Cipio Partners is a growth equity firm investing in European growth-stage technology companies through growth capital and minority buyouts, focusing on software, SaaS, and deeptech businesses. Headquartered in Senningerberg, Luxembourg with an additional office in Munich, Germany, the firm was founded in 2003 and typically invests €5–15 million in companies generating €5–50 million in revenue.
Average disclosed round size is $20.8M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
25
Fund Size
$215M
Top Stage
Series C
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Werner Dreesbach
Founding Partner
Carlo Schlesser
Manager
Kerstin Planitzer-Zipf
Chief Compliance Officer
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
33 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 spiideo | Growth | $20M | Aug 2026 |
 Giraffe360 | Series B | $10M | Mar 2026 |
 Dawn Health | Unknown | — | Feb 2026 |
 Druid | Series C | $31M | Sep 2025 |
 Druid AI | Series C | $31M | Sep 2025 |
 Hololight | Growth | $10.8M | Jul 2025 |
| Druid AI | Series C | $31M | Jan 2025 |
| Druid | Series C | $31M | Jan 2025 |
 fintechOS | Series B | $60M | May 2024 |
 Welcome to The Jungle | Series C | — | Jan 2023 |
 Microoled | Unknown | — | Jan 2023 |
| Giraffe360 | Series B | $16M | Dec 2022 |
 Wire | Series C | — | Jan 2022 |
 Navvis | Series D | — | Dec 2021 |
 Brightpearl | Series C | $11M | Dec 2020 |
| Wwhisbi | Unknown | — | Jan 2018 |
 Launchmetrics | Unknown | $50M | Jan 2018 |
| Navvis | Series B | — | Dec 2015 |
| Wwywy | Series B | $7M | Dec 2013 |
 MyOptique | Series C | — | Jan 2013 |
 DiBcom | Unknown | — | Jan 2007 |
| DDune Networks | Series B | $12M | — |
 BridgeCo | Series E | $17M | — |
 agorapulse | Unknown | — | — |
 Silicon Mobility | Series B | $10M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Hoxton Ventures5 shared
Bpifrance4 shared
Smedvig Capital4 shared
TQ Ventures4 shared
Karma Ventures4 shared
Earlybird Venture Capital4 shared
Silicon Valley Bank3 shared
blisce/2 shared
Kostogri2 shared
XAnge2 shared
Revaia2 shared
Groupe ADP2 shared
Molten Ventures2 shared
GV2 shared
Target Global2 shared
Intel Capital2 shared
Columbia Lake Partners2 shared
Wellington Management2 shared
Founders Fund2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026