About Us
Embracing change and creating value
As an independent investment company, we want to promote innovation, advance social development and thereby create lasting value. Astutia has its roots in traditional entrepreneurship. For almost 20 years, we have been investing directly in venture capital. Previous investments include companies such as Mister Spex, Amorelie, Building Radar and Asana Rebel. We invest in visionary founding teams with ground-breaking technologies as well as a wide range of tangible assets such as modern art and digital assets. Our commitments are always long-term, and for us, real performance is more than just financial returns. It is also reflected in the positive impact on people and society and in contributions to solving global challenges. In this context, capital acts as a catalyst for critical innovations, for the implementation of important ideas and for social progress. Our entrepreneurial activities are characterized by openness to new ideas, integrated risk management and a holistic approach to sustainability. This is how we can live up to our responsibility towards our partners, investors and our planet.
Management Team
Benedict Rodenstock
Benedict Rodenstock is founder and CEO of ASTUTIA and an expert for the development of startups and digital transformation. He holds an MBA, a degree in History and he studied internet sciences in New York. He started his professional career as a consultant, building new strategic business units. Among others, he worked for Hubert Burda Media, WEB.DE and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Early on, he started supporting founders and technology startups. Since founding ASTUTIA in 2006, Benedict Rodenstock works as a venture capital investor. His former investments include numerous international success stories, such as Mister Spex, Dreamlines, Amorelie and InterNations.
Manuel Sprödhuber
Manuel Sprödhuber is Investment Manager and part of the ASTUTIA team since 2014. He started his career at medicine technology company Nal Von Minden, where he worked in marketing and sales and completed a dual study in Business Administration. At ASTUTIA, he is the main contact for founders and potential new investments. He controls the deal sourcing process and anaylses investment opportunities. As Investment Manager, Manuel Sprödhuber keeps track of the development of our portfolio companies. In strategic questions he may closely work together with the founder teams. He currently works with investments such as Horizn Studios, Building Radar, Asana Rebel und reINVENT.