Firms

Discovery Ventures

Discovery Ventures

Berlin, Germany

discovery-ventures.com

Berlin-based venture capital firm operated by Discovery Ventures Management GmbH. General partners Jan Deepen and Stefan Jeschonnek previously co-founded SumUp and Zeitgold; Jasper Masemann brings experience at Cherry Ventures and HV Capital. The firm backs early-stage technology businesses, emphasizing fintech, B2B SaaS and artificial intelligence, and describes its venture strategy as a microfund with typical initial pre-seed and seed checks of EUR200,000–1 million and follow-on investment. Its separate Specialty Capital strategy offers deal-by-deal private-market investments. Verified historical backing includes AI developer platform CopilotKit, fund-infrastructure company NaroIQ, autonomous robotics company ARX Robotics, education platform Knowunity, cultivated-meat company Gourmey (now Parima), crypto infrastructure company Unstoppable Finance, and cyber-insurance company Baobab. Its current published directory names eight team members, including Pia Leonhard on maternity leave. No closed fund amount is asserted from the check-size range or registered vehicles.

Founded
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Type
Venture capital

Funds0

No funds on record yet.

Team

Jasper Masemann
$2M$580K – $4MEurope

Operations and support

Benjamin SchickertBenjamin SchickertOperating Partner & CFO
Hannes StreeckHannes StreeckOperator in Residence
Jan DeepenJan DeepenGeneral Partner
Pia LeonhardPia LeonhardHead of Finance & Operations (Maternity Leave)
Sandra HirschSandra HirschExecutive Assistant
Stefan JeschonnekStefan JeschonnekGeneral Partner
Tobias WeiperTobias WeiperPartner

Co-investing

Angel Invest
14Peaks Capital
97212 Ventures
Abstraction Capital
Anton Waitz

Investments

$27M2026-05-05CopilotKitGlilot Capital Partners, NFX, SignalFire, Abstraction Capital, Discovery Ventures, Fresh.fund, J-Ventures, Davidovs Venture Collective, Vermilion Cliffs Ventures, 97212 Ventures, Deep Acre, Gurtin Ventures
$—2025-06-18NaroIQMagnetic Capital, General Catalyst, Redstone, Discovery Ventures, Angel Invest, 14Peaks Capital
€9M2024-06-10ARX RoboticsNATO Innovation Fund, Uwe Horstmann, Discovery Ventures
€2M2024-03-14NaroIQLa Famiglia, Discovery Ventures, Angel Invest, Robin Capital
$—2022-08-11Unstoppable FinanceLightspeed, Speedinvest, Fabric Ventures, Discovery Ventures
$—2022ParimaPoint Nine Capital, Heartcore Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Bpifrance, Discovery Ventures, Eutopia
$2M2021-04-22KnowunityProject A Ventures, Anton Waitz, Discovery Ventures
€4MUnknown dateBaobabDiscovery Ventures