YPOG advises Speedinvest on further continuation vehicle

Berlin — Speed­in­vest, a leading Euro­pean venture capi­tal fund mana­ger, has laun­ched another conti­nua­tion vehicle with a volume of € 30 million. The anchor inves­tor of the new vehicle is Ion Paci­fic. A YPOG team led by Stephan Bank and Michael Fili­po­wicz advi­sed Speed­in­vest on the struc­tu­ring and launch of the new conti­nua­tion vehicle. 

The new vehicle directly follows Speed­in­ves­t’s first Conti­nua­tion Fund, which was successfully laun­ched in Septem­ber 2025 with the support of YPOG. It enables the acqui­si­tion of further selec­ted invest­ments from exis­ting Speed­in­vest funds and crea­tes liqui­dity for exis­ting inves­tors as well as addi­tio­nal growth poten­tial for the port­fo­lio companies. 

Speed­in­vest once again relied on the proven YPOG team led by part­ner Stephan Bank, which has been support­ing the venture capi­tal inves­tor in all aspects of fund struc­tu­ring for many years. “The launch of another conti­nua­tion vehicle under­lines Speed­in­ves­t’s inno­va­tive strength and the trust of its inves­tors,” says Stephan Bank. “The paral­lel imple­men­ta­tion of two complex conti­nua­tion vehic­les with diffe­rent inves­tors and port­fo­lios proves how profes­sio­nally and stra­te­gi­cally adept the Speed­in­vest team is,” adds Michael Filipowicz. 

Advi­sor Speed­In­vest: YPOG

Dr. Stephan Bank, photo © YPOG (Co-Lead, Funds/Transactions), Part­ner, Berlin
Dr. Michael Fili­po­wicz (Co-Lead, Funds/Transactions), Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Berlin
Dr. Niklas Ulrich (Funds), Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Hamburg
Benja­min von Mangoldt (Funds/Transactions), Associate
Falk Bothe (Funds/Transactions), Associate

About Speed­in­vest
Speed­in­vest is a leading Euro­pean venture capi­tal mana­ger with more than €1.2 billion in assets under manage­ment and inves­tors based in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris and Vienna.

Their dedi­ca­ted, indus­­try-focu­­sed teams are the first to fund Euro­pe’s most inno­va­tive tech start­ups, and in-house opera­ti­ons experts provide foun­ders with advice and support on growth, human resour­ces, market expan­sion and more. Bitpanda, GoStu­dent, Wayflyer, Coach­Hub, Moove and Tide are among their port­fo­lio of over 400 companies. 

About YPOG
YPOG stands for You + Part­ners of Game­ch­an­gers and forward-looking tax and legal advice. The firm advi­ses compa­nies focu­sed on future tech­no­lo­gies with the aim of using change as an oppor­tu­nity and jointly crea­ting opti­mal solu­ti­ons. The YPOG team offers compre­hen­sive exper­tise in the areas of Funds, Tax, Tran­sac­tions, Corpo­rate, Banking, Regu­la­tory + Finance, IP/IT/Data Protec­tion, Liti­ga­tion as well as Corpo­rate Crime + Compli­ance + Inves­ti­ga­ti­ons. YPOG is one of the leading addres­ses in Germany for venture capi­tal, private equity, fund struc­tu­ring and appli­ca­ti­ons of distri­bu­ted ledger tech­no­logy (DLT) in finan­cial services. The firm and its part­ners are regu­larly reco­gni­zed by renow­ned publi­ca­ti­ons such as JUVE, Best Lawy­ers, Cham­bers and Part­ners, Leaders League and Legal 500. YPOG employs more than 180 expe­ri­en­ced lawy­ers, tax advi­sors and tax specia­lists as well as a notary in its offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Colo­gne, Munich, Cambridge and London. 

Further infor­ma­tion: www.ypog.law