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Rethink Ventures

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 5 cheques on record.

VC firmDeploying nowLast fund $1.1M, Jan 2023

Pre-seedSeedSeries ACarGoodsBeauty

Deploying now
67%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 5 on record
Since the last cheque67days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$3.0MCheque size, as they say$500K – $2.0MRounds led3 of 5Mostly inGermany, 60%
Pitch Rethink Ventures

Rethink Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 100% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 3 rounds

What they do

Specialist Venture Capital fund investing in early-stage, tech-driven mobility & logistics tech startups across Europe.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$500K – $2.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
CarGoodsBeauty
Based in
Munich, Germany
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. Aug
    Cota RoboticsPre-seed · EE · Firms' own news pages$2.2MWith 5 others
  3. 2025

    3 rounds

  4. Nov
    Delta ChargeSeed · DE · Firms' own news pages$4.3MLed
  5. Jul
    pyckSeed · DE · Silicon Canals$3.0MWith 3 others
  6. Jul
  7. 2023

    1 round

  8. Apr
    RYDESSeed · DE · Rethink Ventures$3.9MLed

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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

JKJens-Philipp KleinMr. Klein is a Managing Director of the General Partner.iFiling they signed
MSMatthias SchanzeMr. Schanze is a Managing Director of the General Partner.iFiling they signed

We also hold 10 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)

15 of 23 we have independently watched raise

CargomotionCotaroboticsDeftpowerDeltachargeDriveblocksEccasionEmablerEntroviewHyperdrivesInsurevisionLogistikbudeNavitPyckRail-flowSandra-aiCookiedatabaseFleevoGood2knowSkypuzzlerenabl-tech.denauticarobotics.chs2-data.atsupplied.eu

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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Rethink Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Rethink Ventures

What does Rethink Ventures invest in?

Rethink Ventures invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Car, Goods and Beauty.

How active is Rethink Ventures?

5 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

What has Rethink Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Cota Robotics (Pre-seed, Aug 2026), Delta Charge (Seed, Nov 2025) and pyck (Seed, Jul 2025).

How big are Rethink Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.0M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $2.0M.

Does Rethink Ventures lead rounds?

Yes: it led 3 of its 5 investments on record (60%).

Where does Rethink Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Germany (60%), Estonia (20%) and the Netherlands (20%).

Is Rethink Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Rethink Ventures?

Rethink Ventures is a VC firm based in Munich, Germany.

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