Shortcut Ventures is a Hamburg-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that focuses on early-stage startups in the fields of internet, mobile, games, and social media. The firm invests internationally and its website notes it is now closed for new investments.
40% of their portfolio is in Cybersecurity. Their most common stage is series-b (60% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.3M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
4
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
DF
Dirk Freise
Founding Partner
MO
Martin Ostermayer
Founder, Managing Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
5 investments
Top Co-Investors
Earlybird Venture Capital2 shared
Holtzbrinck Digital2 shared
Project A2 shared
T-Venture2 shared
Siemens AG1 shared
Swisscanto Private Equity1 shared
Bayern Kapital1 shared
Target Global1 shared
Kiko Ventures1 shared
Statkraft Ventures1 shared
Rocketship VC1 shared
Macquarie Capital1 shared
High-Tech Gründerfonds1 shared
DFJ Esprit1 shared
TomorrowVentures1 shared
Capnamic Ventures1 shared
Iris Capital1 shared
Last updated: 27 September 2026