Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund is a Berlin-based venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups across Europe with at least one female founder holding a minimum of 20% of founder shares. It is Germany's first gender-focused venture capital fund.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (72% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $5.7M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
27
Fund Size
$30.3M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
4
Team
CS
Christian Schad
Venture Partner
BS
Bettine Schmitz
General Partner and co-founder
DG
Dr. Gesa Miczaika
General Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
36 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | — | Mar 2026 | |
| Series A | $8M | Feb 2026 | |
| Seed | $8M | Feb 2026 | |
| Seed | — | Jan 2026 | |
| Seed | — | Dec 2025 | |
| Series A | — | Apr 2025 | |
| Series A | — | Oct 2024 | |
| Seed | — | Sep 2024 | |
| Seed | — | Sep 2024 | |
| Seed | — | Sep 2024 | |
| Seed | — | Feb 2024 | |
| Seed | — | Jan 2024 | |
| Seed | $4M | Jan 2024 | |
| Seed | — | Jan 2024 | |
| Seed | — | May 2023 | |
| XXbyX – Women in Balance | Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
| Series A | — | Jan 2023 | |
| Seed | $5M | Jan 2023 | |
| Pre-Seed | — | Dec 2022 | |
| Seed | $6M | Jun 2022 | |
| Unknown | $10M | May 2022 | |
| Seed | — | Apr 2022 | |
| Seed | — | Mar 2022 | |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M | Mar 2022 | |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M | Mar 2022 |
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Top Co-Investors
High-Tech Gründerfonds7 shared
Frontline Ventures5 shared
Cusp Capital4 shared
Bayern Kapital3 shared
Paladin Capital Group3 shared
MMC Ventures3 shared
UCL Technology Fund3 shared
private angel investors3 shared
Vorwerk Ventures2 shared
b2venture2 shared
Borski Fund2 shared
Backbone Angels2 shared
Lightfield Equity2 shared
Futury Capital2 shared
EchoVC Partners2 shared
firstminute capital2 shared
Alchimia Investments2 shared
Founders Factory2 shared
Simon Capital2 shared
Satgana2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026
