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OBI Squared Ventures

OBI Squared Ventures

Cologneobi.de

Overview

OBI Squared Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of OBI, investing in early-stage (Pre-Seed to Series A) startups in the ClimateTech, PropTech, and Circular Retail sectors.

Year Founded

2021

Portfolio Companies

2

Website

obi.de

Investments

OBI Squared Ventures investments
CompanyDateStageLead
TAWO GmbHMar 2026Early FundingCo-investor
TAWO GmbHMar 2026DebtCo-investor
42wattJan 2024SeedCo-investor

Key People

Christian Brieskorn

Managing Director OBI Hungary

Jennifer Weihs

Managing Director People & Org Development CHRO

Martin Nanke

SVP Category Management & Partnering Managing Director

Müdessir Yüksel

Store Managing Director

Julia Fritsch

Advanced Partner Managerin

Maximilian Auweiler

Partner Integration Manager

Nils Jansen

Lead Partner Manager

Tim Schreckenberg

Junior Partner Manager

Lisa Holtz

Senior Project Lead Franchise Partner Integration

Andreas Eckert

Principal People Tech Transformation

Daniel Kuhn

Principal Commercial Transformation

Florian Schulte

Principal (Head of)

Hendrik Seidel

Principal Legal Counsel

Katharina Gräf

Principal Franchising Strategy & Business Development

Kira Alers

Principal Transformation

Mathias Maierhofer

Principal Category Management

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Investment Activity

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HeadquartersCologne
Year Founded2021

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