Selected Portfolio Companies
We started KFLT Angels in October 2022.
We listed some of the (former) portfolio companies of our business angels. With time, we will hopefully add more investments done as KFLT Angels.
Start-up investments by KFLT
tripmakery
tripmakery offers groups to easily request hotels and receive exclusive offers, incl. group discounts. The manual search of hotels for your group is a thing of the past. The company's platform aggregates over 65,000 accommodation providers across Europe and helps groups upwards of 10 participants such as business trips, (sports) clubs, bachelor parties, or school classes get multiple quotes from different accommodation providers, tap into group discounts, and book their stay through Tripmakery.
Investment Hypothesis:
- tripmakery will onboard all relevant hotel(-chains) to their marketplace via API
- tripmakery will be the hotel’s preferred booking partner for group bookings
- tripmakery will finance most of its growth from its cash generating business
Year invested: 2023
Sector: Marketplace / Tourism / B2B & B2C
Background at the time of the investment:
It is 2023 and the corona pandemic seems to be forgotten. For tripmakery, the pandemic meant no business at all. The two things, groups and traveling, were a no-go during the two years of the pandemic. However, tripmakery survived the pandemic due to committed existing investors and government grants. They not only survived, it seems they used those two years to increase their operational efficiency and built an API, that allows a reduction in the needed efforts for the hotels and provides customers with a much smoother booking process.
Of course, competition exists, but none of the competitors have an offering that allows for such convenience for hotels and customers and high automation in this case for tripmakery. From our perspective, large players like booking.com or Expedia don’t show any own ambition to build solutions for this untapped potential of group bookings for hotels.
Selection of start-ups that were founded by KFLT Angels:
trivago
trivago is a hotel search with an extensive price comparison. The prices shown come from numerous hotels and booking websites.
Ciao
Ciao is a price comparison and customer review platform
Phrase
Phrase is built to automate, manage, and translate all your content into the languages your audiences speak, and the experiences they live.
smow
Online shop for exclusively new, original designer furniture and accessories from Vitra, USM Haller, Kartell, Moormann and others.
flaconi
Founded in 2011 flaconi was one of the first online perfumeries in Germany. Today flaconi is proud to continue its history as Germany’s first holistic beauty and self-care retailer.
Masterplan
Masterplan.com makes corporate learning easier, more engaging, and more effective than ever before. Traditional offline training becomes digital in the blink of an eye: simply upload your own content or select from the best Masterplan courses and measure success.
Mister Spex
Mister Spex is a fast-growing international omnichannel company in the optical industry.
zenloop
zenloop is the leading integrated experience management platform - collect, cluster and analyze customer feedback.
futalis
futalis offers need-adapted dog food, the recipe of which is individually calculated and produced for each dog to provide optimal nutrient supply.
Care With Care
CWC Recruitment places nurses from overseas in Europe. Your access to highly qualified Nurses from around the world.
Digital Career Institute
The DCI Digital Career Institute offers first-class retraining and continuing education in sought-after IT professions.
betreut.de
betreut.de has the mission to help families to find the best care options for families. Merged in 2012 w/ Care.com, went public in Jan 2014 at NYSE.
purpozed
purpozed is a corporate volunteering platform that allows companies to get involved in society, effectively and measurably.
has to be
has·to·be paves the way for sustainable mobility. With its comprehensive operating system and innovative services in the field of eMobility
ausbildung.de / meinpraktikum.de
meinpraktikum.de is the leading platform for internships and ausbildung.de is the leading platform for apprenticeships in Germany.
Selection of start-up investments by KFLT Angels individually:
Hellofresh
HelloFresh delivers step-by-step recipes and fresh, pre-portioned ingredients right to your door. It is the largest meal-kit provider in the United States, and also has operations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Europe, and Japan.
mementor
With somnio, mementor has developed a scientifically based, digital solution for the treatment of sleep disorders that can be used on the smartphone.
Käuferportal
Aroundhome was founded in 2008 as Käuferportal. The platform brokers local specialist companies that sell and install products such as kitchens, stair lifts, and windows.
Just Spices
Just Spices is a spice-mix and meal-prep brand that manufactures and markets food products. With numerous spice blends and pure spices, Just Spices can be found online and in an increasing number of supermarkets.
brands4friends
brands4friends, an online shop that sells branded products via temporary sales auctions.
Delivery Hero
Delivery Hero is a German multinational online food-delivery service based in Berlin, Germany. The company operates in 50+ countries internationally and partners with 500,000+ restaurants.
Tourlane
ourlane is a booking platform for multi-day tours, offering amazing experiences to over 30 countries worldwide. It creates adventures and authentic travel experiences to fabulous destinations in the world.
Lingoda
Lingoda is an online language learning platform where you can take private or group classes at any time of the day. They offer lessons in Spanish, German, French, and English.
Zageno
The marketplace makes online shopping for any research/lab material convenient, efficient, and reliable with a product rating system that offers unbiased and peer-reviewed ratings, enabling research scientists to spend quality time on their work.
inne
inne by Feral is a biotech startup based in Berlin, with a mission to help women track their fertility in a more accurate, convenient way. The inne minilab is the world's first at-home fertility monitoring system, using your saliva.
Masterplan
Masterplan.com makes corporate learning easier, more engaging, and more effective than ever before. Traditional offline training becomes digital in the blink of an eye: simply upload your own content or select from the best Masterplan courses and measure success.
Wunderflats
With Wunderflats you choose your furnished apartment, say how many months you're staying and book it with the click of a button. This offers you the freedom to do an expat assignment, a freelance project or start a job in a new city.
lecturio
Lecturio is a learning management and online course solution that provides education material in the fields of medical sciences, clinical sciences, pre-med and nursing. The solution also offers employee training videos that cover organization principles and goals.
AlphaPet
AlphaPet Ventures is a technology-driven brand platform that stands for brand building and multi-channel distribution of premium pet food.
Homeday
A real estate company that transforms the way people sell and buy properties. The company's services include property evaluation, real estate financing, counseling, and information on real estate, enabling clients to get their property advertised on all major portals.