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Burda Principal Investments
Corporate VC · Munich, Germany · Europe
Burda Principal Investments is a division of Hubert Burda Media that provides long-term growth equity for fast-growing digital technology and media companies. Its team of investment professionals is based in Munich, Berlin, London and Singapore and invests as one team and one fund across three geographies.
Invests inE-commerce & Marketplaces
In its own wordsconsumer internetdigital mediamarketplacefintechaicybersecurity
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Or find every investor that fitsBurda Principal Investments lists 48 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 9 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 56% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are E-commerce & Marketplaces (19%), Enterprise Software (13%) and Consumer (11%). 41% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside Cherry Ventures, HV Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Burda Principal Investments, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Burda Principal Investments' whole history. Rounds on record name 9 companies; its own site lists 48. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 11% |
| Series A | 56% |
| Series B | 22% |
| Growth | 11% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 2 |
| '26 | 5 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 82th | 48 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 55th | 11% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 12th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 13 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 19% | 5% |
| Enterprise Software | 13% | 8% |
| Consumer | 11% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 8% | 4% |
| Food & Agriculture | 8% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Cherry Ventures | 3 |
| HV Capital | 3 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 3 |
| UVC Partners | 3 |
| 83North | 2 |
| Accel | 2 |
| Acton Capital | 2 |
| Founder Collective | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4696%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company24%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Burda Principal Investments head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Burda Principal Investments| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 28 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Nov 2025 | Series A | |
| 30 Oct 2025 | Series A Led | |
| 14 Jul 2025 | Series A Led | |
| 6 Nov 2023 | Series B |
Round details for Burda Principal Investments
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Burda Principal Investments' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
48 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleph Alpha develops and offers specialized sovereign language models and solutions for various industries and applications | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Nov 2023Series B | Page + round | |
| Amboss provides a medical knowledge platform for doctors and students | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BaubleBar sells jewelry and personalized accessories | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Blitsy provides DIY projects, crafts, and step-by-step guides. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Buycycle is an online platform where users can buy and sell used bikes and sports gear. | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
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| Expel provides managed detection and response services, including 24x7 protection and threat hunting, to organizations of any size. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Felmo offers a comprehensive range of veterinary services through home visits. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Habyt provides flexible living spaces for people in motion, offering hotel comfort and apartment freedom for short or long stays in various European cities. | Real Estate & ConstructionLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Hmlet provides furnished and flexible living rental services. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
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| HungryPanda delivers food and provides lifestyle services to local communities across the globe. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides supply chain planning software | Enterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Fleek operates a wholesale marketplace for vintage and secondhand fashion products | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Jul 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Kaleidoscope produces and distributes podcasts and other media content | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Jul 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Kasagi Labo provides a social network for anime and manga fans to connect and share their interests | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Matera provides property management services, including syndic and rental management, to coproprieties and property owners. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| M.Gemi sells handcrafted women's and men's Italian shoes | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- burdaprincipalinvestments.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Nov 2023
- Companies checked
- 48
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