Freigeist

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Feb 1, 2025	Collie	$4.0M Seed	—	Atomico, Earlybird Venture Capital, Christian Reber, David Wallerstein
Mar 1, 2024	Greenlyte Carbon Technologies	$11.0M Seed	—	Atomico, Babel Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital, Green Generation Fund, Partech Ventures, Christian Reber, David Wallerstein
Jul 1, 2023	Isometric	$25.0M Seed	—	Ada Ventures, Anthemis Group, Atomico, BITKRAFT Ventures, Dig Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital, foobar.vc, Jett Fein, K9 Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Social Capital, Sony Innovation Fund, Bhavin Turakhia, Christian Reber, David Wallerstein, Kevin Lin, Malcolm Ferguson, Roy Meirom, Will Brooks, Will Martin
Jun 1, 2023	Greenlyte Carbon Technologies	$5.0M Seed	—	Atomico, Earlybird Venture Capital, Christian Reber, David Wallerstein
Jun 1, 2023	Akhetonics	$2.0M Seed	—	Koen Bok, Niklas Jansen
Jan 1, 2023	Zurp	$5.0M Seed	—	10X Capital, 20VC, 7GC & Co, Access Biotechnology, AirAngels, Amity Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Animoca Brands, Asymmetric, Atlas Venture, Awesome People Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Bombas, Buckley Ventures, C2 Investment, Camber Creek, CapitalG, Cardumen Capital, Coalition Operators, Color Capital, Conductive Ventures, Darling Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, Freestyle Capital, Grit Capital Partners, Hack VC, Immeasurable, Interlace Ventures, Interplay Ventures, Jump Crypto, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Left Lane Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Long Journey Ventures, M13, Mantis VC, Menlo Ventures, NFX, Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, Plaid, QEY Capital, Raine Ventures, Reshape Ventures, Gil Penchina, Saga, Sanofi Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Scribble Ventures, Slow Ventures, SRB Ventures, Trust Fund, Volition Capital, Andy Bechtolsheim, Arash Ferdowsi, Baron Davis, Bill Tai, Christian Reber, Claire Hughes Johnson, Darius Contractor, Dennis Crowley, Ethan Beard, George Ruan, Julian Shapiro, Kevin Hart, Koen Bok, Kunal Shah, Leore Avidar, Louis Beryl, Manik Gupta, Mark Cuban, Mathilde Collin, Melissa Tan, Roger Ehrenberg, Ryan Tedder, Scott Belsky, Shane Battier, Tony Hawk, Tyler Willis, Vindi Banga, Whitney Cummings
Sep 1, 2022	Ledgy	$22.0M Series B	—	Felix Capital, La Famiglia, Meritech Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Sequoia Capital, Tribe Capital, Visionaries Club, Christian Reber
Jan 1, 2022	Softr	$14.0M Series A	—	1776, 468 Capital, 500 Global, Accel, Acrew Capital, Advisors Fund LLC, Aglae Ventures, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelList Syndicator, Jana Messerschmidt, Asylum Ventures, Atomico, Bond, Bonfire Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Bungalow Capital, C2 Investment, CapitalX, City Light Capital, Coalition Operators, Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners, Coughdrop Capital, Cultivation Capital, Curie.Bio, Digital Currency Group, Earl Grey Capital, ENIAC Ventures, Essence VC, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Fenway Summer, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, Footwork, Founder Collective, Founders' Co-op, Framework Ventures, Freestyle Capital, Gaingels, General Catalyst, GreaterGoodSociety, Gutter Capital, Homebrew, Hyper, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, K2 Global, Kearny Jackson, Khosla Ventures, Kickstart Fund, KRM Interests LLC, Lampros Capital Partners, Lerer Hippeau, LocalGlobe, Logos Labs, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Mexican.vc, Neu Venture Capital, North Island Ventures, Northzone, Glenn Solomon, Not Boring Capital, Offline Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Peterson Ventures, Pillar VC, Pitchdrive, Placeholder, Plaid, Plug & Play Ventures, Prototype Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Sarona Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Shaan's All Access Fund, SignalFire, Slack Fund, Social Capital, Spero Ventures, SRB Ventures, The Hit Forge, TQ Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vibe Capital, VMG Partners, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Bradley Horowitz, Casey Neistat, Charlie Cheever, Christian Reber, Claire Hughes Johnson, Clint Smith, Cristina Cordova, David Hoffman, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Emily Kramer, Esther Dyson, Fareed Mosavat, Fernando Martinelli, Florian Huber, Fredrik Hjelm, Gabriel Jarrosson, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Isenberg, James Beshara, Jan Deepen, Jeff Chang, Jeremy Cai, Job Van Der Voort, Johnny Boufarhat, Julian Shapiro, Julius Genachowski, Kenny Van Zant, Kevin Lee, Koen Bok, Liu Jiang, Loic Le Meur, Manik Gupta, Marc Baghadjian, Marc McCabe, Mark Cuban, Mathilde Collin, Mike Hudack, Niklas Jansen, Ott Kaukver, Paul Yacoubian, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Rob Veres, Romain Lapeyre, Russell Smith, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Sam Corcos, Sam Palmisano, Sam Parr, Scott Belsky, Stefan Jeschonnek, Steve Schlafman, Thomas Dohmke, Tobias Lutke, Varsha Rao, Youcef Es-skouri, Zachary Sims
Dec 1, 2021	Qonversion	$2.0M Seed	—	Emma Steele, Felix Capital, La Famiglia, Meritech Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, Visionaries Club, Christian Reber
Nov 1, 2021	OfferFit	$14.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 75 & Sunny, Acrew Capital, AfterWork Ventures, Amity Ventures, Animo Ventures, Atomico, Avalanche VC, Backed VC, BoxOne Ventures, Catapult Capital, Craft Ventures, DST Global, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Felicis Ventures, Felix Capital, General Catalyst, Hoxton Ventures, Insight Partners, Kleiner Perkins, KRM Interests LLC, La Famiglia, Lobby Capital, March Capital, Maveron, Mayfield, Meritech Capital Partners, Nonlinear, Olima Ventures, Partech Ventures, Quiet Capital, Rethink Impact, Sequoia Capital, Susa Ventures, Talis Capital, Thrive Capital, Treble Capital, Visionaries Club, Adam Goldstein, Allen Gannett, Biz Stone, Charlie Songhurst, Christian Reber, Dan Wright, Darrell Cavens, David Fraga, Eden Chen, Emil Michael, Eric Wu, Erin Shipley, Ian Hogarth, Jack Chou, Jon Runyan, Kevin Lin, Kyle Porter, Michael Stoppelman, Peter Kazanjy, Tania Boler, Tom Monahan
Oct 1, 2021	Urbyo	$5.0M Seed	—	Baidu Ventures, BlueYard Capital, Byld Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Entrée Capital Ventures, Index Ventures, Lakestar, PICO Venture Partners, Roofstock, Stash Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Y Combinator, Zigg Capital, Christian Reber, Chris Yeh, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Doron Segal, Jan Wilmking, Koen Bok, Michael Cassau, Mike Krieger, Ron Zuckerman, Simon Willnauer, Tom Blomfield
Oct 1, 2021	Elevo	$7.0M Series A	—	All Iron Ventures, Elaia Partners, Felix Capital, La Famiglia, Lakestar, Meritech Capital Partners, Nauta Capital, Sequoia Capital, Visionaries Club, Christian Reber
Sep 1, 2021	Heyflow	$6.0M Seed	—	Felix Capital, Insight Partners, La Famiglia, Meritech Capital Partners, Project A Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Visionaries Club, Christian Wenger, Tim Stracke
Sep 1, 2021	Ledgy	$10.0M Series A	—	20VC, Alt Capital, btov Partners, Buckley Ventures, Craft Ventures, Felix Capital, Founders Fund, Indus Valley Capital, Kima Ventures, La Famiglia, Meritech Capital Partners, Paladin Capital Group, Rebel Fund, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Tet Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Übermorgen Ventures, Visionaries Club, Alper Kiresepi, Christian Reber, Curtis Lee, Fidji Simo, John Fontein, Kushagra Vaid, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Rebecca Minkoff, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Altman
Sep 1, 2021	TrueLayer	$130.0M Series E	—	Felix Capital, Kickstart Fund, La Famiglia, Meritech Capital Partners, monashees, Hans Tung, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, Vera Equity, Visionaries Club, Wave Financial, Beau Laskey, Christian Reber, Gregory Waldorf, Guilherme Bonifacio
Jul 1, 2021	CASAFARI	$15.0M Series A	—	8090 Industries, 8VC, BlueYard Capital, Chapter One Ventures, Craft Ventures, Creandum, Eunoia Capital Partners, Fika Ventures, Flucas Ventures, Index Ventures, Lakestar, LGF, MaC Venture Capital, Next47, Oak HC/FT, Roosh Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Social Capital, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirdbase Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tribe Capital, Weekend Fund, WorkLife Ventures, Austin Ogilvie, Bradley Horowitz, Jeff Morris, Jeff Seibert, Jim Pallotta, Jon Runyan, Koen Bok, Marc Benioff, Michael Ma, Mike Krieger, Peter Ackerson, Ryan Chan, Sahin Boydas, Shervin Pishevar, Simon Willnauer, Sung ho Choi, Valentin Gui, Wayne Chang
May 1, 2021	Trade Republic	$900.0M Series C	—	Accel, Ada Ventures, Base Partners, Bedrock Capital, Creandum, Dawn Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, Founders Fund, OrbiMed, Passion Capital, Presight Capital, Project A Ventures, QED Investors, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Charles Delingpole, Michael Pennington, Nicolas Berggruen, Verena Pausder
Apr 1, 2021	TrueLayer	$70.0M Series D	—	2048 Ventures, 9Yards Capital, Kevin Hartz, Addition, Adverb Ventures, Anthemis Group, A/O PropTech, Bessemer Venture Partners, C2Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Divergence Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Euclid Ventures, Evening Fund, Felix Capital, Golden Ventures, IA Capital Group, La Famiglia, Lowercarbon Capital, MATH Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, MTech Capital, Northzone, Jeff Richards, Polygon, Sequoia Capital, Stanley Ventures, Symbolic Capital, Nicholas Shekerdemian, Visionaries Club, Y Combinator, Ajit Tripathi, Balaji Srinivasan, Christian Reber, Esther Dyson, John Lilic, Julia Hartz, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Matt Mazzeo, Peter Ackerson, Ron Pragides, Sean Park, Tom Williams
Oct 1, 2020	Acapela	$3.0M Seed	—	Atomico, Earlybird Venture Capital, David Wallerstein
Apr 1, 2020	Trade Republic	$75.0M Series B	—	Accel, Ada Ventures, Creandum, Dawn Capital, Founders Fund, OrbiMed, Passion Capital, Presight Capital, Project A Ventures, Charles Delingpole, Michael Pennington, Verena Pausder
Jan 1, 2020	Spatial	$14.0M Series A	—	BlueYard Capital, David Krane, Hoxton Ventures, Index Ventures, Lakestar, Rajan Anandan, Summit Partners, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Koen Bok, Simon Willnauer
Jul 1, 2019	Trade Republic	$12.0M Series A	—	Ada Ventures, Canary Ventures, Creandum, Passion Capital, Project A Ventures, Charles Delingpole, Jan Deepen, Michael Pennington, Stefan Jeschonnek, Verena Pausder
May 1, 2019	CodeSandbox	$2.0M Seed	—	20VC, Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackbird Ventures Australia, BlueYard Capital, Craft Ventures, Crosslink Capital, CRV, Footwork, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lakestar, M8 Ventures, Glenn Solomon, Rally Ventures, Sinai Ventures, Tekton Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Vine Ventures LP, Ade Olonoh, Curtis Lee, Matthew Hackett, Mike Krieger, Neill Occhiogrosso, Simon Willnauer, Guillermo Rauch
Dec 1, 2018	MIRA BEAUTY™	$3.0M Seed	—	Ambridge Capital, Expon Capital, Firstminute Capital, FJ Labs, Project A Ventures, Martin Varsavsky, Mirko Caspar, Richard Cooperstein, Sina Afra
Oct 1, 2018	Pitch	$19.0M Series A	—	BlueYard Capital, Curiosity VC, Moonfire Ventures, Michael Abramson, Scott Belsky

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Freigeist.

Frank Thelen

Investor

Leadership Team

Key people at Freigeist.

Frank Thelen

Investor

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Freigeist Capital is a European deep-tech venture capital firm that partners with visionary founders at the seed and pre-Series A stages to build disruptive technology companies. Their mission centers on supporting bold, purpose-driven innovations that have the potential to shape the future and address global challenges. Freigeist’s investment philosophy is rooted in long-term commitment, hands-on operational support, and a willingness to back founders with ambitious missions—even when others hesitate. They focus on sectors such as artificial intelligence, robotics, aerospace, clean energy, biotechnology, and quantum computing, helping startups transition from prototype to scalable businesses. Their impact on the startup ecosystem is marked by a co-founder approach, where they actively contribute to operations, fundraising, HR, and business development, fostering sustainable growth and technological advancement.

Origin Story

Founded by serial entrepreneurs Frank Thelen, Marc Sieberger, and later joined by Alex Koch, Freigeist Capital emerged from a shared belief that technology is the key to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems. The firm was established with the goal of being more than just a source of capital—its founders wanted to create a true partnership with startups, leveraging their own entrepreneurial experience to guide companies through the complexities of scaling. Over time, Freigeist evolved its focus toward deep tech, recognizing the transformative potential of science-driven innovations. Their early investments in now-iconic companies like Wunderlist, MyTaxi, and Lilium Aviation cemented their reputation as pioneers in the European tech investment landscape.

Core Differentiators

Hands-On Co-Founder Approach: Freigeist acts as an extension of the founding team, providing active support across all aspects of company building—not just capital.
Long-Term Horizon: They invest their own money and are prepared to grow with companies over decades, prioritizing sustainable impact over quick exits.
Deep Tech Focus: Specialization in high-risk, high-reward sectors like AI, robotics, aerospace, and biotech sets them apart from generalist VCs.
Selective Investment Strategy: By making only 1–2 investments per year, Freigeist ensures each portfolio company receives full attention and resources.
Extensive Network: Their connections span business partners, experts, and potential customers, which they actively leverage for portfolio growth.
Operational Expertise: Founders and team members bring real-world startup experience, offering practical guidance and mentorship.

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Freigeist Capital is riding the wave of Europe’s deep-tech renaissance, where breakthroughs in science and engineering are increasingly driving economic and societal transformation. The timing is critical: as global challenges like climate change, healthcare, and automation demand innovative solutions, deep tech is gaining momentum and attracting significant attention from investors and policymakers alike. Freigeist’s focus on purpose-driven innovation positions them at the forefront of this movement, helping to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. Their influence extends beyond individual startups—they are shaping the ecosystem by fostering collaboration between the CEE and DACH regions, catalyzing connections, and setting a new standard for what it means to be a value-add investor in the tech space.

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Freigeist Capital is poised to continue its role as a catalyst for Europe’s next generation of deep-tech leaders. As emerging technologies mature and new frontiers open up—such as quantum computing, synthetic biology, and advanced robotics—their expertise and hands-on approach will be increasingly valuable. The firm’s commitment to long-term partnerships and sustainable impact suggests they will remain a trusted ally for founders tackling ambitious challenges. In a world where technology is both a tool and a responsibility, Freigeist’s influence is likely to grow, shaping not just startups, but the future of innovation itself.

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Hands-On Co-Founder Approach: Freigeist acts as an extension of the founding team, providing active support across all aspects of company building—not just capital.
Long-Term Horizon: They invest their own money and are prepared to grow with companies over decades, prioritizing sustainable impact over quick exits.
Deep Tech Focus: Specialization in high-risk, high-reward sectors like AI, robotics, aerospace, and biotech sets them apart from generalist VCs.
Selective Investment Strategy: By making only 1–2 investments per year, Freigeist ensures each portfolio company receives full attention and resources.
Extensive Network: Their connections span business partners, experts, and potential customers, which they actively leverage for portfolio growth.
Operational Expertise: Founders and team members bring real-world startup experience, offering practical guidance and mentorship.