# Smava funding: rounds and investors

> Smava has raised $128M across 5 rounds since 2007. Investors include Earlybird Venture Capital, Neuhaus Partners and Runa Capital. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/smava (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Smava*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 11 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Fintech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$128M** raised across 5 rounds since 2007, from 5 sources

**$5.4M** Series A **$7.6M** Round **$16M** Series B **$34M** Round **$65M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $65M Jan 2018
- **Step-up i:** 1.9×
- **Investors:** 11

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

**$5.4M** Series A

**$7.6M** Round

**$16M** Series B

**$34M** Round

**$65M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $5.4M
- **Biggest round:** $65M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.5 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2018** Round **$65M** *1 new* [Vitruvian Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vitruvian-partners) Reported by Linkedin
- **Oct 2016** Round **$34M** *1 new* [Runa Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runa-capital) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Apr 2015** Series B **$16M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) [Neuhaus Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neuhaus-partners-gmbh) [Phenomen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phenomen-vc) From a historical funding record
- **Nov 2011** Round **$7.6M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) [Neuhaus Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neuhaus-partners-gmbh) From a historical funding record
- **May 2007** Series A **$5.4M** *7 new* [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) [Oliver Jung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oliver-jung) [Lukasz Gadowski](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lukasz-gadowski) [Stefan Glaenzer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stefan-glaenzer) [Peter Schüpbach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-schupbach) [Stefan Glänzer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stefan-glanzer) Tim Schwenke Reported by tornado-insider.com

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2007 **Round** 2011 **Series B** 2015 **Round** 2016 **Round** 2018 [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) [Neuhaus Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neuhaus-partners-gmbh) [Runa Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runa-capital) [Oliver Jung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oliver-jung) [Vitruvian Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vitruvian-partners) [Lukasz Gadowski](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lukasz-gadowski) [Stefan Glaenzer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stefan-glaenzer) [Phenomen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phenomen-vc) [Peter Schüpbach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-schupbach) [Stefan Glänzer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stefan-glanzer)

## Everyone who backed them

[Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) VC firm **3** rounds

[Neuhaus Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neuhaus-partners-gmbh) VC firm **2** rounds

[Runa Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/runa-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Oliver Jung](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oliver-jung) Angel **1** round

[Vitruvian Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vitruvian-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Lukasz Gadowski](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lukasz-gadowski) Angel **1** round

[Stefan Glaenzer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stefan-glaenzer) VC firm **1** round

[Phenomen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phenomen-vc) VC firm **1** round

[Peter Schüpbach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-schupbach) VC firm **1** round

[Stefan Glänzer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stefan-glanzer) VC firm **1** round

Tim Schwenke no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=smava).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Smava as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[ECONA AG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/econa) Private equity Per its own site

[Mojo Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mojo-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Raakwark Kaptaal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raakwark-kaptaal) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Smava

### Who invested in Smava?

Smava's investors include Earlybird Venture Capital, Neuhaus Partners, Runa Capital, Oliver Jung and Vitruvian Partners, and 6 more on record.

### How much has Smava raised?

Smava has raised $128M across 5 rounds since 2007.

### When did Smava last raise?

Smava's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $65M in Jan 2018.

### What was Smava's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $65M in Jan 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Smava first?

Smava's first round on record, in May 2007, was backed by Earlybird Venture Capital, Oliver Jung and Lukasz Gadowski and 4 others.

### What stage is Smava at?

Smava's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2018.

### Where is Smava based?

Smava is based in Germany.

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