Funded Community and Lifestyle Startups in Berlin
Berlin's community and lifestyle sector spans funding activity from August 2020 through March 2024 across the 13 companies shown here.
Berlin's community and lifestyle sector spans funding activity from August 2020 through March 2024 across the 13 companies shown here. Urban Sports Club stands out with the largest disclosed raise — a $103M round in December 2023 — while Tourlane ($20M, November 2020) and Felmo ($18M, August 2021) represent other significant disclosed amounts. Five of the 13 rounds carry undisclosed valuations, including Vyld's January 2024 seed, The Female Company's March 2024 round, and bookingkit's mid-2023 close.
The segment shows meaningful stage diversity: Ecosia secured a grant in August 2022, crowd.dev raised a $2M pre-seed in October 2022, and three seed rounds appear across Vyld, Kidling, and Informed. Companies here span outdoor recreation (Raus), pet services (Felmo), travel (Tourlane), and community developer tools (crowd.dev), reflecting Berlin's broad interpretation of "community and lifestyle" as a funding category.
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What is the largest disclosed round among these Berlin community and lifestyle startups?
Urban Sports Club raised $103M in December 2023, by far the largest disclosed round in this dataset. The next largest are Tourlane at $20M (November 2020) and Felmo at $18M (August 2021).
How many of these rounds have disclosed amounts?
Eight of the 13 rounds have disclosed figures: Urban Sports Club ($103M), Tourlane ($20M), Felmo ($18M), Raus ($9M), Finiata ($7M), Informed ($5M), crowd.dev ($2M), and Remind.me ($2M). The remaining five — The Female Company, Vyld, bookingkit, Kidling, and Ecosia — are undisclosed.
What funding stages appear in this segment?
Three rounds are labeled Seed (Vyld, Kidling, Informed) and three as Series Unknown (Urban Sports Club, Raus, bookingkit), with one grant (Ecosia), one pre-seed (crowd.dev), and one Venture – Series Unknown (Felmo). Four companies — The Female Company, Tourlane, Finiata, and Remind.me — carry no stage designation in the data.
When did most of the recent funding activity occur?
Four rounds closed in 2023 — Urban Sports Club (December), Raus (November), bookingkit (June), and Kidling (January) — making it the most active year in this dataset. The two most recent entries, The Female Company and Vyld, both closed in early 2024.
What types of businesses are represented in this Berlin community and lifestyle cohort?
The companies cover a wide range: sports and fitness access (Urban Sports Club), outdoor retreats (Raus), travel (Tourlane), pet care (Felmo), parenting tools (Kidling), developer community software (crowd.dev), and eco-oriented search (Ecosia). The breadth reflects how Berlin investors apply the community and lifestyle label across both consumer and B2B-adjacent models.
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