Bitburger Ventures

In the mid of 2018, Bitburger Holding founded the investment company Bitburger Ventures for its investments in start-ups. The aim is to combine the growth potential of young, innovative companies with the financial strength and access to different expertise along the value chain of the Bitburger Group. Our heritage as a medium-sized family business with a long-term orientation distinguishes Bitburger Ventures from pure financial investors and offers young entrepreneurs a unique added value. Our activities focus primarily on the German-speaking area, where we have been operating for 200 years. Through our industrial holdings in leading medium-sized companies that are successful in various industries and in international markets, we have direct access to different networks and various competencies. We are pragmatic, accessible and credible and expect the same from our venture partners. Bitburger Ventures invests venture capital in the form of minority holdings in already established start-ups, preferably in the Seed to Series B phase. Our investment focus is on consumer-facing business models, but we are also interested in leading alternative technology and service solutions. Following the tradition of a family business, we sustainably support our portfolio companies on their growth path. Bitburger Ventures also invests in international venture capital funds.

17 past transactions

HOLY

Seed Round in 2022
HOLY is a company that specializes in the production of powder-based beverages. Their product line includes HOLY Energy® and HOLY Iced Tea®, both of which are marketed as having zero sugar and being sustainably packaged. The company's focus is on providing a unique taste experience while also promoting a sense of social responsibility. They offer a variety of flavors and options for customers to try, and they also provide opportunities for interested individuals to join their team.

O.C. Hairsystems

Seed Round in 2022
O.C. Hairsystems is a healthcare solution center. The company provide services that include hair systems, hair replacement, hair loss expertise, and hair cosmetics.

Magaloop

Seed Round in 2022
Magaloop is a digital B2B marketplace that connects wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, and shopkeepers. The marketplace customers can order everything from chewing gum to drinks with a single tap. It ensures fast and efficient ordering processes through smart features such as the barcode scanner or order history, and thus assists small retailers such as bakeries, kiosks, late-night stores, snack bars, and gas station stores in better managing their resources. MagaLoop's business will enable even more independent retailers to digitize and run their businesses more efficiently in a highly competitive market.

Waterdrop

Series B in 2022
waterdrop® is a fast-growing hydration brand based in Vienna, Austria, disrupting the beverage industry with its innovative waterdrop® Microdrink and global hydration platform. The company's mission is to encourage people to drink more water in a sustainable way, with its sugar-free, flavored cubes dissolving in water to enrich it with natural fruit & plant extracts and valuable vitamins. waterdrop® is significantly reducing plastic use and CO2 emissions, thanks to its individual recyclable packaging for each cube. The company also partners with Plastic Bank, pledging to collect one plastic bottle for every 12-pack sold. waterdrop® has grown to have more than 2 million online customers and over 300 employees, with product listings in over 20,000 retail outlets and more than 40 waterdrop® stores worldwide.

Naughty Nuts

Seed Round in 2022
Naughty Nuts engages in the nut butter market. Their products such as nut butter, apple cinnamon peanut butter, nut butter tasting pack, nut butter sample pack, peanut butter salted caramel, hazelnut butter choco crush, almond butter cinnamon roll, hazelnut butter espresso roast, almond butter blueberry bash, cashew butter raspberry rumble, cashew butter choco dream, peanut butter cacao crunch, peanut butter crunchy, almond butter smooth, peanut butter smooth, cashew butter smooth, choco bundle, and cashew-mus bundle.

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 that specializes in developing protein pet foods. It is dedicated to reinventing pet food with science to offer healthier foods for pets that are better for the environment and more humane than conventional products. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berkeley, California.

Lyre's Spirit Co

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 is a digital B2B marketplace that connects wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, and shopkeepers. The marketplace customers can order everything from chewing gum to drinks with a single tap. It ensures fast and efficient ordering processes through smart features such as the barcode scanner or order history, and thus assists small retailers such as bakeries, kiosks, late-night stores, snack bars, and gas station stores in better managing their resources. MagaLoop's business will enable even more independent retailers to digitize and run their businesses more efficiently in a highly competitive market.

Sanity Group

Venture Round in 2020
Sanity Group is a European cannabis company focusing on health, wellbeing, and scientific research. The company's mission is to improve people’s quality of life through the use of cannabinoids, thus developing consumer products based on non-psychoactive cannabinoids. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

JustSpices

Series B in 2020
Just Spices is a spice-mix and meal-prep brand that manufactures and markets food products. With numerous spice blends and pure spices, Just Spices inspires online and in an increasing number of supermarkets a growing consumer base to refine their own dishes and become creative in the kitchen. In addition to that, in 2018, the spice manufactory also launched the Just Spices IN MINUTES fix category online and nationwide in all REWE supermarkets. Just Spices offering 7 “fix” meal preparations that see Just Spices provide the recipe and spice mix needed to prepare a quick meal, with only a few additional fresh ingredients required to complete the dish. Since then, with 27 fix recipes, the company has been setting new standards for the fast and easy preparation of modern dishes in everyday life. Just Spices was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Mitte

Convertible Note in 2019
Mitte was founded with a mission to develop a user-friendly drinking water system for the 21st century. The Berlin-based company created a product range inspired by the natural water cycle, focusing on health, sustainability, and planet-friendly solutions. Their flagship product, Mitte Home, is a smart home water purification system that utilizes advanced filtration and mineralization technology to purify and optimize the taste of water, with the option for carbonation.

HelloFreshGO

Series A in 2019
HelloFreshGO serves as a micro-market for the office. It offers a smart vending machine for companies that enables the employees to have healthy food at the office for a small price.

Share

Seed Round in 2019
Share is a social company based on the one plus one principle, where every purchase of a share product helps a person in need with an equivalent product.

Snoooze

Funding Round in 2019
Snoooze offers Snoooze®, an all-natural sleep drink for healthy, working adults who’d like to enjoy healthy, natural sleep, especially in times of stress. The herbs in Snoooze® help drinkers fall asleep and support their natural sleep cycles. So, Snoooze® drinkers can wake up refreshed and energetic without having to worry about side-effects.

Waterdrop

Venture Round in 2019
waterdrop® is a fast-growing hydration brand based in Vienna, Austria, disrupting the beverage industry with its innovative waterdrop® Microdrink and global hydration platform. The company's mission is to encourage people to drink more water in a sustainable way, with its sugar-free, flavored cubes dissolving in water to enrich it with natural fruit & plant extracts and valuable vitamins. waterdrop® is significantly reducing plastic use and CO2 emissions, thanks to its individual recyclable packaging for each cube. The company also partners with Plastic Bank, pledging to collect one plastic bottle for every 12-pack sold. waterdrop® has grown to have more than 2 million online customers and over 300 employees, with product listings in over 20,000 retail outlets and more than 40 waterdrop® stores worldwide.

Mitte

Venture Round in 2018
Mitte was founded with a mission to develop a user-friendly drinking water system for the 21st century. The Berlin-based company created a product range inspired by the natural water cycle, focusing on health, sustainability, and planet-friendly solutions. Their flagship product, Mitte Home, is a smart home water purification system that utilizes advanced filtration and mineralization technology to purify and optimize the taste of water, with the option for carbonation.
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