Is Christian Reber still Pitch CEO?

No. He stepped down in January 2024, was succeeded by co-founder Adam Renklint and remains a Pitch founder and board member.

What happened to Wunderlist after Microsoft bought it?

Microsoft used the Wunderlist team and ideas to build Microsoft To Do, then ended Wunderlist support on 7 May 2020. Reber's 2019 offer to buy it back was unsuccessful.

How much did Microsoft pay for Wunderlist?

Microsoft did not disclose the price. Atomico and reputable reporting place the transaction between $100 million and $200 million, so any more precise number is an estimate.

Why did Pitch restructure in 2024?

Reber said the founders judged venture-hypergrowth expectations too high and preferred a profitable, organically growing company. Pitch changed CEOs, returned unused investor capital in a cap-table reset and cut roughly two-thirds of staff.

Is Superlist simply a relaunch of Wunderlist?

No. It is a separately financed company and product, described by Reber as an unofficial successor that revisits the personal-plus-team productivity goal he felt Wunderlist never completed.

Does Christian Reber invest personally or through a fund?

Both forms are documented across his career: personal angel investing, a 2017-2022 partner role at Freigeist, fund backing including World Fund, and Interface Capital from 2022. His public investment list does not specify the vehicle for every company, so individual entries should not be assigned to him personally without deal-level confirmation.

What does Interface Capital invest?

Interface says it builds and invests in iconic technology companies. Launch reporting described a $20 million pre-seed and seed fund with intended investments of roughly €300,000-€500,000 per company; those figures apply to the firm, not necessarily Reber's personal angel activity.

Is the Warburg Pincus senior adviser Christian Reber the Wunderlist founder?

No. The Warburg Pincus appointee is a London financial-services and insurance executive with a different LinkedIn profile; attributing that role to the Berlin Wunderlist founder is an identity collision.

Where does Christian Reber work?

Christian Reber is Co-founder of Pitch and Co-founder at Superlist.

What check size does Christian Reber write?

Christian Reber typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.

What companies did Christian Reber found?

Christian Reber founded Pitch, Superlist.

What boards does Christian Reber sit on?

Christian Reber holds tracked board seats at Pitch, Superlist.

Christian Reber

InvestorFounder

Co-founder at Superlist · Co-founder at Pitch

Berlin, Germany

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedPitch Superlist

30 Under 30 2014 · Consumer Technology

About

Christian Reber is a German product entrepreneur and investor who turned an agency team's internal need into Wunderlist, led its maker 6Wunderkinder through a difficult Wunderkit reversal and a reported $100 million-$200 million Microsoft acquisition, and later reunited much of the team to build Pitch. He stepped down as Pitch CEO during a January 2024 reset that returned unused capital, cut roughly two-thirds of staff and shifted the company from venture hypergrowth toward profitability; he remains a board member. Reber also chairs the Wunderlist successor Superlist and co-founded Interface Capital after years of angel and fund investing. His public record is strongest on design-led software, founder candor and early technology investing; private financial outcomes, check sizes and several portfolio vehicles remain undisclosed.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechConsumerDeep TechFintechHealthtechRoboticsSaaS

Co-founder at Superlist

Intro paths

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In turn, Christian can intro founders to Superlist's investors below.

Superlist's investors · 3

Apeiron Venture Capital$324K – $1.1M checks Freigeist CapitalBonn · $550K – $2.2M checks Visionaries ClubBerlin · $900K checks

Co-founder at Pitch

Intro paths

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In turn, Christian can intro founders to Pitch's investors below.

Pitch's investors · 5

BlueYard CapitalBerlin · $500K – $5M checks Bonfire VenturesLos Angeles · $2M – $4M checks Freigeist CapitalBonn · $550K – $2.2M checks Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks Todd and Rahul’s Angel FundSan Francisco · $300K – $500K checks

Co-founders at Pitch

Adam RenklintFounder

Marvin LFounder

Misha KarpenkoFounder

Experience

Interface CapitalFounding Partnercurrent2022 — present
PitchFounder & Board Membercurrent2018 — present
SuperlistFounder & Chairmancurrent2020 — present
FreigeistPartner2017 — 2022
MicrosoftEntrepreneur in Residence2015 — 2017
LiliumInterim Head of Marketing2016 — 2017
WunderlistFounder & CEO2010 — 2015Berlin, Germany

Skills & more

Online Advertising28Mobile Devices54Social Media12Product Management37User Experience77Social Media Marketing17Business Development17Angel Investing20Entrepreneurship99Email Marketing8Start-ups93Strategic Partnerships8

+3 more

Business ModelingSEMHTML 5

From Christian's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

Pitch Superlist

Investor

AbacumAkhetonics Ark Robotics ARX RoboticsAutarkizeAwareBrowse AIBuildCommandbarCozy FinanceDailyDanceDimensionDunbarEthosEversportsFolkFragmentFramerFullview FyxerGlifGoyaHeyflowHoloIconic Games Jitter KaikakuKlaraLemniLetterLiliumLITONALovableMagicBellMasonNotion OnefootballOriginOutbankParahelp ParetosPlanet WildPocketlawPopcorn SpaceProgressionPropstackProsion ReploRobcoRobonoteRonin RowsSeldonSoftr Sparetech StrutSupercastSupercutSynthesiaTacticTelekinesisThe Exploration CompanyUrbyoUsefulVision AIWeflowWithout EnergyWorkOSWriterXaver xentral

Per curated public sources.

Founder fit — who Christian backs

Likely fit is a product-first technical team seeking an operator-investor experienced in consumer productivity, collaborative SaaS, design, fundraising and difficult strategic resets. Reber has publicly said he tries to invest in outstanding founders at all stages, with most historical investments in SaaS.

Strong signalsExceptional founder ambitiondistinctive product and user experiencesoftware or deep-technology leveragecategory-scale marketclear product craft

['Businesses without meaningful technology differentiation', 'teams treating design and product quality as secondary', 'pitches that assume his personal check size or vehicle without confirmation']

How to pitch

Show the product early, explain the user problem and category-scale ambition, and specify whether the ask is for Reber personally or Interface Capital. For a fund pitch, connect the round to pre-seed/seed fit and operator help; do not quote the firm's reported €300,000-€500,000 range as a personal angel check.

Stages: pre-seed, seed, Series A, select later-stage or follow-on · Sectors: SaaS, Artificial intelligence, Productivity, Design tools, Robotics, Deep technology, Climate and energy, Consumer technology, Health technology, Fintech

Editorial inference from Christian's portfolio, writing and public record — not a published mandate.

Investment themes

7 documented themes from Christian's essays, talks and portfolio, grouped by what they say about founders.

▶More themes7

Design-led product craft
Simple entry product with a larger platform ambition
Fast, regular shipping with high quality
Founder responsibility and learning from failure
Sustainable ownership after venture hypergrowth
Founder mentorship and ecosystem participation
Climate and deep-technology investing

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Christian Reber

Wunderlist co-founder felt 'really unhappy' after selling to Microsoft

cnbc.com · cnbc.com

20VC: Wunderlist & Pitch Founder Christian Reber

thetwentyminutevc.com · thetwentyminutevc.com

Interview with Pitch Founder and CEO, Christian Reber

presentation.design · presentation.design

For My Next Presentation: The Entrepreneur Who Quit Microsoft To Develop A PowerPoint Rival

forbes.com · forbes.com

Wunderlist co-founder Christian Reber raises funding for Superlist

cnbc.com · cnbc.com

$13M and 3 years later, Superlist hopes to become a decacorn

techcrunch.com · techcrunch.com

2 more appearances

Writing

Tech's turbulence is a chance for VCs to double down on climate

How we shifted 6Wunderkinder to Wunderlist again

15 steps to launch your own startup, part 5

How to Launch Your Own Startup Part 4

15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 3

15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 2

1 more post

15 steps to start your own tech business: Part 1

Network14

Harry StebbingsScout

Founder & General Partner at 20VC

Marc BenioffScout

Co-founder, Chair & CEO of Salesforce

Amit SinghalScout

Managing Partner at SmartStart Fund

Carsten ThomaScout

Investor at La Famiglia

Christian Hernandez GallardoScout

Partner at 2150

David FischerScout

Principal at HV Capital

Founder and CEO at Freigeist Capital

Fritz OidtmannScout

Investor at Acton Capital

Mario GötzeScout

Investor at Unknown Ventures

Fredrik Cassel

General Partner at Creandum

▶2 more connections

Michael Hock Robert Lacher

Investors connected to Christian in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Is Christian Reber still Pitch CEO?: No. He stepped down in January 2024, was succeeded by co-founder Adam Renklint and remains a Pitch founder and board member.
What happened to Wunderlist after Microsoft bought it?: Microsoft used the Wunderlist team and ideas to build Microsoft To Do, then ended Wunderlist support on 7 May 2020. Reber's 2019 offer to buy it back was unsuccessful.
How much did Microsoft pay for Wunderlist?: Microsoft did not disclose the price. Atomico and reputable reporting place the transaction between $100 million and $200 million, so any more precise number is an estimate.
Why did Pitch restructure in 2024?: Reber said the founders judged venture-hypergrowth expectations too high and preferred a profitable, organically growing company. Pitch changed CEOs, returned unused investor capital in a cap-table reset and cut roughly two-thirds of staff.
Is Superlist simply a relaunch of Wunderlist?: No. It is a separately financed company and product, described by Reber as an unofficial successor that revisits the personal-plus-team productivity goal he felt Wunderlist never completed.
Does Christian Reber invest personally or through a fund?: Both forms are documented across his career: personal angel investing, a 2017-2022 partner role at Freigeist, fund backing including World Fund, and Interface Capital from 2022. His public investment list does not specify the vehicle for every company, so individual entries should not be assigned to him personally without deal-level confirmation.
What does Interface Capital invest?: Interface says it builds and invests in iconic technology companies. Launch reporting described a $20 million pre-seed and seed fund with intended investments of roughly €300,000-€500,000 per company; those figures apply to the firm, not necessarily Reber's personal angel activity.
Is the Warburg Pincus senior adviser Christian Reber the Wunderlist founder?: No. The Warburg Pincus appointee is a London financial-services and insurance executive with a different LinkedIn profile; attributing that role to the Berlin Wunderlist founder is an identity collision.
Who is Christian Reber?: Christian Reber is a German product entrepreneur and investor who turned an agency team's internal need into Wunderlist, led its maker 6Wunderkinder through a difficult Wunderkit reversal and a reported $100 million-$200 million Microsoft acquisition, and later reunited much of the team to build Pitch. He stepped down as Pitch CEO during a January 2024 reset that returned unused capital, cut roughly two-thirds of staff and shifted the company from venture hypergrowth toward profitability; he remains a board member. Reber also chairs the Wunderlist successor Superlist and co-founded Interface Capital after years of angel and fund investing. His public record is strongest on design-led software, founder candor and early technology investing; private financial outcomes, check sizes and several portfolio vehicles remain undisclosed.
Where does Christian Reber work?: Christian Reber is Co-founder of Pitch and Co-founder at Superlist.
What does Christian Reber invest in?: Christian Reber invests in AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Consumer, Deep Tech, Fintech, Healthtech, Robotics, SaaS.
What check size does Christian Reber write?: Christian Reber typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies did Christian Reber found?: Christian Reber founded Pitch, Superlist.
What boards does Christian Reber sit on?: Christian Reber holds tracked board seats at Pitch, Superlist.