Stephan Seyboth

About

Stephan Seyboth is a co-founder and general partner at Fly Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Berlin. **Background and Experience:** * Prior to Fly Ventures, Seyboth was a product manager at Google for seven years, where he led products in Maps and Search. * He has also worked as a software engineer, engineering lead, co-founder, and CTO in various startups. * Seyboth attended TUM (Technical University of Munich), IITB (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) and the Center for Digital Technology and Management. He graduated from CDTM in Spring 2004. **Fly Ventures:** * Fly Ventures is a specialized VC that supports technical founders in Europe from day zero to seed stage. * The firm was co-founded by Stephan Seyboth, Gabriel Matuschka, and Fredrik Bergenlid. * Fly Ventures uses AI and machine learning to identify investment opportunities. Their software can find over 1,000 new companies a week. * The firm focuses on AI companies with a high degree of automation through software. They invest in sectors like fintech, HR and recruiting, mobility, and health. * Fly Ventures typically invests in businesses raising between $1 million and $2.5 million. Minimum check size is $500K and maximum check size is $5M. * Fly Ventures' portfolio companies have raised in excess of $1 billion in follow-on funding from some of the world's best VCs. **Investment Strategy and Portfolio:** * Fly Ventures' investment thesis involves identifying and backing startups l