Philipp Angermann
PA Ventures GmbH
👋 Hi, I'm an Angel Investor and Startup Advisor focused on early-stage fintech and B2B SaaS startups, based in Munich, Germany. 🇩🇪
About Philipp
Day Job
In my day job, I work as Director Financial Services (Sales) at IDnow, a scale-up fintech startup (100m ARR, B2B SaaS).
Night Job
Through my personal holding company PA Ventures GmbH I advise and invest in early-stage startups.
Side Hustle
Originally created for my portfolio companies, I launched FounderStack as a resource hub for early-stage founders. Discover curated books, tools, events and more for startups.
Social & Impact
Via my personal PA Foundation, I support non-profits focused on education and inequality.As a member of Leaders for Climate Action (LFCA) I offset my yearly footprint and aim to reduce it wherever possible.
Ideal Investment Profile
As angel investor, I focus on startups that meet the following criteria. However, I'm open-minded so you are welcome to still submit your pitch.
Industry Focus – I focus primarily on fintech and B2B SaaS startups because that's where my expertise is the strongest.
Company Stage – I invest in early-stage startups in the pre-seed to seed stage.
Ticket Size – My preferred check sizes is EUR 10-25k individually or 50-200k as a syndicate.
Geo Focus – I only invest within Europe 🇪🇺 with a focus on the German-speaking region of Germany 🇩🇪, Austria 🇦🇹, and Switzerland 🇨🇭.
Sound like a good fit?👇
Where I can support you
In my career, I have worked in many functions, from product management developing software products to selling B2B SaaS in marketing and sales.Here are some specific areas where I can support you with my experience. 👇
Product Management – Prioritizing and optimizing your product delivery without loosing your customers out of sight.
B2B Marketing – From building your first marketing channels from scratch to scaling demand generation.
B2B Sales – From acquiring your first paying customers through founder led sales to building your sales org.
Operations – I have a big passion for tooling, no-code and automation.
Fundraising – Over the years, I have built a strong network of fellow business angels, as well as VCs and family offices.
Portfolio
Here are some of my most recent investments.
Prodlane.io
B2B SaaS, Manufacturing
Invested 20k in 2022
bcause.com
Foundation as a Service
Led angel syndicate and invested 100k in 2023
MAIA.ai
Generative AI
Invested 20k in 2023
Submit your pitch
If you are looking for funding, please submit your pitch via the form below👇
Timeline
What to expect after submitting your pitch.
Philipp aims to give you an initial feedback within 10 days after submitting your pitch.✅ If your pitch is relevant to us, we will invite you to an intro call.
❌ If it's not a fit for us, you will receive a direct but transparent decline to not waste your time.
Managing expectations.
The objective is to get to an investment decision after 2 to 3 calls of getting to know each other.Please keep in mind that, as an angel investor, I still have a day job. Unlike institutional VCs, investing is not my full-time job, but rather a side-hustle I'm passionate about. So please don't take it personally if things take longer than expected. Thank you! 🙏 😄
Let's stay in touch.
If you are looking for funding, please don't send me random emails or dms, but use the pitch submission form. The form is the fastest way to get feedback from me. 👇
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