Marc Steven Schröder

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, MGV.VC | Investing in Early Stage Software Founders

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2022
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Mar 2022
Layr is the insurtech platform for efficient small commercial operations. Built by and for insurance brokers, Layr provides a white-labeled, technology-first experience that modernizes small commercial insurance policyholder experiences. Brokerages of all sizes use Layr to keep clients happy and focus brokers on the pursuit of higher revenue.
late stageInsurance
Board Member
Dec 2021
Catastrophe risk management solutions by Safehub. Get real-time, building-specific data when an earthquake or disaster strikes. Safehub’s IoT sensors and software provide the crucial data needed following a catastrophe. How our disaster management solution works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNobqemSxuU Improve your earthquake resilience with the earthquake damage information provided by our IoT building sensors and software. Structural Health Monitoring for Your Entire Portfolio For companies at risk of interruption due to earthquakes, Safehub provides a sensor and software solution that enables real-time situational awareness for resilience and business continuity professionals. With both immediate building-specific alerts and post-event analysis tools, Safehub goes well beyond existing generic alerting solutions to reduce business interruption losses. Our building sensors enable you to access real-time, accurate data about the structural health of your entire portfolio of buildings following an earthquake or disaster. Why Safehub? The top enterprise companies around the world rely on Safehub’s IoT sensors and software to determine structural integrity, building damage, and estimated downtime following a catastrophe, like an earthquake. Our affordable, scalable catastrophe risk management solution enables you to ensure the safety of your tenants and employees with real-time, accurate data.   Business Continuity - Minimize business interruption and prevent unnecessary financial loss. Increased Safety - Make informed decisions on when to escalate and evacuate to keep your people safe. Reduced Risk - Expedite emergency response and plan for future disasters. Insurance Data - Strengthen your claims and underwriting position. Visit our website to learn more and see our solution in action: https://safehub.io/
Board Member
Oct 2020
Resec provides organizations with a Zero Trust Prevention solution that eliminates all known and unknown file-based malware threats without compromising usability. Positioned as a formidable wall at the organization’s gateway, Resec utilizes advanced detection to identify and block all known threats, and market-leading Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) technology to eliminate all “Zero Day” attacks and false negatives. With Resec all files maintain native format and functionality, while processed at scale and in real time. This unique capability establishes Resec as the only gateway solution that offers airtight security, while maintaining maximum flexibility and usability. Resec is proud to protect highly sensitive global organizations from diverse industries, including finance, critical infrastructure, retail, aerospace, government, and military and defense.
Board Member
Mar 2019
Genus AI is a generative AI platform for D2C and e-commerce brands. The platform generates product catalog images, seed audiences, copy and video to help brands grow efficiently across social channels such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and X. Leading global brands are already using the platform with 10 million product images generated in 2023 alone. The platform is organized into a Creative Hub, Audience Hub and Reporting Hub to simplify and democratize access to cutting edge AI solutions for creative and performance marketers. Genus AI’s mission is to make AI accessible to brands of any size and support them in their growth.
Investor
Mar 2016
We are a seed investor focussing on B2B software startups in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. As a lead or co-investor, we initially invest up to 1 Mio EUR in our portfolio companies and give our founders sales and marketing support. Thus we actively add value to the operational business of our portfolio companies to enable faster growth.
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2022
Board Member
Mar 2022
Layr is the insurtech platform for efficient small commercial operations. Built by and for insurance brokers, Layr provides a white-labeled, technology-first experience that modernizes small commercial insurance policyholder experiences. Brokerages of all sizes use Layr to keep clients happy and focus brokers on the pursuit of higher revenue.
late stageInsurance
2021
Board Member
Dec 2021
Catastrophe risk management solutions by Safehub. Get real-time, building-specific data when an earthquake or disaster strikes. Safehub’s IoT sensors and software provide the crucial data needed following a catastrophe. How our disaster management solution works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNobqemSxuU Improve your earthquake resilience with the earthquake damage information provided by our IoT building sensors and software. Structural Health Monitoring for Your Entire Portfolio For companies at risk of interruption due to earthquakes, Safehub provides a sensor and software solution that enables real-time situational awareness for resilience and business continuity professionals. With both immediate building-specific alerts and post-event analysis tools, Safehub goes well beyond existing generic alerting solutions to reduce business interruption losses. Our building sensors enable you to access real-time, accurate data about the structural health of your entire portfolio of buildings following an earthquake or disaster. Why Safehub? The top enterprise companies around the world rely on Safehub’s IoT sensors and software to determine structural integrity, building damage, and estimated downtime following a catastrophe, like an earthquake. Our affordable, scalable catastrophe risk management solution enables you to ensure the safety of your tenants and employees with real-time, accurate data.   Business Continuity - Minimize business interruption and prevent unnecessary financial loss. Increased Safety - Make informed decisions on when to escalate and evacuate to keep your people safe. Reduced Risk - Expedite emergency response and plan for future disasters. Insurance Data - Strengthen your claims and underwriting position. Visit our website to learn more and see our solution in action: https://safehub.io/
2020
Board Member
Oct 2020
Resec provides organizations with a Zero Trust Prevention solution that eliminates all known and unknown file-based malware threats without compromising usability. Positioned as a formidable wall at the organization’s gateway, Resec utilizes advanced detection to identify and block all known threats, and market-leading Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) technology to eliminate all “Zero Day” attacks and false negatives. With Resec all files maintain native format and functionality, while processed at scale and in real time. This unique capability establishes Resec as the only gateway solution that offers airtight security, while maintaining maximum flexibility and usability. Resec is proud to protect highly sensitive global organizations from diverse industries, including finance, critical infrastructure, retail, aerospace, government, and military and defense.
2019
Board Member
Mar 2019
Genus AI is a generative AI platform for D2C and e-commerce brands. The platform generates product catalog images, seed audiences, copy and video to help brands grow efficiently across social channels such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and X. Leading global brands are already using the platform with 10 million product images generated in 2023 alone. The platform is organized into a Creative Hub, Audience Hub and Reporting Hub to simplify and democratize access to cutting edge AI solutions for creative and performance marketers. Genus AI’s mission is to make AI accessible to brands of any size and support them in their growth.
2018
Co-Founder
Jul 2018
Welcome to the InsurTech Symposium 2022! This exclusive event will once again bring together industry leaders from all over the world to discuss the huge changes taking place in the insurance industry. Join us on September 16th, 2021, in Cologne, and use this unique opportunity to come together in a select circle of fellow C-Levels from the Insurance industry, Investors, Business Angels, Venture Capitalists, Corporate VCs, and leading Start-Ups from the InsurTech & FinTech space. Thanks to our outstanding investors and a lineup of internationally renowned speakers and fresh start-ups we hope to present to you a day packed with insights, inspiration, and networking. Register now. We‘re accepting registrations on a first-come, first-served basis.
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