Alexander Samwer – Startup Investor Profile

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Alexander Samwer is the founder of Picus Capital, an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. The firm focuses on sectors like Proptech, Fintech, Enterprise, B2C/E-Commerce, Digital Health, and Climate. Picus Capital invests in regions including Europe, USA, and Asia-Pacific. Alexander’s check size range for investments is $100K – $10M. Prior to Picus, he co-founded successful ventures like the European Founders Fund, where he invested in companies such as Zalando and LinkedIn. Alexander holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated from the University of Oxford. The partnership and collaboration style at Picus Capital involves working closely with daring technology companies on key strategic decisions and operative challenges, aiming to build successful global companies. The firm seeks exceptional founders committed to building category leaders over 5-10+ years.
Location:
Country: Germany
Industries: Not available
Investment Regions: EU
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

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Status: very-active

AI Reasoning: Picus Capital’s site and news show Picus investments and involvement in 2025 (e.g., coverage on 2025-06-12 about Landbase, 2025-04-08 Rain Series B, 2025-01-29 Niko). The most recent known investment/activity is June 12, 2025 (Landbase). From June 12, 2025 to the reference date is under 6 months, indicating the investor made an investment less than 6 months ago. Startup mentioned: Landbase.

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Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.

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