Caesar Ventures

Caesar Ventures Research

Investment Thesis

Caesar Ventures is a Berlin-based early-stage venture fund whose stated mission is to "invest before investing": writing the first institutional check into founders who are still shaping their idea into a company. The firm frames itself as "founders and investors too," leaning on operator and scaling experience across its partner bench rather than pure financial backgrounds. Caesar is explicit about values-driven investing, stating that commercial success "shouldn't come at the cost of society, our planet, and people's lives," and it screens for founding teams building technology-driven, sustainable business models that can address real, structural problems.

Sector Focus

Caesar organizes its thesis around four core verticals:

• DeepTech (advanced materials, neurotech, hardware-enabled platforms)
• GreenTech / Climate (sustainable materials, clean heating, reusable packaging)
• Digital Health (preventive screening, primary care, genomics, health data)
• FinTech (treasury, insurance, debt collection, wealth and pension products)

In practice the portfolio is broader than these four labels suggest, with meaningful exposure to enterprise software, AI-enabled workflow automation, cybersecurity, legal tech, and consumer/food brands, consistent with a generalist early-stage fund that opportunistically backs strong teams outside its core four verticals.

Stage Focus

Caesar invests almost exclusively at Pre-Seed and Seed, positioning itself as a founder's first institutional check. The firm evaluates over 200 pitch decks per month, filtering for team strength, problem relevance, and business-model differentiation before committing capital.

Check Size

External data sources place Caesar's typical ticket between roughly €150,000 and €1,000,000 (previously reported at €200k–€800k), consistent with a lead or co-investor role in Pre-Seed/Seed rounds of €1M–€6M+ in total size. Exact check size is not disclosed on Caesar's own site.

Lead Tendency

Mixed. Caesar has co-led rounds (e.g., Qorelo's €3M seed, co-led with HPI Ventures in June 2026) but also participates as one of several syndicate investors alongside larger groups of angels and funds (e.g., YOU(th) Health Tech's $4.5M round led by Callisto Health, and CollimateHealth's oversubscribed €6M seed round alongside HTGF, VP Venture Partners, Positron, and Xista Science Ventures).

Recent Activity

Caesar has been active through H1 2026:

• June 2026: Co-led a €3M seed round in Qorelo, a Berlin-based AI platform automating SAP S/4HANA migration and ERP transformation work, alongside HPI Ventures, 10x Founders, adesso ventures, Angel Invest, and Antler.
• June 2026: Participated in CollimateHealth's oversubscribed €6M seed round, backing a Munich-based company developing microbeam radiation therapy for oncology, alongside HTGF, VP Venture Partners, Positron, and Xista Science Ventures.
• February 2026: Participated in YOU(th) Health Tech's $4.5M seed round for a smartphone-based preventive health screening platform, alongside Callisto Health, adesso Ventures, Antler, Moonstone, and 1024 Ventures, plus angels including Jean-Charles Samuelian (Alan) and Patrick Andrae (HomeToGo).

Third-party trackers report roughly 7 new investments in the trailing 12 months, consistent with an actively deploying fund.

Portfolio Highlights

Caesar's portfolio (50+ companies sourced from its own site) spans digital health (Amara, Youth, Fortea, Lillian Care, Lykon, Reesi, Nuuron, Lucid Genomics, MEDEA, CollimateHealth), fintech/insurance (CLARK, Leaf, PAIR Finance, Pile, Moonfare, Ginkgo), climate/materials (Vamo, A&B Smart Materials, Vytal, Nu company, Magmatic Bio, FireDome), security (Waving, CyberDesk, SEON), enterprise/AI software (Myriad, Blocks, Venmate, Synquery, Neocom, Qorelo, Qdrant, Superface), and consumer/food brands (Yummy, Kombuchery, mammaly, DoGo). Notable names with broader market recognition include Qdrant (open-source vector search engine), CLARK (digital insurance), Moonfare (private equity access platform), and SEON (fraud/security).

Team

• Caro Gabor, Partner & Co-Founder – described as a unicorn-builder, company scaler, and exit/FinTech professional.
• Gregor Henrik Unger, Partner & Co-Founder – builds investor relationships and leads due diligence.
• Vicky Berg, Team & Operations – primary team contact; organizer and strategist for firm operations/events.
• Lennie Schlund, Venture Partner – former founder; deal-driver and execution specialist.
• Mira Knauer, Venture Scout Lead – business psychology background; leads sourcing/network.
• Jonathan D. Cordero, Venture Partner – corporate executive and venture builder with GreenTech and real estate expertise.
• Carol Wildhagen, Venture Partner – medical doctor and digital health expert.
• Andreas Pfeifer, Venture Partner – AI founder, tech lead, and angel investor.
• Gerald Schoenbucher, Venture Partner – serial founder in e-commerce and angel investor.
• Jessica Holzbach, Venture Partner – serial entrepreneur with FinTech scaling/exit experience.
• JP Nacier, Venture Partner – tech/UX professional, engineering team scaling.

Decision Process

Caesar operates as a partnership rather than a solo-GP structure, with a bench of ~5 partners plus venture partners contributing sector expertise to diligence. The firm states it evaluates 200+ decks monthly and screens for team strength, real-world problem relevance, business-model differentiation, and values alignment before moving to deeper diligence.

Founder Preferences

Caesar looks for exceptional, differentiated teams solving real, structural problems with scalable and disruptive business models. The firm emphasizes founders who can withstand "tough questions" and whose values align with Caesar's sustainability-and-society framing; it positions itself as a long-term partner ("partners for many years") rather than a purely transactional check-writer.

Geographic Focus

Headquartered in Berlin, Germany (Schönhauser Allee 8), with an investment focus concentrated on the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The vast majority of disclosed portfolio companies are German or German-speaking-market startups, with occasional exceptions.