Munich\/ Berlin \u2014 Euro\u00adpean food tech VC Five Seasons Ventures has again inves\u00adted in Munich-based fragrance startup air up. Five Seasons Ventures led the finan\u00adcing round. Other exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors such as PepsiCo, Ippen Digi\u00adtal Media and Oyster Bay also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted. The round has a volume of over \u20ac 40 million. The new invest\u00adment is inten\u00added to drive inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion, the market launch of new flavors and bott\u00adles, and the expan\u00adsion of produc\u00adtion facilities.<\/p>\n
Lead inves\u00adtor Five Seasons Ventures<\/strong> is a Paris-based Euro\u00adpean venture capi\u00adta\u00adlist that aims to become the leading food tech VC in Europe, with an invest\u00adment focus on inno\u00adva\u00adtive tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies across the food value chain. In addi\u00adtion to the capi\u00adtal, the VC also offers exten\u00adsive tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and food exper\u00adtise as well as a large network with a wide range of indus\u00adtry cont\u00adacts. Five Seasons Ventures\u2019 port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies also include compa\u00adnies such as YFood Labs, Just Spices, Her1 or Nu Company (both from Germany).<\/p>\n air up is the worl\u00add\u2019s first drin\u00adking system that can flavor water just by adding scent. The foun\u00adders want to reduce the exces\u00adsive consump\u00adtion of sugar in the form of soft drinks and juices, and at the same time save CO2 and plas\u00adtic by redu\u00adcing the use of disposable bott\u00adles. air up GmbH was foun\u00added in 2019 and is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in the heart of Munich. The star\u00adter sets and fragrance pods are available at www.air-up.com, on Amazon and at selec\u00adted retail\u00aders such as Ross\u00admann. The foun\u00adders of Air Up (photo) are Jannis Koppitz, Tim J\u00e4ger, Fabian Schlang, Chris\u00adtian Hauth, Simon Nueesch, Lena J\u00fcngst, Jenna Wich\u00admann, Chris\u00adtian Demers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor Five Seasons Ventures: YPOG in Berlin<\/strong> About YPOG<\/strong> Munich\/ Berlin \u2014 Euro\u00adpean food tech VC Five Seasons Ventures has again inves\u00adted in Munich-based fragrance startup air up. Five Seasons Ventures led the finan\u00adcing round. Other exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors such as PepsiCo, Ippen Digi\u00adtal Media and Oyster Bay also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted. The round has a volume of over \u20ac 40 million. The new invest\u00adment is intended [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDr. Frede\u00adrik G\u00e4rt\u00adner (Corporate\/Venture Capi\u00adtal), Partner
\nDr. Bene\u00addikt Fl\u00f6ter (IP\/IT), Senior Associate
\nJonas Huth (Corporate\/Venture Capi\u00adtal), Associate
\nAlex\u00adan\u00adder Sekunde (Corporate\/Venture Capi\u00adtal), Associate<\/p>\n
\nYPOG is a specia\u00adlist tax and commer\u00adcial law firm, opera\u00adting in the core areas of corpo\u00adrate, funds, liti\u00adga\u00adtion, tax, tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, IT\/IP and nota\u00adrial services. The YPOG team advi\u00adses a wide variety of clients. These include emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and family-run medium-sized enter\u00adpri\u00adses as well as corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons and private equity\/venture capi\u00adtal funds. Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 2017, the firm has become one of the leading addres\u00adses for venture capi\u00adtal, private equity and fund struc\u00adtu\u00adring in Germany. The firm and its part\u00adners are natio\u00adnally and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally ranked by JUVE, Best Lawy\u00aders, Legal 500, Focus, and Cham\u00adbers and Part\u00adners. Today, YPOG employs more than 70 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced lawy\u00aders, tax advi\u00adsors, tax specia\u00adlists and a notary in three offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Colo\u00adgne. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion: www.ypog.law and www.linkedin.com\/company\/ypog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"