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About Investor

Tobias Neveling is Chief Investment Officer at Venista Ventures in Cologne and Head of Finance at Calm/Storm Ventures. He typically invests $50K–$750K per deal, with a sweet spot around $250K, backing pre-seed and seed startups in messaging, advertising, marketing tech, media/content, analytics, social networks, AI, e-commerce, marketplaces and SaaS. His Venista strategy focuses on being one of the first institutional investors for consumer internet and B2B SaaS companies, with initial tickets around 50,000–150,000 € and up to 1,000,000 € per company. His background spans venture capital, entrepreneurship and business strategy, including co-founding delta (a unified API for SME tools, later acquired by Apideck) and Performinc, plus serving as Managing Director running Venista’s VC business before moving into his current roles.