SquareOne
SquareOne (formerly Paua Ventures, founded 2010 in Berlin) is an early-stage German venture capital firm investing at pre-seed and seed in B2B enterprise software, SaaS and deeptech founders across Europe. It has invested in more than 40 startups including Stripe, Pipedrive, Wandelbots and Detectify, and launched its EUR 100M third fund (SquareOne III) in December 2022.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
2 funds tracked, 33 portfolio companies (26 active · 7 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
33 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund SquareOne has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
SquareOne IIIVC2022 · 4yr€100M14 active
Unrealized
14 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software |  Germany | 2023 | |
| ClimateTech | Germany | 2024 | |
| Energy | Germany | 2025 | |
| Cybersecurity | Germany | 2021 | |
| MedTech |  Austria | 2024 | |
| Biotech | Austria | 2025 | |
| Fintech |  France | 2022 | |
| Logistics | Germany | 2025 | |
| SaaS | Germany | 2022 | |
| SaaS | Germany | 2022 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2024 | |
| Software |  US | 2025 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2021 | |
| Deep Tech |  Switzerland | 2025 |
Germany· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2021Austria· Entry 2024Austria· Entry 2025France· Entry 2022Germany· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2022Germany· Entry 2022Germany· Entry 2024US· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2021Switzerland· Entry 2025Paua Ventures Fund IVC2015 · 11yr€55M12 active · 7 realized
Unrealized
12 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2018 | |
| Software |  Spain | 2017 | |
| Software | Austria | 2020 | |
| Software | Germany | 2020 | |
| Software |  Ireland | 2020 | |
| SaaS | Germany | 2021 | |
| SaaS | Estonia | 2020 | |
| AI/ML | Germany | 2018 | |
| Software | Germany | 2020 | |
| Fintech | US | 2015 | |
| Consumer | Poland | 2017 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2018 |
Germany· Entry 2018Spain· Entry 2017Austria· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2020Ireland· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2021Germany· Entry 2018Germany· Entry 2020US· Entry 2015Germany· Entry 2018Realized
7 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Tech | US | 2020 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Cybersecurity |  Sweden | 2015 | 2024 | Secondary | – | ||
| Fintech | India | 2021 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| HealthTech | Germany | 2020 | 2026 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| SaaS | Estonia | 2015 | 2020 | Secondary | – | ||
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2017 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| HealthTech | Germany | 2020 | 2024 | Trade Sale | – |
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