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Creandum

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

San Francisco · Seed–Series C · 50 people tracked

Also known as Creandrum · CREANDUM FUND MANAGER AB · CREANDUM III ADVISOR AB · CREANDUM IV ADVISOR AB · CREANDUM V ADVISOR AB

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Investment thesis

Creandum backs early-stage, hard-working founding teams with global ambition and strong product vision, believing that the best product wins and that the right entrepreneur can disrupt any industry. The firm looks for founders who combine intuition with data-driven improvement, strong leadership teams, and great company culture. It positions itself as a long-term partner supporting founders through both good and difficult times, providing a network of investors, operators, founders, and specialists to help companies scale globally, particularly across Europe and beyond.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series C
Check
$216K – $8.6M
HQ
San Francisco, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2003
Last 12 months
22 investments
AUM
$1.3B
VC funds
1
Tracked investments
202
Unicorns
12
IPOs
3
Acquisitions
9

Team · 50 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Niclas Engström· Finance Directorin
Oscar Ponce· Legal Counselin
Peter Ramsey· Entrepreneur in Residencein
Sarah Otter· Investment Teamin
Maximilian Grohmann· Associatein𝕏

Founder mafia

5 people who came through Creandum went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 148 of 202 portfolio companies

SaaS ×73AI & Machine Learning ×70Enterprise Software ×52Fintech ×38Developer Tools ×23Data & Infrastructure ×15Consumer ×13Healthtech ×11

HQs:United States×40Germany×21United Kingdom×15Sweden×13France×4Norway×3

Who they back

founder profiles across 20 portfolio companies
0%
solo founders
0 of 20 mapped founding teams
45%
repeat founders
of 22 founders with career history
~2 yrs
old at investment
median across 8 dated deals

Founding team size:2 founders×33 founders×84+ founders×9

Where their founders studiedfrom 22 founders with education data

Harvard University ×3IESE Business School ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×12Business & Management ×8Engineering ×4Economics ×3Finance & Accounting ×3Design & Architecture ×2Law ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 22 founders with career history

Festo ×2scitlab ×2Trax Retail ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×2

3 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 26 with degree data)

Investments · 202 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

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Elasticelastic.coin𝕏NYSE: ESTC

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AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Teunis Steven Schuurman(Director)Steven Schuurman(Founder)Uri Boness(Founder)inSimon Willnauer(Founder)inShay Banon(Founder)inW.H. Baird Garrett(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)Index VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Night CapitalNorwest Venture Partners+3 more

Klarna_sklarna.comNYSE: KLAR

Klarna is a mobile banking and payments platform that offers flexible payment options, shopping features, and financial management tools to millions of users globally through partnerships with thousands of merchants.

ConsumerE-commerceFintechStockholm, SE

Sebastian Siemiatkowski(Founder)inVictor Jacobsson(Founder)inEvgenii Kondratev(Founder)Niklas Adalberth(Founder)Viktor Jacobsson(Founder)

Co-investors1802 Ventures3Spoke CapitalAccess Ventures (New York)Adit Ventures Management, LlcAliya Capital PartnersAlpha Wave Global+59 more

Navannavan.comin𝕏NASDAQ: NAVN

Navan is an AI-powered platform for corporate travel and expense management that combines booking, policy management, and real-time reporting for enterprise clients.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTravel & HospitalityPalo Alto, US

CohenTwigAriel Cohen(Founder)inAurélien Nolf(Chief Financial Officer)inMichael Sindicich(President)inAriel Cohen Ilan Twig(Founder)

Co-investors01 AdvisorsAkkadian VenturesAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzBase PartnersCoatue Management+20 more

Embatembat.ioinSeries A · Feb 2024 · $16M✓ verified

Embat provides a cloud-based treasury and financial management platform that helps corporate finance teams automate manual tasks and improve visibility and control over their processes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMadrid, ES

Antonio Berga(Founder)inCarlos Serrano García-Lisón(Founder)inTomás Gil(Founder)inCarlos Serrano(Founder)

Co-investors4Founders CapitalCathay InnovationSamaipataLanaiVentureFriends

Enodeenode.cominSeries A✓ verified

Enode provides APIs that enable energy companies and climate tech startups to coordinate electricity demand and supply by automatically optimizing consumer energy usage based on renewable availability and pricing.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnergyIoTSaaSOslo, NO

Henrik Langeland(Founder)inNikolai Heum(Founder)inThorvald Thorsnes(Founder)

Co-investorsLowercarbon CapitalAlliance VCAlliance VentureBoxGroupSkyfall VenturesSondo Capital+5 more

Jack & Jilljackandjill.aiin𝕏Seed · Oct 2025 · $20M✓ verified

Jack & Jill builds AI agents to support job seekers and companies in hiring: Jack helps individuals navigate career transitions and job searches with personalized coaching, while Jill assists companies in identifying and recruiting qualified candidates.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSLondon, GB

Matthew Wilson(Founder)inSaaras Mehan(Founder)inMatt Wilson(Founder)

Co-investorsDig Ventures Management LimitedEntrepreneur FirstEpisode1Playfair CapitalTenacity Capital GlobalTrueSight Ventures+3 more

Leapsomeleapsome.comin𝕏Mar 2022✓ verified

Leapsome offers HR software that centralizes employee records — personal details, role history, compensation, documents, and job changes — into a single system for HR teams, replacing spreadsheets and paper files.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS

Jenny Podewils(Founder)inKajetan Armansperg(Founder)inKajetan von Armansperg(Founder)

Co-investorsInsight PartnersVisionaries Club

Modalmodal.comin𝕏✓ verifiedAcquired

Modal provides a cloud platform that lets developers define compute, hardware, and application logic in Python and deploy to the cloud, with fast-booting containers and autoscaling GPUs.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Erik Bernhardsson(Founder)inAkshat Bubna(Founder)inSeth Zelnick(Executive Officer)inAaron Krane(Founder)in

BoardPatrick Chase(Director)inSarah Catanzaro(Director)in

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersGeneral CatalystLux CapitalRedpoint VenturesAbstraction CapitalAccel+22 more

Neo4jneo4j.comin𝕏Series C · Sep 2020 · $20M✓ verified

Neo4j develops a graph database and graph data platform used to build applications that leverage connected data, with products including AuraDB, Graph Data Science, and vector search for GraphRAG and GenAI use cases.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Mateo, US

Emil Eifrem(Founder)inMichael Asher(Executive Officer)Johan Svensson(Founder)Peter Neubauer(Founder)

BoardLars Nordwall(Executive Officer)inMichael Treskow(Director)

Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Inovia CapitalEurazeoAlanda Capital Holding LimitedDawn CapitalF-Prime Capital+7 more

Procurosprocuros.ioinFeb 2022 · $9M✓ verified

Procuros provides an AI-powered "Order Agent" that ingests incoming sales orders in any format (PDF, Excel, CSV, EDI, email) and books them into the customer's ERP after validating them against product and customer data.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSHamburg, DE

Patrick(Co-founder)Ben(Co-founder)Benjamin Wulff(Founder)Patrick Thelen(Founder)

Co-investorsPoint NineBOOOMSquareOneb2ventureEQT Ventures

SEONseon.ioin𝕏Sep 2025 · $80M✓ verified

SEON provides a fraud prevention and AML decision-making platform that uses real-time first-party data signals and an AI rules engine to detect fraud and automate compliance across the customer journey.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechBudapest, HU

Tamas Kadar(Founder)inBence Jendruszak(Founder)in

Co-investorsSixth StreetDiscovery Ventures III Gmb H & Co. KGIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)PortfoLion Capital PartnersCrew Capital

Vay Technologyvay.ioin✓ verified

Vay develops remote driving technology that lets a human operator drive a vehicle from a distance without anyone inside, enabling services such as car sharing, fleet logistics, last-mile delivery, and public transport.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsLas Vegas, US

Thomas von der Ohe(Founder)inFabrizio Scelsi(Founder)inBogdan Djukic(Founder)inFabrizio Ugo Scelsi(Founder)

Co-investorsAtomicoVisionaries ClubEurazeoGrabInovia CapitalKinnevik+8 more

Abacumabacum.aiin𝕏Seed · Nov 2021 · $7M

Abacum is a financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform designed for mid-market finance teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Jorge Lluch(Founder)inJulio Martinez(Founder)inClaire Blood-Cheney(Chief of Staff)Laia Aleu(Talent Aquisition)Stuart Mann(Talent Acquisition)Ashley Mullan(Talent Acquisition)

Board seatPeter Specht· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAtomicoFJ LabsFOG VenturesKfundQuint VenturesScale Venture Partners+6 more

CAST AIcast.aiin𝕏Series B · Mar 2025 · $20M

Cast AI provides an Application Performance Automation (APA) platform that autonomously optimizes Kubernetes and cloud applications in real time, handling workload rightsizing, scaling, and cost reduction.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsMiami, US

Leon Kuperman(Founder)inLaurent Gil(Founder)inYuri Frayman(Founder)inPierre Liduena(Chief Financial Officer)inGabija Marganavičė(Chief People Officer)inMoti Gabay(Chief Operations Officer)in

Board seatCarl Fritjofsson· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAglae VenturesCota CapitalFlorida FundersFlorida Technology Seed Capital FundG2 Venture PartnersSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)+3 more

Codespherecodesphere.comin𝕏Series A · May 2024 · $18M

Codesphere provides a cloud platform and consulting focused on helping enterprise IT and software teams deliver projects on schedule and within budget.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareKarlsruhe, DE

Elias Schneider(Founder)inJonas Zipprick(Founder)Elias Groll(Founder)Roman Frolov(Founder)

Board seatCarl Fritjofsson· per SEC Form D

Co-investors42CAPBegin CapitalCompanion M Gmb HFirestreak VenturesHOF CapitalLEA Partners+1 more

Hostedhosted.aiinMar 2026 · $19M

hosted·ai is a turnkey platform for GPU orchestration, monetization and neocloud operations, using software-defined GPU multi-tenancy, overcommit and elastic GPUaaS to raise GPU utilization and margin.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Jose, US

Ditlev Bredahl(Founder)Narendar (Naren) S(Founder)Ditlev B.inNarendar Shankar(Founder)Julian Chesterfield(Founder)Naren Shankar(Founder)

Board seatCarl Fritjofsson· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGolden Sparrow Ventures, LlcPeople VenturesZ21 VenturesRepeat VC

Maisa AImaisa.aiin𝕏Aug 2025 · $25M

Maisa is an automation platform that combines AI reasoning with deterministic logic to create accountable, auditable AI agents for enterprise business processes.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDover, US

David Villalon Pardo(Executive Officer, Director)Manuel Romero(Founder)inPablo Fernandez Alvarez(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrew Volkov(Executive Officer, Director)inJochen Doppelhammer(Executive Officer)inRaul Pucheta(Executive Officer)in

Board seatPeter Specht· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsForgePoint CapitalNFXVillage Global

Safety NestinDec 2020

San Francisco, US

Sondre Rasch(Executive Officer, Director)Sarah Sandnes(Executive Officer, Director)Hans Nyvold Kjellby(Executive Officer, Director)Mads Haneborg(Executive Officer)

BoardEric Lagier(Director)

Board seatCarl Fritjofsson· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsDG Ventures, Inc.Kinnevik

Vivinovivino.comSeries B · Dec 2015 · $25M

San Francisco, US

Heini Zachariassen(Founder)inTheis Søndergaard(Founder)

BoardMartin Hauge(Director)Suranga Chandratillake(Director)inNiels Vejrup Carlsen(Director)

Board seatJohan Brenner· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsArmada Investment AGBalderton CapitalDG Ventures, Inc.KinnevikPSVSEED Capital Denmark+3 more

8fit8fit.com

Pablo Villalba(Founder)Pedro Solá(Founder)

Alokaialokai.comin𝕏Series A · Oct 2021 · $17.4M

Alokai develops frontend software for ecommerce retailers to build fast, modern online storefronts using composable commerce and headless architecture.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSWarsaw, PL

Patrick Friday(Founder)inFilip Rakowski(Founder)inBart Roszkowski(Founder)inBartlomiej Roszkowski(Founder)Patrik Friday(Founder)Filip Rakowski Patrick Friday(Founder)

Co-investorsFELIX CAPITALMovens CapitalSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)SquareOneY CombinatorBek Ventures+3 more

Amieamie.soin𝕏Pre-Seed · Jul 2020 · $1M

Amie is an AI-powered meeting and productivity app that records calls without in-call bots, generates summaries and action items, and connects to calendar, email, and task tools to automate meeting follow-up and schedule a user's day.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS

Dennis Mueller(Founder)Dennis Müller(Founder)

Co-investorsBOOOMFuturistic.VCUncommon Projects Capital ManagementThe Nordic Web Ventures

Appchargeappcharge.cominSeries A · Aug 2025 · $26M

Appcharge offers a checkout product built for direct-to-consumer payments in gaming, supporting iOS payment links, side-loaded apps, and browser games.

FintechGamingSaaS

Maor Sason(Founder)inRoei Barassi(Founder)in

Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesGlilot Capital PartnersIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Moneta VCPlay VenturesCrowdStrike+3 more

Ares Intelligencearesintelligence.ai

Ares conducts AI-driven voice interviews across a company's entire workforce to identify inefficiencies, workarounds, and undocumented knowledge, then aggregates the findings into actionable insights and an AI adoption roadmap.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Alfie Ranstead(Founder)Matt Falconer(Founder)

Argentargent.xyzin𝕏Apr 2022 · $40M

A consumer card program where members pick a community (such as a sports team) and earn points and a share of revenue for that community on everyday purchases like groceries, coffee, and games.

ConsumerFintech

Gerald Goldstein(Founder)Itamar Lesuisse(Founder)Julien Niset(Founder)

Co-investorsIndex VenturesMetaplanetParadigmAnimoca BrandsFabric Venturesfirstminute capital+8 more

Ark Kapitalarkkapital.comMar 2022 · $183M

Gilion provides non-dilutive debt funding of €0.5–5m to European startups, with interest-only payments for the first two years followed by a four-year repayment period.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsAlliance VCAlliance VentureEmblemKima VenturesLocalGlobe

Assort Healthassorthealth.comin𝕏Apr 2025

Assort provides voice AI agents for healthcare that use deep patient interaction data to proactively guide patients through their care journey, orchestrating tasks from intake and scheduling to billing and care gap closure.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Jeffery Liu(Founder)inJon Wang(Founder)inJeff Liu(Founder)inJonathan Wang(Founder)Jonathan Wang Jeffery Liu(Founder)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesavraChemistryCoho DeeptechCold Start VenturesCollective Liquidity+19 more

Atlaatla-ai.comin𝕏SeedDefunct

Atla provides debugging and monitoring tools for AI agents, using LLM-based evaluation to identify error patterns in agent behavior and suggest targeted improvements.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB

Maurice Burger(Founder)inRoman Engeler(Founder)inMaurice Berger(Founder)Kyle Dai('s Associate)

Co-investorsBOOOMMaiora Rebel VenturesRebel FundY CombinatorStämpfli Verlag AG

Augustusaugustus.cominSeed · Jul 2023 · $8M

Ferdinand Dabitz(Founder)Joshua Becker(Founder)Peter Lieck(Founder)Simon Wimmer(Founder)

Co-investorsHummingbird VenturesQED InvestorsSoma CapitalValar Ventures LlcVariant FundAngel Invest

Autobutler.Coautobutler.co.uk

Autobutler is an online platform for booking car services and repairs, offering instant quotes for jobs such as air conditioning recharges, interim servicing, and oil changes.

MarketplacesMobility & Transportation

Christian Legêne(Founder)Peter Michael Oxholm Zigler(Founder)Peter Zigler(Founder)Peter-Michael Zigler(Founder)

Co-investorsDawn CapitalIndex Ventures

Better Stackbetterstack.comin𝕏Series A · Jul 2022 · $19M

Better Stack is an observability and monitoring platform offering log management, metrics, incident alerting, and status pages for engineering teams, positioned as a cheaper alternative to Datadog.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Juraj Masar(Founder)inVeronika Kolejak(Founder)in

Co-investorsAternusK5 GlobalKAYACredo VenturesFounders FundSusa Ventures

Billiemybillie.cominacquired by Edgewell Personal Care · Nov 2021 · $310M

Billie is a direct-to-consumer body brand offering shaving products, including its award-winning razor, and bodycare essentials such as body wash, lotion, and deodorant.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceNew York, US

Georgina Gooley(Founder)inJason Bravman(Founder)inConsumer E-commerce Georgina Gooley(Founder)

Co-investorsAlign VenturesFemale FoundersGreycroftHypothesisPartners ResolutePICUS CAPITAL+5 more

Billiebillie.ioin𝕏Mar 2018

Billie provides B2B payment solutions, including buy-now-pay-later options such as invoice purchase (Kauf auf Rechnung), installment payments, and trade accounts, with omnichannel and cross-border integration options.

FintechSaaSNew York, US

Georgina Gooley(Executive Officer, Director)inJason Bravman(Executive Officer, Director)inChristian Grobe(Founder)inAiga Senftleben(Founder)inMatthias Knecht(Founder)inArtem Demchenkov(Founder)

Co-investorsDawn CapitalGR CapitalPICUS CAPITALRheingau FoundersSpeedinvestFemale Founders+3 more

Bitpandabitpanda.comin𝕏

Bitpanda is a European investment platform for retail investors to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies, stocks, ETFs and precious metals.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Paul Klanschek(Founder)inChristian Trummer(Founder)Eric Demuth(Founder)

Co-investorsREDO VenturesRR2 CapitalSpeedinvestValar Ventures LlcWintermuteDST Global+1 more

Black Forest Labsbfl.aiin𝕏Nov 2025

AI research lab developing visual intelligence technology including image generation and manipulation models.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsFreiburg, DE

Robin Rombach(Founder)Andreas Blattmann(Founder)inPatrick Esser(Founder)Tim Dockhorn(Founder)

BoardAnjney Midha(Director)in

Co-investorsAir Street CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBain Capital VenturesBroadLight CapitalCherry VenturesEarlybird Venture Capital+24 more

Black Forest Labsblackforestlabs.ai

Black Forest Labs develops FLUX, a family of generative AI models for image and video creation that support text, image, and keyframe inputs with native audio and multi-shot clips.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMedia & Entertainment

Andreas Blattmann(Founder)Axel Sauer(Founder)Dominik Lorenz(Founder)Frederic Boesel(Founder)Harry Saini(Founder)Jonas Julius Müller(Founder)

Co-investorsAir Street CapitalCherry VenturesCrossbeam Venture PartnersEarlybird Venture CapitalHeadlineMätch VC+5 more

Blastblast-info.fr

Blast is a French independent online news outlet producing investigative reporting, original content, interviews, and podcasts on political and social affairs.

Media & Entertainment

Denis Robert(Founder)Jakob Lund Kristensen(Founder)Nikolaj Nyholm(Founder)René Rechtman(Founder)Robbie Douek(Founder)Tieshun Roquerre(Founder)

Co-investorsHeartcore CapitalAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Champion Hill VenturesParadigm

Boardyboardy.aiin𝕏Jan 2026 · $8M

Boardy is an AI-powered networking agent that identifies relevant people for users to meet and facilitates introductions.

AI & Machine LearningSocial

Andrew D'Souza(Founder)inAnkur Boyed(Founder)inAbhinav Boyed(Founder)Matt Stein(Founder)Shen Sivananthan(Founder)

Co-investorsAkkaDeep AcreFJ LabsGolden VenturesNextView VenturesNorthside Ventures+3 more

Bokiobokio.seinJul 2017

Bokio is an all-in-one accounting and business administration platform for Swedish companies that integrates accounting, payments, invoicing, payroll, and a corporate bank account in a single system.

FintechSaaSGöteborg, SE

Viktor Stensson(Founder)in

Co-investorsAggregate MediaTechstars

Bokiobokio.co.uk

Emma Rozada(Founder)Emma Rozada och Joel Rozada(Founder)Joel Rozada(Founder)Mikael Eliasson(Founder)Viktor Stensson(Founder)

Co-investorsTechstars

Boltbolt.euin𝕏

Bolt operates a European mobility super-app offering ride-hailing, shared cars, e-scooters, and food and grocery delivery, along with on-demand parcel delivery.

Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationTallinn, EE

Eric Feldman(Founder)Markus Villig(Founder)Martin Villig(Founder)Oliver Leisalu(Founder)Ryan Breslow(Founder)

Co-investorsAkkaBADideas.fundCSVE Venture PartnersG SquaredKorelya CapitalPejoni+23 more

Bucketbucket.coin𝕏

Reflag provides TypeScript feature flag management with local evaluation, letting developers grant early access, run betas, monitor feature exposure and adoption, and capture in-app feedback.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCopenhagen, DK

Rasmus Makwarth(Founder)Ron Cohen(Founder)Rasmus Amby Makwarth(Founder)

Co-investorsProject A Ventures

Capi Moneycapimoney.cominSeries A · Feb 2025

Capi Money provides cross-border payment services for importers in emerging markets, enabling them to pay suppliers in multiple currencies with settlement within 24 hours.

FintechLondon, GB

Mitch Riley(CEO)inScott Liddle(Founder)inMitchell James Riley(Executive Officer, Director)Thomas Watson(Director)Tom Watson(CTO)inEmily Richie(Recruitment Lead)

Co-investorsfirstminute capitalFund I, a series of Africa FinTech Collective, LPKima VenturesMaiora Rebel VenturesMusha VenturesPioneer+14 more

Careshipcareship.de

Careship is a German service that matches seniors and people needing daily or household support with local caregivers ("Alltagshilfen"), handling billing directly with statutory care and health insurers.

Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplacesBerlin, DE

Antonia Albert(Founder)Nikolaus Albert(Founder)Jonas Behrend(Geschäftsführung (Managing Director))Jamie Hartmann(Geschäftsführung (Managing Director))

Cargoonecargo.onein

cargo.one builds an AI-powered infrastructure platform for logistics teams that automates sales and procurement processes for freight forwarders and carriers.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain

Moritz Claussen(Founder)inMike Rötgers(Founder)Mike Röttgers(Founder)Oliver Neumann(Founder)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersBOOOMIndex VenturesIndico Capital PartnersNext47Point Nine

CarOnSalecaronsale.cominJan 2019

CarOnSale operates a B2B online marketplace and auction platform for used-car trading, connecting licensed dealer groups, OEMs, and fleets (sellers) with professional car dealers (buyers) across Europe.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesE-commerceMobility & Transportation

Tom Krüger(Founder)inOguz Özgüler(Founder)inFabian D. Roth(Founder)inFabian Neuen(Founder)Tim Reccardi(Founder)

Co-investorsBOOOMBootstrap EuropeFJ LabsInsight PartnersNorthzoneStripes+1 more

Causa Primacausaprima.ai

Causa Prima builds AI agents that automate accounts payable and receivable tasks such as invoicing, dispute resolution, and discounting for finance teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Henrik Gebbing(Founder)Maex Ament(Founder)Philip Stanislaus(Founder)

Co-investorsAngel Invest

Cerrioncerrion.cominSeries A · Nov 2025 · $18M

Cerrion develops AI solutions for the manufacturing industry to improve efficiency, safety, and resilience in production operations.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareZürich, CH

Karim Saleh(Founder)inNikolay Kobyshev(Founder)inKarim Saleh; Nikolay Kobyshev(Founder)Michael Gygli(Founder)Alberto Lenzi Cessel(Associate)Paul Uhl(Vice President Value Engineering)

Co-investors10x FoundersMaiora Rebel VenturesSoma CapitalY Combinator20VCAgrolimen Ventures+8 more

Cintcint.comSep 2010

Cint operates an online research marketplace that connects researchers, advertisers, and supply partners to survey respondents across 130 countries for market research and media measurement.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechMarketplaces

Patrick Comer(CEO)in

Co-investorsNordic CapitalPrime Ventures

Clustreeclustree.com

Bénédicte de Raphélis Soissan(Founder)

Co-investorsEmblem

Cognition AIcognition.aiin𝕏

Cognition develops Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer agent that plans, writes, tests, and deploys production code within existing development environments to augment human engineering teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Scott Wu(Founder)inWalden Yan(Founder)inSteven Hao(Founder)in

Co-investors137 Ventures20VC8VCAbstract VenturesAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen Horowitz+30 more

Comtravocomtravo.com

Navan is a corporate travel management platform that offers negotiated rates with travel suppliers and enables employees to book travel with customizable company policies.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Janick Wagner(Founder)Jannick Wässa(Founder)Marko Schilde(Founder)Michael Riegel(Founder)Slobodan Utvic(Founder)

Co-investorsDiscovery Ventures III Gmb H & Co. KGProject A VenturesDeutsche BankEndeit CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)

Conductconduct.aiin𝕏Sep 2025 · $12M

Conduct offers an AI-powered platform for SAP systems that helps business and IT teams understand custom code and business processes, deliver system changes from request to deployment, and migrate toward SAP clean core architecture.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Jan Philipp Haas(Founder)inHenry Thompson(Founder)inPhilipp Hoefer(Founder)

Co-investorsBOOOMICONIQIndex VenturesICONIQ CapitalSAP.iO Foundry

Cornershopcornershopapp.cominacquired by Uber

One of the most successful VC exits in the Latin American region.

FoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesGrand Cayman

Dani Undurraga(Founder)inJuan Pablo Cuevas(Founder)

BoardDaniel Undurraga(Founder)Oskar Hjertonsson(Founder)inFederico Antoni(Director)in

Co-investorsAccelHi VenturesJackson Square VenturesALLVP

Craftcraft.doin𝕏Series B · Sep 2022 · $12M

Craft is a software application designed to prioritize user experience and aesthetic design, focusing on making the tools feel pleasant and intuitive to use.

Developer ToolsFuture of WorkSaaSSector Agnostic

Balint Orosz(Founder)inIlya Levtov(Founder)

Co-investorsEBRD Venture Capital Investment ProgrammeHigh AlphaInreach VenturesUncork CapitalGlasswing VenturesGreycroft+1 more

Depictdepict.aiin

Depict builds a merchandising platform for brand-led e-commerce that enables brands to curate and control product discovery experiences online using AI, similar to the control they have in physical retail stores.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSStockholm, SE

Oliver Edholm(CEO)inJosep Nolla(CEO)inAnton Osika(Founder)inLonis HamailiAnna Gross(Director of Operations)Dafydd Foster Davies(Growth)

Co-investorsNorthzoneInitialized CapitalY CombinatorAJGBrowder CapitalEQT Ventures+5 more

Depopdepop.com

Maria Raga(Founder)Simon Beckerman(Founder)

Co-investorsBalderton CapitalBallpark VenturesHoltzbrinck VenturesHV CapitalOctopus VenturesTempoCap

Distribusiondistribusion.cominSeries A · Mar 2016 · $7M

Distribusion provides a B2B booking platform and API for ground transportation, connecting travel retailers and brands with bus, airport transfer, train, and ferry providers worldwide.

B2B MarketplacesClimate TechSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Johannes Thunert(Founder)inThomas DoeringinFabian Stenger(Founder)Julian Hauck(Founder)

Co-investorsbmp VenturesNorthzoneTq Ventures LlcLightrock

Doinstructdoinstruct.cominFeb 2024 · $8M

doinstruct is an AI-powered training and compliance platform that converts standard operating procedures, presentations, and documents into mobile-accessible lessons in 35+ languages for frontline workers.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS

Mona Feder(Founder)inCharlotte Rothert(Founder)inDaniel Marinkovic(Founder)Thorsten Gross(Founder)

Co-investorsD11ZHigh Tech GruenderfondsHTGFHV Capital

Epidemic Soundepidemicsound.com

Epidemic Sound offers a library of royalty-free music and sound effects with a direct global licensing model, letting creators and businesses use tracks across YouTube, social media, podcasts, and video without royalty concerns.

David Stenmarck(Founder)Hjalmar Winbladh(Founder)Jan Zachrisson(Founder)Oscar Höglund(Founder)Peer Åström(Founder)

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Aito TechnologiesBolt LabsCakeCake BikesDistrictEdgewareEquiLibre TechnologiesEuro Seed 50IPtronicsJaysJourneeLindus TherapeuticsNorstelPayosuPeakReady (formerly Argent)TrustWeaverVideoplazaVoperoXtract

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▶2 more tracked companies

Zendesk New YorkZettle

Exits · 12

3 IPOs · 9 acquisitions · showing 5

ElasticNYSE: ESTCKlarna_sNYSE: KLARNavanNASDAQ: NAVNBillieacq. by Edgewell Personal CareCornershopacq. by Uber

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Creandum made?
Creandum has 202 tracked investments, 12 of which have exited, including 38 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Creandum invest at?
Creandum invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
What is Creandum's typical check size?
Creandum typically writes checks of $216K – $8.6M.
What sectors does Creandum focus on?
Creandum focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, E-commerce, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Mobility & Transportation, Robotics, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Creandum located?
Creandum is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Does Creandum lead rounds?
Yes, Creandum leads investment rounds.
Who does Creandum co-invest with?
Creandum most often shares deals with Atomico, Balderton Capital, Point Nine, among 110 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 118

Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

$500K – $100M
Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across industries and geographies, emphasizing the people behind ideas as much as the businesses themselves.

$540K – $10.8M
Point Nine

Point Nine is an early-stage venture firm that has invested in roughly 10-12 startups per year since 2008, with a focus on SaaS and B2B companies.

$1M – $10M
Andreessen Horowitz

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.

$500K – $50M
Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.

$100K – $50M
Balderton Capital

Balderton Capital is a European venture capital firm that backs technology startups.

Both backed · 10
$5M – $50M
Northzone

Northzone is a technology-focused venture capital firm investing across AI and deep tech on both sides of the Atlantic, backing companies from early stage through growth.

$1M – $50M
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm that backs high-growth companies, emphasizing partnership and hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale toward market leadership.

$15M – $75M
General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.

$30M
Hummingbird Ventures

Hummingbird Ventures is a global venture capital firm that backs outlier founders across all stages, from inception to IPO, without limiting itself to specific verticals or geographies.

$500K – $10M
Project A Ventures

Project A Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing founders across sectors, combining thematic expertise with a generalist operational platform. It also runs Project A Studio, a pre-investment platform for founders to validate ideas.

$1.1M – $6.6M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.

$1M – $5M
▶106 more co-investors

AtomicoHeadlineHV CapitalDawn Capital20VCFounders FundTechstarsBain Capital VenturesMenlo VenturesCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)DST GlobalEQT VenturesCherry VenturesHeartcore CapitalEarlybird Venture CapitalTiger Global ManagementSusa VenturesPICUS CAPITALLakestarValar Ventures LlcKfundAir Street CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Khosla VenturesBenchmarkGradient VenturesScale Venture PartnersThrive CapitalGlobal Founders CapitalICONIQ CapitalNFX83NorthFELIX CAPITALLa FamigliaHOF CapitalAmino CollectivebyFoundersBessemer Venture PartnersGreylock PartnersFirst Round CapitalCota CapitalTarget GlobalLead Edge CapitalSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)TMVActon CapitalLigature VCredalpineBek VenturesEnergize CapitalIcebreakerLEA PartnersCocoaInreach VenturesFounder CollectiveGoat CapitalF-Prime CapitalRed Swan VenturesNext47Lowercase CapitalHarrison MetalCoinbase VenturesOperator CollectiveCapitalGLatitud VenturesMaC Venture Capital468 CapitalPassion CapitalMouro Capital2xNFreigeist CapitalMosaic VenturesOctopus VenturesPropeller VCPaladin Capital GroupFrontline VenturesForgePoint CapitalKOMPAS VCAda VenturesAlkeon Capital42CAPSamaipataJ12 VenturesSound VenturesTrue VenturesPlug and Play VenturesPhysical IntelligenceAccel-KKRBowery CapitalGustoCausalTeamworthy VenturesCompany CapitalKohlberg Kravis RobertsPossible VenturesEQT Life Sciences8090 IndustriesFinch CapitalTeam GlobalfinwayAI21 LabsVendep CapitalGreenPoint PartnersBlue Horizon CorporationCloudflight

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