Prequel Ventures

Markus Börner, the founding general partner, and Mathias Bosse, the other founding partner, lead investment decisions. Börner’s background is venture investing at seed + speed Ventures, while Bosse’s is operational — he founded scm-startups.com and chairs the Rhein-Main chapter of BVL. Advisory board members such as Paige Wei-Cox at SAP and Michael Wallraven at Logward can influence deal evaluation but the two founders control the investment process.

The firm’s sourcing model exploits community embeddedness rather than cold outreach. Mathias Bosse chairs the Rhein-Main chapter of BVL, Germany’s largest logistics association, and is listed in finexpert, a peer network. These positions act as a referral engine for supply chain founders in the DACH region. The advisory board’s enterprise connections, especially through SAP and Logward, add a second, product-validated sourcing layer.

The firm targets pre-seed and seed stages, writing initial checks for European supply chain and logistics software startups. The website frames the commitment as funding from pre-seed stage onward, suggesting the fund can follow on but is primarily a first-check investor. There is no public indication of Series A or growth-stage participation.

The available sources describe only direct startup investments, with no reference to fund-of-fund commitments. The firm’s operational structure — two general partners with an advisory board — and its early-stage focus are consistent with a direct-investment model. Co-investment relationships, such as the one noted with Dynamo, also point to direct deal activity.

Prequel Ventures is not a subsidiary or affiliate of BVL. Founding partner Mathias Bosse holds a volunteer leadership position as Chapter Chairperson for Rhein-Main within BVL, which gives the fund preferential visibility into the local logistics startup ecosystem. The firm is also a signatory supporter of the EU-INC petition, an initiative unrelated to BVL that advocates for a pan-European corporate legal entity.

None are disclosed. The firm’s public materials describe a commercial venture capital fund focused on sustainable supply chains, but there is no mention of a donor-advised fund, foundation, or impact allocation that would separate philanthropic activity from the core investment mandate.

The firm does co-invest alongside other venture investors. Dynamo is identified as a frequent co-investment partner in supply chain startups, although the nature of the relationship — whether a formal co-investment agreement or ad hoc syndication — is not detailed. The EU-INC advocacy suggests interest in pan-European deal structures compatible with multi-party rounds.