About Berlin Ventures
Berlin Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2008. It is primarily based out of Berlin, Germany. As of Jul 2019, Berlin Ventures has invested in 28 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 Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Clink Overall, Berlin Ventures portfolio has seen 7 acquisitions including key companies like Talon One, Zype and Lenda. A lot of funds co-invest with Berlin Ventures, with names like Bmp Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Berlin Ventures has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Berlin Ventures' List of Top Investments
Berlin Ventures has a portfolio of 28 companies. Their most notable investments are in TEATOX and Clink.Their portfolio spans across Germany, United States, United Kingdom and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 16 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Angel stages. Here is the list of top investments by Berlin Ventures:_1582032353226.png?format=webp&height=120&width=120){kind=logo}
1. Outdoorsy
Online P2P rental marketplace for recreational vehicles including campervans & motorhomes. Their platform allows owners to list their RVs on the platform & rent them to others. The company also offers insurance covering owner & renter, roadside assistance, and DMV check on all drivers. Travelers can search for RVs with the amenities they want, book by providing dates & pick-up, or have it delivered to their location.
Key facts about Outdoorsy
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $178M
- Employee Count: 219 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Square 1 Bank, Aviva and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jun 24, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Talon One
Talon.One offers a platform for brands to create, run and manage promotional campaigns. Brands can run coupons, discounts, loyalty and referral campaigns using this platform. The company offers a campaign manager dashboard to run and manage promotional campaigns. It also offers 3rd party integration with email, A/B testing, weather, customer support, dynamically exchange data. Clients include Casper, Delivery Hero and others.
Key facts about Talon One
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Annual Revenue: €10M - €50M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $138M
- Employee Count: 350 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, India Internet Fund and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 02, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Shore
'Shore' offers an online appointment booking, effective customer relationship management software. Its CRM comes with marketing features such as newsletters, customer feedback, and SMS appointment reminders. Its online booking software lets customers make appointments through your website, social media channels, or partner sites. Also, business will be listed in 35 partner directories, through which customers can locate and book appointments. It offers a subscription-based pricing policy.
Key facts about Shore
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $14.4M
- Employee Count: 142 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: SquareOne, Coparion and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 01, 2016, $*****
4. Adsquare
Adsquare is a provider of privacy first location based advertising platform. It is a mobile audience targeting platform that enables mobile ad networks and publishers to optimize the effectiveness of ads. It uses huge amounts of location data from multiple sources and creates dynamic local audience profiles for mobile targeting and location analytics. The real-time data solution handles location and user data in a privacy-friendly way and enables brands and agencies to better reach their target audiences as well as understand their behavior and intent.
Key facts about Adsquare
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Hennigsdorf (Germany)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $5.7M
- Employee Count: 145 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Bmp Ventures, Target Partners and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 28, 2014, $*****
5. Enmacc
OTC energy trading platform for investors. It features risk management tools, trade alerts, historical data, quotes, price & trade lists, and more. It offers a cloud-based trading and deal management platform. Also offers an app-based platform for trade monitoring.
Key facts about Enmacc
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Munich (Germany)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $11.1M
- Employee Count: 123 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: 10x Group, Piton Capital and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 08, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Berlin Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Berlin Ventures has invested in 28 companies over the last 16 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Enmacc and most recent follow-on round was in Clink.Berlin Ventures' Investments by Stage
Berlin Ventures has made 11 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.29M and 1 investment in Angel stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 11 |
Angel | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Berlin Ventures' Investments by Sector
Berlin Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech, Vertical SaaS and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 20 Tech companies, 13 Consumer (B2C) companies, 13 Software companies and at least 12 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 6 |
Consumer | 3 |
FinTech | 3 |
Vertical SaaS | 3 |
Retail | 2 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Berlin Ventures' Investments by Geography
Berlin Ventures has made most investments in Germany (9), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Germany | 9 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
United States | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Berlin Ventures' recent investments
Berlin Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Berlin Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 16, 2019 | United Kingdom | Series A | 4211 | [+4] | |
Mar 23, 2017 | Germany | Seed | 5098 | [+2] | |
Aug 02, 2016 | United States | Seed | 7186 | [+3] | |
Jun 21, 2016 | United Kingdom | Seed | 2181 | ||
2016 | Germany | Seed | 7206 | - |
Acquired companies in Berlin Ventures' Portfolio
7 companies from Berlin Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Talon One in Apr 2026 by Adyen for $*****.Here are Berlin Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 24, 2026 | - | - | 7415 | |
Apr 12, 2022 | Aug 02, 2016 | Seed | 9376 | |
Jul 11, 2019 | 2013 | Seed | 2278 | |
Apr 17, 2019 | - | - | 2968 | |
Sep 26, 2016 | - | - | 6589 |
Team profile of Berlin Ventures
Berlin Ventures has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in Germany. Berlin Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Co-investors of Berlin Ventures
Over the past 16 years, 50 investors have co-invested in Berlin Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Berlin Ventures: Revel Partners, John Maloney and 8 others have invested in rounds before Berlin Ventures. There is 1 company where Revel Partners has invested before Berlin Ventures and 1 company where John Maloney has invested before Berlin Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Berlin Ventures: 16 investors entered a company along with Berlin Ventures. These include investors like Bmp Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Berlin Ventures: A total of 24 investors have invested in Berlin Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Target Partners (1 company), Bayern Kapital (1 company) and Alantra (1 company).
Recent News related to Berlin Ventures
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Optiopay gets tens of millions - years after the announcementGruenderszene•Jul 16, 2019•Clink, Nielsen Norman Group, Berlin Ventures, NJF Capital and 2 others
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Enmacc Raises €3m in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Mar 23, 2017•enmacc, Cherry Ventures, Berlin Ventures, Felix Haas and 1 other
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Video distribution startup Zype raises $2MTechCrunch+•Aug 02, 2016•Zype, Point Nine Capital, Alpine Meridian, Entrepreneurs Fund and 2 others
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Fintech Startup OptioPay Raises €7M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Jun 21, 2016•Clink, OptioPay, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures, NORD LB and 3 others
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Berlin startup Brandnew scores $1.9 mln seed funds - PE HubPE Hub•Aug 28, 2014•Brandnew, Berlin Ventures, PubliGroupe
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Scarosso Raises Series A Funding - PE HubPE Hub•May 17, 2013•Scarosso, Berlin Ventures, DN Capital, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft
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DN Capital leads series A funding round in ScarossoDN Capital•May 01, 2013•Scarosso, Berlin Ventures, DN Capital, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft
