# Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures is a growth equity based in Germany. 4 investments on record, latest Sept 2013. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/vorwerk-direct-selling-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2013. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Growth equity

Growth

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **4775** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$8.8M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.1M – $5.6M** Rounds led **0 of 4**

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## Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures highlights

- 01 4 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series C: 50% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** Growth equity (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $1.1M – $5.6M as they say
- **Stages:** Growth
- **Based in:** Germany
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2013** 1 round
- **Sept** **[HelloFresh](https://millionrounds.com/company/hellofresh)** Series C · US · techcrunch.com **$7.5M** With 3 others
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[HelloFresh](https://millionrounds.com/company/hellofresh)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$10M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Neato Robotics, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/neato-robotics-inc)** Series D · US · finsmes.com **$12M** With 1 other
- **2011** 1 round
- **Dec** **[DaWanda](https://millionrounds.com/company/dawanda)** Venture · DE · finsmes.com **$5.2M** 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 **4** 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)

**31** of 51 we have independently watched raise

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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

Growth

Median round joined **$8.8M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $1.1M – $5.6M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2013

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *1*
- Series C *1*
- Series D *1*
- Venture *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2011 2013

Often in the room with

- [HV Holtzbrinck Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hv-holtzbrinck-ventures) 2
- [Holtzbrinck Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/holtzbrinck-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**HV Holtzbrinck Ventures** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hv-holtzbrinck-ventures)[**Holtzbrinck Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/holtzbrinck-ventures)

## Quick answers about Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures

### What does Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures invest in?

Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures invests most often at Series B and Series C (50% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2013.

### How big are Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.8M. It says it writes cheques of $1.1M to $5.6M.

### Is Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2013.

### Who does Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures invest alongside?

Most often HV Holtzbrinck Ventures (2 rounds together) and Holtzbrinck Ventures (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures?

Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures is a growth equity firm based in Germany.

### Where does this information on Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures come from?

From 4 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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