Bitburger Ventures
Bitburger Ventures GmbH is the corporate investment arm of Bitburger Holding GmbH, established in 2018 and based in Bitburg, Germany. The company specializes in seed and early-stage investments, predominantly focusing on consumer-facing business models while also exploring alternative technology and service solutions. Its investment sectors include food and beverage technology, health and lifestyle products, e-commerce platforms, and innovative distribution logistics. Bitburger Ventures typically invests between €0.5 million and €10 million, seeking minority stakes of 5% to 25% in its portfolio companies. With a heritage as a medium-sized family business, Bitburger Ventures combines the growth potential of innovative start-ups with its financial strength and extensive industry expertise. The firm primarily targets investments within the DACH region and also allocates capital to international venture capital funds. Through its established networks and competencies, Bitburger Ventures aims to support the sustainable growth of its portfolio companies, distinguishing itself from purely financial investors.
Top Stages
18 past transactions
O.C. Hairsystems
Series A in 2022
O.C. Hairsystems is a healthcare services provider specializing in hair restoration solutions. The company offers comprehensive consultations to assess clients' hair situations, followed by tailored solutions such as hair systems, replacement procedures, and cosmetics. Their services aim to deliver natural-looking results suitable for daily wear, along with personalized styling options to help individuals regain confidence affected by hair loss.
Holy
Seed Round in 2022
Holy is a company dedicated to revolutionizing the soft drink industry by offering powder-based beverages. Their product lineup includes HOLY Energy and HOLY Iced Tea, both designed to be sugar-free and sustainably packaged. Holy emphasizes delivering a unique taste experience while promoting social responsibility. The company provides a diverse range of flavors and options, catering to various customer preferences, and actively seeks to engage individuals interested in joining their team.
O.C. Hairsystems
Seed Round in 2022
O.C. Hairsystems is a healthcare services provider specializing in hair restoration solutions. The company offers comprehensive consultations to assess clients' hair situations, followed by tailored solutions such as hair systems, replacement procedures, and cosmetics. Their services aim to deliver natural-looking results suitable for daily wear, along with personalized styling options to help individuals regain confidence affected by hair loss.
MagaLoop
Seed Round in 2022
MagaLoop GmbH is a Berlin-based company that operates a digital B2B marketplace designed to streamline the ordering process for retailers and wholesalers. Founded in 2018, the platform connects independent retailers, such as kiosks, bakeries, and gas station stores, with a wide range of suppliers. Through its mobile application and web portal, MagaLoop enables users to place orders efficiently, leveraging features like barcode scanning and order history to enhance the ordering experience. The company also offers services that support marketing, communication, and price optimization, helping retailers manage their resources effectively in a competitive market. By fostering a network of independent retailers, MagaLoop aims to empower these businesses to digitize their operations and improve their overall efficiency.
Waterdrop
Series B in 2022
Waterdrop is a hydration brand based in Vienna, Austria, focused on promoting wellness and sustainable drinking habits. The company offers an innovative product known as the Microdrink, which consists of sugar-free, flavored cubes that dissolve in water, enriching it with natural fruit and plant extracts, as well as essential vitamins. This approach not only enhances hydration but also significantly reduces plastic waste and CO2 emissions. Each cube comes in individual recyclable packaging, and Waterdrop has partnered with Plastic Bank to collect one plastic bottle for every 12-pack sold. With a customer base exceeding 2 million and a workforce of over 300 employees, Waterdrop has established a strong retail presence, featuring its products in more than 20,000 outlets and operating over 40 stores worldwide.
Naughty Nuts
Seed Round in 2022
Naughty Nuts operates in the nut butter market, specializing in creating a diverse range of innovative products made from all-natural organic ingredients. Their offerings include various flavored nut butters such as apple cinnamon peanut butter, salted caramel peanut butter, hazelnut butter choco crush, and almond butter cinnamon roll, among others. The company also provides nut butter tasting and sample packs to allow consumers to explore different flavors. All products are designed to be naturally vegan and are suitable for cooking or baking, catering to health-conscious consumers seeking high-quality snacks and ingredients. By focusing on organic recipes and unique flavor combinations, Naughty Nuts aims to enhance the culinary experience while promoting healthy eating habits.
Mighty Pea
Seed Round in 2021
Mighty Pea is a pea milk producer, which uses yellow split peas in the creation of its beverages.
Wild Earth
Series A in 2021
Wild Earth is a technology startup based in Berkeley, California, that focuses on creating sustainable protein pet foods for dogs and cats. Founded in 2017, the company aims to transform the pet food industry by developing healthier, environmentally friendly, and humane alternatives to conventional products. Utilizing innovative technology, Wild Earth produces clean protein formulations that meet the nutritional needs of pets, ensuring their health and well-being while promoting a more sustainable approach to pet nutrition.
Lyre's Spirit
Seed Round in 2021
Many years in the making, Lyre’s exquisite range of lovingly crafted alcohol-free, classic spirits was borne from a quest to make the impossible possible. To provide an alternative to those who don’t wish to imbibe alcohol, but still wish to enjoy the mirth, merriment and social intercourse of an evening soiree or shindig. But this is not just any alternative. Every Lyre’s spirit looks, tastes and sashays around the palate just like the original. And yet, the absence of giggle juice enables revellers to remain clear-headed, of good cheer and in fine fettle to pursue whatever tickles their fancy the following day. Lyre’s – the finest range of non-alcoholic classic spirits the world has ever seen.
MagaLoop
Seed Round in 2021
MagaLoop GmbH is a Berlin-based company that operates a digital B2B marketplace designed to streamline the ordering process for retailers and wholesalers. Founded in 2018, the platform connects independent retailers, such as kiosks, bakeries, and gas station stores, with a wide range of suppliers. Through its mobile application and web portal, MagaLoop enables users to place orders efficiently, leveraging features like barcode scanning and order history to enhance the ordering experience. The company also offers services that support marketing, communication, and price optimization, helping retailers manage their resources effectively in a competitive market. By fostering a network of independent retailers, MagaLoop aims to empower these businesses to digitize their operations and improve their overall efficiency.
Sanity Group
Venture Round in 2020
Sanity Group is a European cannabis company established in 2018 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The company is dedicated to enhancing quality of life through the health benefits of cannabinoids, focusing specifically on non-psychoactive variants. Sanity Group develops consumer products aimed at improving health and wellbeing, making these offerings accessible to pharmacies and clinical institutions for medicinal purposes. Through its commitment to scientific research, the company seeks to unlock the potential of cannabinoids in the health and life sciences sectors.
JustSpices
Series B in 2020
Just Spices is a Düsseldorf-based brand that specializes in manufacturing and distributing a wide range of spice blends and pure spices. Founded in 2014, the company aims to inspire consumers to enhance their culinary creativity by offering over 200 different spice products through its online platform and in various supermarkets. In 2018, Just Spices introduced the "Just Spices IN MINUTES" category, which features meal preparation kits that include spice mixes and recipes for quick and easy meal solutions, requiring only a few additional fresh ingredients. With a growing selection of 27 "fix" recipes, Just Spices is redefining the convenience of modern cooking, making it accessible for both everyday home cooks and commercial clients. The brand also offers customizable jars designed to preserve the quality of spices, ensuring that customers can enjoy fresh and flavorful cooking experiences.
Mitte
Convertible Note in 2019
Mitte is a Berlin-based company dedicated to creating innovative drinking water systems that align with 21st-century needs for health and sustainability. It has developed a range of products inspired by the natural water cycle, with a focus on providing planet-friendly solutions. Mitte's flagship offering, Mitte Home, is a smart home water purification system that employs advanced filtration and mineralization technology to ensure the quality and taste of water. This system replicates the mineralization process found in natural water sources and allows users to customize their hydration experience through various mineral cartridges. Additionally, the system offers an option for carbonation, catering to diverse consumer preferences. Through these efforts, Mitte aims to revolutionize how individuals access and enjoy safe drinking water.
HelloFreshGO
Series A in 2019
HelloFreshGO GmbH, founded in 2003 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in providing healthy meal solutions through innovative vending machines. As a subsidiary of HelloFreshGO SE, the company offers a smart micro-market system that caters to office environments, enabling employees to access nutritious meals, salads, snacks, and drinks conveniently throughout the workday. The vending machines are designed to promote a healthy lifestyle by offering affordable food options that can be accessed using a personal card or fingerprint authentication. The products are sourced from a family-owned farming business, ensuring quality and catering to various dietary preferences and restrictions.
Share
Seed Round in 2019
Share is a social enterprise focused on e-commerce and consumer goods, operating on the principle that every purchase of its products directly aids individuals in need. The company offers a diverse range of consumer products across various categories through its online platform. With each transaction, Share donates an equivalent product to underprivileged individuals globally, allowing customers to select items they desire while also contributing to social good. This dual impact model enables consumers to make a difference in the lives of others with their everyday purchases.
Snoooze
Funding Round in 2019
Snoooze is a producer of an all-natural sleep drink designed for healthy, working adults seeking better sleep, particularly during stressful times. The company's flagship product, Snoooze®, incorporates effective sleep-inducing herbs such as passion flower, valerian, lemon balm, and lime blossom. These ingredients not only help users fall asleep but also support their natural sleep cycles. By promoting restful sleep, Snoooze® enables consumers to wake up feeling refreshed and energetic, while minimizing concerns about potential side effects. Additionally, the drink is formulated to strengthen the immune system, elevate mood, and enhance creativity, making it a holistic option for those looking to improve their sleep quality.
Waterdrop
Venture Round in 2019
Waterdrop is a hydration brand based in Vienna, Austria, focused on promoting wellness and sustainable drinking habits. The company offers an innovative product known as the Microdrink, which consists of sugar-free, flavored cubes that dissolve in water, enriching it with natural fruit and plant extracts, as well as essential vitamins. This approach not only enhances hydration but also significantly reduces plastic waste and CO2 emissions. Each cube comes in individual recyclable packaging, and Waterdrop has partnered with Plastic Bank to collect one plastic bottle for every 12-pack sold. With a customer base exceeding 2 million and a workforce of over 300 employees, Waterdrop has established a strong retail presence, featuring its products in more than 20,000 outlets and operating over 40 stores worldwide.
Mitte
Venture Round in 2018
Mitte is a Berlin-based company dedicated to creating innovative drinking water systems that align with 21st-century needs for health and sustainability. It has developed a range of products inspired by the natural water cycle, with a focus on providing planet-friendly solutions. Mitte's flagship offering, Mitte Home, is a smart home water purification system that employs advanced filtration and mineralization technology to ensure the quality and taste of water. This system replicates the mineralization process found in natural water sources and allows users to customize their hydration experience through various mineral cartridges. Additionally, the system offers an option for carbonation, catering to diverse consumer preferences. Through these efforts, Mitte aims to revolutionize how individuals access and enjoy safe drinking water.
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