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Picus Venture Fund II

Geography: Germany
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: €250M
Focus: AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Picus Venture Fund II

Picus Venture Fund II is a venture capital firm based in Germany, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionGermany

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Climate & Sustainability

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Pre-seed tech founder building global category-defining company

early-stage tech

global category leaders

long-term conviction

fintech/insurtech/SaaS

pre-seed to Series B

Bullish Signals

Portfolio: Personio, Enpal, FINN, Clara, Klaritywebsite

Portfolio: Landbase, Resilience, Aplazo, Aspire, Cayenawebsite

Portfolio: Kin Insurance, Avi Medical, Limehome, Silverflowwebsite

Multi-round conviction, pre-seed to Series B+website

Active Mar 2026, Feb 2026, backing developer platformswebsite

Founder consensus: true partner beyond financial investorwebsite

Exceptional strategic sparring, founder NPS demonstrablewebsite

Hands-on across talent, fundraising, operations, expansionwebsite

Cuts through complexity, provides clarity consistentlywebsite

Sharp judgment + genuine founder commitment differentiatorwebsite

Deep finance/category expertise, strong conviction speedwebsite

Well-connected, respects founder decision autonomywebsite

Global offices, multi-country deployment capabilitywebsite

Long-term philosophy, builds successful global companieswebsite

Early believers: Kin, Cayena, Klarity early stage backerswebsite

Multi-founder teams: 24+ founders praise partnership depthwebsite

Consistency in conviction pre-seed through Series B roundswebsite

Contrarian Signals

No named GPs publicly listed on websiteexternal

Highly relationship-driven access modelexternal

Founder Do's

Involve Picus early, ideation partner from pre-seed

Expect hands-on strategic sparring every round

Leverage talent recruiting & global expansion network

Bring complex business model challenges

Request clarity-cutting support navigating complexity

Founder Don'ts

Don't expect passive financial-only investor

Don't approach post-seed only

Don't expect conviction without founder respect

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€250M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Alexander Samwer, Florian Reichert, Robin Godenrath

Hanno RennerPortfolio founder reference

Mario KohlePortfolio founder reference

Maximilian WührPortfolio founder reference

Nischal NadhamuniPortfolio founder reference

Andrew AntosPortfolio founder reference

Emily ZhangPortfolio founder reference

Diego GarcíaPortfolio founder reference

Jonathan BenhamouPortfolio founder reference

Alexander WielandPortfolio founder reference

Gabriel SendaczPortfolio founder reference

Sean HarperPortfolio founder reference

Julian KleyPortfolio founder reference

Josef VollmayerPortfolio founder reference

Paul BuyingPortfolio founder reference

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