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Monkfish Equity

Founders Malte Siewert Peter Vinnemeier Rolf Schromgens Stephan Stubner

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Total investments 56
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$24M
Portfolio companies 48
Rounds per year 4.67
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.14
Exits 8
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • E-Commerce
  • Marketplace
  • Software
  • Health Care
Summary

Monkfish Equity appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2011. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in Germany. The main department of described VC is located in the Leipzig.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as E-Commerce, Tourism. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Germany. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline SpareFoot, Exporo, Tourlane

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Monkfish Equity, startups are often financed by Insight Partners, Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Insight Partners, Project A, HOWZAT Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Project A, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, btov Partners.

The high activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The typical startup value when the investment from Monkfish Equity is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Opposing the other organizations, this Monkfish Equity works on 15 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The real fund results show that this VC is 6 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The fund was created by Malte Siewert, Peter Vinnemeier, Rolf Schru00f6mgens, Stephan Stubner. We also calculated 1 valuable employee in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Dogo

Apps
Internet of Things
Mobile Apps
Pet
$3M19 Nov 2021 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

refurbed

Apps
E-Commerce
Electronics
Marketplace
Software
$54M05 Aug 2021 Vienna, Austria

inne

Biotechnology
Health Care
Wellness
$9M31 Oct 2019 Berlin

Kolay

Human Resources
SaaS
Software
$1M13 May 2019 Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey

Calm

Apps
Health Care
Leisure
Mobile
Personal Health
Wellness
$88M06 Feb 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Heycater!

B2B
Catering
E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Internet
Travel
$3M31 Jan 2019 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

LemonSwan

Dating
21 Jan 2019 Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Masterplan.com

Digital Media
E-Learning
Education
Information Technology
Internet
SaaS
$7M17 Sep 2018 Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Horizn Studios

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Travel
$14M18 Jan 2018 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
News
Refurbed Raises $54M in Series B Funding

– Refurbed from Vienna is a marketplace for refurbished electronics in the German speaking region promoting sustainable consumption.
– Company raised $54m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Evli Growth Partners and Almaz Capital, which joined existing investors such as Speedinvest, Bonsai Partners and All Iron Ventures, as well as a group of new backers – Hermes GPE, C4 Ventures, SevenVentures, Alpha Associates, Monkfish Equity (Trivago Founders), Kreos, Isomer Capital and Creas Impact Fund.
– The company intends to use the funds to strengthen its position in the DACH market for refurbished electronics and focus on geographical expansion by entering more European countries, further develop and improve its product portfolio as well as focusing on scaling its international team, employing specialists from all across Europe.

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Total investments 56
Average round size 24M
Rounds per year 4.67
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.14
Exits 8
Group Appearance index 0.75

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Dogo

Apps
Internet of Things
Mobile Apps
Pet
$3M19 Nov 2021 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

refurbed

Apps
E-Commerce
Electronics
Marketplace
Software
$54M05 Aug 2021 Vienna, Austria

inne

Biotechnology
Health Care
Wellness
$9M31 Oct 2019 Berlin

Kolay

Human Resources
SaaS
Software
$1M13 May 2019 Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey

Calm

Apps
Health Care
Leisure
Mobile
Personal Health
Wellness
$88M06 Feb 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Heycater!

B2B
Catering
E-Commerce
Food and Beverage
Internet
Travel
$3M31 Jan 2019 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

LemonSwan

Dating
21 Jan 2019 Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Masterplan.com

Digital Media
E-Learning
Education
Information Technology
Internet
SaaS
$7M17 Sep 2018 Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Horizn Studios

Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
Travel
$14M18 Jan 2018 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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