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Evopark raised just $2M to $3M before its acquisition

Sven Lackinger · Sastrify Raises $7m at $34m Valuation, $1.6m Revenue in 10 Months · Jan 13, 2022 · at 1:57

Sven Lackinger explains the total capital raised by his prior startup Evopark before its sale.

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“We raised like single digit million back in the day. So it's like different, like smaller agents rounds and just like, yeah, no more than like two or three million in total.”

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The claim, plainly

Evopark raised no more than two to three million in total funding prior to its acquisition.

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Assessment

Historical funding records, press releases, and venture database tracking confirm that Evopark raised approximately €2 million to €3 million (under $3 million USD) across early angel rounds and a July 2016 single-digit million-euro investment from Porsche Digital GmbH prior to its majority acquisition by Scheidt & Bachmann in December 2017. No records indicate cumulative funding exceeding €3 million.

Porsche AG official press release (July 1, 2016) and contemporary reports (Business Insider Germany, VC Magazin) confirmed a minority investment of a low seven-digit euro sum for a ~22% stake.
Startup databases (including Tracxn and Growjo) record total cumulative funding under $3 million across three seed/angel rounds between 2014 and 2016.
Scheidt & Bachmann acquired a 75% majority stake in Evopark in December 2017, concluding its independent venture-funding phase without any additional funding rounds reported.

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[1] businessinsider.de [2] porsche.com [3] startup-humor.de [4] porsche.com [5] businessinsider.de [6] vc-magazin.de [7] businessinsider.de [8] focus.de

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