HV Capital is a Munich- and Berlin-based venture capital firm that supports founders in developing their internet companies. Since 2000 HV Capital, formerly HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, has invested in Internet and technology companies through various generations of funds and is one of the most successful and financially strongest early-stage and growth investors in Europe. HV Capital has already invested in around 200 companies, including Zalando, Delivery Hero, FlixMobility and SumUp. The total of all HV Funds amounts to €1.7 billion. The company supports startups with capital between €500,000 and €50 million. This makes HV Capital one of the few venture capitalists in Europe that can finance startups through all growth phases.

HV Capital

Tim Schumacher: In 2001, Tim Schumacher co-founded Sedo.com, the world's largest domain market place. Since selling the company, Tim is active as an entrepreneur and/or investor in various startups. In 2020, Tim has been awarded as best investor in Germany by the German Startup Association. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board at Eyeo (makers of AdBlock Plus) and co-founder of SaaS.Group, a Software as a Service portfolio company. Stephan Jacquemot: Stephan has a very successful and long standing career in supporting outstanding entrepreneurs in various roles. He has led the startup units at Microsoft in Germany and Europe and was co-founder of the Microsoft Accelerator in Berlin. Since 2016, he is an active investor with a portfolio of 15 angel investments. Besides his role at TS Ventures he serves as Director Founders Education at the Founders Foundation established by the Bertelsmann Foundation.

TS Ventures

Flixfounders

Micro VC supporting outstanding technology entrepreneurs across the globe.

Discovery Ventures

FirstMark is a venture capital firm based in New York City. The firm's mission is to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs who are changing the world by solving meaningful problems. FirstMark has proudly backed founders of remarkable businesses like Pinterest, Shopify, DraftKings, Discord, Airbnb, and dozens more.

FirstMark

Endeit Capital is a growth capital investment firm with offices in Amsterdam (NL), Hamburg (DE) and Stockholm (SWE). They provide mid/later stage growth capital typically between €7m - €15m to European scale-ups. Our areas of investment include digital media & marketing tech, marketplaces, BtB/BtC commerce & enterprise cloud services. The latest Fund III represents €255m.

Endeit Capital

TriplePoint Capital offers leases and loans to finance companies' equipment or growth-capital needs. The company offers debt-financing products, including equipment leases, equipment loans, and growth capital loans. The company's equipment leases and equipment loans are used to finance equipments, such as computers and servers, electronic test and measurement equipment, telecommunications equipment, laboratory equipment, office furniture, and software.

TriplePoint Capital

Simon Capital is an early-stage VC fund with €105M capital ready to invest in innovations that will improve our everyday lives, following the mission of investing “for the next generation”.

Simon Capital

Reimann Investors is the family office and corporate holding of members of the Reimann entrepreneurial family, who sold their shares in the family business in the late 1990s. We focus our investments on young and rapidly growing companies in the fields of FinTech, financial services, SaaS and Digital Commerce. We see ourselves as a strategic, active partner working in close cooperation with company management to supervise and promote the development of the business. Investment focus: Series A, Growth - SaaS, Fintech

Reimann Investors

Sastrify

Sastrify is a virtual software-as-a-service procurement service, helping finance and tech teams optimize the management and cost of SaaS tools in successful digital-first companies. The company automates repetitive and annoying processes (e.g. setting renewal dates, reaching out to suppliers, etc.) and uses a dedicated procurement team that benefits from a large database of SaaS benchmarks to get you the best prices on the market.

<div><p>Sastrify is a virtual Software-as-a-Service procurement service, helping finance and tech teams to optimize management and cost of SaaS tools in successful digital-first companies. We automate repetitive and annoying processes (e.g. setting renewal dates, reaching out to suppliers etc.) and use a dedicated procurement team that benefits from alarge database of SaaS benchmarks to get you the best prices on the market. We typically bring our customers 3-4x ROI with only 20-30min work on their end.</p></div>

Giving firms greater control over their SaaS stack

B2B SaaS Management Platforms

Behind the scenes of SaaS innovation: Interview with Sven Lackinger, Co-founder of Sastrify

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    Sastrify is a virtual Software-as-a-Service procurement service, helping finance and tech teams to optimize management and cost of SaaS tools in successful digital-first companies. We automate repetitive and annoying processes (e.g. setting renewal dates, reaching out to suppliers etc.) and use a dedicated procurement team that benefits from alarge database of SaaS benchmarks to get you the best prices on the market. We typically bring our customers 3-4x ROI with only 20-30min work on their end.
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    G2 provides a SaaS spend management platform to reduce costs and eliminate waste for IT, Finance, and Procurement teams. It offers an integrated approach to recognize, analyze, and keep track of SaaS stacks, employee SaaS consumption, manage contracts and compliance, synchronize software requests, and gain insights and analytics.
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    Vendr (formerly Blissfully) offers a SaaS buying platform that leverages AI to find the best software to buy and manage the expanding stack in a single system of record for finance and procurement teams. The platform makes use of benchmarking data, SaaS buying experts, automated workflows and analytics and insights to streamline the purchase, renewal, and deal updates. 
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Vendr

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    BetterCloud offers a SaaS management solution, which it claims to be the market leader for SaaS operations, that aids enterprises in consolidating data protection and streamlining user lifecycle management. The platform features automated app discovery, app insights, automated workflows and user data. 
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BetterCloud

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    LeanIX provides an automated SaaS management system to help businesses reduce costs and boost productivity. The platform is designed to focus on tracking, managing, and benchmarking subscribed SaaS applications. 
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LeanIX

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    Flexera One offers an IT and cloud management software platform to improve app usability and cost effectiveness for enterprises. The platform allows analytics, insights, asset management, cloud application modernization, licensing use and compliance, and maximizing technological returns.
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Flexera One

Platforms for cataloging, tracking and benchmarking a firms existing SaaS stack and discovering and purchasing new solutions that are a better fit for the organization

Platforms that help identify potential securities vulnerabilities of a firm's SaaS stack and provide a solution to ensure compliance with regulations.

Platforms that help eliminate SaaS wastage and optimize costs by providing spending analysis reports, contract renewal planning, and vendor management.

Integrated product offerings that provide complete solutions covering the entire life cycle of SaaS usage. A number of firms also offer managed services such as price negotiations with vendors

Solutions in this industry focus on providing tools for firms to manage its SaaS subscriptions

Uses AI/ML to analyze a firms SaaS stack and ensure compliance with privacy standards

Provide greater visibility on the usage and spending on SaaS platforms

Growth in remote and hybrid work arrangements led to growth in cloud-based SaaS solutions

Sastrify

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