Picus Capital

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm based in Munich, Germany, established in 2015. The firm focuses on making pre-seed, seed, and Series A investments in various sectors, including financial services, human resources, energy and climate, healthcare, logistics and mobility, real estate and construction, crypto and web3, deeptech, and e-commerce. Picus Capital adopts a long-term investment philosophy, seeking exceptional founders committed to building category leaders over a period of 5 to 10 years or more. The firm emphasizes close collaboration with its portfolio companies, offering strategic advice, marketing expertise, and access to a broad B2B and investor network. With a disciplined yet creative approach, Picus Capital has invested in over 50 companies, focusing on identifying ambitious investment opportunities and supporting entrepreneurs throughout their growth journey.

Santiago Dañino Beck

Partner

Sebastian Brunemeier

Venture Scout

Li Chen

Senior Vice President

Philipp Emig

Investor

Robin Godenrath

Founding Partner

Carina Harding

Investor

Bastian Hasslinger

Investor

Kolja Heck

Investor

Oliver Heinrich

Partner

Patrick Hermann

Investor

Moritz Kittler

Investor

Cristina Koehn

Venture Partner

Alessandro Kopp

Investor

Alexander Kremer

Partner

Tony Liu

Investor

David Mirzazadeh

Investor

Grace Missakian

Investor, Americas

Alice Morath

Investor

Raphael Mukomilow

Partner

Nina Neumann

Investor

Daniel Niklas

Senior Vice President, Americas

Florian Reichert

Partner and Managing Director

Sebastian Schäfer

Partner

Patrick Sonnleitner

Investor

Francis Wang

Senior Associate

Alexander Worbs

Investor

Past deals in Recruiting

Maki

Series A in 2025
Maki is a recruitment hiring tools to find and hire talents. They develop data and analysis tools for recruiters to find top talents. They save time and replace CV screenings using bias-free recruitment tool.

Omni HR

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Omni HR operates a human resource automation platform that streamlines the entire employee journey, from recruitment to onboarding and ongoing employee management. The platform enables companies to integrate employee data from various systems, facilitating tasks such as performance reviews, documentation collection, and HR reporting. By digitizing and automating these processes, Omni HR provides organizations with a comprehensive solution to manage their workforce efficiently and effectively.

WorkMotion

Series B in 2022
WorkMotion is a global HR platform headquartered in Berlin, Germany, that facilitates the hiring and onboarding of international employees. Founded in 2020, the company offers a cloud-based workforce management platform that allows employers to recruit and manage employees worldwide without the need to establish legal entities in foreign countries. WorkMotion streamlines the hiring processes, consolidates global payroll accounting, and supports the management of freelancers, enabling organizations to efficiently hire and pay remote employees from around the globe.

Maki

Seed Round in 2021
Maki is a recruitment hiring tools to find and hire talents. They develop data and analysis tools for recruiters to find top talents. They save time and replace CV screenings using bias-free recruitment tool.

WorkMotion

Series A in 2021
WorkMotion is a global HR platform headquartered in Berlin, Germany, that facilitates the hiring and onboarding of international employees. Founded in 2020, the company offers a cloud-based workforce management platform that allows employers to recruit and manage employees worldwide without the need to establish legal entities in foreign countries. WorkMotion streamlines the hiring processes, consolidates global payroll accounting, and supports the management of freelancers, enabling organizations to efficiently hire and pay remote employees from around the globe.

Fetcher

Series A in 2021
Fetcher's mission is to make it fast, easy, and fun for organizations to find the right person, for the right job, at the right time. Fetcher helps companies find candidates whose talents, interests, and experience best match the needs of the job and the culture of the team. Fetcher believes when the right person is in the right role, the real magic happens. Fetcher was built to reduce the pain and expense of hiring so that organizations can focus their time on attracting talent and nurturing the growth and development of their people. Fetcher is committed to investing in long-term partnerships with organizations who see talent as their greatest asset, and Fetcher creates the tools that empower their growth.

WorkMotion

Angel Round in 2021
WorkMotion is a global HR platform headquartered in Berlin, Germany, that facilitates the hiring and onboarding of international employees. Founded in 2020, the company offers a cloud-based workforce management platform that allows employers to recruit and manage employees worldwide without the need to establish legal entities in foreign countries. WorkMotion streamlines the hiring processes, consolidates global payroll accounting, and supports the management of freelancers, enabling organizations to efficiently hire and pay remote employees from around the globe.

Personio

Series D in 2021
Personio GmbH is a provider of HR management and recruiting software tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises with 10 to 2,000 employees. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, Personio aims to enhance the efficiency of HR processes, allowing organizations to concentrate on their workforce. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features, including digital employee files, applicant tracking, attendance and absence management, payroll, and performance management. By streamlining these essential HR functions, Personio enables clients to simplify and digitalize their human resource operations effectively.

Personio

Series C in 2020
Personio GmbH is a provider of HR management and recruiting software tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises with 10 to 2,000 employees. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, Personio aims to enhance the efficiency of HR processes, allowing organizations to concentrate on their workforce. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features, including digital employee files, applicant tracking, attendance and absence management, payroll, and performance management. By streamlining these essential HR functions, Personio enables clients to simplify and digitalize their human resource operations effectively.

Joblift

Series B in 2019
Joblift GmbH, based in Hamburg, Germany, operates an online job aggregator that connects job seekers with potential employers by compiling job listings from various sources. Founded in 2015 and originally named Everyjob GmbH, Joblift utilizes advanced machine learning techniques and big-data algorithms to enhance the job search experience. This meta-search platform aims to simplify the recruiting process for users by delivering job vacancies that align closely with their preferences. Through its technology-driven approach, Joblift offers performance-based multichannel recruiting solutions, helping employers find suitable candidates from millions of job advertisements while promoting transparency in the recruitment process.

Fetcher

Seed Round in 2019
Fetcher's mission is to make it fast, easy, and fun for organizations to find the right person, for the right job, at the right time. Fetcher helps companies find candidates whose talents, interests, and experience best match the needs of the job and the culture of the team. Fetcher believes when the right person is in the right role, the real magic happens. Fetcher was built to reduce the pain and expense of hiring so that organizations can focus their time on attracting talent and nurturing the growth and development of their people. Fetcher is committed to investing in long-term partnerships with organizations who see talent as their greatest asset, and Fetcher creates the tools that empower their growth.

Personio

Series B in 2019
Personio GmbH is a provider of HR management and recruiting software tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises with 10 to 2,000 employees. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, Personio aims to enhance the efficiency of HR processes, allowing organizations to concentrate on their workforce. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features, including digital employee files, applicant tracking, attendance and absence management, payroll, and performance management. By streamlining these essential HR functions, Personio enables clients to simplify and digitalize their human resource operations effectively.

Joblift

Series A in 2017
Joblift GmbH, based in Hamburg, Germany, operates an online job aggregator that connects job seekers with potential employers by compiling job listings from various sources. Founded in 2015 and originally named Everyjob GmbH, Joblift utilizes advanced machine learning techniques and big-data algorithms to enhance the job search experience. This meta-search platform aims to simplify the recruiting process for users by delivering job vacancies that align closely with their preferences. Through its technology-driven approach, Joblift offers performance-based multichannel recruiting solutions, helping employers find suitable candidates from millions of job advertisements while promoting transparency in the recruitment process.

Fetcher

Seed Round in 2017
Fetcher's mission is to make it fast, easy, and fun for organizations to find the right person, for the right job, at the right time. Fetcher helps companies find candidates whose talents, interests, and experience best match the needs of the job and the culture of the team. Fetcher believes when the right person is in the right role, the real magic happens. Fetcher was built to reduce the pain and expense of hiring so that organizations can focus their time on attracting talent and nurturing the growth and development of their people. Fetcher is committed to investing in long-term partnerships with organizations who see talent as their greatest asset, and Fetcher creates the tools that empower their growth.

Personio

Series A in 2017
Personio GmbH is a provider of HR management and recruiting software tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises with 10 to 2,000 employees. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, Personio aims to enhance the efficiency of HR processes, allowing organizations to concentrate on their workforce. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features, including digital employee files, applicant tracking, attendance and absence management, payroll, and performance management. By streamlining these essential HR functions, Personio enables clients to simplify and digitalize their human resource operations effectively.

Seven Lanes

Seed Round in 2016
Seven Lanes is a career marketplace for 10% of Europe's knowledge workers. Focusing on general management and online marketing roles, it is connecting the most qualified professionals with great companies at scale. Its talent advocates and account managers are dedicated to providing candidates and employers with objective guidance and unparalleled user experience.

Talentry

Seed Round in 2016
Talentry provides an enterprise-ready software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed for recruiting, focusing on employee referrals and social recruiting. The platform serves as a talent relationship management tool, facilitating talent sourcing, candidate relationship management, recruitment events, and internal mobility. By leveraging employees' social networks, Talentry enables organizations to connect with potential applicants, offering them genuine insights into the company culture. This approach helps employers attract qualified candidates and improve their hiring success rates.

Personio

Seed Round in 2016
Personio GmbH is a provider of HR management and recruiting software tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises with 10 to 2,000 employees. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, Personio aims to enhance the efficiency of HR processes, allowing organizations to concentrate on their workforce. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of features, including digital employee files, applicant tracking, attendance and absence management, payroll, and performance management. By streamlining these essential HR functions, Personio enables clients to simplify and digitalize their human resource operations effectively.
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