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Testimonial: sennder David Nothacker

sennder is an incredible success story: The company became Europe’s leading digital freight forwarder in only a couple of years. Rising to the status of unicorn in 2021, we continue to support sennder, having invested early on at seed stage.

Trade Republic is Europe’s mobile-first commission free broker. Its mission is to democratize access to capital markets and close the European pension gap. After raising one of the largest funding rounds in Europe, Trade Republic now ranks among the highest valued FinTechs.

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Kry has taken telemedicine to the next level enabling people across Europe to see a doctor without actually having to go to one. We first invested in Kry’s seed round. Since then Kry has become a European unicorn in the digital healthcare market.

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Founded in 2014, Spryker enables companies to build sophisticated transactional business models in unified commerce including B2B, B2C, and Enterprise Marketplaces. It is the most modern platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution with headless & API-based architecture that is cloud and enterprise-ready. We have been part of their journey since their very beginning.

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- Malin Posern will lead the firm’s growing London office and focus on Early-Stage investments in the UK and Nordics 
- Project A is committed to bringing the Operational VC Model, in collaboration with its Berlin hub, to the wider European ecosystem

__Berlin/London, 21.09.2023.__ Project A officially welcomes Malin Posern as Partner and Managing Director UK. Combining deep investment and operational expertise along with her Nordic heritage and extensive experience in the UK, Malin will strengthen the firm’s geographic coverage and double down on Project A’s effort to back the next generation of startups in the UK and Nordics.

Malin joins from early-stage venture firm Passion Capital and previously worked as an investor at Index Ventures focusing on consumer and business applications in the Nordics and DACH regions. She also served on the Executive Team at Browns Fashion, where she built the retail brand into a key strategic pillar for the Farfetch Group. Malin started her career at Bain & Company in Stockholm and holds a Master of Engineering as well as a Master of Science in Biotechnology from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

### Growing London office reinforcing Project A’s commitment to the European ecosystem

Malin joins Project A’s growing London office, which includes Principal Mila Cramer as well as Jack Wang, founding Principal of our London office, and two investment associates. London has also become a hub for our investor relations team where Aggy Galieva and Andrea Emanuelli oversee fundraising and global relationships with limited partners. 

The team works closely with the wider Project A investment team and operational platform of over 120 functional experts in the Berlin hub. This further expansion reinforces the company’s commitment to the European ecosystem and builds on its history of notable investments in local companies such as WorldRemit, Unmind, Kry, Voi and Dixa.

“I am thrilled to be joining the talented Project A team and to be part of building an exceptional firm. We have an ever-growing ambition to partner with the most compelling entrepreneurs. I look forward to leveraging Project A’s platform and to the privilege of supporting fantastic founders in the UK, Nordics and beyond”, __Malin Posern__ says.

__Uwe Horstmann__, General Partner and Co-Founder of Project A, adds: “We couldn’t be more excited to have Malin join us. She is an excellent investor and operator who, together with the team, will be looking at expanding early-stage tech investments from Pre-Seed to Series A. We want to give founders in the UK and the Nordics all the benefits of having a local partner, whilst providing them with the opportunity to work with our operational team. With Malin and the team in London we are well positioned to do exactly that.”

__About Project A:__ Project A is one of the leading early-stage tech investors in Europe with offices in Berlin and London. The Operational VC supports its portfolio companies with a team of over 120 functional experts in key areas such as software and product development, business intelligence, brand, design, marketing, sales and recruitment. The firm was founded in 2012 and has backed more than 100 startups. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, WorldRemit, sennder, KRY, Spryker, Catawiki, Unmind and Voi.

Project A welcomes Malin Posern as Partner to double down on operational model in the UK and Nordics

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Malin Posern joins Project A as Partner

__Berlin, 19 September 2023.__ Project A leads a €1.15m pre-seed round for [ARX](https://www.arx-landsysteme.de/), a defence technology manufacturer specialising in developing autonomous unmanned systems for dual-use applications.

ARX builds and operates autonomous Single-to-Multi-Use robots for various applications. The goal is to help soldiers and civilian first responders make better decisions and take more effective action in life-threatening situations. The company’s small to medium-sized autonomous robots are based on a universal robotic platform that allows for flexible add-on and payload solutions for the UGV depending on different security and defence-related scenarios. 

For defence use cases, ARX robots can serve as smart moving targets for live fire exercises as well as a mission-critical asset in the field that detects and deceives opposing forces by operating as a decoy and alarm device. In the future, ARX AI-powered software will let its robots autonomously function in a swarm so that they support each other in case one system breaks down.

For commercial and civilian users such as civilian emergency services, ARX can access rough terrain and for example, transport mobile relays in disaster regions to provide internet connectivity. 

Uwe Horstmann, General Partner at Project A: "ARX has the potential to become a European player in the field of unmanned autonomous ground vehicles for military and civilian purposes. ARX convinced us with a unique combination of hardware and software, a wide scenario of potential dual-use applications and vast expert knowledge within the team."

Project A invests in dual-use technology manufacturer ARX



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Project A invests in DefenceTech ARX

__Berlin, 08.09.2023.__ Project A portfolio company [Ello](https://www.ello.com/) raises a $15m Series A funding round. Ello has developed one of the most advanced AI reading coaches for children. The company's proprietary speech recognition technology listens, understands, and engages with children to teach them critical reading skills, help them pronounce words and ultimately make learning more accessible.

Project A first invested in Ello's seed funding round. Read more about Ello on [Techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/07/ai-reading-coach-startup-ello-raises-15-million-to-bolster-child-literacy/).

EdTech Ello raises $15m Series A

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EdTech Ello raises $15m USD Series A

__Berlin, 11.08.2023.__ Project A leads the pre-seed funding round for [11x](https://11x.ai/). The London-based company builds autonomous AI digital workers able to automate many day-to-day tasks.

Read more about 11x on [Techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/11/11xai-closes-2-million-pre-seed-to-create-autonomous-ai-workers/).

11x: $2m pre-seed for autonomous AI workers

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$2m pre-seed to launch AI Digital workers - Project A invests in 11x

__Berlin, 14.02.2023.__ Project A expands the management team of its operational services. Thuy Ngan Trinh, CMO, and Stephan Schulze, CTO, join Operating Partner Rainer Berak in leading the team of around 140 functional experts at Project A. The new management team will continue to develop Project A's operational support for the portfolio, working closely with the company's partners and investment team.

“Both Thuy Ngan and Stephan have been invaluable drivers for the way Project A supports our ventures over the last years. Their new role will allow us to help scale even further both the tech and commercial sides of our portfolio companies whenever they need it”, says Rainer Berak, Operating Partner Project A Ventures.

Project A’s unique “operational VC” model enables all its portfolio companies to access a wide range of operational support services aimed at scaling their business and their technology. This includes key areas such as as software engineering, product development, business intelligence, brand and communications, data, marketing, sales and recruiting.

Thuy Ngan has been with the company since 2015, leading various marketing positions and rising to the position of CMO in which she actively supports Project A’s portfolio companies in growing their business. Stephan Schulze also joined in 2015, he mentors and advises CTOs of the companies backed by Project A and helps them build scalable and successful tech organizations and products.
