What Liberty Ventures does

Liberty Ventures GmbH is a Berlin-based, privately-held venture capital firm co-founded and managed by Felix Swoboda and Florian Swoboda, both serving as Geschäftsführer (Managing Directors). The firm operates with a two-person team and focuses on early-stage investments, providing capital alongside hands-on operational support and access to an industry network to founders building companies. Its positioning is encapsulated in the tagline 'By Founders For Founders', emphasizing the partners' own entrepreneurial backgrounds as a differentiator versus purely financial investors.

The firm's investment model is a sales-led, founder-network-driven approach: deal sourcing is conducted through direct outreach and inbound inquiries via the firm's website contact form (libertyventures.de), with engagement described as a partnership rather than a transactional investor relationship. Investment terms are not publicly disclosed and are negotiated deal-by-deal. Liberty Ventures generates returns through equity stakes in portfolio companies, with exits realized through acquisitions or IPOs; financial mechanics (management fees, carried interest, fund vehicles, AUM) are not publicly disclosed.

The disclosed portfolio comprises 14 companies spanning digital health (Medbelle, smilers), logistics and warehousing (Warehousing1), construction (Construyo), housing and coliving (COSI, HABYT), food and consumer (The Naked Market), fintech and payments (Barzahlen.de — exited, Loanlink), media and content (Kitchen Stories — exited), mobility and automotive (Juno&Me), B2B marketplaces (Mercavus), energy (PowerUs), and platform/technology (Supercast). Two portfolio exits (Barzahlen.de and Kitchen Stories) are highlighted on the website. Operating geography is centred on Berlin, Germany (registered office: Alte Potsdamer Str. 11), with the most recent public activity being a panel appearance at the Imagination in Action summit in Boston in April 2026.

Name

Liberty Ventures

Legal name

Liberty Ventures GmbH

Website

https://libertyventures.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Liberty Ventures GmbH is a Berlin-based, two-person early-stage venture capital firm founded by Felix and Florian Swoboda that invests in founders across healthcare, fintech, real estate, construction, energy, and consumer, offering capital plus operational support and network access.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early-Stage Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Miscellaneous Intermediation (523910)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Late-Stage Venture Capital (Series C+) (FSANAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Venture Studios / Company Builders (FSANAAAH)

Keywords

• Early-stage venture capital
• Startup funding
• Founder partnership
• Seed investment
• Operational support

Headquarters

HQ city

Englewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: Liberty Ventures generates returns through equity investments in early-stage companies. The firm invests capital in exchange for ownership stakes and aims to realize returns through portfolio company exits (acquisitions, IPOs). Portfolio companies include Medbelle, Warehousing1, Construyo, COSI, The Naked Market, Barzahlen.de, Kitchen Stories, Juno&Me, Loanlink, Mercavus, HABYT, PowerUs, Supercast, and smilers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Liberty Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests equity capital in startup founders and complements the capital with hands-on operational support and access to a large industry network. The firm invests at an early stage, takes ownership stakes in portfolio companies, and aims to generate returns through portfolio exits such as acquisitions or IPOs.

Product overview

Liberty Ventures is a Berlin-based venture capital firm that operates as a single, unified investment offering rather than a product portfolio. The company provides early-stage funding and operational support to founders building companies across diverse sectors. Their portfolio encompasses multiple portfolio companies including Medbelle (digital health), Warehousing1 (logistics), Construyo (construction services), COSI (living/coliving), The Naked Market (foodtech), Barzahlen.de (payment solutions), Kitchen Stories (cooking content), Juno&Me (insurance), Loanlink (lending), Mercavus (B2B marketplace), HABYT (housing), PowerUs (energy), Supercast (podcasting), and smilers (dental services). These are separate, independent companies that Liberty Ventures has invested in, not modules or sub-products of a unified platform offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Early-stage venture capital investment with operational support A bundled offering for startup founders that combines equity capital investment at an early stage with active hands-on operational support and access to a broad industry network. The service is targeted at entrepreneurs building outstanding companies who need both funding and experienced partnership.

Named customers14 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Imagination in ActionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 April 2026Liberty Ventures participated as a panelist at the Imagination in Action summit in Boston on April 9-10, 2026. Panelists from Fidelity Investments, Liberty Ventures, Intrepid Growth Partners, and Offscript debated capital allocation strategies in AI, noting that intelligence is becoming commoditized and exceptional founders are increasingly valuing equity differently.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Target Global: Berlin-based multi-stage VC with broad European sector exposure including fintech, mobility, and consumer — comparable in geography and breadth though typically writing larger checks.
• HV Capital: Cologne/Berlin-headquartered German VC with seed through growth stages across fintech, consumer, and enterprise — broader and more institutional than Liberty but operating in the same German ecosystem.
• Y Combinator: The dominant global early-stage investor/accelerator offering seed capital plus hands-on founder support — analogous operating model (capital + operational mentorship) to Liberty Ventures but at vastly greater scale.

Regional players

• Creandum: Northern European (Stockholm-based) early-stage VC with a founder-friendly, hands-on approach across multiple sectors — comparable thesis to Liberty Ventures but focused on Nordics rather than DACH.

Direct peers

• Speedinvest: Vienna-based early-stage VC investing across multiple European verticals with hands-on founder support, directly comparable to Liberty Ventures' Berlin-anchored, founder-first seed strategy.
• Antler: Global early-stage VC and venture builder with active Berlin presence, providing capital plus hands-on company-building support — comparable founder-first, builder-oriented model to Liberty Ventures.
• Earlybird Venture Capital: One of Berlin's longest-standing early-stage VCs with broad sector exposure across digital health, fintech, and enterprise — comparable to Liberty Ventures in stage, geography, and sector breadth.
• Cherry Ventures: Berlin-based early-stage VC led by former operators with a hands-on, founder-empowering thesis — closely mirroring Liberty Ventures' 'By Founders, For Founders' positioning and European focus.
• Project A Ventures: Berlin-based early-stage VC providing operational support and a 'venture builder' model to portfolio companies — closely aligned with Liberty Ventures' hands-on, builder-style value proposition.
• Point Nine Capital: Berlin-based seed-stage VC with a multi-sector portfolio of B2B SaaS, fintech, and consumer investments — directly comparable stage, geography, and founder-support orientation.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments6 records

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