Helmut Klawitter

Functions as a College/University

Tengelmann Ventures is an active manager which invests in seed- and early-stage technology companies in the e-commerce, social commerce, Internet and Web-enabling technology sectors. The firm seeks to invest in fast growing, innovative companies, partnering with management to support the idea generation process. They typically take minority shareholdings in their investee companies and prefer to act as lead investor. For co-investments, they generally take a passive role. Tengelmann Ventures provides their investee companies with infrastructure services and access to their network and expertise.

TEV invests in companies located in Germany. The The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in seed, early, later and growth stage capital requirements with an investment size of EUR 1-15 million.

Cusp Capital Partners invests in companies located across Europe. The firm focuses on the technological sector. It participates in seed and early stage capital transactions with an investment size up to EUR 7 million.