Wellington Partners
Investor - Venture Capital
Overview
Wellington Partners is one of the most well recognized European venture capital firms with total funds of € 800 million under management. We have invested in European early stage companies that have the potential to become market leaders. Since the 1990s we have been delighted to support the global ambitions of Europe's best entrepreneurs and to help them become global leaders in their businesses.
Country: Germany
Founded: 1998
Headquarters: Munich, Germany
Investment Strategy
Geography
- North America
- Europe
Sector Focus
- Marketplace Lending
- WealthTech
- Payments and Remittances
- Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
- Data and Analytics
Investment Stage
- Seed
- Early Stage Venture
- Later Stage Venture
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
- Series D
Summary
Wellington Partners is one of the most well recognized European venture capital firms with total funds of € 800 million under management. We have invested in European early stage companies that have the potential to become market leaders. Since the 1990s we have been delighted to support the global ambitions of Europe’s best entrepreneurs and to help them become global leaders in their businesses.
We are committed to backing outstanding entrepreneurs with the necessary resources. We typically lead financing rounds ranging from € 0.2 million to € 5 million. Besides capital, we work with entrepreneurs to help them on their journeys. Entrepreneurs can access our entire team and our global network of relationships.
We are looking for entrepreneurs with great ideas that can evolve into lasting global businesses. Time and again we have been impressed with the ability of top entrepreneurs to attract world-class talent with their unabated enthusiasm and relentless persistence to overcome whatever obstacles that may come in their path.
Investments
Date
Name
Size
Round
Co-Investors
Sector
Country
Festicket
Series B
E-Commerce
United Kingdom
import.io
Series A
Big Data
United Kingdom
Onfido
Series A
Security Technology
United Kingdom
YPlan
Series B
E-Commerce
United Kingdom
Festicket
Series A
E-Commerce
United Kingdom
import.io
Seed
Big Data
United Kingdom
Nosto
Series A
E-Commerce
Finland
Definiens
Venture
Data Analytics
Germany
opvizor
Series A
Enterprise Software
United States
SumAll
Series A
E-Commerce
United States
Wool and the Gang
Seed
E-Commerce
United Kingdom
YPlan
Series A
E-Commerce
United Kingdom
JustOne Database Inc
Seed
Data Analytics
United States
import.io
Seed
Big Data
United Kingdom
Zopa
Series D
P2P Lending
United Kingdom
SumAll
Series A
E-Commerce
United States
YPlan
Seed
E-Commerce
United Kingdom
SumAll
Venture
E-Commerce
United States
eWise
Venture
Personal Finance
Switzerland
Proximic
Series C
Data Analytics
United States
Funds Raised
Vintage
Fund Name
Amount
Life Sciences Fund
$91M
Wellington Partners III
$85M
Wellington Partners IV Technology
$265M
Key Employees
Rolf Dienst
Founder & General Partner
Harald Keller
CFO
Thomas Widmann
General Partner
Regina Hodits
General Partner
Erich Schlick
General Partner
Rainer Strohmenger
General Partner



















