Carsten Maschmeyer is the founder and managing partner of Alstin Capital. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Carsten Maschmeyer is the founder and managing partner of Alstin Capital, an independent venture capital fund based in Munich that he operates as part of his broader Maschmeyer Group, following his earlier career as CEO and founder of AWD, a major European financial services firm. Alstin Capital focuses on European B2B software companies at the Late Seed and Series A stages, with its latest €175 million fund (Alstin III) targeting standard initial tickets of roughly €2–€7 million and typically leading these rounds. Maschmeyer’s portfolio includes notable companies such as Blacklane (a limousine service), the exited Orderbird and Pflege.de, as well as recent Alstin III investments like Flowit, NORBr, and Etalytics, an AI-driven energy management firm that secured €8 million in a Series A round led by Alstin. Beyond his venture activities, Maschmeyer is a household name in Germany as a long-running investor on the television series *Die Höhle der Löwen* (the German version of *Shark Tank*), where he evaluates startup pitches. He is also a bestselling author and keynote speaker who invented the concept of independent financial consulting through AWD, and h
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