Berlin · Pre-Seed–Seed · 5 people tracked
Investment thesis
Angel Invest describes itself as Europe's most active super angel fund, backing category-defining companies even before incorporation. It writes typical checks of about €125k across Angel, Pre-seed, and Seed rounds, focusing primarily on AI, FinTech, and DeepTech, though it occasionally invests outside these areas. After investing, it coaches teams for at least a year, helping them reach product-market fit and raise a Series A, with around 60% graduating to Series A. Partners are all former founders who have built and exited startups. The firm offers a fast, no-committee decision process, helps founders raise both equity and debt, and leverages a broad co-investor network.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Angel Invest went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 30 of 54 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×20SaaS ×11Enterprise Software ×10Data & Infrastructure ×7Cleantech ×4Developer Tools ×4Fintech ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3
HQs:Germany×6United States×4Canada×2Austria×1Switzerland×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×33 founders×34+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ×3Harvard Business School ×2Harvard University ×2Stanford University ×2The Australian National University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history
McKinsey & Company ×4
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 54 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 22023 · 12015 · 18 dated
Aisel builds a clinical operating system for private psychiatric clinics, using six coordinated AI agents to handle intake screening, in-session listening and documentation, billing code derivation, and bidirectional EHR sync.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Augusta Klingsten Peytz(Founder)in
Co-investorsRockstartCaesar Ventures
Aletiq offers a software platform that centralizes a company's product and operational knowledge into a single source of truth, making data instantly searchable across teams.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Co-investorsEntropy Industrial CapitalKima VenturesPoint Nine
AskVinny provides an AI teammate that handles customer conversations across voice, WhatsApp, chat, and email for property management operations, connecting to existing PMS, CRM, and messaging systems.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Rory Buchanan 👷(Founder)in
Co-investorsPT1Fuel Ventures
Climatiq provides carbon emissions calculation and reporting tools that integrate with platforms such as Salesforce Net Zero Cloud, helping organizations measure emissions and support their sustainability efforts.
CleantechClimate TechSaaS
Co-investorsCherry VenturesSingular
CoachHub offers a digital coaching platform that connects employees with certified business coaches for one-on-one online sessions, with AI-based coach matching, personalized content, and analytics dashboards for HR teams.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR Tech
Matti Niebelschütz(Founder)inYannis Niebelschuetz(Founder)in
Co-investorsBootstrap EuropeMolten VenturesPartech VenturesRTP GlobalSoftBank Vision FundSpeedinvest
CruxOCM develops AI-powered automation software for industrial control room operations in energy infrastructure, enabling autonomous monitoring and control to improve throughput and reduce operational risk.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareIoTCalgary, CA
Vicki Knott, P.Eng(Founder)inRoger Shirt(Director)Victoria Knott(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardEric Wiesen(Director)Gil Dibner(Director)
Co-investorsAngular VenturesBullpen CapitalGolden VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Raven CapitalRoot Ventures Manager, Llc+3 more
Dehaze is a German HealthTech company that uses AI to integrate genetic and lifestyle data to identify early health risks and deliver personalized health recommendations for individuals.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechFürstenfeldbruck, DE
Co-investorsTechstarsYZR CapitalBetter VenturesDN Capital
DePoly develops a chemical recycling technology that converts unsorted, contaminated PET plastic waste into virgin-grade raw materials (PTA and MEG precursors) for producing new plastics without fossil fuels.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsSion, CH
Co-investorsBeiersdorf Innovation FundCrane Venture PartnersInfinity RecyclingACE & CompanyBASF Venture Capital GmbHFounderful+1 more
dltHub builds an open-source Python library and AI-native platform for data ingestion and engineering, providing transparent primitives for schema inference, normalization, and incremental loading designed for the LLM era.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsBerlin, DE
Marcin Rudolf(Director)Matthaus Krzykowski(Executive Officer, Director)Anna Hoffmann(Founder)inAdrian Brudaru(Founder)inAnna Hoffman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSteve Vassallo(Director)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersFoundation CapitalDig Ventures Management LimitedFirestreak Ventures
Elba Security offers a browser-based security platform that gives companies visibility into employee AI tool usage, intercepts and blocks sensitive data (such as PII and code) before it reaches external LLMs like ChatGPT and Copilot, and enforces AI governance and compliance policies.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsKima VenturesXAnge
feld.energy develops, permits, builds, and operates agrivoltaic (Agri-PV) solar installations on farmland, offering farmers turnkey systems with lease, revenue-sharing, or self-operation models to generate additional income while continuing agricultural use.
AgTechCleantechEnergy
Adrian Renner(Co-founder & Managing Director)inLukas Zels(Co-founder & Managing Director)in
Co-investorsFuture Energy Ventures
Graswald AI is an AI production studio that generates studio-quality fashion imagery, including flatlays, on-model PDP shots, product video, and campaign content, with brand-customizable avatars, lighting, and poses.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech
Julius Harling(Founder)in
Co-investorsRobin CapitalSupernode GlobalHTGFLakestar
Howbout is a mobile app for organizing and keeping track of social plans with friends.
ConsumerSocial
Duncan Cowan(Founder)in
Co-investorsBoost Capital PartnersSupernode GlobalACF InvestorsFJ LabsGoodwater Capitalsequel
INXM builds Orchestrator, an enterprise process execution engine that uses compiled AI to coordinate work across agents, automation systems, and existing enterprise tools like ERP and workflow platforms.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSchönefeld, DE
Kamil Klueber(Founder)
Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesLinden CapitalRedstoneTane Fund
lizzyAI automates large-scale candidate screening, running structured interviews to produce data-backed shortlists for hiring teams and recruitment clients.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Yannis Niebelschuetz(Founder)inShai Meital(Founder)in
Co-investorsHeartfelt CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Zero Prime VenturesSpeedinvest
MindsDB builds open-source infrastructure for AI-augmented analytics and data work, enabling users to interact with their data through natural language.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Adam Carrigan(Founder)inJorge Torres(Founder)in
Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundMayfield FundMMC VenturesNVenturesOpenOceanTq Ventures Llc+9 more
Peec AI is an AI search analytics platform that lets marketing teams and agencies track, analyze, and improve their brand's performance across AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Deepseek using metrics such as visibility, position, and sentiment.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Daniel Drabo(Co-founder)inTobias Siwonia(Co-founder)inMarius Meiners(Co-founder)in
Co-investors20VCAntlerIdentity.vcSingular
Prima provides structural steel services covering the full Division 5 scope, including engineering, detailing, fabrication, delivery, and erection support for industrial infrastructure.
Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechMexico City, MX
Patricio Servitje(Founder)inDaniel Autrique(Founder)inJuan Pablo Ramos(Co-Founder (Co-CEO in Endeavor coverage))in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalK50 VenturesMarathon VenturesNazcaNXTPPICUS CAPITAL+4 more
Sapiom provides an execution engine and access network that lets AI agents use external capabilities — such as authentication, LLM inference, web search, voice, image and video generation, compute, databases, and messaging — through a single API key, with metered pay-per-use billing.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Ilan Zerbib(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelFormus CapitalGradient VenturesOperator CollectiveArray Ventures Management LlcDragonfly
Spacelift is an infrastructure orchestration platform that combines Infrastructure-as-Code, GitOps pipelines, and an AI assistant to let developers provision and manage cloud infrastructure while platform teams retain governance and control.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSRedwood City, US
Marcin Wyszynski(Executive Officer, Director)Paweł Hytry(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlossom CapitalFive Elms CapitalHoxton VenturesInovo VCInsight PartnersPolipo Ventures+2 more
Taktile enables organizations to make optimal decisions for their customers through iterative decision-making design.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechBerlin, DE
Maik Taro Wehmeyer(Founder)inDr. Maximilian Eber(Co-Founder and CPTO)inMaximilian Eber(Director)
BoardCarlos Gonzalez-Cadenas(Director)inRobert Warriner Moffat(Director)inJade Mandel(Director)
Co-investors3cubed VenturesAcequia Capital (AceCap)Balderton CapitalDig Ventures Management Limitedfirstminute capitalIndex Ventures+3 more
TextYess provides AI agents and unified customer data for eCommerce brands to run conversational sales and support across messaging channels like WhatsApp.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech
Co-investorsEntourage VenturesGrowth CapitalMoonstone Venture Capital
Tower provides AI-powered due diligence infrastructure that collects, structures, and analyzes unstructured data from multiple sources to support financial and legal decision-making.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechToronto, CA
Adam Dorfman(Founder)inAndy Zhang(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorFlyer One VenturesRoosh VenturesSpeedinvest
TukToro makes a connected dice cup paired with a free ad-free app that turns early math learning—counting through multiplication and division—into interactive games with real-time feedback.
ConsumerEdTechHardware
Co-investorsDvH VenturesSimon Capital
Usercentrics provides consent management and data privacy technology for digital businesses seeking to balance user data protection with growth and compliance.
AdTechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMunich, DE
Vinzent Ellissen(Founder)in
Co-investorsCavalry VenturesAlstin CapitalFull In PartnersNAPRTP Global
ValidMind provides an AI governance platform for regulated industries such as banking and insurance, covering model risk management, validation automation, and oversight of autonomous AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Jonas Jacobi(Founder)in
Co-investorsMS&AD VenturesNew York Life VenturesPoint72 VenturesThird PrimeAI FundFJ Labs+2 more
The Vision Lab creates high-density action labeling datasets for video and industrial data using proprietary vision language models combined with human annotation.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Tanachart (James) Kujareevanich(Founder)inZhichu Ren(Founder)inWill Wenbo Zhang(Founder)inTrevor Madigan(Managing Member)
Co-investorsY Combinator500 GlobalEarlybird Venture CapitalFoothill VenturesRace Capital
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioSufboardacq. by Dialpad
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiescare · eu-startups.com · Aug 19, 2026
Aisel · eu-startups.com · Aug 19, 2026
Fonio · techfundingnews.com · Aug 11, 2026
Sapiom · fundraiseinsider.com · Aug 10, 2026
Taktile · financialit.net · Jul 17, 2026
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Tower · barchart.com · Jul 16, 2026
Spacelift · trysignalbase.com · Jul 15, 2026
Peec AI · techfundingnews.com · Jun 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Angel Invest made?
- Angel Invest has 46 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Angel Invest invest at?
- Angel Invest invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Angel Invest's typical check size?
- Angel Invest typically writes checks of $135K.
- What sectors does Angel Invest focus on?
- Angel Invest focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Fintech.
- Where is Angel Invest located?
- Angel Invest is headquartered in Berlin, DE.
- Does Angel Invest lead rounds?
- Angel Invest typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Angel Invest co-invest with?
- Angel Invest most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Dig Ventures Management Limited, RTP Global, among 61 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team“2026 is gonna be a lot more AI,” says Angel Invest's Jens Lapinski | Ctech
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Investor Connect - 407 - Jens Lapinski of Angel Invest Ventures
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Exclusive First Look at Angel Investing, Jens Lapinski
Burak Buyukdemir · Jens Lapinski
Die 4 Phasen jeder Startup Gründung: Jens Lapinski, Angel Invest | Gründerstories
Unicorn Bakery by Fabian Tausch · Jens Lapinski
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Co-investors · 46
Speedinvest operates a Portfolio Success program that connects its 400+ portfolio startups with customers, follow-on investors, industry experts, talent, discounted tools, and fellow founders across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.
Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds ambitious founders and provides capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of investors, operators, and corporate partners.
Kima Ventures operates as a "high-frequency business angel" that backs roughly 2 startups per week with standardized €150k checks, using a single-LP evergreen structure funded by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel rather than behaving like a traditional VC fund. The fund applies a radical diversification strategy across hundreds of global investments with same-amount, same-terms deals and very fast decisions, focusing on backing founders first over traditional traction metrics.
Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders from the first check through to IPO, operating across roughly 30 locations worldwide.
Runa Capital is a global venture capital firm founded by serial entrepreneurs, focused on early-stage software and deep tech startups worldwide.
Boost Capital Partners backs pre-seed and seed technology startups, providing hands-on growth support, user acquisition expertise, and access to a network of advisors.
ACF Investors is a £100M UK venture capital fund that backs entrepreneurs across most sectors, co-investing alongside sector-focused angel investors.
Simon Capital is a family-heritage venture capital firm backing mission-driven founders building sustainable businesses in consumption, wellbeing, and productivity. It supports companies from Seed to Series A and beyond with capital, industry networks, and entrepreneurial expertise.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
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General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm, backed by a community of founders and operators as LPs, that writes early checks (including pre-seed) into startups across many sectors and geographies.
DST Global is a global internet-focused investment firm that backs fast-growing, high-value internet companies. It does not solicit or accept retail investors.
▶34 more co-investors
AtomicoEniac VenturesC2 InvestmentsStride VCCrosslink CapitalAtlas VentureQueensBridge Venture PartnersPareto HoldingsCausalTarget GlobalPeakFELIX CAPITALEarl Grey CapitalAllison Pickens VenturesOwl VenturesOne Way VenturesEuclid Venture PartnersVisionaire VenturesArchetypeFrontline VenturesPiton Capital LLPBroadhaven Capital PartnersWorld FundCalm/Storm VCMotive PartnersV3 VenturesVinyl CapitalAI21 LabsAtlantic Labs10x GroupTwenty Seven VenturesExpedite Venturessession vcSpecialist VC
Firms observed investing alongside Angel Invest, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Angel Invest's recorded portfolio.
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