliers to experience increased demand without assuming credit risk. This innovative approach benefits both suppliers and food service establishments, fostering a more efficient supply chain in the food industry.

Aplazo

Series B in 2024
Aplazo is a fintech company that focuses on enhancing financial access and opportunities in Mexico. Its platform allows users to make online purchases at affiliated stores and pay for them in installments. Customers can apply through the website and choose a delayed payment option, which enables them to manage their finances more effectively. This installment payment plan not only benefits users by providing flexibility in payment but also helps businesses expand their customer base by tapping into new marketing channels. Aplazo aims to empower individuals with financial solutions that promote responsible spending and improve overall access to goods and services.

CEEZER

Series A in 2024
CEEZER is a digital platform that facilitates access to high-quality projects within the voluntary carbon market, offering companies a straightforward and secure way to manage their carbon credit portfolios. By leveraging over 3.5 million data points, CEEZER enhances transparency in the carbon market, allowing users to evaluate project quality, risk, and impact. The platform connects businesses directly with project developers, eliminating intermediaries and associated fees, which streamlines transactions. CEEZER serves leading corporations and global enterprises, enabling them to implement effective climate actions and seamlessly offset their unavoidable emissions.

GetPaid

Seed Round in 2023
Getpaid is a technology and payment firm with offices in Germany and Spain that specializes in providing payment solutions for platforms and marketplaces. The company aims to enhance the monetization of payments, enabling platforms to significantly increase their revenue potential and gain valuable data insights. By focusing on improving customer experience and streamlining payment operations, Getpaid supports merchants in developing their businesses more effectively. Through its innovative platform-centric solutions, the company seeks to create a robust ecosystem where both platforms and merchants can thrive.

Flawless

Seed Round in 2023
Eversync operates a monitoring and alerting platform designed to enhance business operations for ecommerce and marketplace companies. By leveraging AI technology, the platform provides operations observability and incident management, allowing businesses to streamline their processes and improve profitability. Eversync's solution features data-triggered notifications and automation through user-friendly, no-code interfaces. This enables businesses to proactively detect events and gain real-time oversight of their operations, ultimately saving time and increasing efficiency.

Farmu

Series A in 2023
Farmu is an online marketplace designed to support the growth of independent pharmacies. By forming partnerships with various allies and collaborating with brands, it aims to enhance the operational capabilities of these pharmacies. The platform offers a wide range of products, including medicines, pharmaceutical items, and hygiene products, all at competitive prices. Customers can conveniently access essential items in one location, benefiting from exclusive discounts and the dedication to fostering independent pharmacy growth. Through its comprehensive approach, Farmu seeks to empower both pharmacies and their customers.

Cayena

Series A in 2023
Cayena operates a B2B marketplace tailored for the wholesale food industry in Latin America, valued at over $200 billion. The platform connects restaurants, grocery stores, and other food outlets with multiple suppliers, facilitating inventory procurement with next-day delivery. By leveraging its software, Cayena empowers small restaurants and commercial kitchens to enhance profitability and streamline operations through direct procurement of essential food items. The company also offers a comprehensive suite of add-on services, enabling suppliers to experience increased demand without assuming credit risk. This innovative approach benefits both suppliers and food service establishments, fostering a more efficient supply chain in the food industry.

Flawless

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Eversync operates a monitoring and alerting platform designed to enhance business operations for ecommerce and marketplace companies. By leveraging AI technology, the platform provides operations observability and incident management, allowing businesses to streamline their processes and improve profitability. Eversync's solution features data-triggered notifications and automation through user-friendly, no-code interfaces. This enables businesses to proactively detect events and gain real-time oversight of their operations, ultimately saving time and increasing efficiency.

CEEZER

Seed Round in 2022
CEEZER is a digital platform that facilitates access to high-quality projects within the voluntary carbon market, offering companies a straightforward and secure way to manage their carbon credit portfolios. By leveraging over 3.5 million data points, CEEZER enhances transparency in the carbon market, allowing users to evaluate project quality, risk, and impact. The platform connects businesses directly with project developers, eliminating intermediaries and associated fees, which streamlines transactions. CEEZER serves leading corporations and global enterprises, enabling them to implement effective climate actions and seamlessly offset their unavoidable emissions.

Casavo

Series D in 2022
Casavo Management S.p.A. is a digital residential platform based in Milan, Italy, that transforms the home buying and selling experience in Europe. Founded in 2016, the company utilizes proprietary technology to streamline real estate transactions, allowing users to buy or sell homes quickly and conveniently. Casavo offers integrated services related to home transactions, ensuring a comprehensive, turn-key experience that accommodates various real estate operators, including brokers and contractors. With operations in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, Casavo is rapidly expanding into other European markets, positioning itself as a leader in technology-driven real estate solutions.

GetPaid

Seed Round in 2022
Getpaid is a technology and payment firm with offices in Germany and Spain that specializes in providing payment solutions for platforms and marketplaces. The company aims to enhance the monetization of payments, enabling platforms to significantly increase their revenue potential and gain valuable data insights. By focusing on improving customer experience and streamlining payment operations, Getpaid supports merchants in developing their businesses more effectively. Through its innovative platform-centric solutions, the company seeks to create a robust ecosystem where both platforms and merchants can thrive.

WeRize

Series B in 2022
WeRize is a pioneering fintech platform in India that addresses the financial needs of middle-class families in tier 2 to tier 4 cities, a segment often overlooked by traditional financial institutions and existing fintechs. It offers a comprehensive range of customized credit, insurance, and savings products tailored for approximately 300 million individuals in these underserved areas, representing a significant market opportunity. Unlike conventional banks and insurers that rely on costly branch networks, WeRize leverages a social distribution model, enabling financially literate freelancers in over 1,000 cities to sell its products within their communities. This approach not only fosters trust but also provides the high-touch sales and after-sales service essential for customers in smaller towns. Through its proprietary technology platform, WeRize efficiently manages its freelancers, allowing for scalable operations and a more sustainable business model with lower customer acquisition costs. By focusing on the unique needs of small-town families, WeRize is reshaping the landscape of financial services in India.

CEEZER

Pre Seed Round in 2022
CEEZER is a digital platform that facilitates access to high-quality projects within the voluntary carbon market, offering companies a straightforward and secure way to manage their carbon credit portfolios. By leveraging over 3.5 million data points, CEEZER enhances transparency in the carbon market, allowing users to evaluate project quality, risk, and impact. The platform connects businesses directly with project developers, eliminating intermediaries and associated fees, which streamlines transactions. CEEZER serves leading corporations and global enterprises, enabling them to implement effective climate actions and seamlessly offset their unavoidable emissions.

Cayena

Series A in 2022
Cayena operates a B2B marketplace tailored for the wholesale food industry in Latin America, valued at over $200 billion. The platform connects restaurants, grocery stores, and other food outlets with multiple suppliers, facilitating inventory procurement with next-day delivery. By leveraging its software, Cayena empowers small restaurants and commercial kitchens to enhance profitability and streamline operations through direct procurement of essential food items. The company also offers a comprehensive suite of add-on services, enabling suppliers to experience increased demand without assuming credit risk. This innovative approach benefits both suppliers and food service establishments, fostering a more efficient supply chain in the food industry.

CEEZER

Seed Round in 2022
CEEZER is a digital platform that facilitates access to high-quality projects within the voluntary carbon market, offering companies a straightforward and secure way to manage their carbon credit portfolios. By leveraging over 3.5 million data points, CEEZER enhances transparency in the carbon market, allowing users to evaluate project quality, risk, and impact. The platform connects businesses directly with project developers, eliminating intermediaries and associated fees, which streamlines transactions. CEEZER serves leading corporations and global enterprises, enabling them to implement effective climate actions and seamlessly offset their unavoidable emissions.

Mirta

Seed Round in 2021
Mirta, founded in 2019 by Ciro Di Lanno and Martina Capriotti, is a digital showroom that connects contemporary brands with independent curators, including retail shops, online stores, and influencers. The platform aims to transform the wholesale buying and selling process for high-end brands and retailers. By offering a marketplace where curators can discover new brands and purchase products online, Mirta provides significant advantages such as no minimum order requirements, net 60-day payment terms, and free returns. The platform also includes Mirta Officina, an order management back office that assists brands with shipping, invoicing, and payment processes, while granting access to data and analytics. This innovative approach brings the benefits of B2C e-commerce into the B2B space, connecting local fashion artisans with global consumers and facilitating access to a diverse range of high-quality handmade products.

Aplazo

Series A in 2021
Aplazo is a fintech company that focuses on enhancing financial access and opportunities in Mexico. Its platform allows users to make online purchases at affiliated stores and pay for them in installments. Customers can apply through the website and choose a delayed payment option, which enables them to manage their finances more effectively. This installment payment plan not only benefits users by providing flexibility in payment but also helps businesses expand their customer base by tapping into new marketing channels. Aplazo aims to empower individuals with financial solutions that promote responsible spending and improve overall access to goods and services.

Cayena

Series A in 2021
Cayena operates a B2B marketplace tailored for the wholesale food industry in Latin America, valued at over $200 billion. The platform connects restaurants, grocery stores, and other food outlets with multiple suppliers, facilitating inventory procurement with next-day delivery. By leveraging its software, Cayena empowers small restaurants and commercial kitchens to enhance profitability and streamline operations through direct procurement of essential food items. The company also offers a comprehensive suite of add-on services, enabling suppliers to experience increased demand without assuming credit risk. This innovative approach benefits both suppliers and food service establishments, fostering a more efficient supply chain in the food industry.

WeRize

Series A in 2021
WeRize is a pioneering fintech platform in India that addresses the financial needs of middle-class families in tier 2 to tier 4 cities, a segment often overlooked by traditional financial institutions and existing fintechs. It offers a comprehensive range of customized credit, insurance, and savings products tailored for approximately 300 million individuals in these underserved areas, representing a significant market opportunity. Unlike conventional banks and insurers that rely on costly branch networks, WeRize leverages a social distribution model, enabling financially literate freelancers in over 1,000 cities to sell its products within their communities. This approach not only fosters trust but also provides the high-touch sales and after-sales service essential for customers in smaller towns. Through its proprietary technology platform, WeRize efficiently manages its freelancers, allowing for scalable operations and a more sustainable business model with lower customer acquisition costs. By focusing on the unique needs of small-town families, WeRize is reshaping the landscape of financial services in India.

Flat.mx

Series A in 2021
Flat.mx is the one-stop-shop for residential real estate in Mexico that simplifies the home-buying experience. They provide multiple products and services including home brokerage, a marketplace, and credit products.

Aplazo

Seed Round in 2021
Aplazo is a fintech company that focuses on enhancing financial access and opportunities in Mexico. Its platform allows users to make online purchases at affiliated stores and pay for them in installments. Customers can apply through the website and choose a delayed payment option, which enables them to manage their finances more effectively. This installment payment plan not only benefits users by providing flexibility in payment but also helps businesses expand their customer base by tapping into new marketing channels. Aplazo aims to empower individuals with financial solutions that promote responsible spending and improve overall access to goods and services.

Curio Digital

Seed Round in 2021
Curio Digital is a marketplace for tokenized digital collectibles.

FactWise

Seed Round in 2021
FactWise is an early-stage technology startup focused on providing a unified procurement platform equipped with a comprehensive suite of procurement products. Catering to global product manufacturing companies and private equity firms, FactWise aims to transform procurement organizations through enhanced analytics and automation. The platform enhances transparency and provides valuable insights to leaders while streamlining and automating processes to boost efficiency and unlock savings potential. FactWise's modular system supports batch production, goods receipt workflows, and quality checks, making it user-friendly and efficient. Current users appreciate its intuitive design, which allows for rapid creation of request for proposals and access to dynamic insights on supplier performance. Additionally, teams can integrate their existing data with FactWise seamlessly, often within a month, enabling organizations to begin utilizing the platform immediately. FactWise is dedicated to fostering a thriving marketplace that benefits both buyers and suppliers globally.

Casavo

Series C in 2021
Casavo Management S.p.A. is a digital residential platform based in Milan, Italy, that transforms the home buying and selling experience in Europe. Founded in 2016, the company utilizes proprietary technology to streamline real estate transactions, allowing users to buy or sell homes quickly and conveniently. Casavo offers integrated services related to home transactions, ensuring a comprehensive, turn-key experience that accommodates various real estate operators, including brokers and contractors. With operations in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, Casavo is rapidly expanding into other European markets, positioning itself as a leader in technology-driven real estate solutions.

Flat.mx

Seed Round in 2020
Flat.mx is the one-stop-shop for residential real estate in Mexico that simplifies the home-buying experience. They provide multiple products and services including home brokerage, a marketplace, and credit products.

Casavo

Series B in 2019
Casavo Management S.p.A. is a digital residential platform based in Milan, Italy, that transforms the home buying and selling experience in Europe. Founded in 2016, the company utilizes proprietary technology to streamline real estate transactions, allowing users to buy or sell homes quickly and conveniently. Casavo offers integrated services related to home transactions, ensuring a comprehensive, turn-key experience that accommodates various real estate operators, including brokers and contractors. With operations in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, Casavo is rapidly expanding into other European markets, positioning itself as a leader in technology-driven real estate solutions.

Flat.mx

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Flat.mx is the one-stop-shop for residential real estate in Mexico that simplifies the home-buying experience. They provide multiple products and services including home brokerage, a marketplace, and credit products.

Casavo

Series A in 2019
Casavo Management S.p.A. is a digital residential platform based in Milan, Italy, that transforms the home buying and selling experience in Europe. Founded in 2016, the company utilizes proprietary technology to streamline real estate transactions, allowing users to buy or sell homes quickly and conveniently. Casavo offers integrated services related to home transactions, ensuring a comprehensive, turn-key experience that accommodates various real estate operators, including brokers and contractors. With operations in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, Casavo is rapidly expanding into other European markets, positioning itself as a leader in technology-driven real estate solutions.

Casavo

Seed Round in 2018
Casavo Management S.p.A. is a digital residential platform based in Milan, Italy, that transforms the home buying and selling experience in Europe. Founded in 2016, the company utilizes proprietary technology to streamline real estate transactions, allowing users to buy or sell homes quickly and conveniently. Casavo offers integrated services related to home transactions, ensuring a comprehensive, turn-key experience that accommodates various real estate operators, including brokers and contractors. With operations in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, Casavo is rapidly expanding into other European markets, positioning itself as a leader in technology-driven real estate solutions.

Casavo

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Casavo Management S.p.A. is a digital residential platform based in Milan, Italy, that transforms the home buying and selling experience in Europe. Founded in 2016, the company utilizes proprietary technology to streamline real estate transactions, allowing users to buy or sell homes quickly and conveniently. Casavo offers integrated services related to home transactions, ensuring a comprehensive, turn-key experience that accommodates various real estate operators, including brokers and contractors. With operations in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, Casavo is rapidly expanding into other European markets, positioning itself as a leader in technology-driven real estate solutions.

Leadhome

Seed Round in 2017
Leadhome, established in 2013 and headquartered in Randburg, South Africa, is a modern real estate agency that combines skilled agents with innovative technology. The company specializes in selling, buying, and letting properties, along with home loan services. Leadhome's unique business model includes no upfront deposits and a flat fee of R39,995 + VAT, payable only upon successful transfer. This fee covers comprehensive support from full-service agents who assist clients throughout the process, from property valuation to sale. The company aims to transform the real estate industry by offering an efficient and cost-effective approach to property transactions.

HashChing

Seed Round in 2017
HashChing is an online marketplace that connects consumers with local mortgage brokers to access home loan and business loan deals. The platform is designed to empower users by allowing them to share their experiences, whether positive or negative, ultimately aiding in informed decision-making regarding financial products. By providing a cloud-based platform that consolidates information on premium home loan options and related financial details, HashChing enables customers to navigate their financial choices with clarity and transparency.

Seven Lanes

Seed Round in 2016
Seven Lanes GmbH is a career marketplace that specializes in online recruitment and job listing services, primarily targeting Europe's knowledge workers. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, the company has expanded its presence with offices in several major cities, including Hamburg, Munich, and Frankfurt. Seven Lanes offers a diverse range of job opportunities, including permanent, freelance, and remote positions in fields such as online marketing, data science, product design, and software engineering. By focusing on general management and online marketing roles, the company aims to connect highly qualified professionals with suitable employers, enhancing the overall recruitment experience through dedicated talent advocates and account managers who provide objective guidance to both candidates and companies.
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