Berlin Is Quietly One of Europe's Most Active Pre-Seed Hubs in 2026
If you are a founder raising pre-seed in Berlin, Germany, the playbook in 2026 looks different than it did in 2024. The number of locally-active angel investors writing first checks has grown 25+ in the city itself, and the regional VC firms have leaned into earlier-stage commitments. Round Funded tracks 25+ active Berlin investors with last-investment dates inside the last 6 months: see the live list at /investors/berlin.
The catch is that most of these investors do not run public office-hours pages, do not appear in Crunchbase with searchable check-size data, and prefer warm intros - which is exactly the gap that the active-investor filter on Round Funded was built to close.
What "Active" Means for a Berlin Angel in 2026
Round Funded defines "active" as: at least one new investment in the last 6 months, public LinkedIn activity in the last 30 days, and a verified geographic focus that includes Berlin. We re-check every entry monthly and remove inactives.
Practically that means cutting through three kinds of stale data competitors leave in their lists:
- Retired angels - investors who wrote checks in 2018-2022 but have not deployed in 18+ months
- Out-of-region capital - investors who occasionally invest in Berlin but are not actually based or focused there
- Fund partners who left - VCs whose firms still exist but who have moved on themselves
The list at /investors/berlin filters all three out.
How Berlin Investors Differ from US Coastal Capital
Three patterns matter when you cold-outreach Berlin angels vs reaching out to NYC or SF:
- Check size is typically EUR 25-100k for an angel and EUR 200-500k for an early-stage fund (compare to USD 50-250k angel / USD 500k-2M seed lead in the US). Plan your round structure accordingly - more angels at smaller checks rather than a single lead.
- Speed is usually slower at the first-meeting stage but faster at the term-sheet stage. Berlin investors tend to do more due-diligence calls before committing, but once they commit they sign within 1-2 weeks.
- Sector concentration in Berlin skews toward SaaS, fintech, climate tech, and deep tech. Pure consumer apps and US-style growth plays get less traction.
Founders comparing European hubs might also look at our guide to top angel investors in the Netherlands, a similarly angel-dense ecosystem one border over.
25+ Investors You Should Have on Your Berlin List in 2026
Below is the current roster from the Round Funded database, filtered to investors whose stated role or firm is an investing one. Names are as they appear on their own profiles.
| Investor | Role | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Rayk Reitenbach | Investment Director / Prokurist @ IBB Ventures | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Michael Wieser | Partner at b2venture | Fintech, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Jonathan Becker | General Partner at Headline | Fintech, Payments |
| Florian Heinemann | Founding Partner at Project A | Fintech, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Feliks Eyser | Founding Partner at Jetpack | Saas & Enterprise, Consumer & Retail |
| Tobias Wiesentreu | General Partner at LEAP4 | Saas & Enterprise, Consumer & Retail |
| Christian Miele | General Partner at Headline | Fintech, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Tilo Bonow | Limited Partner at Revaia | Fintech, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Jens Hilgers | Janitor at BITKRAFT Ventures | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Daniel Hoepfner | Founder and MD at Peruya.com / Blockchain Investments at Per | Saas & Enterprise, Crypto & Web3 |
| Heiko Rauch | GP, Berlin Germany at True Global Ventures | Saas & Enterprise, Crypto & Web3 |
| Julius Goellner | Co-Founder at REP - Revenue Excellence Partners | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Andreas Ruehrig | Partner at Shio Capital | Saas & Enterprise, Impact & Social Enterprise |
| Tim Rehder | General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital | Artificial Intelligence, Fintech |
| Naveen PRASAD | Founder & Managing Partner at AGILIS (Capital) ADVISORS | Fintech, Payments |
| Fabian Westerheide | Founding Partner at WunschBrautkleidde | Artificial Intelligence, Saas & Enterprise |
| Philipp Semmer | Partner at Motu Ventures | Fintech, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Stefan Menden | Entrepreneurial Partner at Aven Capital Partners | Saas & Enterprise, Manufacturing & Industrial |
| Claude Ritter | Co-Founder & Managing Partner at NAP | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Steffen Seifarth | Managing Director at Berlin Angel Fund | Saas & Enterprise |
| Felix Charif-Schaal | Limited Partner at ltitude | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare & Biotech |
| Rouven Dresselhaus | Founding Partner | Artificial Intelligence, Fintech |
| Heissam Hartmann | Partner at digitalentsgroup | Artificial Intelligence, Saas & Enterprise |
| Timo Fleig | Partner Fintech at Redstone | Artificial Intelligence, Fintech |
| Samuli Siren | Managing Partner at Redstone | Artificial Intelligence, Fintech |
The full active list lives at /investors/berlin. To give you a sense of who is on it: the database includes fund-level deal data for the top regional VCs (Atomico, Speedinvest, Cherry), local sector funds, and 25+ verified individual angels with current LinkedIn profiles and check-size signals.
Browse all active Berlin investors on Round Funded →
Round Funded keeps the data fresh via a combination of LinkedIn activity monitoring, public deal-database scraping, and manual review. Every list refreshes monthly.
How to Approach Berlin Investors (And Get Replies)
Step 1: Use /investors/berlin to filter to Berlin-based active investors who match your stage and sector. Aim for 30-40 targets.
Step 2: For each target, decide warm-intro path or cold email.
Step 3: Personalize on portfolio fit, not on flattery. Reference one specific portfolio company they backed in the last 12 months, and one concrete metric of yours that maps to that thesis.
Step 4: Track replies in a CRM. Round Funded includes a pipeline view for this purpose.
Step 5: Follow up at day 4 and day 10. Investors are busy, not uninterested - a clean two-touch follow-up cadence catches the ones who meant to reply.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many active angel investors are there in Berlin in 2026?
Round Funded tracks 25+ Berlin-focused angels with at least one new investment in the last 6 months. The total population is larger, but the active subset is the one that matters for fundraising outreach. See the live list at /investors/berlin.
What's the average check size from a Berlin angel?
Typical first checks from Berlin angels range from EUR 25k to EUR 100k, with the most active investors writing multiple checks in this range per year. Larger Series A leads in the region typically write EUR 1-3M as part of a syndicate.
How do I find warm intro paths to Berlin investors?
Round Funded shows mutual LinkedIn connections per investor, which is the simplest practical warm-intro path. For founders without an existing Berlin network, portfolio-founder intros and operator-angel intros are the next best ladders. See the warm-intro playbook on Round Funded.
Is the Berlin ecosystem better than London or Paris for a first-time founder?
It depends on your sector. Berlin is strong for fintech, SaaS, and climate, and the talent costs are typically lower than London. London and Paris have larger absolute capital pools but more competition for partner attention. For first-time founders raising EUR 500k-1M, Berlin often closes faster.
Does Round Funded include Berlin accelerator and incubator programs too?
Yes. Beyond the angel list at /investors/berlin, Round Funded includes the active accelerators and incubators serving Berlin - typically 5-10 programs with current applications open in any given quarter.
Closing
The Berlin pre-seed ecosystem in 2026 is bigger and more active than most non-local founders realize. The challenge is signal-to-noise: separating actively-deploying capital from the long tail of inactive entries that show up in generic investor databases.
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