Interface Capital

Interface Capital Research Overview Interface Capital is a pre-seed/seed venture fund founded in 2022 by Christian Reber and Niklas Jansen, based in Berlin, Germany. The fund is operator-led by two successful European entrepreneurs who bring deep product and scaling experience. Christian Reber is the founder of Wunderlist (acquired by Microsoft), Pitch, and Superlist. He has invested in 100+ technology companies including Notion, Synthesia, Framer, Writer, and Lilium. Niklas Jansen is the co-founder of Blinkist, the bite-sized learning service that reached 25M+ users. He previously worked as a consultant at KPMG. Investment Thesis Interface Capital invests in iconic technology companies at the earliest stages. Their philosophy is rooted in Essentialism — doing fewer things but doing them well. They prefer to partner with incredible founders at the very beginning of their journey, preferably as one of the first investors, rather than chasing hot deals. As founders themselves, they aim to collaborate with other great founders, helping them lay the right foundations for building successful companies. They don't have the biggest army of analysts but bring hard-learned knowledge and experience from building multiple companies. Fund Details Fund Size : $20M (€20M) Check Size : €300,000 - €500,000 Stage : Pre-seed, Seed Investment Pace : ~16 investments per year (2024) Founded : 2022 Location : Berlin, Germany (Gärtnerstr. 3, 10245) Portfolio & Performance 2024 Highlights: 16 new investments Portfolio companies raised €225M+ in follow-on funding Hosted AI-First interfaces event with speakers from Amazon and notable AI builders Notable Portfolio Companies: ARX Robotics — Autonomous robotics Paretos — Decision intelligence platform (raised €8.5M Series A, Oct 2024) Browse AI — Web data extraction KAIKAKU — AI robotics restaurant (raised $1.8M, Apr 2024) Ethos — Organizing world's business data Popcorn — Next-gen telco Supercut — Next-gen screen recording Autarkize — Pyrolysis plants Parahelp — AI support agent Lemni — AI workers Pandektes — (details TBD) Akhetonics — (details TBD) Recognition Interface Capital ranked #6 on the Top European Micro-Funds list by 20VC (February 2026). Lead Tendency & Decision Process Lead Tendency : Both — comfortable leading rounds or participating alongside other investors. Decision Process : Partnership — decisions made by Christian and Niklas collaboratively. Approach : They explicitly avoid "market coverage" approaches where funds try to see every deal. Instead, they focus on partnering early with exceptional founders, leveraging their operator experience to add value. Founder Preferences Technical/Product-focused founders — those who care deeply about building great products Early-stage preference — want to be one of the first investors European focus — primarily investing in European companies Operator-to-operator relationships — they value authentic partnerships with founders Sector Focus Software Services / B2B SaaS AI / Machine Learning applications Developer Tools Robotics & Automation Enterprise Software Consumer products with strong product DNA Geographic Focus Primary: Europe (Germany, UK, Netherlands, France, Spain) Co-Investors Has co-invested with UVC Partners, Acton Capital, LEA Group, and various angels. Contact Email: [email protected] Twitter/X: @Interface LinkedIn: Interface Capital