Picus Capital

Venture Capital
172investments
14exits
$1.8Braised by its portfolio in 12 months
1,023open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. It backs founders at pre-seed, seed and Series A in areas such as fintech, proptech, health, climate and enterprise software across Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia. The firm was founded in 2015 with backing from entrepreneur Alexander Samwer and is headquartered in Munich.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
172
120 of them startups
Hiring now
70
1,023 open roles
Deals in 12 months
2
1 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
12
$1.8B raised
Exits
14
Focusshare of its companies
Financial Services 23%Software 22%Artificial Intelligence 20%Health Care 8%Real Estate 8%Professional Services 7%Transportation & Logistics 7%Cybersecurity 7%
Where its companies are
United States 19%Germany 11%United Kingdom 5%Mexico 4%Singapore 3%Brazil 3%India 2%Italy 2%
Stage of its companies
Series B 43%Series A 29%Pre-seed & seed 29%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 172 investments
KabilioVenture round $10.8M · this month HadrianSeries D $1.4B · 3 mo ago AxleSeries A $25M · 4 mo ago · 16 roles Fuchs & EuleVenture round $10.8M · 4 mo ago · 4 roles COMPRISeed $3.5M · 4 mo ago · led a round · 1 role TsugaSeries A $35M · 4 mo ago · 9 roles UncoverVenture round $16M · 5 mo ago SilverflowSeries B $40M · 8 mo ago · 2 roles LeonaSeed $14M · 10 mo ago · 4 roles BennieVenture round $50M · 11 mo ago · 4 roles Napo Pet InsuranceVenture round · 11 mo ago LimehomeVenture round · 12 mo ago · 20 roles
1,023 open roles at 70 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Multiplier94 new roles in 30 days Clara36 new roles in 30 days thermondo32 new roles in 30 days Deel19 new roles in 30 days WorkMotion10 new roles in 30 days Easyship9 new roles in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
Parallel Loopadded Nov 1
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 22 shared QED Investors 11 shared Endeavor 8 shared Soma Capital 8 shared CoCo Finance 6 shared VentureSouq 5 shared Andreessen Horowitz 5 shared 500 Global 5 shared Kaszek 5 shared Vorwerk Ventures 5 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Plug and Play Index Ventures Activant Capital Insight Partners Bessemer Venture Partners Fin Capital Accel Soma Capital
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 7 rounds in the press that name it

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$85k
Typical range
$85k
Open positions
1
1 Jobs
Intern 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 1 $85k $85k
Highest paying role Investment Analyst/Associate (2027 Summer Internship) $85k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Early Careers
100% ▼

People

Robin Godenrath
Geschäftsführer
company's site
Florian Reichert
Geschäftsführer
company's site
Raphael Mukomilow
Geschäftsführer
company's site
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News

News Entire 9 months ago
Hello Entire World
Announcing Entire with $60 million seed round and shipping our first product, called Checkpoints.
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News Pulse 2.0 11 months ago
Picus Capital: €150 Million Preferred Equity Financing From Carlyle AlpInvest Closed
Picus Capital has closed a €150 million preferred equity financing from Carlyle AlpInvest, a private markets manager, in a deal the Munich-headquartered venture capital firm said will provide flexible capital for new investments and continued support for
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News YahooFinance 11 months ago
Picus Capital Announces Close of €150M Preferred Equity Financing from Carlyle AlpInvest
MUNICH, December 18, 2025--Picus Capital ("Picus" or the "Firm"), a global venture capital firm, today announced the closing of a €150 million preferred equity financing transaction provided by Carlyle AlpInvest, a leading global private markets manager.
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News PRNewswire 11 months ago
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
2
Busiest office
New York
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Munich Germany
HQ
company site
New York United States
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff $85k Avg Salary
hires for Early Careers
seen since Aug 2026 job postings