Pre-seed & seed · Foodtech & healthtech · DACH
Solema Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed foodtech and healthtech start-ups from the DACH region. With capital and hands-on scaling experience, Solema supports founding teams from proof of concept to investor readiness.
Investment focus
Solema Ventures backs start-ups that make healthy and sustainable nutrition more accessible – from new protein sources and fermentation to functional foods, for example for gut health, and consumer brands that bring healthy enjoyment into everyday life.
The focus is on solutions that make care simpler, gentler and more accessible: outpatient instead of inpatient treatment, minimally invasive therapies, and diagnostics where people already are – at the optician, for example.
The common denominator: Whether consumer, patient or professional user – what matters is that a product makes something noticeably easier.
Value add
Expanding food and drugstore ranges in e-commerce, building multi-channel sales with opticians on board, and value creation in dental distribution.
Experience from building digital growth areas at an e-commerce company that grew revenue from €430m to €1.5bn in five years.
Rigorous testing of assumptions, clear priorities and plans in the language of investors – drawn from commercial due diligence and value creation projects.
Customer needs are translated into concrete offerings, with business and tech working hand in hand.
Access to retail, the Mittelstand, private equity and advisory boards.
“The best business models emerge where something becomes easier for people.”Magdalena Prettl
The founder
Magdalena Prettl is the founder of Solema Ventures. She supports early-stage digital business models, especially in retail, consumer and e-commerce, drawing on hands-on operational experience. At a corporate start-up she took a venture idea through to proof of concept, and for a luxury eyewear brand she built the online shop in an omnichannel setting.
She built her operational foundation at zooplus, where she helped shape digital growth areas during a period in which revenue grew from around €430m to €1.5bn. In strategy consulting at L.E.K. Consulting and Roland Berger, she assessed business models and go-to-market strategies. Today she supports private equity investments and mid-sized companies on their path to digital growth.
Above all, she brings founders one thing: an honest test of the assumptions behind their plans – even when it gets uncomfortable – and a consistently user-centric perspective.
Send your pitch deck as a PDF along with two or three sentences on the problem, your solution and where you stand. Solema Ventures will get back to you within two weeks.
