seed+speed Ventures Fund I

seed+speed Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Berlin, Germany

Countries of investment

Germany
Switzerland
Austria

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A

Industries

SaaS
Enterprise Software
Deep Tech

About
seed+speed Ventures is a Berlin-based venture capital firm founded by Carsten Maschmeyer that invests in ambitious B2B software startups in their earliest stages. They position themselves as a hands-on partner, providing founders with crucial sales expertise and operational support to foster growth in the DACH market.

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Max check size: $2M
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Investment Thesis

seed+speed Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage investor focusing on B2B software startups, particularly SaaS models, within the DACH region. They typically invest between €200,000 and €500,000. Their unique value proposition is providing not just capital, but also hands-on operational support with their deep sales expertise and network to help founders build scalable sales structures and accelerate their go-to-market strategy.

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Manager's Experience

The managing partners are experienced entrepreneurs and operators with successful track records. Carsten Lebtig founded and sold Preis24.de, Alexander Kölpin was CEO of webtrekk (sold to Mapp), and Saygin Witzenhausen founded and sold two companies (casacanda to Fab.com, Glovou to Delivery Hero). Their collective background provides deep operational expertise in building, scaling, and exiting technology companies, particularly in the German market.