Paua Ventures is a Berlin based venture capital firm. Established in 2010, we have built our way up to becoming a leading tech investor in Europe with €70+ million under management and a portfolio of over 25 companies in different growth stages from all over Europe. We are passionate about backing visionary, exceptionally talented but at the same time humble founders and have been fortunate to work with founding teams of companies, such as Pipedrive, Stripe, Wandelbots, Detectify, Silexica and many more. Our approach as a VC is very service-oriented, providing full support through a proactive partnership, such as operational help in core business development tasks and support in HR & recruiting processes. The team is truly committed in being the best partner for entrepreneurs, aiming to be the bridge between new businesses and the corporate world.
The fund backs European companies at Seed and Series A stage, acting both as lead or co-lead investor. The investment focus is B2B Enterprise Software, Industry 4.0, B2B SaaS, Robotics and ML applications.
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The fund backs European companies at Seed and Series A stage, acting both as lead or co-lead investor. The investment focus is B2B Enterprise Software, Industry 4.0, B2B SaaS, Robotics and ML applications.
http://twitter.com/pauaventures
http://medium.com/paua-insights
Location: Germany, Berlin
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2010
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 34
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 14.07.2022 | Hero | hero.fr | $12.41M | France, Il... |
| 16.03.2022 | Deed | joindeed.com | $12M | United Sta... |
| 16.03.2022 | coboworx | coboworx.com | $17.66M | Germany, R... |
| 16.03.2022 | Lhotse | lhotse.de | - | Germany, B... |
| 16.03.2022 | Vue Storef... | vuestorefront.io | $38.9M | Poland, Ma... |
| 22.09.2021 | inai | inai.io | $4M | United Sta... |
| 25.06.2020 | FireStart | firestart.com | $4.49M | Austria, U... |
| - | Tylko | tylko.com | $38.13M | Poland, Ma... |
| - | Detectify | detectify.com | $39.85M | Sweden |
| - | FLIP4NEW | flip4new.de | - | Germany, H... |
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News 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.05.2020 | Robotics will eat the world | Part 1: Industrial Robotics, why we love the space and which tech companies to watch out for… |
| 25.04.2020 | Warum die Krise für Proptechs eine Chance ist | Während der Corona-Pandemie zeigt sich, wie wichtig die Digitalisierung ist. Davon können insbesondere Start-ups der Immobilienbranche profitieren.… |
| 22.04.2020 | Remote Work (WFH) Tech Landscape | Before March 2020 many of us knew someone who was working remote or has heard of companies that even went “full remote” i.e. they did not have an office and all their employees worked from home, but I would say… |
| 26.03.2020 | ProCuring the Virus | Implications for tech start-ups in procurement-land. We are just two decades in — but so far March 2020 is economically shaping up to be the most miserable month of the millennium. As a VC that fell in love with procurement, of course,… |
| 25.11.2019 | Detectify raises 21m for its ethical hacker network | Detectify, the Sweden-born cybersecurity startup that offers a website vulnerability scanner powered by the crowd, has raised €21 million in further funding. Leading the round is London-based VC firm Balderton Capital, with participation fr... |
| 28.10.2019 | Why We Fell in Love with Procurement | Why the space is hot, how we slice it and what we look for when making an investment 🧨🍕💸… |
| 22.10.2019 | Microsoft CEO Programs Robot with Wandelbots Tracepen | Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella programmed a robot in Dresden all the way from Redmond, over 8,500 kilometres away. Using the Wandelbots Tracepen, he was able to teach the robot a gluing application without writing a single line of code.… |
| 18.10.2019 | Consentio Featured on FreshPlaza | Connect directly, buy and sell; this is the simple concept of the new Consentio communication technology platform that has been launched in Spain, which could revolutionize the sale of fruit and vegetables (and of agricultural products in g... |
| 15.10.2019 | Codasip Joins CHIPS Alliance | CHIPS Alliance, the leading consortium advancing common, open hardware for interfaces, processors and systems, today announced that Codasip GmbH and Munich University of Applied Science have joined the CHIPS Alliance.… |
| 14.10.2019 | Outfunnel Launches Innovative Email Marketing Tool | Our vision is to bring sales and marketing closer together. Our first step to do this was to connect Pipedrive and Mailchimp, giving Pipedrive users at-a-glance access to their marketing data, direct within their CRM.… |
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Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.04.2022 | Supply chain API platform Procuros procures $9 million of its own | Hamburg-based Procuros has raised $9 million in a Seed funding round. The company is aiming to untangle the knotted mess that the B2B supply chain has become, at least in terms of orders, shipping notes, and invoices. The capital will be us... |
| 09.11.2021 | To Head the Headless. Vue Storefront Nabs Another USD 17.4M in Its Third Round This Year | Vue Storefront, a Polish headless eCommerce solution provider, conducts a USD 17.4M Series A round Their solution fits any eCommerce of any size and allows complete control over the frontend and customer experience. The new investment will ... |
| 20.09.2021 | Y Combinator-backed Inai raises $4 mn led by Berlin-based Paua Ventures, others | Inai, a fintech SaaS startup, said it has raised $4 million (Rs 29.4 crore) in a seed round led by Berlin-based Paua Ventures, 9Unicorns, Uncommon Capital, Soma Capital, Anarko Ventures, Better Capital, and Gemba Capital. The round also saw... |
| 22.07.2021 | Content management platform GraphCMS raises $10 million, liberates siloed data | Addressing a key challenge in data-driven industries, effective data extraction from third-party systems, Berlin-based GraphCMS has raised $10 million in a new funding round. The startups’ solution cuts out the middleware and connects siloe... |
| 12.12.2018 | Wandelbots raises $6.8M to make programming a robot as easy as putting on a jacket | Industrial robotics is on track to be worth around $20 billion by 2020, but while it may have something in common with other categories of cutting-edge tech — innovative use of artificial intelligence, pushing the boundaries of autonomous m... |
| 28.06.2018 | 12 Stunning Tech, Research & Innovation Hubs In Barcelona | Not only does Barcelona host leading European universities such EADA, ESADE and IESE, but it’s also becoming one of the biggest tech hubs in Europe – bringing together successful researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs from all over the w... |
| 18.03.2018 | Insight Venture Partners Leads 5M Euros for Detectify | Detectify, a Sweden-based web security company, announced a financing round of €5 million led by New York based venture capital and private equity firm, Insight Venture Partners. Existing investors, Paua Ventures and Inventure, also partici... |
| 15.12.2015 | Paua Ventures Holds First Close of First VC Fund at $45M | Berlin, Germany-based early stage venture capital firm Paua Ventures has held the first close of its first institutional fund, Paua I, at $45m. Limited partners include the European Investment Fund, high net worth individuals, major global ... |
| 09.12.2015 | Fondul german Paua Ventures are 45 mil. dolari de investit in startupuri europene | Un nou fond de investitii din Berlin a anuntat o crestere a sumei disponibile. Paua Ventures, cu o capitalizare de 45 milioane dolari, urmareste sa finanteze startupuri europene si, intre timp, sa gaseasca noi parteneri pentru a creste suma... |
| 09.12.2015 | Berlin’s Paua Ventures announces first fund close of $45 million to invest in pan-European startups | Another day, another European VC firm announces funding. This time it's Berlin-based Paua Ventures, whose first institutional fund goes live today with a first close of $45 million, with a final close expected to come in at about $65 millio... |
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