Freigeist

15/10/2020

We are thrilled to announce that Littlelunch will be acquired by Wessanen. The organic soup startup was our first-ever food investment, and we’ve had a very exciting and eventful 5-year-journey with them. In the past 5 years, the startup has gone from 40,000 euros to revenues in the double-digit millions per year. They’re available for sale in over 15.000 stores across Germany and have won several prices. Now, the startup is ready for the next step, and with Allos Hofmanufaktur, it has a strong partner by its side. We are excited about what the future will bring and proud to be part of this success story. 🚀

09/06/2020

We are thrilled to welcome und Investor Baillie Gifford on board of our Lilium journey.

We're proud to welcome Baillie Gifford as a new investor, extending our latest funding round to more than $275m. They have a remarkable track record of investing in high-impact tech companies like SpaceX, Amazon, Airbnb, Tesla and Spotify and we're excited to work with them.

https://bddy.me/2YefuVj

08/06/2020

Rewatch the with UnternehmerTUM GmbH and our junior partner Niklas on building market leaders 🙌

What strides do successful innovators take to turn an idea from concept into growth company – and ultimately exit? Join the ride with UnternehmerTUM MakerSpa...

02/06/2020

Join us at the UnternehmerTUM GmbH today at 4pm with MakerSpace and AIR UP with a short video message from our CEO Frank Thelen and a panel with one of our Junior Partners Niklas Hebborn. https://forum.unternehmertum.de/utalk/

27/05/2020

In the new episode of deutsche-startups.de, YFood Founder Benjamin Kremer talks about luck and ex*****on and about their expension plans for YFood. We are very happy to support such a great team! congratulations!

Das Food-Startup YFood peilt in diesem Jahr einen "mittleren zweistelligen Millionenumsatz" an. Zudem steht die Expansion ins Ausland an. Zuletzt investierten Felix Capital, Fonterra, Five Seasons Ventures und New Ground Ventures 15 Millionen Euro in YFood.

21/04/2020

BIG NEWS from our Food Portfolio: YFood just raised 15M€ in their series B, which makes them not only the fastest growing startup out of 7 seasons of but also one of the fastest growing startups of Europe. Congratulations, great work!

As people move into months of sheltering in place, many are doubling down on cooking at home. But not everyone is always happy about it. Today, a company that makes products that can help them bypass at least some of that effort but still eat nutritiously is announcing a fundraising to continue gro....

18/12/2019

Lilium just released a video of a full test flight from take off to landing. It's incredible how far our shared vision of Urban Air Mobility is becoming a reality. Congratulations to the entire team, you have done an extraordinary job this year!

This film shows a complete test flight, performed on 1st October 2019 as part of our first phase of testing with the Lilium Jet. The flight, which lasts approximately three minutes, formed part of our controllability tests and looked specifically at how the aircraft performs during banked turns in t...

03/12/2019

If you want to find out more about our investment , check out the new LinkedIn article of our
Frank Thelen(in German) or https://freigeist.com/focus/

Einer der Hauptgründe für meinen DHDL-Ausstieg war die strategische Neuorientierung von Freigeist. Über sechs Jahre haben wir mit viel Herzblut unsere Food-Family aufgebaut, die hervorragend wächst und eine starke Entwicklung vor sich hat.

22/10/2019

When we joined the Lilium mission - to build the first electric VTOL - over 3 years ago, it was hard to imagine that it will become a reality. In May 2019, the 5 seater prototype of the Lilium Jet took off the ground for the very first time. Since that day, Lilium is running a series of flight tests that are all going according to plan. With the prototype passing all flight tests so far and the first manufacturing facility already built, they stay on track to start operations in several locations by 2025.

07/10/2019

Woohoo 🚚🧠 🛣️ Smartlane GmbH joins the Freigeist family!
We’re really excited to work with Florian, Mathias and Monja on their revolutionary AI-powered transport optimization software! Smartlane replaces manual excel-sheet juggling with automated transport mining and -optimization. The future of transport logistics planning: https://smartlane.de

15/08/2019

Our CEO Frank Thelen taught the Startup Notes audience how to design a sound exit strategy.

The most important take-away from Frank:
"If you focus on building a great product and team, a potential buyer will find you. Don't focus on selling your company."
Full podcast 👉 https://bit.ly/31GafxA