Fundraising Fox
Verena Pausder
InvestorFounderSerial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor at AENU · Founder at Fcviktoria
Berlin, Germany
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
FoundedFcviktoria
Find your path to Verena
Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Verena
- Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to Verena. We find them for you
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
- Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone
Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.
About
Verena Pausder is a German entrepreneur who has been active in the country's startup scene for over thirteen years. Since December 2023 she has served as chairperson of the board of the Deutscher Startup-Verband, where she works on issues including attracting international talent, increasing diversity, and supporting DeepTech founders. She is a longstanding advocate for digital education, having founded the nonprofit Digitale Bildung für alle e.V. in 2017, and in 2022 co-founded the women's football team of FC Viktoria Berlin with five other women. She co-hosts the business podcast FAST & CURIOUS with Lea-Sophie Cramer, and her book "Das Neue Land" became a Spiegel bestseller. She runs Pausder Ventures GmbH and has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and named to Forbes Europe's Top 50 Women in Tech.
Contact· published on Verena's own website
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Founded the nonprofit Digitale Bildung für alle e.V. in 2017 to promote digital education and educational equity. Co-founded the women's football team of FC Viktoria Berlin in July 2022 with five other co-founders.
- Boards
- Serves as chairperson of the board of the Deutscher Startup-Verband alongside a nine-member board of entrepreneurs.
- Charities
- Created three online foundations in partnership with bcause to fund non-profit initiatives.
- Awards
- Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2016. Included in Forbes Europe's Top 50 Women In Tech list in 2018. Her book 'Das Neue Land' won the Frankfurt Book Fair's special prize 'Unternehmerbuch des Jahres' in 2020 and became a Spiegel bestseller.
- Hobbies
- Passionate about women's football through her involvement with FC Viktoria Berlin.
- Family
- Born in Hamburg in 1979 and lives in Berlin with her husband and children.
- More
- Co-hosts the business podcast FAST & CURIOUS with Lea-Sophie Cramer, one of Germany's top 10 business podcasts.
From Verena's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Founder at Fcviktoria
Intro paths
In turn, Verena can intro founders to Fcviktoria's investors below.
Fcviktoria's investors · 1
Investments
Investor
8returnsalpakasBlingCircuscleverly.deCODE University of Applied SciencesDanceEdurinoHuzzleKARRIKitchen StoriesKnowunityLovely Day FoodsNellyPrematchRIDE CapitalsimpleclubSitegeistSongtoolsTomorrow University of Applied SciencesZippeo
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at AENU
Network3
Investors connected to Verena in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Verena Pausder?
- Verena Pausder is a German entrepreneur who has been active in the country's startup scene for over thirteen years. Since December 2023 she has served as chairperson of the board of the Deutscher Startup-Verband, where she works on issues including attracting international talent, increasing diversity, and supporting DeepTech founders. She is a longstanding advocate for digital education, having founded the nonprofit Digitale Bildung für alle e.V. in 2017, and in 2022 co-founded the women's football team of FC Viktoria Berlin with five other women. She co-hosts the business podcast FAST & CURIOUS with Lea-Sophie Cramer, and her book "Das Neue Land" became a Spiegel bestseller. She runs Pausder Ventures GmbH and has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and named to Forbes Europe's Top 50 Women in Tech.
- Where does Verena Pausder work?
- Verena Pausder is Founder of Fcviktoria and Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor at AENU.
- What check size does Verena Pausder write?
- Verena Pausder typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Verena Pausder found?
- Verena Pausder founded Fcviktoria.
- What companies has Verena Pausder invested in?
- Investments tracked here include 8returns, alpakas, Bling, Circus, cleverly.de, CODE University of Applied Sciences, Dance, Edurino, Huzzle, KARRI, Kitchen Stories, Knowunity, and 9 more.
- What awards has Verena Pausder received?
- Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2016. Included in Forbes Europe's Top 50 Women In Tech list in 2018. Her book 'Das Neue Land' won the Frankfurt Book Fair's special prize 'Unternehmerbuch des Jahres' in 2020 and became a Spiegel bestseller.
Founder mafias
AENU mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
About this profile. Compiled from public sources — AENU's own website and public professional profiles — and summarised by Fundraising Fox; every fact is kept with where it came from. Spotted an error, or would rather not be listed? Email privacy@fundraisingfox.com · How we build profiles · Your rights