About Lios Ventures

 

At LIOS Ventures, we believe in the power of entrepreneurship and game-changing ideas. We take a long-term approach to building relationships supporting teams to reach the next level. We are passionate, quick and decisive and balance patience with ambition.

We have our roots in the travel industry and invest in companies helping travelers to discover unique travel experiences. On top, we are interested to look into opportunities in new fields.

Entrepreneurs at LIOS Ventures

The Team behind

PaulCamper

Dirk Fehse has lined up a team of meanwhile 60 heads and hearts to make camping accessible for everyone. Following the approach of the sharing economy since 2013, the Berlin-based start-up PaulCamper offers a platform connecting owners of campervans and motorhomes with likeminded people to hire and hire out private campers and motorhomes – straightforward, personal, fair and safe due to a specifically developed insurance in partnership with Allianz. Today, PaulCamper is the largest and fastest-growing platform and community for camper sharing in Europe. LIOS Ventures has started backing PaulCamper at an early stage.

The Team behind

Holidu

When Johannes and Michael wanted to plan a trip to Portugal, they saw how time-consuming and frustrating it can be to find the right vacation rental. With their strong technical background in image recognition, they started to build an integrated offer, a metasearch engine to find the best location on one site – HOLIDU was born! Taking it a step further, they developed a tool, which allows homeowners to make their property available on all of the most important booking platforms – perfectly matching travellers with homeowners!

With the early support from LIOS Ventures, HOLIDU has grown strongly, even in the tough 2020 Covid year! Recently, their tech platform bookiply aquired Lohospo and Tomas, extending their technical capabilities.

The Team behind

Holidu

When Johannes and Michael wanted to plan a trip to Portugal, they saw how time-consuming and frustrating it can be to find the right vacation rental. With their strong technical background in image recognition, they started to build an integrated offer, a metasearch engine to find the best location on one site – HOLIDU was born! Taking it a step further, they developed a tool, which allows homeowners to make their property available on all of the most important booking platforms – perfectly matching travellers with homeowners!

With the early support from LIOS Ventures, HOLIDU has grown strongly, even in the tough 2020 Covid year! Recently, their tech platform bookiply aquired Lohospo and Tomas, extending their technical capabilities.

The Team behind

Possible Ventures

Chris, Thyra and Simon are experienced entrepreneurs who have built and exited several companies of their own. With Possible Ventures, they plan to redefine what’s possible, backing ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact people and the planet.

With the strong backing from an impressive collective of global entrepreneurs and Lios Ventures, and pioneering investments into teams like Avi Medica, sorare and immutable, they are well on the way to turning this vision into reality.

The Team behind

Visionaries Clubs

Sebastian and Robert already founded Amorelie and Amaze, two start-ups which they successfully sold. But they did not stop there. They wanted to take things to a new level with the idea of creating a platform, where founders can leverage the knowledge of successful digital entrepreneurs. With the backing of the founders of UiPath, Skype, Flixbus, HelloFresh, GetYourGuide, LIOS Ventures and many more, they set-up the Visionaries Club, a venture capital fund, helping to grow the venture capital ecosystem.

In 2020, they raised 100 Mio. € and recently, an additional 400 Mio. €, showing the strength of the idea and the European ecosystem.

The Team behind

Visionaries Clubs

Sebastian and Robert already founded Amorelie and Amaze, two start-ups which they successfully sold. But they did not stop there. They wanted to take things to a new level with the idea of creating a platform, where founders can leverage the knowledge of successful digital entrepreneurs. With the backing of the founders of UiPath, Skype, Flixbus, HelloFresh, GetYourGuide, LIOS Ventures and many more, they set-up the Visionaries Club, a venture capital fund, helping to grow the venture capital ecosystem.

In 2020, they raised 100 Mio. € and recently, an additional 400 Mio. €, showing the strength of the idea and the European ecosystem.

WHO WE ARE @ Lios Ventures

Frank Mair 

Frank Mair 

Founder

Frank has over 20 years of expierence in the travel media industry, working on brands like Marco Polo and Lonely Planet. He has completed numerous M&A transactions and set up MAIRDUMONT Ventures. Frank holds a Ph.D. in economics.

Jonas Regele

Jonas Regele

Operations

Jonas is a corporate consultant, responsible for the operations at LIOS Ventures. He holds a B.Sc. in economics.

Michael Munz

Michael Munz

Investment Partner

Michael is a renowned expert in digital media and the founder of Clover Ventures and Clover Consulting. He has guided entrepreneurs in all stages – from first financing rounds to exits. Michael holds a degree in business economics.

Jörg Burtscheidt

Jörg Burtscheidt

Venture Partner

Joerg is an experienced senior manager – having led start-ups and high growth travel organizations in various countries. He has a comprehensive background in direct-sales, marketing & customer service. Over the past years he has been advising startups and companies in the media and travel industry.

GET IN TOUCH

We at LIOS Ventures are looking for entrepreneurs with ideas which have the potential for a quantum leap and a passion to make them happen.

We offer to bring in our experience, knowledge, an industry network and the necessary funding to take ideas to the next level.