Simon Schmincke is a General Partner at Creandum, based in Berlin, investing across Europe and the United States. Before entering venture capital, Simon built deep operating experience across Asia and the United States. He began his career at Rocket Internet, where he co-founded Foodpanda in Singapore and served as CFO, before co-founding HelloFresh US and leading the business as CEO from New York City. These roles gave him firsthand experience scaling companies in fast-growing, operationally complex markets. Simon began his venture career at Earlybird Venture Capital in Berlin, where he led the seed investment in N26. He joined Creandum in 2016, where his investment focus has centered on fintech and AI. His investment track record includes companies such as Taxfix, Tide, Factorial, Navan, CapiMoney, Ivy, and SEON.
Founded in 2003, Creandum is one of the world's leading early-stage Venture Capital firms, with 1 in 6 investments having become unicorns. They have backed some of Europe’s most successful tech companies at the very early stages, including Spotify, Klarna, iZettle, Depop, Bolt, and Lovable. With offices in San Francisco, London, Berlin, and Stockholm, they invest across AI, consumer internet, SaaS, fintech, healthtech, and robotics.
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