# Burda Principal Investments: portfolio, investments and team > Burda Principal Investments is a corporate vc based in Germany. 8 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/burda-principal-investments (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Germany · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Burda Principal Investments Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 8 cheques on record. Email Corporate VC Deploying now Seed Series A Series B AI Fintech Commerce Follow Burda Principal Investments and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fburda-principal-investments) Deploying now **67%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record Since the last cheque **120** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$20M** Rounds led **2 of 8** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 25%** Pitch Burda Principal Investments ## Burda Principal Investments highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 83% of its rounds - 03 Led 2 rounds ## What they do > Burda Principal Investments (BPI) is a division of Hubert Burda Media which provides long term growth equity for fast growing digital technology and media companies. From their own website - **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** From $5.0M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO - **Sectors:** AI Fintech Commerce - **Based in:** Munich, Germany - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances** - **2026** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[Fleek](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleek)** Series B · GB · Ventureburn **$25M** *Led* - **Jul** **[Proxima Fusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/proxima-fusion)** Series B · DE · TechStartups **$468M** With 12 others - **2025** 1 round - **Oct** **[Uluu](https://millionrounds.com/company/uluu)** Series A · AU · Startup Daily **$16M** *Led* - **2019** 3 rounds - **Jul** **[SweetEscape](https://millionrounds.com/company/sweetescape)** Series A · ID · Tech in Asia **$6.0M** With 2 others - **Feb** **[Rockets of Awesome](https://millionrounds.com/company/rockets-of-awesome)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$20M** With 6 others - **Jan** **[Vinted](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinted)** LT · FinSMEs **$141M** With 4 others - **2018** 1 round - **Oct** **[Bloom & Wild](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloom-and-wild)** GB · FinSMEs **$20M** With 1 other - **2017** 1 round - **Sept** **[Zilingo](https://millionrounds.com/company/zilingo)** Series B · SG · TechCrunch **$18M** With 1 other An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **21** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 1 we have independently watched raise Burda Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$20M** the round, not its cheque Led 2 of 8 rounds **25%** - **Said size:** From $5.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jul 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series B said *3* - Series A said *2* - Series C *1* - Seed said *-* - Growth said *-* - Pre-IPO said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) 2 **Pitching Burda Principal Investments?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Burda Principal Investments. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) ## Recently backed The latest companies Burda Principal Investments put money into. [**Proxima Fusion** $468M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/proxima-fusion)[**SweetEscape** $6.0M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/sweetescape)[**Rockets of Awesome** $20M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/rockets-of-awesome)[**Vinted** $141M · Jan 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinted)[**Bloom & Wild** $20M · Oct 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloom-and-wild) ## Quick answers about Burda Principal Investments ### What does Burda Principal Investments invest in? Burda Principal Investments invests most often at Series B and Series A (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Fintech and Commerce. ### How active is Burda Principal Investments? 8 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Jul 2026. ### What has Burda Principal Investments invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Fleek (Series B, Jul 2026), Proxima Fusion (Series B, Jul 2026) and Uluu (Series A, Oct 2025). ### How big are Burda Principal Investments's cheques? The median round it joins is $20M. ### Does Burda Principal Investments lead rounds? Yes: it led 2 of its 8 investments on record (25%). ### Where does Burda Principal Investments invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (25%), Germany (13%) and Australia (13%). ### Is Burda Principal Investments investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Burda Principal Investments invest alongside? Most often Lightspeed Venture Partners (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=burda-principal-investments) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=burda-principal-investments)