About Rheingau Founders
Rheingau Founders is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. It is primarily based out of Berlin, Germany. As of Nov 2024, Rheingau Founders has invested in 37 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Germany based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and HealthTech. Most recently it led the $3.77M Series A round of Qualifyze along with Cherry Ventures. This round also saw participation from Coparion and other investors.
Overall, Rheingau Founders portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 6 acquisitions including key companies like Grab, Urban Sports Club and Lieferando. A lot of funds co-invest with Rheingau Founders, with names like Cherry Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Rheingau Founders has team of 5 people including 3 partners.
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Rheingau Founders' List of Top Investments
Rheingau Founders has a portfolio of 37 companies. Their most notable investments are in Qualifyze and Medlanes.Their portfolio spans across Germany, Poland, United StatesÌý²¹²Ô»å 5 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, HealthTechÌý²¹²Ô»å 15 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Rheingau Founders:1. Grab
App-based ride-hailing aggregator and on-demand delivery service provider. Users can book rides and deliveries by providing destination, pick-up location, payment details, and more. The company also offer services like financial services along with mobility and essentials deliveries. The app is available for both Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Grab
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: 2.36B SGD as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $10.4B
- Employee Count: 11,934 as on Dec 31, 2023
- Investors: Vulcan Capital, GPI Capital and 105 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jul 27, 2021, $375M
- Highlight: Public
2. Booksy
It offers a platform to schedule & manages appointments for beauty services. The company offers service across categories including hair salons & stylists, spa & massage, nail spa, body art, bridal makeup, etc. It also provides a SaaS platform to service providers for business management. The app is available for both Android & iOS platforms.
Key facts about Booksy
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $124M
- Employee Count: 112 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Industry Ventures, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and 38 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 03, 2024
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
UrbanSportsClub is an app that provides a subscription-based marketplace for sports & fitness centers. The company offers a range of activities which include yoga, pilates, bouldering, combat sports, functional training & more. The app allows users to search for sports & venues, locate the nearest one, book courses, check in to activities & track their progress.
Key facts about Urban Sports Club
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $198M
- Employee Count: 288 as on Dec 31, 2020
- Investors: Rocket Internet, Verdane and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 14, 2023, $103M
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Billie
Billie is an online marketplace for invoice factoring. It connects businesses with different lenders in order to finance invoices. Loan is provided on the basis of credit scores, loan terms, and more. It offers a dashboard for invoice management and transaction monitoring.
Key facts about Billie
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Annual Revenue: €1.21M as on Dec 31, 2018
- Valuation: $640M as on Oct 25, 2021
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $149M
- Employee Count: 107 as on Dec 31, 2020
- Investors: , Rocket Internet and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 25, 2021, $100M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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Demand-side platform for businesses. It allows app developers analyze the app user base for marketing campaigns, including segmenting and retargeting. It provides audience segmentation, data-secure import, and algorithm-based conversion prediction without the use of any SDK for app developers. It enables businesses to find and re-engage app users using a publisher network, allowing for personalized ad placements based on real-time in-app activity.
Key facts about Remerge
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Annual Revenue: €65.7M as on Dec 31, 2021
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $4M
- Employee Count: 61 as on Dec 31, 2018
- Investors: German Startups Group, Point Nine and
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 27, 2015, $3M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Rheingau Founders' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Rheingau Founders has invested in 37 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Akhetonics and most recent follow-on round was in Akhetonics.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Rheingau Founders' Investments by Stage
Rheingau Founders has made 10 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.29M and 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.46M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 10 |
Series A | 5 |
Rheingau Founders' Investments by Sector
Rheingau Founders has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, HealthTech, Consumer, High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 34 Tech companies, 25 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 16 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 11 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
HealthTech | 7 |
Consumer | 4 |
High Tech | 3 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 2 |
Others | 13 |
Rheingau Founders' Investments by Geography
Rheingau Founders has made most investments in Germany (13), followed by Poland where it has made 1 investment.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Germany | 13 |
Poland | 1 |
United States | 1 |
Rheingau Founders' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Rheingau Founders:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 29, 2024 | Germany | Series A | $6.33M | Matterwave Ventures [+3] | |
Aug 21, 2023 | Germany | Series A | $12M | HV Capital [+2] | |
Jul 26, 2023 | Germany | Seed | $2.54M | Interface Capital [+2] | |
May 03, 2023 | Germany | Seed | $1.21M | Nauta Capital [+4] | |
Apr 12, 2022 | United States | Series A | $8M | [+2] |
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Here are Rheingau Founders' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 01, 2021 | - | - | - |
Acquired companies in Rheingau Founders' Portfolio
Here are Rheingau Founders' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 25, 2025 | - | - | - | |
Sep 24, 2021 | Jun 28, 2018 | Series A | $2.32M | |
Jan 14, 2021 | Aug 15, 2014 | Seed | $334K | |
Oct 28, 2019 | 2012 | Seed | Undisclosed | |
Apr 05, 2019 | Jun 17, 2015 | Seed | Undisclosed |
Team profile of Rheingau Founders
Rheingau Founders has a team of 5 membersÌýincluding 3 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 1 PrincipalÌýlocated in Germany. Rheingau Founders' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Rheingau Founders:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Hamburg | - | ||
Partner | Berlin | - | ||
Partner | Munich | - | ||
Venture Partner | Berlin | |||
Principal | Berlin | - |
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Over the past 13 years, 82 investors have co-invested in Rheingau Founders's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Rheingau Founders:ÌýRuna Capital, and 14 others have invested in rounds before Rheingau Founders. There are 1 company where Runa Capital has invested before Rheingau Founders and 1 company where Rheingau Founders has invested before Rheingau Founders.
- Top Co-investors of Rheingau Founders:Ìý17 investors entered a company along with Rheingau Founders. These include investors like Cherry Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Rheingau Founders:ÌýA total of 49 investors have invested in Rheingau Founders's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include German Startups Group (2 companies), HV Capital (1 company) and HarbourVest Partners (1 company).
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