# Shortcut Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Shortcut Ventures is a vc firm based in Germany. 8 investments on record, latest Oct 2015. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/shortcut-ventures-gmbh (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Germany · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Shortcut Ventures Last cheque observed Oct 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Quiet VC firm Seed Series A Series B VR Videogame Social Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record Since the last cheque **4037** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$9.6M** Rounds led **0 of 8** Mostly in **Germany, 63%** Pitch Shortcut Ventures ## Shortcut Ventures highlights - 01 8 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 88% of its rounds ## What they do > We want to put our portfolio companies on a shortcut to success! From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** VR Videogame Social - **Based in:** Hamburg, Germany - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances** - **2015** 1 round - **Oct** **[tado°](https://millionrounds.com/company/tado)** Series B · DE **$17M** With 4 others - **2014** 3 rounds - **Oct** **[ZenMate](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenmate)** Series A · DE **$3.2M** With 4 others - **Jul** **[tado°](https://millionrounds.com/company/tado)** Series A · DE **$14M** With 1 other - **Jul** **[Mediakraft Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/mediakraft-networks)** Series B · DE **$22M** With 2 others - **2013** 1 round - **Sept** **[tado°](https://millionrounds.com/company/tado)** Seed · DE · techcrunch.com **$2.6M** With 1 other - **2012** 3 rounds - **Aug** **[SumUp](https://millionrounds.com/company/sumup)** Series A · IE · techcrunch.com **$20M** With 3 others - **May** **[Upptalk](https://millionrounds.com/company/upptalk)** Series A · ES **$5.7M** With 2 others - **May** **[yuilop](https://millionrounds.com/company/yuilop)** Series A · ES · finsmes.com **$5.7M** With 2 others 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 **3** 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. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$9.6M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 8 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2015 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *5* - Series B said *2* - Seed said *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2012 2015 Often in the room with - [Target Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/target-partners) 3 - [Bright Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bright-capital) 2 - [Nauta Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nauta-capital) 2 **Pitching Shortcut Ventures?** 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 Shortcut Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Target Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/target-partners)[**Bright Capital** Investment firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bright-capital)[**Nauta Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nauta-capital) ## Quick answers about Shortcut Ventures ### What does Shortcut Ventures invest in? Shortcut Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (88% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as VR, Videogame and Social. ### How active is Shortcut Ventures? 8 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2015. ### How big are Shortcut Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $9.6M. ### Does Shortcut Ventures lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 8 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Shortcut Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in Germany (63%), Spain (25%) and Ireland (13%). ### Is Shortcut Ventures investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2015. ### Who does Shortcut Ventures invest alongside? Most often Target Partners (3 rounds together), Bright Capital (2 rounds together) and Nauta Capital (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Shortcut Ventures? Shortcut Ventures is a VC firm based in Hamburg, Germany. ## 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=shortcut-ventures-gmbh) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=shortcut-ventures-gmbh)