Sirius Venture Partners

Sirius Venture Partners GmbH is a venture capital firm based in Wiesbaden, Germany, with an additional office in Düsseldorf. Founded in 2004, the firm specializes in seed, start-up, mid-venture, and early venture investments, primarily in the technology sector. They typically invest between €0.15 million and €1.5 million in portfolio companies, with a potential for syndicated investments of up to €5 million. Acting as a lead or co-lead investor, Sirius Venture Partners takes a minority stake and a seat on the board or committee of its portfolio companies. The firm aims to exit investments through IPOs or trade sales.

Friedrich von Diest

Managing Partner

Wolfram Glock

Venture Partner

Dominic Darius Rafiy

Managing Director

Lisa Seipp

Investment Manager

32 past transactions

Changchun Jilian Technology Group Co., Ltd. develops Video++, an in-video operating system which digitizes videos then uses artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize and tag content, such as brands, celebrities, body languages, and scenes. Its products include VideoOS, an on-demand in-video operating system; LiveOS, a live stream operating system; VideoAi, an AI based video recognition; VideoData, an advanced data analytics; Magicin, an intelligent virtual placement; and V+ Mall, a live video storage system. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Shanghai, China.

Okanda

Venture Round in 2014
Okanda is here to change the way you book meetings

Uman

Venture Round in 2008
UMAN is an international technology company with a unique UNOS technology for the development of smart devices for Internet applications and the networked environment. They are experts in the areas of networking, audio and video. UMAN has been developing technologies and devices for smart living, pro A / V, aerospace and automotive industries. They are based in Düsseldorf, Germany. UMAN is a dynamic, growing company with an excellent and highly motivated development team in the areas of embedded development, network management and graphical user interface (GUI) design.

InvenSor GmbH

Venture Round in 2013
InvenSor GmbH develops and produces chillers driven by heat. The company provides various cooling systems, low and high temperature chillers, system components, and cooling and power packs. Its machines use waste heat energy from CHP units, solar installations, and industrial production processes for cooling. The company offers its products for cooling ceilings for interior cooling, floor cooling, circulating air cooling/fan coils, wall-mounted units, and direct cooling systems applications.

Fashionette

Venture Round in 2011
Luxury Fashion Trade GmbH operates as an online retailer for handbags, evening gowns, jewelry and sun glasses. Luxury Fashion Trade GmbH was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Skill Software

Venture Round in 2014
Skill Software is a software developing company that specializes in customer relationship management software. It provides information in the mobile workplace, documents the changes, tags photos, and sends back to the server. The company’s flagship product is SKILL Academy, a direct applicable CRM and mobile CRM solution in the cloud. The company provides industry 4.0 solutions for areas such as building and building industry; energy and technology; customer and visitor flows. In addition, they provide guidance systems and solutions for location, measurement, and control in the internet of things. Skill Software was founded by Edgar Reh ibn 1991 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Lehrer-Online

Venture Round in 2014
Teacher Online is a service and information portal for teaching with digital media and offers teachers of all school types and levels of tried and tested teaching materials and current information.

Binect

Venture Round in 2009
pawisda systems GmbH with its head office in Weiterstadt is one of the leading international system and service houses in the field of digital post and mail management. pawisda offers the latest server and portal-backed system and service solutions which enable traditional physical and paper post to enter the electronic age. The sophisticated software solutions and service concepts contained in the L-Vin product range have been developed in-house and they represent an integral part of the future technology of hybrid mail. They constitute a key factor in mail delivery optimized in terms of cost, time and security, which can take place both physically and electronically in authenticated form via the internet. pawisda is part of the MAX21 Group which is listed on the stock exchange.

Biocell

Venture Round in 2006
Founded in 1996 in Engelskirchen near Cologne, we are a certified company focusing on the customer-oriented development, manufacture and distribution of innovative medical therapeutic products. On the basis of functional carrier materials and biotechnological process technology, products are being developed that are used successfully in modern wound care and other dermal application fields nationally and internationally.

Electrochaea

Series A in 2014
Electrochaea GmbH develops and commercializes a grid-scale power-to-gas energy storage technology. The company’s biocatalytic power-to-gas technology converts low-cost and stranded electricity into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, which is used for on-site power production, heating applications, or transmitted over long distances using existing pipelines. Its technology enables storing large amounts of renewable energy from wind and solar; and represents a solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon recycling. Electrochaea GmbH was founded in 2010 and is based in Planegg, Germany with additional operation facilities at Hvidovre, Denmark, and Sacramento, California.

Feelunique

Private Equity Round in 2016
Feelunique.com was a on-line retailer of premium beauty products, serving predominantly the UK market from its headquarters in the Channel Islands, and employing 125 staff.

Smart Loyalty

Venture Round in 2007
Smart Loyalty systems stand for a flexible customer loyalty and value card solution, which is modular developed and can be extended at any time.

Lalamove

Series A in 2016
Originally known as EasyVan, Lalamove was launched to satisfy a specific logistical need - van hire. Started in Hong Kong in December 2013, Lalamove operates in 21 markets across Asia and Latin America connecting over 7 million customers with a pool of over 700,000 driver-partners. The Lalamove way has revolutionized old van hiring call centers to being so streamlined, customers and drivers match with each other within 12 seconds. Local deliveries are fulfilled at a breakneck 55 minutes, door-to-door. Providing reliable and quick deliveries for customers, Lalamove also optimises drivers fleet and route to maximise their earning potential.

Placetel

Private Equity Round in 2010
The finocom AG was founded in Dusseldorf and Cologne in 2007. The founding team developed Placetel because it is convinced that cloud telephony services will replace the traditional telecommunications services in corporate communications. We have developed Placetel one of the leading telephone systems and has received numerous honors and awards

Content One

Venture Round in 2011
Content 1 is an online platform that provides its users with media content. The platform provides its users with content on sports, hobbies, and leisure activities. Furthermore, it provides its users with REITTV, a video services that provides its users with media content on horse riding. Content 1 was launched in 2009 by Andre Borutta and Jens Krucken and is based in Dusseldorf.

evocatal

Venture Round in 2008
evocatal develops and produces enzymes and fine chemicals for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. We offer a catalog of enzymes (evozymes) as well as and tailor-made biocatalysts for specific industrial applications. Our biocatalysts are applied in various consumer goods industries, including the production and refinement of textiles, adhesives, detergents, nutrition and cosmetics. Our customers regard evocatal as a premium provider of high quality chiral building blocks (evochemicals): from a few grams to several tons. At evocatal we have also continued to focus on providing efficient biocatalytic processes as a service (evoservices). Do you need a biocatalyst for a very specific application? Contact us!

Munich Composites

Venture Round in 2013
Munich Composites GmbH produces hollow fiber composite components. It offers stabilisators, handlebars, strut braces, driveshafts, and by-cycle frames. It also provides services, such as design and construction, ready for manufacture design, and process optimization and cost analysis. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Ottobrunn, Germany.

motionet

Venture Round in 2009
motionet AG designs and develops Internet software and provides full-service web 2.0 applications. The company is based in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Cryptovision

Venture Round in 2007
cryptovision is a world specialist for cryptography and electronic identity solutions. The Germany based company has been specializing in this field for 15 years, with hundreds of successful projects delivered.

Youcook

Venture Round in 2013
You Cook manufactures and distributes a range of Asian meals to its clients. You Cook’s product portfolio consists of green Thai curry, Indian chicken tikka, and red Thai curry. You Cook was founded in 2011.

Autodisplay

Venture Round in 2010
Autodisplay Biotech GmbH is a biotechnology company commercializing its proprietary expression platform for the display of heterologous proteins or peptides on the surface of gram negative bacteria. This cell surface display technology provides numerous benefits to biocatalysis, the functionalisation of solid surfaces and screening applications. With its custom-tailored products and services, Autodisplay Biotech is an ideal partner for leading companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

HeatMatrix

Venture Round in 2013
HeatMatrix Group BV develops and produces new types of plastic heat exchangers for waste heat recovery from industrial flue gas. The exchangers are up to 10 times lighter and up to 3 times smaller than regular metal exchangers. They offer a lot of other advantages, such as high efficiency and corrosion resistance, which makes waste heat recovery profitable.

My Energiy Solution

Venture Round in 2014
The MyEnergySolution has developed an innovative concept, with the housing companies

InvenSor GmbH

Seed Round in 2012
InvenSor GmbH develops and produces chillers driven by heat. The company provides various cooling systems, low and high temperature chillers, system components, and cooling and power packs. Its machines use waste heat energy from CHP units, solar installations, and industrial production processes for cooling. The company offers its products for cooling ceilings for interior cooling, floor cooling, circulating air cooling/fan coils, wall-mounted units, and direct cooling systems applications.

TeraJoule Energy

Venture Round in 2011
TeraJoule Energy is focused on the production, trade and capacity management, sales, and consulting services on regenerative energy. TeraJoule Energy was founded by Frank Baumgartner in 2010. It is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Aito

Series B in 2014
Aito is a frontrunner in the global human interface market. Their touch and haptic feedback controllers provide a best-in-class user experience for products such as smartphones, laptops and car infotainment systems. Aito's unique and patented technology is developed by a world-class team of engineers in Helsinki and sold to global customers by the sales and application team based in Amsterdam.

Syndio

Seed Round in 2018
Syndio Solutions is a people analytics company that helps organizations identify and address critical issues that impact employee populations and their bottom lines including Pay Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Machine Learning applications to improve engagement, predict turnover, & optimize performance management (as examples). They use data science methodologies to promote fairness throughout the entire lifecycle of the employee experience. Syndio pay equity analysis software helps companies quickly analyze and resolve pay gaps, empowering them to do the right thing while doing what’s best for their business. The company license software to companies that are serious about equal pay and help them find and fix pay equity issues, and stay in compliance over time.

Jean Pütz Produkte

Venture Round in 2006
Jean Pütz Produkte is a exclusive manufacture, marketing and distribution of products that were developed.

froodies GmbH

Seed Round in 2011
froodies is the first online supermarket for fresh groceries. Users can fill their virtual shopping carts with a selection from a full range of produce; everything from fruit and vegetables to sausages and cheese is delivered to homes nationwide in a cooler box. This way the food portal is able to extend the cooling chain from the fresh produce counter in the supermarket to German households. Orders can be placed around the clock; nationwide deliveries are made within two to three working days. In Dortmund and Wuppertal froodies already makes personal same day deliveries, Saturdays included. In the near future same day deliveries will also be made in other major cities. froodies works in cooperation with local grocery stores.

Syndio

Series A in 2020
Syndio Solutions is a people analytics company that helps organizations identify and address critical issues that impact employee populations and their bottom lines including Pay Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Machine Learning applications to improve engagement, predict turnover, & optimize performance management (as examples). They use data science methodologies to promote fairness throughout the entire lifecycle of the employee experience. Syndio pay equity analysis software helps companies quickly analyze and resolve pay gaps, empowering them to do the right thing while doing what’s best for their business. The company license software to companies that are serious about equal pay and help them find and fix pay equity issues, and stay in compliance over time.