kugelventures
investment | venture architecture | consultancy
we ideate, design,
test and execute
digital business
what we do
venture architecture
We take an idea from a rough hypothesis to a validated concept — problem framing, product definition, prototyping and user research, ending in a specification a team can build from.
product development
We design and build digital products ourselves, or alongside the teams we work with — mobile apps, web products and the services behind them.
investment
We invest in and co-found early-stage digital companies, usually where we can contribute product and operational work rather than capital alone.
consultancy
We advise founders and companies on product strategy, digital business models, and how to get from an idea to something people actually use.
current work
in development · ios
Cooked
A cooking app that turns the screenshots people already take — recipe reels, recipe pages, notes from a chat — into structured recipes in a personal cookbook, and keeps a record of what was actually cooked. Currently in development, with a public beta planned for 2026.
in concept · ai · mcp
Meanwhile
An AI-powered universal inbox that lets users forward emails, messages and documents directly into their existing ChatGPT, Claude and other AI workflows. By making content accessible through MCP, it eliminates manual copy-pasting and keeps relevant information available across AI projects. Currently in concept development, with an MVP focused on email forwarding and AI integration.
kk
the path
- entrepreneurial values
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2009 – 2011
learning how an owner-run company works
- structure
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2011 – 2013
learning to structure big problems
- entrepreneurship, light
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2013 – 2018
co-founding a digital transformation consultancy
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2016 – 2018
building a network of digital talent
- entrepreneurship, full
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2018 – 2023
building a regulated crypto savings platform
3m € raised · 30 people · 6,000+ customers · 4 m&a processes
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2022 – 2023
a multi-asset stablecoin chain
- a bigger stage
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2024 – now
building the digital unit of a platform company
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2017 – now
investing, building, advising
m.a. organizational studies, ipu berlin · b.a. business administration · industriekaufmann, ihk
contact
KUGEL VENTURES UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Viktoriastrasse 34
33602 Bielefeld, Germany
kk@kugelventures.de
0151 / 52742527
33602 Bielefeld, Germany
kk@kugelventures.de
0151 / 52742527