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
In 2013, Dirk Fehse followed the approach of the sharing economy and started PaulCamper – a platform connecting owners of campervans and motorhomes with likeminded people to hire those for their holidays – straightforward, personal, fair and safe due to a specifically developed insurance in partnership with Allianz. In 2022, Dirk joined forces with Camplify, creating one of the biggest camper-sharing portals in the world with more than 80.000 bookings per year. 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
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
Operations
Jonas is a corporate consultant, responsible for the operations at LIOS Ventures. He holds a B.Sc. in economics.
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
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.
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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.