Sebastian Johnston

Active Investor

Mentor at Founder Institute

Hamburg, Hamburg

Sebastian Johnston, Mentor at Founder Institute is an active investor based in Hamburg, Hamburg. This profile covers what Sebastian Johnston backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Sebastian Johnston is a Co-Founder & serves as Board Member at Regiondo. Mr. Johnston was a Co-Founding, General Partner & served as Vice President at La Famiglia. He is a Founding Partner at DIF where he is responsible for deal flow sourcing, due diligence, transaction management, venture building and scaling as well as human resources. He has been Founder and Managing Partner of JODA MEDIA Consulting since 2008, a Berlin and Munich-based consulting firm specializing in e-commerce, Digital Technology, Innovation Management, Business Incubation, growth strategies, Venture Capital, VC-Fund Consultancy and Investment Advisory. He consulted over the years multiple startups as well as large industrial groups and media houses in these segments. He has also been an advisor to many German Venture Capital and Private Equity funds in the areas of deal flow sourcing and due diligence. Since 2008 he has been an active serial entrepreneur and business angel with numerous start-ups in the segments E-Commerce, online Marketplaces, Big Data, Financial Services, Consumer Goods and Med-tech. Onboard level, he focused on the areas of technology, distribution, and sales, marketing and scaling. Previously he was responsible for the building up of Condé Nast's digital division. He studied Business Administration (M.B.A.) with a focus on innovation management, entrepreneurship, finance, and marketing at the Wissenschaftlichen Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU), Harvard University, ITAM and Thammasat University.

Investor type: AngelVCPEFounderAcceleratorIncubator
Stages: Early Stage VenturePre SeedSeed
Invests in: SaaS & EnterpriseEdTech
Location: Hamburg, Hamburg
Typical check: $250K
Past investments: 10

Notable investments

ArtNightArctis AIViomedoAsana RebelMindStudioRecouplingNotch (Hamburg)Building RadarFoodoraParto (Financial Software)

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