Jan Miczaika

Partner at HV

๐Ÿ“ Berlin, Berlin, Germany๐Ÿ”„ Updated October 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 13 investments๐Ÿ“… 15 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jul 2024๐• @upgrade_to_unlock
VC๐ŸŒ Germany
13
Total investments
8
Early stage
3
Mid stage
0
Late stage
15y
Years active

Portfolio

12 investments ยท sorted by recency
All investments
Early stage
Mid stage
Late stage
Board Member
Jul 2024
At Again we put COโ‚‚ to good use. By combining millennia-old bacteria with cutting-edge technology, we turn COโ‚‚ into carbon negative chemicals. Our novel biomanufacturing process collects the unavoidable carbon outputs from industry and reuses them to manufacture emission-free chemicals - a win-win for everyone. Weโ€™re leading the positive shift. Showing people that our world does have a future. If you think weโ€™re doomed โ€“ think Again.
Board Observer
Dec 2023
Kipu Quantum is a German quantum computing startup based in Karlsruhe and Berlin. We meet customer needs by tackling real-world problems for a variety of business domains. What makes Kipu unique is our focus on application- and hardware-specific quantum algorithms that are packaged into software products. Kipu operates at the nexus of customer use cases, hardware platforms, and the software layer - because quantum computers are still more than 10 years away from solving meaningful problems with standard approaches. We intend to drastically reduce the time to useful quantum computing - our solutions enable customers to derive value from quantum computing years ahead of other approaches, i.e. not just in the distant future.
Board Observer
Jun 2023
NEURA Robotics is a German high-tech company founded in 2019 in Metzingen near Stuttgart with the goal to revolutionize the world of robotics. Our mission is to expand the skill set of robots with cognitive capabilities so that they can work with humans in existing environments without having to invest in complex and costly safety systems. We aim to help make numerous fields of work more attractive, safer, and more social. Our guiding principle โ€œwe serve humanityโ€ sums up this mission. Today, more than 1500 team members from over 45 countries are working on advanced technology in the fields of environmental perception, drive and control technology, materials science, mechanical design, and AI. By developing all key components such as AI, control software, sensor technology, and mechanical components in-house, the development team has made groundbreaking progress in a variety of areas. With products such as MAiRA, the worldโ€™s first cognitive robot, or MiPA, a household and service robot, humanity awaits a new era of robotics. NEURA Robotics is currently working on launching 4NE1 (โ€œFor Anyoneโ€), the first humanoid robot ready for series production. With the Neuraverse, a comprehensive ecosystem for innovations in the field of cognitive robotics, NEURA Robotics is creating an important technical basis for automation solutions and enabling the networking of robots and partner companies on a global scale.
Board Member
Mar 2023
Cloud Infrastructure for Digital Sovereignty Impossible Cloud, headquartered in Hamburg (Germany), is one of Europeโ€™s leading providers of S3-compatible object storage. More than 1,200 enterprises already rely on the GDPR-compliant solution to securely store, archive, and manage their data in certified data centers that meet the highest security standards. Whether for backup, disaster recovery, tape-to-cloud, or ransomware protection, Impossible Cloud empowers digital sovereignty with full data control, seamless integration, intuitive handling, and future-proof technology. Switch to Impossible Cloud today! Impossible Cloud combines the highest security standards, European data sovereignty, and full S3 compatibility into one object storage solution: - ISO-certified with country-specific geofencing - Multi-layer encryption, Object Lock & IAM - Out-of-the-box integrations with all leading backup tools - Ideal for tape-to-cloud, backup & disaster recovery, or ransomware protection use cases - Full data control โ€“ without CLOUD Act risks, according to EU standards and regulations - No egress or API fees, no minimum storage duration Switch to Impossible Cloud today!
Board Member
Dec 2021
informed โ€” Building GenAI for the Content and News Industry.
early stageOnline Media
Board Member
Dec 2020
Meet experts from areas such as business, self love, dating, career, finance, nutrition, sports, comedy and many more. Connect, interact and grow.
Board Observer
Oct 2020
DELLI is a food platform to shop independently made products by unique makers. Real food. Real people. Real different. Do food DIFFERENTLLI on DELLI.
early stageFood & Beverages
Board Member
Dec 2019
Planet Wild is a global community of people who care deeply about nature and want to help our planet bounce back. We are on a mission to bring back endangered species, clean up our oceans and rewild entire landscapes with your help. ๐Ÿค Does your business have an interest in rewilding? Partner with Planet Wild to fund groundbreaking rewilding missions, showcase your environmental leadership and create real impact. Take a look at our offer here: https://planetwild.com/businesses. EVERY MONTH, we work with wildlife pioneers worldwide to ๐Ÿฆ bring back endangered species ๐ŸŒŠ protect oceans and aquatic life ๐ŸŒณ revive forests and rewild landscapes. EVERY MEMBER can vote on how we spend the money. EVERY MISSION is documented in videos. 100% transparency. EVERYONE can join. The bigger the community grows, the bigger these missions will get!
Board Member
Aug 2019
We believe every author should have an equal opportunity to succeed. Therefore, our mission is to discover hidden talents and turn them into globally successful authors. Inkitt is a pioneer at the forefront of Data Driven Publishing. Using an analytic and objective approach, weโ€™ve discovered hundreds of talented authors around the world with over 50% of our published authors achieving $100,000+ in sales. We have forever changed the traditional publishing model by inventing an algorithm which analyzes users reading behavior to identify hits, in turn removing subjectivity from the equation. This gives Inkitt the unique ability to discover hidden talents that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. Hits that are identified by our algorithm, are then licensed to and distributed on our Galatea app where we systematically generate blockbusters by A/B testing the content of our stories. This process is our own unique creation, and something which has never before been done in the entertainment industry. At present, we are an international team of 85 passionate and dedicated inventors and entrepreneurs and we are growing quickly. We are proud that our mission has persuaded early investors in Google and Spotify to back us, as well as attracted talents from Netflix, Activision Blizzard, DeliveryHero, Babbel, and N26 to join us. We invent new solutions to problems we encounter, as opposed to simply iterating upon existing solutions. Join us to build the Disney of the 21st Century! FT1000: #8 Fastest-Growing Company in Europe 2023
Board Member
Nov 2018
Scoutbee drives better business outcomes by giving companies the actionable insights they need to perfect the supply base and advance strategic initiatives, such as risk management, ESG and innovation. The Scoutbee Intelligence Platform (SIP) uses graph technology and predictive and prescriptive analytics to deliver holistic supplier visibility that helps procurement make confident supplier decisions, drive cross-functional efficiency, and optimize their existing technology investments. Scoutbeeโ€™s AI-powered data foundation connects teams to any data point โ€“ internal, external, third-party, and more โ€“ and any data combination necessary to orchestrate a resilient, competitive, and sustainable supply base. Scoutbee is a global company with employees from 20+ countries. Learn more at https://scoutbee.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
Board Member
Jun 2018
alphin is the leading marketing platform for local businesses in Europe. alphin provides local business owners with easy and affordable software solutions to centralize and automate their full customer lifecycle management. Currently, 1000+ local businesses in Austria, Germany, Israel and the UK rely on alphin, when it comes to winning and retaining clients through all relevant online channels. Digital marketing offers local companies unprecedented opportunities to grow quickly and sustainably. With alphin 80+ digital native and local loving people from all over the world made it their mission to ensure that every single local business can benefit from it. And that every local business owner can thereby focus on what they really love: their business. Interested in some hard facts? alphin was founded in 2017, is headquartered in Berlin and generates a 7-figure ARR already today.
Board Member
Aug 2017
Offer investments to your end users via our Investment API. Regulatory licenses included. ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž: ๐”๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐Ÿ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐”๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ.๐œ๐จ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ž: ๐”๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐๐Ÿ๐-๐”๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐›๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง ๐ค๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ค๐ญ ๐š๐ง. ๐–๐ž๐ง๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ ๐ค๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง, ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐›๐ญ, ๐”๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ก๐ง๐ž๐ง ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จฬˆ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จฬˆ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ค๐ž๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐›๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ญ, ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ž ๐š๐ฎ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ.๐œ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง, ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ก๐จฬˆ๐œ๐ก๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ก๐ซ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ง ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ .
Experience ยท 16 entries
All (16)
Investments (13)
Founder (1)
Board (12)
2024
Board Member
Jul 2024
At Again we put COโ‚‚ to good use. By combining millennia-old bacteria with cutting-edge technology, we turn COโ‚‚ into carbon negative chemicals. Our novel biomanufacturing process collects the unavoidable carbon outputs from industry and reuses them to manufacture emission-free chemicals - a win-win for everyone. Weโ€™re leading the positive shift. Showing people that our world does have a future. If you think weโ€™re doomed โ€“ think Again.
2023
Board Observer
Dec 2023
Kipu Quantum is a German quantum computing startup based in Karlsruhe and Berlin. We meet customer needs by tackling real-world problems for a variety of business domains. What makes Kipu unique is our focus on application- and hardware-specific quantum algorithms that are packaged into software products. Kipu operates at the nexus of customer use cases, hardware platforms, and the software layer - because quantum computers are still more than 10 years away from solving meaningful problems with standard approaches. We intend to drastically reduce the time to useful quantum computing - our solutions enable customers to derive value from quantum computing years ahead of other approaches, i.e. not just in the distant future.
Board Observer
Jun 2023
NEURA Robotics is a German high-tech company founded in 2019 in Metzingen near Stuttgart with the goal to revolutionize the world of robotics. Our mission is to expand the skill set of robots with cognitive capabilities so that they can work with humans in existing environments without having to invest in complex and costly safety systems. We aim to help make numerous fields of work more attractive, safer, and more social. Our guiding principle โ€œwe serve humanityโ€ sums up this mission. Today, more than 1500 team members from over 45 countries are working on advanced technology in the fields of environmental perception, drive and control technology, materials science, mechanical design, and AI. By developing all key components such as AI, control software, sensor technology, and mechanical components in-house, the development team has made groundbreaking progress in a variety of areas. With products such as MAiRA, the worldโ€™s first cognitive robot, or MiPA, a household and service robot, humanity awaits a new era of robotics. NEURA Robotics is currently working on launching 4NE1 (โ€œFor Anyoneโ€), the first humanoid robot ready for series production. With the Neuraverse, a comprehensive ecosystem for innovations in the field of cognitive robotics, NEURA Robotics is creating an important technical basis for automation solutions and enabling the networking of robots and partner companies on a global scale.
Board Member
Mar 2023
Cloud Infrastructure for Digital Sovereignty Impossible Cloud, headquartered in Hamburg (Germany), is one of Europeโ€™s leading providers of S3-compatible object storage. More than 1,200 enterprises already rely on the GDPR-compliant solution to securely store, archive, and manage their data in certified data centers that meet the highest security standards. Whether for backup, disaster recovery, tape-to-cloud, or ransomware protection, Impossible Cloud empowers digital sovereignty with full data control, seamless integration, intuitive handling, and future-proof technology. Switch to Impossible Cloud today! Impossible Cloud combines the highest security standards, European data sovereignty, and full S3 compatibility into one object storage solution: - ISO-certified with country-specific geofencing - Multi-layer encryption, Object Lock & IAM - Out-of-the-box integrations with all leading backup tools - Ideal for tape-to-cloud, backup & disaster recovery, or ransomware protection use cases - Full data control โ€“ without CLOUD Act risks, according to EU standards and regulations - No egress or API fees, no minimum storage duration Switch to Impossible Cloud today!
2021
Board Member
Dec 2021
informed โ€” Building GenAI for the Content and News Industry.
early stageOnline Media
Show all 16 entries โ†“
Investment activity
2011โ€“2024 ยท 13 investments
2011120171201822019220202202112023320241
Recent (last 2 years)Earlier