# Top 30 Cryptocurrency Angel Investors in Germany in May 2026 ## Sekip Can Gokalp - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Banking Şekip Can Gökalp is the founding partner of Mobilike, a mobile advertisement network. Gokalp's previous experience includes his time as a regional business development manager of Netlog and a part-time interactive marketing lecturer. He also contributes regularly to publications related to his field. ## Markus Ament - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Serial FinTech entrepreneur, Markus Ament, or Maex as he is known, has led many companies from early-stage startups to global leaders, loved by thousands worldwide. He is currently CEO and co-founder at Centrifuge with the mission to create an operating system for global commerce, in order to fundamentally change how businesses transact andcollaborate. Maex is co-founder and member of the board of Taulia and has transformed the company from an idea in 2009 to the market leading Financial Supply Chain company, connecting businesses to create a more efficient and profitable supply chain. With an enviable list of the of Fortune 500 clients and over 300 employees, Taulia has quickly become the recognized leader in the financial supply chain. ## Dennis Weidner - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: News, FinTech, Finance Blockchain, Kryptowährungen, Entrepreneur, Mobilität, E-Commerce, Online-Marketing ## Heiko Rauch - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Art Co-Founder of UFOstart ## NiMA Asghari - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance Nima Asghari is the investor at MintKudos. ## Jenny Dreier - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Video Chat, Social Media Jenny Dreier is working as a venture lead at EQT Ventures. ## Mario Götze - Type: Angel - Location: German, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency Mario Götze is a professional footballer. ## Sam Bankman-Fried - Type: Angel - Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Financial Services Sam is the Founder of Bankman-Fried. He is also the CEO of the said firm. ## Matthew Graham - Type: Angel - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology Co-Founder and CEO, Sino Global Capital ## Andreas Bodczek - Type: Angel - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Cryptocurrency Andreas Bodczek is passionate tech entrepreneur, seasoned board room executive, global mindset. Backing fellow entrepreneurs as active early-stage tech investor, and Point Nine Capital board partner. Co-founded, scaled and sold Fyber. Former CEO of Telefónica Deutschland, MD of Telefónica UK, member of Bertelsmann’s junior managementprogram.Excited about bold ideas in mobility, digital health, blockchain beyond crypto currencies.Interested in private equity operating partner assignments, management buy-in/buy-out scenarios, buy-and-build strategies, tech distress/transformation opportunities. ## Gloria Baeuerlein - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: B2B, Apps, SaaS Gloria primarily focuses on growth stage investments across all sectors in Europe and Australia. Prior to Index, Gloria worked at Technology Crossover Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based growth equity fund, evaluating investment opportunities in the DACH region and in software and fintech companies across Europe. Gloria started her career at MorganStanley where she advised technology and telco clients across Europe and the U.S. on financing rounds, IPOs and M&A transactions. Gloria graduated with a master’s degree in management from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management ## Mandeep Singh - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Founder and former CEO at Trouva (backed by Index Ventures & exited to LON:MADE). He is now an Angel Investor & Advisor, and a Board Member at Amnesty International. He was previously an investor at BC Partners, one of Europe’s largest Private Equity funds, investors in Intelsat, Foxtons (where Mandeep was on the board), and Chewy. Prior tothat he was a strategy consultant at OC&C and graduated in Natural Sciences (Physics) from the University of Cambridge. He set up his first startup in his bedroom as a teenage coder. ## Reid Hoffman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Social Media, Internet Reid Hoffman is a Partner at Greylock and a Co-founder and Board Member at Inflection.AI. He was a Chairman and CEO at Linkedin. Reid attended the University of Oxford and Stanford University. ## Maximilian Tayenthal - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology Maximilian Tayenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of N26. Together with his business partner and friend Valentin Stalf, he built one of the first and now fastest-growing mobile banks in Europe. Their vision was to create a retail bank that's flexible, transparent and speaks to today's digital lifestyles. Previously, Max worked in a varietyof consulting and financial roles at leading professional services firms, including CMS and Booz & Company. Max holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics and business administration from the University of Vienna. He also has a master’s degree in economics from the Community of European Management Schools, as well as a law degree form the University of Vienna. Max is a CFA charterholder. While Max is based in Berlin, he always makes time for his passion outside of personal finance: skiing in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland. ## Niklas Jansen - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care Niklas is the Co-founder of Blinkist, a bite-sized-learning service that condenses knowledge from great nonfiction into powerful little packs. At Blinkist he drives product strategy and ensures that their culture is flourishing. He’s passionate about learning, company culture, and breakfast. ## Ben Stephenson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Bitcoin, FinTech Ben Stephenson is a Managing Director & Head of Specialist Client Solutions at Lloyds Banking Group. ## Nicholas Shekerdemian - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Music, Bitcoin, Software Nicholas Shekerdemian is the co-founder and executive chairman at Headstart. ## Jonas Tebbe - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency Co-Founder and CPO at re:cap, Co-Founder LIQID and &do. Part-time nerd, fintech, design and ux aficionado. ## Jesse Walden - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Bitcoin Jesse Walden is the founder and general partner at variant. He attended McGill University. ## Jeremy Hindle - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Credit, Events, Bitcoin @Forbes 30 under 30 2018, @YCombinator S17, Unannounced Project (hiring!), Co-Founder @headstart_io, Neuropsychologist, OE, Games (UemeU), ## Philipp Treuner - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Blockchain Philipp Treuner ## Thomas Witt - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: CMS, SaaS, Software Tech entrepreneur of the first internet hour ► CTO for the last 25 years ► Started programming at 8 ► Plugged into the internet since 1990 ► Co-founded my first software company right after high school ► Angel Investor: Started a CTO Angel Collective »Expedite Ventures«, (pre-)seed investments & hands-on mentoring for tech founders - especiallyfirst-time tech founders, female founders and immigrant founders.All my angel investments are done through Expedite Ventures. ## Janis Zech - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, Banking, FinTech Janis Zech is the Founder and CEO at Weflow. ## Robin Matzke - Type: Angel - Location: Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency Robin Matzke is the Academic Advisor at Deutscher Bundestag. Attended Humboldt University of Berlin. ## Peter Grosskopf - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Bitcoin, FinTech, Cryptocurrency Peter is Co-Founder and CTO at Unstoppable Finance GmbH a Berlin based company with the mission to empower people around the world to access, interact with and unlock financial opportunities of the decentralized economy. Before he was CTO and MD at Börse Stuttgart Digital Exchange, the first regulated digital asset exchange in Germany. Before hewas CTO and co-founder at solarisBank.Peter has a technology and entrepreneurial background. In 2008 he founded a software engineering consultancy out of university, grew it profitably to 27 employees. In 2014 he came to Berlin to join the company builder Hitfoxgroup and Finleap that focuses on fintech as CTO. Blockchain and decentralization fascinates him from the moment he got in touch at the end of 2016. Since then he has shaped the vision to bring decentralized finance to reality.I have a MSc in Information Systems from the University of Münster and I'm a former lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Münster and Data Science Summer School at University Saarland, and I'm a current lecturer at CAS Lucerne for Blockchain topics.I'm a frequent speaker at events and conferences. Here is a selection: EXEC.FINTECH 2017 / 2018, On Product Meetup, Codemotion 2016, GoTo Conference London 2016, Euroforum, Bitkom, Data Natives, Goto Conference Berlin 2018, Münchner Kreis, Frankfurt School, Crypto Assets Conference and various other Blockchain conferences and meetups. ## Christian Reber - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Apps Christian Reber​ is the founder and CEO of Pitch. The German entrepreneur previously founded the award-winning to-do app Wunderlist. After it was acquired by Microsoft in 2015, he spent two years as Microsoft's Entrepreneur in Residence. He is an active investor and advisor in a number of technology businesses, such as Lilium, Notion,Onefootball, Neufund, Freigeist and more. Prior to his career in business, Christian studied Mathematics and Computer Science as well as International Management in Berlin. Christian received the Forbes 30 under 30 award in 2014 and 2016. ## Dr. Rainer Zimmermann - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Venture Capital Dr. Rainer Zimmermann ## Jens Hewald - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Finance, Cryptocurrency Jens Hewald is the Co-Founder of Soonami.io and UFOstart. He previously worked at Agrilution as an investor. Jens Hewald attended HTW Berlin. ## Jens Lapinski - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Jens is the CEO of Angel Invest Ventures. He is one of Europe's most active angel investors, making 10 - 20 investments per year. Jens lives in Berlin. ## Christian Vollmann - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Christian Vollmann is the Chairman Of The Board at nebenan.de. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co