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    Cusp Capital

    Essen, GermanyFounded 2021

    Cusp Capital is a venture capital firm focused on European software and technology, investing in early-stage companies on the cusp of redefining their industries. The firm makes initial investments of up to €10m as lead investor and can invest up to €35m over multiple stages, with a fund of €300m ($361m).

    33% of their portfolio is in SaaS. Average disclosed round size is $10.5M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    24

    Fund Size

    $361M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Christian Winter

    Christian Winter

    General Partner - Investor

    Dr. Carolin Althoff

    Dr. Carolin Althoff

    General Partner - Investor & Head of ESG

    Dr. Maximilian Rowoldt

    Dr. Maximilian Rowoldt

    General Partner - Investor

    Helmut Klawitter

    Helmut Klawitter

    General Partner - General Counsel

    Jan Sessenhausen

    Jan Sessenhausen

    General Partner - Investor

    Matthias Müller

    Matthias Müller

    General Partner - Investor

    Holger Temme

    Holger Temme

    Venture Partner

    Wilken Engelbracht

    Wilken Engelbracht

    Venture Partner

    Johannes Behringer

    Johannes Behringer

    Principal

    Matteo Stegner

    Matteo Stegner

    Senior Associate

    Yannick Harkner

    Yannick Harkner

    Senior Associate

    Pascal Thomys

    Pascal Thomys

    Investor Relations Manager

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    27 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Leadity logoLeadityGrowth—Sep 2025
    Payflow logoPayflowUnknown$10.8MJun 2025
    akeno logoakenoSeed—May 2025
    Libeen logoLibeenUnknown—Feb 2025
    ONE WARE logoONE WAREUnknown—Jan 2025
    Meight logoMeightUnknown—Dec 2024
    Recyda logoRecydaSeries A—Oct 2024
    HERO Software logoHERO SoftwareSeries B—Jul 2024
    Acto logoActoSeed—Mar 2024
    ACTO logoACTOSeed—Mar 2024
    Fixably logoFixablySeries A$10MJun 2023
    Taclia logoTacliaUnknown—Jan 2023
    Recyda logoRecydaSeries A—Jan 2023
    CarbonCloud logoCarbonCloudSeries A—Jan 2023
    Payflow logoPayflowSeries A$9.1MJan 2022
    Payflow logoPayflowSeries A$9.1MJan 2022
    Hero logoHeroUnknown—Jan 2022
    ACTO logoACTOSeries B$18MJan 2022
    Hivebuy logoHivebuySeed—Jan 2021
    CertHub logoCertHubSeed——
    Audvice logoAudviceUnknown——
    Simplydelivery logoSimplydeliverySeries A——
    Laborai logoLaboraiUnknown——
    Mainteny logoMaintenySeed——
    DDelta LabsSeed——
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026