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Vorwerk Ventures

Vorwerk Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Vorwerk & Co. KG, focusing on investments in rapidly growing, consumer-facing companies that utilize direct-to-consumer business models. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, the firm has evolved into a prominent investment entity with over €250 million in assets under management. Vorwerk Ventures primarily targets mid and late-stage venture and growth-phase companies, investing between €1 million and €10 million in initial funding, with the capacity to reserve up to €15 million for future financing rounds. The firm emphasizes opportunities in European developed markets, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the United States, and seeks to make minority equity investments for limited periods. With a strong commitment to supporting innovative entrepreneurs, Vorwerk Ventures combines its direct selling experience with a solid track record in venture capital to identify promising business opportunities.

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Sascha Günther

Principal

Constantin Koenigsegg

Investment Manager

Dirk Meurer

Managing Partner

Norbert Muschong

Managing Partner

Katharina Neuhaus

Investment Manager

Peter Schmetz

Investment Manager

Holger Witte

Partner

88 past transactions

CrossEngage

Venture Round in 2017
CrossEngage GmbH provides a cross-channel marketing cloud solution that empowers marketing managers to orchestrate their campaigns across relevant channels, including email, RTA, onsite, and push notifications. Its platform provides 360° user profiles; and enables marketing managers to segment users based on sociodemographic or historical purchase data, as well as orchestrate the delivery of their messages across relevant channels. The company serves digital marketers in Germany. CrossEngage GmbH was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

ottonova

Series C in 2017
Ottonova provides health insurance through its digital platform.ottonova not only makes everyday life easier for you today, but is also your reliable health partner in the future.

rebike1 GmbH

Series A in 2019
rebike1 purchases new E-Bikes from Top manufactures and brands like Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, Orbea. After renting the E-Bikes to businesses and consumers, the fully refurbished E-Bikes are sold with a 2 yr. warranty on rebike1. rebike1 also purchases used stock of E-Bikes from rental stations and retailers and sell them fully refurbished to consumers. In Oberstdorf, a Top tourist location south of Munich, rebike1 operates the largest E-Bike rental station in the area. Under the brand ebike1verleih, the rental business is expanding within tourist areas in partnership with local bike-shops. rebike1 GmbH was founded 2018 and has 18 employees today.

Better Dairy

Series A in 2022
The Better Dairy Co. produces dairy products. It offers chees, yoghurt, and ice cream. The company is based in London, United Kingdom.

Tickitto

Seed Round in 2021
Tickitto AI Ltd, doing business as Tickitto, develops and operates tools that connects ticketing platforms and travel distributors. It offers solutions, such as API, a solution that allows partners to access inventory, pricing, and availability through a single pipe from the supplier; Web application to buy tickets for music, sports, theatre, live entertainment, tours, and museums; and commission tracking dashboard that enables users to track in real time the commission users are earning from selling tickets through API. The company was formerly known as Sagacity Communications Ltd and changed its name to Tickitto Ai Ltd in February 2018. Tickitto AI Ltd was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Bath, United Kingdom.

Everdrop

Series B in 2022
everdrop GmbH manufactures plastic-free packaged cleanser tablets. It offers spray bottles and laundry detergent powder. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Munich, Germany.

MeinAuto

Series B in 2010
MeinAuto is an information-sharing portal offers a range of auto-related services to its users.The portal contains news, tests, and information about makes and classes of vehicles. It provides guidance on finding authorized dealers, custom designing, leasing and financing options, as well as car and price comparisons. Furthermore, the portal provides facilities to post queries and obtain answers, email, as well as to receive telephone call assistance from its users.

Horizn Studios

Private Placement in 2019
Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offer GPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design.

rebike1 GmbH

Venture Round in 2022
rebike1 purchases new E-Bikes from Top manufactures and brands like Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, Orbea. After renting the E-Bikes to businesses and consumers, the fully refurbished E-Bikes are sold with a 2 yr. warranty on rebike1. rebike1 also purchases used stock of E-Bikes from rental stations and retailers and sell them fully refurbished to consumers. In Oberstdorf, a Top tourist location south of Munich, rebike1 operates the largest E-Bike rental station in the area. Under the brand ebike1verleih, the rental business is expanding within tourist areas in partnership with local bike-shops. rebike1 GmbH was founded 2018 and has 18 employees today.

Alpakas

Seed Round in 2022
Alpacas, in the storm of delivery services, offer a real alternative. With their e-cargo bikes, they deliver sustainable products, sustainably packaged, directly to their homes. Those delivery products include fresh foods, pastries, beverages, household products, and beauty care. They offer gift packs for new products and on a weekly sales basis.

Lesara

Series B in 2015
Lesara is the leading global agile retail pioneer for amazing fashion merchandise at best prices.The company has offices in China and Germany and since its launch in 2013 expanded into 24 markets in 7 languages across Europe, grew its assortment to more than 100.000 SKUs and the the team to over 300 employees.Lesara is operating a completely vertically integrated supply chain and needs only 2 weeks from idea over design, production to product go-live for its collections.The company was awarded as fastest growing tech-company in Europe in 2016.

Lillydoo

Private Placement in 2019
LILLYDOO - Baby care at a new level There has been much change in the use of baby care products in recent years. True to the motto, less is more, it is important to care for baby's sensitive skin as naturally as possible. On average, babies and infants wear diapers for the first three years of life - a very intense skin contact with a product, during the day and at night. Based on these findings, LILLYDOO was created. Their products are free of chlorine (EFC), perfumes, parabens, PEG emulsifiers, phthalates and hormone-active substances. They only offer 100% vegan products, which are developed without animal experiments and which meet their high standards. They regularly have this confirmed by independent institutes.

FORMEL Skin

Series A in 2021
FORMEL Skin manufactures dermatology products

Planted Foods

Convertible Note in 2021
Planted Foods AG develops plant-based meat. The company product includes planted chicken and BBQ planted chicken. It uses pea protein, pea fiber, sunflower oil, and water for taste, texture, and mouth feel of traditional animal meat. The company also operates an e-commerce site to sell its products. Planted Foods AG is headquartered in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. Planted Foods AG was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

Avi Medical

Series A in 2021
Avi Medical GmbH develops medical consultation application for patients. It offers online appointment and video call options. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Munich, Germany.

Thermondo

Series D in 2017
Thermondo promote the energy transition with innovative heat solutions.Directly to the customer, providing superior energy products. Thermondo is a an integrated energy company offering state-of-the-art energy efficiency services. Thermondo became the largest installer of heating solution in Germany applying digital process excellence and quality management. They believe in deep vertical integration in order to achieve market disrupting quality and an outstanding customer experience.

Smartfrog

Venture Round in 2020
Smartfrog provides a home surveillance solution that includes an application (Android and iOS), a camera, and video storage features. It offers its solution to monitor houses or apartments, babies and children, pets, holiday homes, and business places. Abbas Sadegh, Andreas Rudyk, and Norbert Stangl founded Smartfrog in 2014.

Sharpist

Seed Round in 2020
Sharpist GmbH develops an online platform for coaching, learning development, and leadership programs. It offers video coaching, personalized exercise, goal setting, and explanation services through its platform. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Tennis Point

Venture Round in 2012
Tennis Point is a German company that specialises in selling tennis and running equipment. It sells over 15,000 items from leading sports brands in its 8 stores and on its website which is available in 12 languages.

Aitme

Seed Round in 2019
We developed a fully automated robotic kitchen serving a variety of 100s of different dishes - always freshly cooked and customised by the user. As a start our business model is selling / leasing the robots to corporate clients to provide a flexible lunch option for employees. We take care of the whole operations and also sell the dishes - which is our actual profit stream. As the robot is very flexible we also see big potential in ghost kitchens, high frequency locations (train stations, airports, hospitals) and restaurants.

homefully

Series A in 2020
homefully GmbH provides co-living spaces for rentals and paying guest accommodation. The company offers fully furnished bedroom, cleaning services, concierge service and personal check-in services, and kitchen. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany with additional locations in Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Zurich, and Hamburg, Germany.

Lesara GmbH

Private Placement in 2018
Lesara GmbH owns and operates an online discount store. The company offers clothing, jewelry, electronic, and home goods. Lesara GmbH was founded in 2013 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

flaschenpost SE

Private Placement in 2018
flaschenpost is a German company offering on-demand beverage delivery. The unique business model has been extremely successful; currently flaschenpost SE operates 21 hubs serving more than 130 cities across Germany, and delivers more than 60,000 crates per day (as of June 2020). Thanks to an efficient routing algorithm and optimized logistics, flaschenpost delivers within 120 minutes of the order, right to the customer’s door.

Ringana

Venture Round in 2008
Ringana develops, produces and distributes high-quality nutritional supplements and fresh cosmetics on a purely natural, plant-based basis and has acquired a market-leading position in German-speaking countries in recent years.

CrossEngage

Venture Round in 2020
CrossEngage GmbH provides a cross-channel marketing cloud solution that empowers marketing managers to orchestrate their campaigns across relevant channels, including email, RTA, onsite, and push notifications. Its platform provides 360° user profiles; and enables marketing managers to segment users based on sociodemographic or historical purchase data, as well as orchestrate the delivery of their messages across relevant channels. The company serves digital marketers in Germany. CrossEngage GmbH was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

ottonova

Series B in 2017
Ottonova provides health insurance through its digital platform.ottonova not only makes everyday life easier for you today, but is also your reliable health partner in the future.

PaulDirekt

Venture Round in 2011
PaulDirekt is an online shopping club, unites everything on one platform.

HelloFreshGO

Private Placement 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. Every employee has direct access any time to a large variety of food, snacks, and drinks. On less than 1,5m2 the vending machine is able to replace a classical canteen for less investment.

Everdrop

Seed Round in 2021
everdrop GmbH manufactures plastic-free packaged cleanser tablets. It offers spray bottles and laundry detergent powder. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Munich, Germany.

Lesara

Series C in 2017
Lesara is the leading global agile retail pioneer for amazing fashion merchandise at best prices.The company has offices in China and Germany and since its launch in 2013 expanded into 24 markets in 7 languages across Europe, grew its assortment to more than 100.000 SKUs and the the team to over 300 employees.Lesara is operating a completely vertically integrated supply chain and needs only 2 weeks from idea over design, production to product go-live for its collections.The company was awarded as fastest growing tech-company in Europe in 2016.

flaschenpost SE

Private Placement in 2019
flaschenpost is a German company offering on-demand beverage delivery. The unique business model has been extremely successful; currently flaschenpost SE operates 21 hubs serving more than 130 cities across Germany, and delivers more than 60,000 crates per day (as of June 2020). Thanks to an efficient routing algorithm and optimized logistics, flaschenpost delivers within 120 minutes of the order, right to the customer’s door.

Mädchenflohmarkt

Venture Round in 2014
Mädchenflohmarkt GmbH operates an online platform for sale of second hand clothes, shoes, handbags and accessories for girls. It offers a free concierge service to users wanting to sell their goods on the platform, without listing their goods themselves. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

ottonova

Private Placement in 2019
Ottonova provides health insurance through its digital platform.ottonova not only makes everyday life easier for you today, but is also your reliable health partner in the future.

Resourcify

Series A in 2023
Mein Recycling is developed by Resourcify GmbH from Hamburg. The app is the easiest solution for businesses to easily manage all of their waste, collections, and recyclers in one app, and for waste management companies to seamlessly connect with their customers online. Their vision is zero-waste: enabled with the digital transformation of the waste sector as the foundation for the circular economy.

Planted Foods

Series B in 2022
Planted Foods AG develops plant-based meat. The company product includes planted chicken and BBQ planted chicken. It uses pea protein, pea fiber, sunflower oil, and water for taste, texture, and mouth feel of traditional animal meat. The company also operates an e-commerce site to sell its products. Planted Foods AG is headquartered in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. Planted Foods AG was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

Sharpist

Private Placement in 2020
Sharpist GmbH develops an online platform for coaching, learning development, and leadership programs. It offers video coaching, personalized exercise, goal setting, and explanation services through its platform. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

MedKitDoc

Seed Round in 2021
MedKitDoc offers patients talks to doctors via video conference by medical professionals who can examine patients by using certified medical devices.

MeinAuto

Series C in 2011
MeinAuto is an information-sharing portal offers a range of auto-related services to its users.The portal contains news, tests, and information about makes and classes of vehicles. It provides guidance on finding authorized dealers, custom designing, leasing and financing options, as well as car and price comparisons. Furthermore, the portal provides facilities to post queries and obtain answers, email, as well as to receive telephone call assistance from its users.

Neato Robotics

Series D in 2012
Neato Robotics is a venture-funded start-up based in Newark, California, developing robotic-based household appliances. The first product, a robotic vacuum cleaner with intelligent navigation was released in 2010. The company sells its products through brick-and-mortar and online retailers worldwide. Neato was acquired by Vorwerk in September 2017.

CrossEngage

Private Placement in 2020
CrossEngage GmbH provides a cross-channel marketing cloud solution that empowers marketing managers to orchestrate their campaigns across relevant channels, including email, RTA, onsite, and push notifications. Its platform provides 360° user profiles; and enables marketing managers to segment users based on sociodemographic or historical purchase data, as well as orchestrate the delivery of their messages across relevant channels. The company serves digital marketers in Germany. CrossEngage GmbH was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Boon

Seed Round in 2021
Turn fans into superfans with Boon. A video community for stars and fans with engagement on a whole new level. Allowing you to reward your most passionate fans, the dearest and most valuable ones out there.

Planted Foods

Series A in 2021
Planted Foods AG develops plant-based meat. The company product includes planted chicken and BBQ planted chicken. It uses pea protein, pea fiber, sunflower oil, and water for taste, texture, and mouth feel of traditional animal meat. The company also operates an e-commerce site to sell its products. Planted Foods AG is headquartered in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. Planted Foods AG was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

Habyt

Series B in 2021
Habyt is a developer and supplier of a comprehensive concept for temporary living. Starting with the renting and fitting of suitable objects over the search for suitable prospective customers up to an all-round care of the tenants.

flaschenpost SE

Venture Round in 2018
flaschenpost is a German company offering on-demand beverage delivery. The unique business model has been extremely successful; currently flaschenpost SE operates 21 hubs serving more than 130 cities across Germany, and delivers more than 60,000 crates per day (as of June 2020). Thanks to an efficient routing algorithm and optimized logistics, flaschenpost delivers within 120 minutes of the order, right to the customer’s door.

rebike1 GmbH

Series B in 2021
rebike1 purchases new E-Bikes from Top manufactures and brands like Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, Orbea. After renting the E-Bikes to businesses and consumers, the fully refurbished E-Bikes are sold with a 2 yr. warranty on rebike1. rebike1 also purchases used stock of E-Bikes from rental stations and retailers and sell them fully refurbished to consumers. In Oberstdorf, a Top tourist location south of Munich, rebike1 operates the largest E-Bike rental station in the area. Under the brand ebike1verleih, the rental business is expanding within tourist areas in partnership with local bike-shops. rebike1 GmbH was founded 2018 and has 18 employees today.

JUNIQE

Series B in 2016
JUNIQE is the lifestyle brand for curated and affordable wall art, home accessories, stationery, and gifts. Their team of eCommerce professionals works to help customers make their houses their homes by bringing art into their everyday lives: Art. Everywhere. Seeking to engage and excite, JUNIQE's team searches the globe for emerging and established artists before handpicking artworks and printing these on selected merchandise. Its wide product portfolio includes premium posters, framed prints, shower curtains, cushions, personal planners and notebooks, to name a few. Guided by the vision of bringing art into every home, JUNIQE empowers and inspires its customers through exciting and affordable art.

Sunhero

Series A in 2023
Sunhero delivers custom-built solar panel solutions. Sunhero offers consumers a hassle-free method of installing customised photovoltaic solar systems on their homes, be that either purchasing outright or renting for a 20 year period.

Ruuky

Seed Round in 2021
Ruuky is the first German Neobank for the Generation Z. We have a European ambition and are offering a social interactive banking experience with a virtual- and physical Debit- Mastercard.

HelloFresh

Series C in 2013
HelloFresh SE delivers meal kit solutions to prepare home-cooked meals using its recipes. The company offers premium meals, double portions, and others, as well as seasonal meal-kits, including a Christmas and Thanksgiving boxes; and wines and snacks. It also sells meal-kits through the retail supermarket channel, as well as vending machines. The company has operations in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Northern France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It operates under the HelloFresh brand. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Avi Medical

Seed Round in 2021
Avi Medical GmbH develops medical consultation application for patients. It offers online appointment and video call options. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Munich, Germany.

HelloFresh

Series B in 2012
HelloFresh SE delivers meal kit solutions to prepare home-cooked meals using its recipes. The company offers premium meals, double portions, and others, as well as seasonal meal-kits, including a Christmas and Thanksgiving boxes; and wines and snacks. It also sells meal-kits through the retail supermarket channel, as well as vending machines. The company has operations in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Northern France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It operates under the HelloFresh brand. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

ottonova

Series D in 2019
Ottonova provides health insurance through its digital platform.ottonova not only makes everyday life easier for you today, but is also your reliable health partner in the future.

Sharpist

Series A in 2022
Sharpist GmbH develops an online platform for coaching, learning development, and leadership programs. It offers video coaching, personalized exercise, goal setting, and explanation services through its platform. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Mädchenflohmarkt

Venture Round in 2021
Mädchenflohmarkt GmbH operates an online platform for sale of second hand clothes, shoes, handbags and accessories for girls. It offers a free concierge service to users wanting to sell their goods on the platform, without listing their goods themselves. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

Planted Foods

Convertible Note in 2021
Planted Foods AG develops plant-based meat. The company product includes planted chicken and BBQ planted chicken. It uses pea protein, pea fiber, sunflower oil, and water for taste, texture, and mouth feel of traditional animal meat. The company also operates an e-commerce site to sell its products. Planted Foods AG is headquartered in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. Planted Foods AG was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

Rex

Seed Round in 2022
Operator of a veterinary clinic designed to make pets feel comfortable and provide veterinary services. The company's app offers mobile appointment booking, telehealth visits, and regular reminders about vaccinations and check-ups and provides pet checkups, preventive care, and diagnostics, enabling pet owners to take care of their pets and receive veterinary care.

Aitme

Venture Round in 2021
We developed a fully automated robotic kitchen serving a variety of 100s of different dishes - always freshly cooked and customised by the user. As a start our business model is selling / leasing the robots to corporate clients to provide a flexible lunch option for employees. We take care of the whole operations and also sell the dishes - which is our actual profit stream. As the robot is very flexible we also see big potential in ghost kitchens, high frequency locations (train stations, airports, hospitals) and restaurants.

Zapp

Series B in 2022
Zapp provides on-demand delivery services. It is building the future of convenience with a full-stack approach to on-demand essential items, 24/7, delivered in minutes. It is backed by the worlds leading investors and our team has scale-up and exit experience at companies such as Amazon, Jumia, Deliveroo, Tesco, Stuart, and Just Eat. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Kent, United Kingdom.

Smartfrog

Venture Round in 2018
Smartfrog provides a home surveillance solution that includes an application (Android and iOS), a camera, and video storage features. It offers its solution to monitor houses or apartments, babies and children, pets, holiday homes, and business places. Abbas Sadegh, Andreas Rudyk, and Norbert Stangl founded Smartfrog in 2014.

JUNIQE

Series A in 2015
JUNIQE is the lifestyle brand for curated and affordable wall art, home accessories, stationery, and gifts. Their team of eCommerce professionals works to help customers make their houses their homes by bringing art into their everyday lives: Art. Everywhere. Seeking to engage and excite, JUNIQE's team searches the globe for emerging and established artists before handpicking artworks and printing these on selected merchandise. Its wide product portfolio includes premium posters, framed prints, shower curtains, cushions, personal planners and notebooks, to name a few. Guided by the vision of bringing art into every home, JUNIQE empowers and inspires its customers through exciting and affordable art.

CrossEngage

Private Placement in 2019
CrossEngage GmbH provides a cross-channel marketing cloud solution that empowers marketing managers to orchestrate their campaigns across relevant channels, including email, RTA, onsite, and push notifications. Its platform provides 360° user profiles; and enables marketing managers to segment users based on sociodemographic or historical purchase data, as well as orchestrate the delivery of their messages across relevant channels. The company serves digital marketers in Germany. CrossEngage GmbH was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Horizn Studios

Seed Round in 2016
Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offer GPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design.

Horizn Studios

Series B in 2019
Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offer GPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design.

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. Every employee has direct access any time to a large variety of food, snacks, and drinks. On less than 1,5m2 the vending machine is able to replace a classical canteen for less investment.

Stowa

Venture Round in 2009
STOWA GmbH & Co. KG manufactures watches in Germany. The company offers sport, technical, and pilot watches, as well as leather or stainless steel straps. It also provides watch repair services. The company offers its products through an online shop for customers in the EU and internationally. STOWA GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1927 and is based in Engelsbrand, Germany.

CrossEngage

Series A in 2019
CrossEngage GmbH provides a cross-channel marketing cloud solution that empowers marketing managers to orchestrate their campaigns across relevant channels, including email, RTA, onsite, and push notifications. Its platform provides 360° user profiles; and enables marketing managers to segment users based on sociodemographic or historical purchase data, as well as orchestrate the delivery of their messages across relevant channels. The company serves digital marketers in Germany. CrossEngage GmbH was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany with an additional office in London, United Kingdom.

Lillydoo

Series A in 2017
LILLYDOO - Baby care at a new level There has been much change in the use of baby care products in recent years. True to the motto, less is more, it is important to care for baby's sensitive skin as naturally as possible. On average, babies and infants wear diapers for the first three years of life - a very intense skin contact with a product, during the day and at night. Based on these findings, LILLYDOO was created. Their products are free of chlorine (EFC), perfumes, parabens, PEG emulsifiers, phthalates and hormone-active substances. They only offer 100% vegan products, which are developed without animal experiments and which meet their high standards. They regularly have this confirmed by independent institutes.

Pippa Jean

Series C in 2015
PIPPA&JEAN is a social selling community that empowers women to lead self-determined lives. PIPPA&JEAN Style Coaches showcase jewellery, accessories and other lifestyle products at exclusive Style Partys and in their personalised Online Boutiques. PIPPA&JEAN takes care of everything else - from training, sourcing, storage, and invoicing to delivery. It is their vision is to encourage more than 100,000 woman to become successfully independent entrepreneurs and to fulfill their dreams. In doing so, they proudly uphold their company values based on "Initiative", "Quality" and a "Do Good" attitude.

DaWanda

Venture Round in 2011
DaWanda is an online marketplace that trades handmade products from professional artisans, artists, designers, and individuals. Its products portfolio includes clothing, footwear, furniture, toys, bags, garden equipment, accessories, homeware, cosmetics, decorative material, and more. Users can filter their product search based on the category, price range, discount rate, and color of the product; type of person; shipping options; and payment modes. The “gift ideas” of the website enables customers to choose gifts for others based on the type of recipient, his or her interests, and the occasion. DaWanda also features DIY tutorials. DaWanda was launched in December 2006 and is operated from Berlin, Germany.

Horizn Studios

Series A in 2016
Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offer GPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design.

Dinner for Dogs

Venture Round in 2008
CenturyBiz GmbH develops and distributes high-quality natural pet food and additional selected products for dogs and cats under the brand names of Dinner for Dogs and Dinner for Cats.

Horizn Studios

Series A in 2018
Horizn is a travel tech venture, headquartered in Berlin. Their hero hardware product is their Smart Luggage range. As first vertical, online player in the European luggage market, and Europe's first Smart Luggage brand, HS designs, develops and sells premium quality, innovative travel products at very competitive prices. Their products offer GPS, Chargers, Proximity Alerts, Travel App, Personal Travel Assistant, and more - subtly integrated in a very contemporary design.

Lesara

Series D in 2018
Lesara is the leading global agile retail pioneer for amazing fashion merchandise at best prices.The company has offices in China and Germany and since its launch in 2013 expanded into 24 markets in 7 languages across Europe, grew its assortment to more than 100.000 SKUs and the the team to over 300 employees.Lesara is operating a completely vertically integrated supply chain and needs only 2 weeks from idea over design, production to product go-live for its collections.The company was awarded as fastest growing tech-company in Europe in 2016.

FORMEL Skin

Seed Round in 2020
FORMEL Skin manufactures dermatology products

gestigon

Series A in 2015
gestigon GmbH designs and develops a 3D image processing software for body and gesture recognition. The company’s solution is a middleware for pose tracking, gesture recognition, and biometrical features identification. It is used in automotive industry in driver cabins for detailed driver and passenger monitoring. The company offers augmented reality/ virtual reality (AR/VR) interaction design services. Additionally, it allows consumers to control electronic devices without touching them. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Lübeck, Germany. As of February 28, 2017, gestigon GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Valeo SA.

rebike1 GmbH

Private Placement in 2019
rebike1 purchases new E-Bikes from Top manufactures and brands like Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, Orbea. After renting the E-Bikes to businesses and consumers, the fully refurbished E-Bikes are sold with a 2 yr. warranty on rebike1. rebike1 also purchases used stock of E-Bikes from rental stations and retailers and sell them fully refurbished to consumers. In Oberstdorf, a Top tourist location south of Munich, rebike1 operates the largest E-Bike rental station in the area. Under the brand ebike1verleih, the rental business is expanding within tourist areas in partnership with local bike-shops. rebike1 GmbH was founded 2018 and has 18 employees today.

Habyt

Series C in 2023
Habyt is a developer and supplier of a comprehensive concept for temporary living. Starting with the renting and fitting of suitable objects over the search for suitable prospective customers up to an all-round care of the tenants.

stylefruits

Series C in 2011
stylefruits GmbH operates a style advice platform for fashion and home design. Its platform allows users to create individual outfits by combining a selection of fashionable clothing and accessories in the categories of women's fashion, men's fashion, and interior design from a range of online partner shops; recommend, rate, and discuss styles with other users online; and share them on the social media sites. The company’s solution is available as online platform, and as an application for smartphones and tablets. It serves customers in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Munich, Germany. As per the transaction announced on April 22, 2016, stylefruits GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Ströer SE & Co. KGaA.

Avi Medical

Series B in 2022
Avi Medical GmbH develops medical consultation application for patients. It offers online appointment and video call options. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Munich, Germany.