Point Nine Capital

This Berlin-based VC firm invests exclusively in early-stage internet startups, focusing on SaaS, online marketplaces, and mobile.

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

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Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile. The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Nov 1, 2025	Amenitiz	$45.0M Series B	—	Backed VC, Chalfen Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures, KFund, Avi Meir
Sep 1, 2025	Mimica Automation	$26.0M Series B	—	Accel, Energy Impact Partners, First Round Capital, Frontline Ventures, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, Stride VC, Charlie Songhurst, Claire Hughes Johnson, Harsh Sinha
Sep 1, 2025	Omnea	$50.0M Series B	—	Accel, Electric Capital, First Round Capital, Frontline Ventures, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, Stride VC, Charlie Songhurst, Claire Hughes Johnson, Harsh Sinha
Sep 1, 2025	Rekord	$2.0M Seed	—	Picus Capital
Sep 1, 2025	Lightbase	$3.0M Seed	—	DN Capital, KFund, Picus Capital
Aug 1, 2025	FriendliAI	$20.0M Seed	—	7percent Ventures, AI Fund, Alumni Ventures, Hoxton Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, Pi Labs, RTP Global, Sierra Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Brian Sugar, Esteban Ordano, Gokul Rajaram, Matthew Hackett, Omid Ashtari, Paul Forster, Pierre Lavaux, Trevor McFedries
Aug 1, 2025	Studio Atelico	$5.0M Seed	—	Air Street Capital, Creandum, Oliver Cameron, Ott Kaukver, Rubin Ritter, Torsten Reil
Aug 1, 2025	Attio	$52.0M Series B	—	01 Advisors, 20VC, Accel, Acequia Capital, AirAngels, AngelList Syndicator, Balderton Capital, Coinbase Ventures, FJ Labs, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Prototype Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Akash Garg, Akhil Paul, Aston Motes, Bobby Goodlatte, Charlie Cheever, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dylan Field, Gideon Valkin, Gloria Baeuerlein, Immad Akhund, Jeff Chang, Jonas Huckestein, Julia DeWahl, Koen Bok, Lauren Loktev, Marc McCabe, Michael Wax, Mike Hudack, Philipp Herkelmann, Robert Gentz, Stewart Butterfield, Tikhon Bernstam, Tom Blomfield, Vinay Hiremath
Aug 1, 2025	VibeCode	$9.0M Seed	—	20VC, eFounders, Seven Seven Six, Thirty Five Ventures, Mario Götze, Nicolas Julia, Robin Sabban, Thibaud Elziere, Youcef Es-skouri
Jul 1, 2025	Spiko	$21.0M Series A	—	Accel, Athletico Ventures, Cocoa, First Round Capital, Founders Future, Frontline Ventures, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, Stride VC, Adrien Montfort, Charlie Songhurst, Claire Hughes Johnson, Frederic Montagnon, Harsh Sinha, Jean Charles Samuelian, Valentine Baudouin
Jul 1, 2025	Lightyear	$23.0M Series B	—	Air Street Capital, Amplo, Contrary Capital, Creandum, Aniq Kassam, Gutter Capital, Icebreaker.vc, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix, Mosaic Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Passion Capital, Yousuf Khan, Gokul Rajaram, Harsh Sinha, Jaan Tallinn, Kaarel Kotkas, Kristjan Vilosius, Mark Cuban, Markus Villig, Michael Rapino, Oliver Cameron, Ott Kaukver, Richard Branson, Rubin Ritter, Torsten Reil
Jul 1, 2025	Iris	$400K Seed	—	Antler, Singular
Jun 1, 2025	LanceDB	$30.0M Series A	—	Battery Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, CRV, First Round Capital, Foundation Capital, Greylock, M12, Seedcamp, Super Ventures, Swift Ventures, TCV, Theory Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Y Combinator, Charles Zedlewski, Jan Erik Solem, Kevin Stumpf, Luc Vincent, Oliver Cameron, Shane Neman
Jun 1, 2025	Commure	$200.0M Series E	—	Atomico, Cedar Capital Group, Creandum, CRV, General Catalyst, KFund
May 1, 2025	trawa	$27.0M Series A	—	Acequia Capital, Alpine Space Ventures, AngelList Syndicator, Balderton Capital, Band of Angels, btov Partners, Headline (formerly e.ventures), Norrsken VC, Prototype Capital, Guy Podjarny, Mandeep Singh, Michael Wax, Philipp Herkelmann, Steve Anavi
May 1, 2025	sensmore	$7.0M Venture Round	—	20VC, Acequia Capital, AngelList Syndicator, Antler, Cherry Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Felix Capital, Flex Capital, Frontline Ventures, KRM Interests LLC, Prototype Capital, Seedcamp, Super Ventures, SV Angel, True Ventures, Y Combinator, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Murphy, Darius Contractor, Hanno Renner, Jan Deepen, Jan Erik Solem, Jason Lemkin, Jeremy Yap, Julius Köhler, Kevin Stumpf, Luc Vincent, Mario Götze, Michael Wax, Oliver Cameron, Pete Koomen, Philipp Herkelmann, Ron Pragides, Shane Neman, Stefan Jeschonnek
Apr 1, 2025	Composio	$29.0M Series A	—	Costanoa Ventures, Infinite Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matter Venture Partners, Paradigm, Polygon, Seedcamp, Super Ventures, Y Combinator, Amit Agarwal, Arash Ferdowsi, argel becerra, Jan Erik Solem, Kevin Stumpf, Kulveer Taggar, Luc Vincent, Oliver Cameron, Paul Stahura, Pratyus Patnaik, Guillermo Rauch
Mar 1, 2025	Kollegio	$3.0M Seed	—	Educapital, foobar.vc, Hoxton Ventures, Market One Capital, One Way Ventures, Owl Ventures, Polaris Partners, Reach Capital, Arthur Kosten, Daniel Hoffer, Przemyslaw Gacek
Mar 1, 2025	Rerun	$17.0M Seed	—	500 Emerging Europe, Air Street Capital, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Craft Ventures, Creandum, Davidovs VC, Flex Capital, Floodgate, Founder Collective, LGF, Moonfire Ventures, Next Level Ventures, Rebel Fund, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Aston Motes, DJ Patil, Greg Brockman, Harry Hurst, Kulveer Taggar, Leore Avidar, Marius Istrate, Mathilde Collin, Oliver Cameron, Ott Kaukver, Rubin Ritter, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Torsten Reil, Guillermo Rauch
Mar 1, 2025	Flagright	$4.0M Seed	—	Accel, Air Street Capital, AV8 Ventures, Climate Capital, Creandum, Insight Partners, Moonfire Ventures, Motier Ventures, Charles Delingpole, Louis Beryl, Oliver Cameron, Ott Kaukver, Rubin Ritter, Torsten Reil, Will Prendergast
Feb 1, 2025	Sparta	$42.0M Series B	—	Antler, Felix Capital, FirstMark Capital, Singular, Philippe Teixeira da Mota
Feb 1, 2025	handly	$4.0M Seed	—	10x Group, 20VC, Angel Invest, Rexhep Dollaku, Crosslink Capital, eFounders, Firework Ventures, General Catalyst, GSV Acceleration, Math Capital, Owl Ventures, Peak, Seven Seven Six, Sinai Ventures, Stride VC, Thirty Five Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Vine Ventures LP, Brian O'Kelley, Lea- Sophie Cramer, Mario Götze, Nicolas Julia, Robin Sabban, Thibaud Elziere, Verena Pausder, Youcef Es-skouri
Jan 1, 2025	Nala Earth	$4.0M Seed	—	A/O PropTech, Atomico, Blackhorn Ventures, Contrarian Ventures, foobar.vc, Founderful, Roni Hiranand, Iris Capital, Kompas VC, Pale Blue Dot, Unconventional Ventures, Benedikt Franke, Lea- Sophie Cramer, Omid Ashtari
Jan 1, 2025	Synthesia	$180.0M Series D	—	Accel, Aleph VC, Atomico, Bessemer Venture Partners, C2 Investment, Cherry Ventures, Coatue, Company Capital, Corner Ventures, DST Global, EQT Ventures, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Frontline Ventures, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, Intuit Ventures, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Scott Sandell, New Enterprise Associates, Seedcamp, SOSV, Stride VC, Aston Motes, Charlie Songhurst, Claire Hughes Johnson, Harsh Sinha, Julia Kagan, Spencer Kimball
Jan 1, 2025	Sereact	$26.0M Series A	—	Acequia Capital, Air Street Capital, AngelList Syndicator, Backed VC, Cherry Ventures, Coatue, Creandum, Earlybird Venture Capital, Entrepreneur First, foobar.vc, Matrix, Seedcamp, Sequoia Capital, Sunfish Partners, Andy Chung, Charlie Songhurst, Christian Hülsewig, Christian Vollmann, John Collison, Lukas Brosseder, Nicolas Berggruen, Oliver Cameron, Oliver Roskopf, Ott Kaukver, Patrick Collison, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Richard Fearn, Robert Maier, Rubin Ritter, Vincent Jacobs, Zehan Wang

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Leadership Team

Key people at Point Nine Capital.

Leadership Team

Key people at Point Nine Capital.

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that exclusively invests in internet startups, with a strong focus on SaaS (Software as a Service), online marketplaces, and mobile technology. Their mission centers on supporting founders at the seed stage, helping them scale by providing not only capital but also strategic guidance and operational support. The firm’s investment philosophy emphasizes founder-centric partnerships, selective and disciplined investments, and a global outlook despite its European base. Point Nine has built a significant impact on the startup ecosystem by backing over 287 companies, including notable successes like Delivery Hero, Zendesk, Algolia, and Loom, many of which have scaled to $100M+ in annual recurring revenue (ARR)[1][2][3][7].

Origin Story

Point Nine Capital was officially founded in 2011 by Christoph Janz, Kolja Hebenstreit, and Pawel Chudzinski, evolving from earlier efforts starting in 2008 with Team Europe Ventures (TEV), which laid the groundwork for their focus on European internet startups. Over time, the firm has expanded its geographical reach beyond Europe to include investments in the US, Canada, and other regions, while maintaining a strong focus on early-stage SaaS and B2B marketplaces. The founding partners brought complementary expertise in investment, operations, and founder support, which has shaped the firm’s hands-on approach to scaling startups[1][3][5].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focuses on the "v0.9 stage" or seed stage, with initial investments typically between €0.5 million and €5 million, and commits to follow-on participation in Series A rounds[3][6][7].
Network Strength: Strong founder-centric approach with a global network, supporting startups beyond capital by leveraging operational expertise and connections[1][3].
Track Record: Over 65% of seed-stage investments progress to Series A, with more than ten portfolio companies reaching $100M+ ARR, including several unicorns like Zendesk and Delivery Hero[3][7].
Operating Support: Small, specialized team providing hands-on support in legal, operations, and growth strategies, helping startups navigate early challenges[1][3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Point Nine Capital rides the wave of increasing demand for SaaS and digital marketplaces, sectors that have become foundational to modern internet business models. The timing is favorable due to the global shift towards cloud-based software, remote work, and digital commerce, which fuel the growth of SaaS and marketplaces. By focusing on early-stage investments, Point Nine helps shape the future of enterprise software and online marketplaces, influencing innovation and scaling in these critical areas. Their geographic agnosticism also allows them to bridge ecosystems between Europe and North America, fostering cross-border growth and knowledge exchange[1][3][7].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Point Nine Capital is likely to continue expanding its portfolio in SaaS, AI, and marketplaces, capitalizing on emerging trends such as AI-driven software solutions and vertical marketplaces. Their commitment to founder support and selective investment will help maintain their high success rate in scaling startups to Series A and beyond. As the SaaS and marketplace sectors evolve with new technologies and market demands, Point Nine’s influence as an early-stage investor will likely deepen, reinforcing their role as a key driver of innovation in the global tech ecosystem[1][3][7].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focuses on the "v0.9 stage" or seed stage, with initial investments typically between €0.5 million and €5 million, and commits to follow-on participation in Series A rounds[3][6][7].
Network Strength: Strong founder-centric approach with a global network, supporting startups beyond capital by leveraging operational expertise and connections[1][3].
Track Record: Over 65% of seed-stage investments progress to Series A, with more than ten portfolio companies reaching $100M+ ARR, including several unicorns like Zendesk and Delivery Hero[3][7].
Operating Support: Small, specialized team providing hands-on support in legal, operations, and growth strategies, helping startups navigate early challenges[1][3].