Simon Capital (formerly Bitburger Ventures) is the corporate venture capital arm of the Bitburger family / Bitburger Holding, investing in consumer-facing business models, wellbeing, and productivity startups across Germany from seed to Series B.
33% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. They made 1 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.0M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
7
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
FD
Friedrich Droste
Managing Partner
SG
Stefan Gielok
Managing Partner
JL
Jan Leicht
Managing Director
FS
Felix Simon
Investment Structuring
HG
Helen Gerharz
Venture Capital
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
9 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 VisioLab | Series A | $11M | Apr 2026 |
| DDeutsche Sanierungsberatung | Series A | $11M | Jan 2026 |
| DDeutsche Sanierungsberatung | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| FFermify | Seed | $5M | Jan 2023 |
 Sanity Group | Seed | $4.8M | Dec 2020 |
 Just Spices | Series B | — | Jan 2020 |
 Wild Earth | Series A | $23M | May 2019 |
| Wild Earth | Unknown | $23M | — |
 Neople | Seed | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Big Pi Ventures2 shared
IBB Ventures2 shared
TQ Ventures1 shared
Cherry Ventures1 shared
Five Seasons Ventures1 shared
Coefficient Capital1 shared
M Ventures1 shared
Bits x Bites1 shared
HEARTFELT_1 shared
High-Tech Gründerfonds1 shared
APX1 shared
Curiosity VC1 shared
Newion1 shared
Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund1 shared
Satgana1 shared
Fund F1 shared
Auxxo1 shared
Climentum Capital1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026