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Christoph Janz

Managing Partner at Point Nine

Germany

Overview 

Christoph Janz is a notable Early-stage SaaS VC based in Germany, known for his role as Managing Partner at Point Nine. With a successful track record of investing in companies like CloudTalk and Juro, he specializes in funding early-stage startups in sectors such as SaaS, local services, and education, with a focus on diverse founders and impactful ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2011 - Current

    Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage internet investments that I co-founded in 2011. We have invested in SaaS startups such as Algolia, Automile, Contentful, and Typeform, as well as online marketplaces like Brainly, DocPlanner, and StarOfService.

  • Co-founder & Chief Product Officer (acquired by LiveUniverse)

    2005 - 2008

    - As Pageflakes' founding CEO, I led the company from inception through major platform launches, award-winning product designs, Series A funding from Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Europe) and executive hiring. - Hired industry veteran out of Yahoo! as CEO and subsequently drove Pageflakes' product development, responsible for overall product vision, roadmap planning and execution. - Following the company's relocation to SF and its acquisition by LiveUniverse, stepped down from CPO position to become an advisor to the CEO.

  • Advisor

    2000 - 2005

    tangible engineering GmbH, euforo GmbH, CalendarHub Inc

  • Non-exec co-founder

    2003 - 2004

    As a close advisor to the CEO, I helped build one of the first social networking services in Germany.

  • Co-founder & Managing Director

    1997 - 2000

    Co-founded DealPilot.com, an early leader in online comparison shopping, funded by Bertelsmann Ventures.

  • Co-founder & Managing Director

    1993 - 1997

    Software mail-order and PC game development

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