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Space just got more accessible! We are happy to be part of DPhi Space's 2.1m funding round. 🚀 At DPhi Space, they’re redefining how we think about satellites. They’ve built Clustergates—shared satellite platforms that cut launch costs and simplify access for businesses. 🛰️ Here’s why this is groundbreaking: 👉 No need for your own satellite. 👉 Plug-and-play access, even if you have zero space expertise. 👉 Hardware, software—everything works seamlessly. 👉 Think cloud computing, but IN ORBIT. This CHF 2.1 million pre-seed round was led by QBIT Capital, with support from Züricher Kantonalbank, Apprecia Capital, kickfund, Founderful, Atlantis Ventures and more great investors. 🙌 It’s fuel for: 👉 Clustergates’ first flight this March. 👉 Expanding their elite engineering team. 👉 Scaling space infrastructure for businesses ready for orbit but not ready for complexity. Congrats to the D-Phi team on this important milestone and we at ROI VENTURES are very happy to be on board. #space #satellites #investments 📸 Fabian Klima

Here is our 10 step process to make our DD and investment decision in one week. 💸 At ROI VENTURES, we’ve made 23 investments in 2.5 years, and speed has always been our edge. But here’s the challenge: move fast, but dig deep enough! Founders deserve quick answers - whether it's YES or NO - so they can focus on building, not waiting for investor to respond. Often there are many angels who want to join the round, and if we can't decide quickly, we can't join. Here’s how we’ve streamlined our due diligence process: 1️⃣ First contact: Warm intro, inbound, or us reaching out.  2️⃣ Quick fit check: Does this match our investment focus?  3️⃣ Deep-dig review: Pitch deck, website, LinkedIns.  4️⃣ First call: Two team members join if speed is critical.  5️⃣ Market research + documents: Data room, financial model, etc.  6️⃣ Reference calls/emails: Investors, co-investors, experts, clients.  7️⃣ Optional deep-dive: Tech/Product review with our tech advisor.  8️⃣ Team sparring: Internal discussion; deal lead drives decision.  9️⃣ Second call: Meet all co-founders, tackle remaining questions.  🔟 Final decision: Ticket size & terms (often shared during Call 2). We aim for 2 short calls (30 min each) with founders, keeping their workload minimal while we do our homework. Fast-track insights: 👉 Steps 1-4: Quick NOs if there’s no fit.  👉 Steps 5-7: Run simultaneously after great first calls.  👉 Step 8: Critical—team sparring often reveals hidden risks.  👉 Step 9: Only happens if we’re 90% sure we’ll invest.  👉 Step 10: Terms are often depend on the lead, but we commit ranges early. Patrick Funke, Julian Sachs, Niklas Benesch, Marco Raggl #startups #venturecapital #investments 📸 Fabian Klima

OriginAI, the world's first AI product team, launching into public beta today on product hunt! 🚀 Our portfolio company OriginAI generates and deploys software from simple, non-technical prompts. Better yet, it can do the job entirely within a your cloud environment to avoid infosec headaches. 😍 👉 Supporting the founders Luke Ferris & Stelios A. is easy: Just click on this link and give them an UPVOTE for all their hard work:  https://lnkd.in/dv4MHrMv #AI #software #startups

🚀 Big News! Origin AI is officially launching into public beta today! We’re incredibly excited to be launching on Product Hunt, and we’d love your UPVOTE and support! It really matters and would mean the world to us.👉 https://lnkd.in/d-SDCjgc Origin is now open to everyone, and building simple applications is free. So please dive in, give it a try (after you’ve upvoted 😉), and let us know what you think!: https://www.theorigin.ai Origin has been an 18 month #GenAI labor of love—long nights, moments of desperation, and the occasional magical breakthrough that makes it all worthwhile. In truth it's kind of a blessing to be able to spend my day working on this crazy, future defining tech. What does it do? With Origin AI, we’re replacing an entire product team and making it possible to translate business needs directly into running, production-grade software—no technical knowledge required at all. How? To achieve it, Origin runs on an agentic network - a collection of AI powered agents that mirror a human product team including project manager, technical architect, designer, developer, QA and devops. Importantly though, the user doesn't need to know what any of those words mean—just describe what you need, and Origin takes care of the rest. Each agent uses cutting-edge AI, powered by platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) Bedrock, OpenAI, Cerebras Systems, and Groq, to deliver software that works right out of the gate and we're grateful for the support we've had from all those teams. All feedback is welcome, positive or negative—we’re here to make Origin AI the best it can be. Thank you for being part of this journey. Let’s build the future together. 💡 #AI #ProductHunt #Innovation #OriginAI Loyal VC Johannis Hatt EWOR ROI VENTURES Finn Wentzler Atlantis Ventures Niklas Jansen Interface Capital superangels 😇 Florian Gottschaller Florian Huber Laura Raggl Kamal Hassan Kamran Qizilbash Leon Szeli Joachim Drees Product Hunt Colin Jarvis Groq Aman Sheth Anthropic OpenAI Gergo Kalcsics

What a year: We made 9 new investments! 🚀 2024 has been an exciting journey for ROI VENTURES and me. It's been my first full year fully focused on angel investing and it's been a pleasure to channel all my energy into supporting our portfolio and sourcing new opportunities. Our 2024 highlights: ✨ 👉 9 new investments including OriginAI, Margin, LogBook, Vinny & Scripe 👉 8 follow-on rounds in our 2023 portfolio companies 👉 1 secondary exit 👉 Moved to a beautiful new office in Vienna 👉 Enhanced our tool stack & internal screening processes But we're not stopping there. 📈 In 2025, we'll be backing 10-15 new startups, with investments of 50-100k per company. Staying true to our focus on pre-seed angel rounds in B2B Software & Deep Tech. Cheers to 2024 and more growth to come! 🥂 Niklas Benesch, Julian Sachs, Patrick Funke, Marco Raggl #investments #venturecapital #startups 📸 Fabian Klima

Don't call yourself an angel investor if you just write a check and disappear❗️ The real work starts after the investment. This year at ROI VENTURES we made 9 new investments. More importantly, we helped 8 portfolio companies raise their next rounds. How many startups raise their next round is the most important metric for me. 📈 And that is hard work and takes real effort. As an angel, you can really make a difference in fundraising, especially if there is no VC on board yet. It's not just about writing intros, it's first about supporting with the fundraising strategy, defining investor personas and getting the materials (deck, blurb & financials) to a high level. Here is how to turn intros into investments: 👉 It's critical that the startup really fits the investor's stage and focus. Sounds simple, but I see so much time wasted here. Also consider fund cycles & competitor investments. 👉 Don't over-sell your portfolio company, highlight successes and challenges. Provide deep insights into the founder's personality and working style. 👉 Follow up after the introduction and ask for feedback. This will help your portfolio company improve during the fundraising process. If it's a no, repeat, repeat, repeat ‼️ #investments #venturecapital #startups

OECD predicts slowest growth for Germany among industrialised nations! 😳 For now, the numbers paint a challenging picture. While the US is expected to grow by 2.4% by 2025, the outlook for Europe looks less promising. Germany is expected to grow by 0.7%, the slowest of the industrialized nations, while Austria's GDP may only grow by 1.1%. 📉 Limited risk capital, over-regulation and fragmented markets are holding back Europe's potential. To change this, we would need to scale new globally significant companies in Europe ❗️ And Europe has huge untapped potential. The latest State of European Tech report shows that the tech industry employs 3.5 million people and has created nearly 3 million new jobs over the past decade. With an annual growth rate of 24%, we're keeping pace with the US! 🚀 Total investment in European start-ups has grown from $43 billion to $426 billion in just ten years. By comparison: In the US, investment grew 2.8 times over the same period to USD 1.2 trillion. It is amazing to see how far the startup ecosystem has come in Europe. Now imagine the potential growth with a pro-tech policy. Why do you think Europe is lagging behind? What changes would help Europe catch up? 🤔 You can find my full article on this important topic at Selektiv. Will link it in the comments. Sources: OECD Economic Outlook, State of European Tech Report 2025 #europe #economicGrowth #startups #investments

We're excited to announce that we've invested in Scripe's Pre-Seed Round. 🚀 Joining forces with my sister Eva Johanna Egg and her brilliant company Scripe feels special. But don't be mistaken - our decision goes beyond family ties. Here's what sets Scripe apart: 👉 An excellent founding team with all the skills to succeed. We have known each other personally for years. Carmen Jenny, Christoph Meise ❤️ 👉 They've achieved remarkable results with minimal resources, proving their resilience. 👉 Their obsession with user feedback ensures they're making the best product possible. 👉 Since launching Scripe this year, they now have over 2000 users and corporate partnerships with f.e. WeWork, Quonto and OMR. 📈 Scripe is a game changer. It empowers companies by positioning everyone from interns to CEOs on LinkedIn. Imagine having a high-end ghostwriting assistant at your fingertips. 📱 Their mission? To empower professionals to tell their stories authentically. ✨ We at ROI VENTURES are happy to be part of this group of angels. Richard van der Blom, Glenn Miseroy, Daniel Frese, Robert Heineke, Benjamin Visser, Nina Kani, Tony E. Kula, Michael Kamleitner, Julius Göllner, Roman Geugelin, Nico Axtmann, Michael Streit, Emanuel Jöbstl, Stefan Smulders, Nicoleta Danu, Marco Raggl Thinking about trying Scripe? Comment SCRIPE below for an extra month free. 👇 #personalbranding #saas #investments #startups

From 250 messages, only 8 startups made it to a call. 😳 Here is why: My last post resulted in a high number of founders contacting me as we at ROI VENTURES are actively looking to invest in 2-3 more startups this year. Most of the founders who contacted us ticked all the boxes to fit our investment focus, but this is only the first part of the investment process. There are many other factors that are relevant to our final decision to invest. And often there is nothing wrong with the startup we are reviewing, it is just the fact that someone else is a better fit❗️ We only have a calls with the top 3% of all the startups we see. And we only invest in the top 0.5%. So there is a good chance that we will invest in at least 1 of the 8 startups we are currently meeting. 💸 Other professional angel investors or VCs do this in a similar way. What you need to do as a founder is to keep talking to investors to get on their top list of startups. Many investors have different criteria how they determine there top percentage of startups, so you always have a certain probability and you need to repeat, repeat & repeat. 🔁 Nothing personal, this is how the industry works. A NO is a natural part of the investment process. What stands out in the companies we talk to: 👉 Very strong founder background (serial founder, industry experience) 👉 DM was on point (personal, informative, clear question) 👉 Strong alignment with our investment focus (software infrastructure, deep tech) 👉 Momentum in their funding round & early traction I am looking forward to our first calls and whether we will invest in one of these companies. #venturecapital #startups #investments

200 DMs from founders after my last post! 🚀 My post was about how we at ROI VENTURES are actively looking to add 2-3 companies to our portfolio this year. I did not expect such a crazy result: 👉 +200 DMs 📥 👉 +1200 new connections 👉 65k impressions The next step? Identifying startups that are fully aligned with our focus and scheduling initial calls. I'm working hard to get back to everyone by the end of the week. Excited to see if we find an investment opportunity along the way. Will keep you posted. 🔥 If you are just coming across this post, here is our investment focus again: 👉 Pre-seed or first round ONLY 👉 Great founding team with tech expertise, fully committed 👉 B2B focus ❗️No marketplaces & B2B2C 👉 Software or "easy" hardware ❗️We are a big fan of software infrastructure (AI, Data, DevTools, Open source) 👉 European or US legal entity 👉 Clean cap table - fair equity split 👉 No health, biotech or life sciences ❗️No Crypto & blockchain #investments #venturecapital #saas 📸 Mirjam Hagen