Not only did we have a good start to this week, but we are also eagerly awaiting the Hub Battle in Duisburg. In Germany nowadays, the competition between startups are growing increasingly. And also, they are successfully finding investors for them. Let’s talk about four young startups that found investors for them in the hot competition of startups.
UpsellGuru
OnVista founder Stephan Schubert invests via STS Ventures in the Frankfurt startup UpsellGuru. The young company wants to sell better rooms and additional offers to booking customers. The hotelier can make an offer, the guest can bid. The hotelier decides in the end, if he accepts the offer. UpsellGuru was founded by Karl and Hans Schmidtner.
retest
High-Tech Gründerfonds is investing a six-figure sum in the AI Testing Startup Retest. Jeremias Roessler and Martin Vietz founded the company in 2017.
Frank Juice
The Austrian food VC Square One Foods and Runtastic founder Florian Gschwandtner invest in the Munich juice company Frank Juice. It is a provider of cold pressed fruit and vegetable juices. In 2014, Marco Gariboldi, Daniel Andreoli and Korbinian Gerstl founded their startup. With the fresh capital, Frank Juice plans to further strengthen his position in the retail sector and to expand the Sales and Marketing departments.
Keatz
Atlantic Food Labs, Project A, JME Ventures, K Fund, VC Ustart, and RTP Global are investing € 12 million in Ghost Restaurant startup Keatz, based in Berlin. With the fresh capital, the company plans to open another 100 kitchens in other European countries. In addition to its 10 virtual restaurants. Paul Gebhardt and Dimitrios Ploutarchos founded the startup in 2015.