Sarah Gottwald – Startup Investor Profile

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Sarah Gottwald is an investment manager at Munich-based venture capital company Vanagon Ventures founded in January 2022, with a focus on equity investments in early-stage ventures developing blockchain applications. She is an early-stage crypto investor active in various international programs and events. Prior to her current role, Sarah spent 9 years at BMW in the financial sector and autonomous driving strategy, negotiating collaborations and closing M&A deals. The investment focus areas include Web3, DeFi, NFTs, Metaverse, and more. Sarah’s investment style leans towards early-stage startups and collaboration with entrepreneurial talents. Specific investments are not mentioned, but her experience includes venture capital work at Vanagon Ventures with a specialization in Web3 and blockchain startups.
Location:
Country: Germany
Industries: Finance, Eco FinTech, NatureTech, AI Automation, Materials R&D, Climate, Carbon exchange, Marketplace, Circularity, AI EdTech, Spatial Finance
Investment Regions: EU
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

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Status: very-active

AI Reasoning: Search found multiple recent public appearances and roles for Sarah Gottwald through 2024-2025, including participation in events in Feb 2025 and March 2025 and her role at Blockchain Founders Group announced Jan 9, 2023. I located a reference (blockchain-founders.io) showing ongoing investment activity and programs (BFG Superstars) with activity into 2025; additionally she appeared in a March 30, 2025 Instagram post and Feb 13, 2025 event listing, indicating investment activity within the last 6 months. A named startup invested by Blockchain Founders Group is ‘Biconomy’ on their portfolio (Blockchain Founders Group portfolio includes multiple startups; one example is Biconomy). Based on the most recent known activity within 6 months, tag as very-active.

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