33 investors have funded 13 Productivity Software companies head-officed in Berlin, across 46 rounds (Dec 2010 – Feb 2025). They are ranked by how many Berlin companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Berlin" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series BSeed | 3 | 3 | 3 | May 2022 | 1,568 |
| 2 | Atomico | London, United Kingdom | Series ASeries B | 2 | 3 | 2 | Nov 2013 | 173 |
| 3 | neosfer | Frankfurt Am Main, Germany | SeedSeries A | 2 | 2 | 2 | Jun 2023 | 32 |
| 4 | HTGF | Bonn, Germany | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | 2 | Nov 2011 | 672 |
| 5 | Spark Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2022 | 322 |
| 6 | HV Capital | Munich, Germany | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2023 | 270 |
| 7 | Creandum | Stockholm, Sweden | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2022 | 157 |
| 8 | IBB Ventures | Berlin, Germany | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2023 | 143 |
| 9 | Next Commerce Accelerator | Hamburg, Germany | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2022 | 77 |
| 10 | Dutch Founders Fund | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2023 | 28 |
| 11 | Müller Medien | Nuremberg, Germany | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2023 | 16 |
| 12 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2024 | 5,648 |
| 13 | Startupbootcamp | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2013 | 500 |
| 14 | Earlybird | Berlin, Germany | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2013 | 214 |
| 15 | Cherry Ventures | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2020 | 131 |
| 16 | DNX Ventures | San Mateo, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2023 | 150 |
| 17 | EQT Ventures | Stockholm, Sweden | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2022 | 115 |
| 18 | Tiny | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2020 | 100 |
| 19 | Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2015 | 71 |
| 20 | APX | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2022 | 61 |
| 21 | Visionaries Club | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2022 | 55 |
| 22 | 4Founders Capital | Barcelona, Spain | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2025 | 42 |
| 23 | Bmp Ventures | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2012 | 41 |
| 24 | Mango Capital | Los Altos, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2023 | 38 |
| 25 | Deutsche Telekom | Bonn, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2011 | 29 |
| 26 | Slingshot | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2022 | 27 |
| 27 | System.One | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2022 | 15 |
| 28 | Venista Ventures | Cologne, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2022 | 14 |
| 29 | ScaleX | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2023 | 14 |
| 30 | Diaspora Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2022 | 13 |
| 31 | Cherry Crypto | Berlin, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2022 | 7 |
| 32 | DCF Capital Partners | Toronto, Canada | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2020 | 5 |
| 33 | Early Bird Capital | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2013 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Productivity Software companies head-officed in Berlin that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caya caya.com |
6 | 10 | $32.3M | Series A Jun 2023 |
| Wunderlist wunderlist.com |
5 | 7 | $66.1M | Series B Nov 2013 |
| Tyles tyles.io |
5 | 6 | $6.9M | Seed Oct 2022 |
| Superlist superlist.com |
4 | 4 | $35.6M | Seed Apr 2022 |
| 6Wunderkinder 6wunderkinder.com |
3 | 3 | $90M | Series B Nov 2013 |
| Amie amie.so |
3 | 5 | $17.9M | Seed Jun 2022 |
| Coqui coqui.ai |
3 | 3 | $9.9M | Series A Mar 2023 |
| Twain twain.ai |
2 | 2 | $5.3M | Seed May 2022 |
| Retresco retresco.de |
2 | 2 | — | Seed Jun 2016 |
| Pretzel AI withpretzel.com |
1 | 1 | $500K | Seed Apr 2024 |
| Offtime offtime.co |
1 | 1 | $27K | Seed Mar 2015 |
| Shoutr shoutr.net |
1 | 1 | $19.9K | Seed Aug 2013 |
| MailSuite mailsuite.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Feb 2025 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2025 | 4Founders Capital | MailSuite | Seed | — |
| Apr 2024 | Y Combinator | Pretzel AI | Seed | $500K |
| Jun 2023 | Müller Medien | Caya | Series A | $6.5M |
| Jun 2023 | IBB Ventures | Caya | Series A | $6.5M |
| Jun 2023 | HV Capital | Caya | Series A | $6.5M |
| Jun 2023 | Dutch Founders Fund | Caya | Series A | $6.5M |
| Jun 2023 | neosferLED | Caya | Series A | $6.5M |
| Mar 2023 | Mango Capital | Coqui | Series A | $3.3M |
| Mar 2023 | ScaleX | Coqui | Series A | $3.3M |
| Mar 2023 | DNX Ventures | Coqui | Series A | $3.3M |
| Oct 2022 | Slingshot | Tyles | Seed | $1.4M |
| Oct 2022 | APX | Tyles | Seed | $1.4M |
| Oct 2022 | Diaspora Ventures | Tyles | Seed | $1.4M |
| Oct 2022 | Venista Ventures | Tyles | Seed | $1.4M |
| Oct 2022 | Next Commerce Accelerator | Tyles | Seed | $1.4M |
| Jun 2022 | Spark CapitalLED | Amie | Seed | $7M |
| Jun 2022 | Creandum | Amie | Seed | $7M |
| Jun 2022 | Next Commerce AcceleratorLED | Tyles | Seed | $121.6K |
| May 2022 | Sequoia CapitalLED | Twain | Seed | $2.6M |
| May 2022 | System.One | Twain | Seed | $2.6M |
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