Thies Sander was one of the founding managing directors who helped prepare Project A's launch back in 2012, and he's remained central to the firm's leadership ever since, including its institutional and legal representation. He tends to stay out of the spotlight compared to many VCs, showing up more in founder and team settings than in self-promotional press, even as colleagues credit him directly for his work behind major firm efforts like fundraising.
About their Fund
Project A is a venture capital fund founded in Berlin by former Rocket Internet colleagues, with early backing from Otto Group and Axel Springer, that built an in-house team of roughly 100–140 specialists in engineering, product, data, marketing, sales, recruiting, and design who logged over 100,000 support hours for portfolio companies in a single year, while also holding meaningful ownership stakes of 10–35% in the companies it backs. Beyond typical early-stage investing, the firm has expanded into private-equity co-investments, having made 11 such deals with plans to invest up to $80M more, and has backed category leaders like Trade Republic, KRY, sennder, WorldRemit, Spryker, Voi, and Catawiki across sectors such as consumer finance, digital health, logistics, mobility, and commerce infrastructure.
















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