Daniel Gundel

Investment Director | M&A | Strategy | Entrepreneur

📍 Munich (County), Bavaria, Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2019
VC🌍 Germany
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Board Observer
Mar 2019
Travelcircus (www.travelcircus.de) is an online booking platform for travel packages and was founded in Berlin by Bastian Böckenhüser in 2014. Despite its recent founding, Travelcircus has rapidly grown into an internationally active firm of over 115 employees from over 22 countries. Travelcircus creates unique holiday packages at attractive rates by combining tickets for internationally sought-after events (e.g. theme parks, musicals, exhibitions and concerts) with quality-checked, premium hotels. Since its founding, over 1 million customers have booked getaways with Travelcircus. At the start of 2022, Travelcircus expanded its horizons from Germany, Austria and Switzerland and moved into other European markets. Now, travel fans in the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark and the UK can book exceptional holiday deals with Travelcircus. In September 2022, Travelcircus acquired the Travelking brand, resulting in an expansion into Czech, Hungarian and Slovakian markets. Steered by the motto “by travellers, for travellers”, the Travelcircus team shares a passion for giving travel enthusiasts access to the most popular events and the most in-demand weekend getaway destinations online with the best value for money.
Board Observer
Nov 2018
Our mission: We free travelers from wasting time & money on travel planning ever again. We believe the future of travel is not search & compare but a delightful conversation to instantly create personalized trips that match your unique style & personal preferences. That’s why we’ve built an interface-agnostic conversation engine powered by advanced statistics & deep learning methods to decode your travel intent faster & better than anyone else. The purpose? To magically deliver perfectly tailored travel experiences instantly to your inbox. Free, transparent & directly bookable.
Board Member
Oct 2018
Zizoo is the leading global boat rental platform. Zizoo helps sailors and curious travelers experience a boat holiday in a way that suits them. Whether its a romantic getaway at sea, a luxurious escape or a unique family holiday, Zizoo has the perfect boat for the right budget, With over 20,000 boats across locations in more than 35 countries to choose from, Zizoo is the number one destination for boat rentals in the world. Who is Zizoo? The Zizoo crew is made up of a dedicated team of professionals from digital marketing, business, development and the sailing industry. While our team members’ backgrounds vary across geographies and skills, the one thing we all have in common is our desire to help make lasting memories through providing unique boat holiday experiences.
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2025
Investment Director
Apr 2025
Die FUNKE MEDIENGRUPPE ist eines der größten Medienhäuser Deutschlands. FUNKE lebt von der Vielfalt der Firmenstandorte und Produkte - vor allem aber von der Vielfalt der Mitarbeiter. 1.500 Journalistinnen und Journalisten und etwa 4.500 Medienmacher sind jeden Tag bei uns im Einsatz. Dabei sind sie in ganz Deutschland aktiv - und doch vereint in dem Versprechen, Bestleistungen zu liefern. FUNKE steht für starke Marken bei Zeitungen, Zeitschriften, Onlineportalen, Radio und mehr. Mit zwölf Tageszeitungen und über 50 Zeitschriften begeistern wir unsere Leser – gedruckt und digital. Zu unseren weiteren Angeboten gehören auch Online-Jobbörsen, Gesundheitsportale und digitale Dienstleistungsangebote für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen. Mehr auf funkemedien.de Unsere Benefits: - Umfassendes Qualifizierungs- und Seminarangebot der FUNKE AKADEMIE - Gesundheitsaktionen wie Gesundheitstage und -wochen - Kooperationen mit Fitnessstudios - Corporate Benefits-Portal - Kostenlose Beratung zu Kinderbetreuung, Lebenslagencoaching und Pflege - Betriebliche Altersvorsorge - Mitarbeiter-Abonnements - Mitfahrzentrale - standortspezifisch: eigener Fitnessraum, Mitarbeiterrestaurant, Massageangebot, Eltern-Kind-Büro, Kita, Firmentickets, Apothekenservice und vergünstigte Eventtickets Weitere Informationen und Kontaktmöglichkeiten: FUNKE-Karriereseite: funkemedien.de/karriere Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funke_karriere/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/funkekarriere/ Sie haben Fragen zu Jobs und Einstiegsmöglichkeiten? Nehmen Sie direkt Kontakt zu unseren Recruiterinnen auf: Sina Siebald, recruiting@funkemedien.de, 0800 / 60 60 760 Impressum: https://www.funkemedien.de/de/Impressum_FUNKE-Karriere/
2023
Senior Investment Director
Jan 2023
MAIRDUMONT GmbH & Co. KG is the leading publisher of tourist information in Germany and Europe. Our range covers the entire media spectrum from print and online to mobile. We want to inspire wanderlust and provide reliable information to make every trip a special experience and take our readers to secret places. With our wide range of travel literature, we bring the feeling of yearning to our readers homes, send them on adventurous missions, unconventional world tours and touch them with emotional stories. The publishing program includes the brands MARCO POLO, Baedeker, DUMONT Reise, Kunth Verlag, Lonely Planet, Stefan Loose, Kompass, Hallwag Kümmerly+Frey, Falk, the ADAC cartography program, the VARTA guide, as well as mobile applications, e-books and numerous travel, outdoor and mobility portals. The product portfolio includes travel guides, illustrated books, travel literature, atlases, cartographic products, outdoor, hiking and cycling guides, hotel and restaurant guides. Our portfolio is rounded off by the programs of our partner publishers. Imprint: https://www.mairdumont.com/impressum Privacy Policy: https://www.mairdumont.com/datenschutz/#m136
Senior Investment Director
Jan 2023
MAIRDUMONT VENTURES is the venture capital arm of the MAIRDUMONT Group and has been supporting digital travel companies in their future growth since 2015. MAIRDUMONT VENTURES uses its unique sector focus "Travel"​ to dive deeply into different business models and to evaluate potentials together with our portfolio companies. We have extensive know-how and can leverage the huge network of the MAIRDUMONT Group - with well-known brands such as Marco Polo, DuMont, Baedeker, Kompass or Falk - to offer our portfolio companies not only financial resources, but also strategic and operational support. We invest in fast-growing, early-stage and innovative companies that revolutionize travel. These can be solutions for end customers (B2C) as well as business customers (B2B).
2019
Board Observer
Mar 2019
Travelcircus (www.travelcircus.de) is an online booking platform for travel packages and was founded in Berlin by Bastian Böckenhüser in 2014. Despite its recent founding, Travelcircus has rapidly grown into an internationally active firm of over 115 employees from over 22 countries. Travelcircus creates unique holiday packages at attractive rates by combining tickets for internationally sought-after events (e.g. theme parks, musicals, exhibitions and concerts) with quality-checked, premium hotels. Since its founding, over 1 million customers have booked getaways with Travelcircus. At the start of 2022, Travelcircus expanded its horizons from Germany, Austria and Switzerland and moved into other European markets. Now, travel fans in the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark and the UK can book exceptional holiday deals with Travelcircus. In September 2022, Travelcircus acquired the Travelking brand, resulting in an expansion into Czech, Hungarian and Slovakian markets. Steered by the motto “by travellers, for travellers”, the Travelcircus team shares a passion for giving travel enthusiasts access to the most popular events and the most in-demand weekend getaway destinations online with the best value for money.
2018
Board Observer
Nov 2018
Our mission: We free travelers from wasting time & money on travel planning ever again. We believe the future of travel is not search & compare but a delightful conversation to instantly create personalized trips that match your unique style & personal preferences. That’s why we’ve built an interface-agnostic conversation engine powered by advanced statistics & deep learning methods to decode your travel intent faster & better than anyone else. The purpose? To magically deliver perfectly tailored travel experiences instantly to your inbox. Free, transparent & directly bookable.
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