Dirk Fehse
About Dirk Fehse
Dirk Fehse is based in Berlin. Crunchbase lists him as founder and CEO of PaulCamper, a campervan and RV sharing platform and community, with a start date of January 2013. PaulCamper is now listed on Crunchbase as acquired by Camplify. Before founding it, he worked as a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers from December 2009 to April 2012.
His LinkedIn profile describes him as an experienced founder and guide for scaling founders. It lists BBFehse GmbH as his company and the Australian Institute of Company Directors under education. In a public post he said he has gone through the full circle of founding, scaling and a successful exit.
Crunchbase shows one personal investment for Dirk Fehse, in the Nature Robots seed round. It shows no other angel investments, and no fund or syndicate. Other deals may exist but are not public. Founders who want to know how he works with portfolio companies should ask him directly.
Nature Robots closed a EUR 4 million seed round in March 2026. The Lounge deals desk records it as $4.6M. The company announced that Climentum Capital, Bayern Kapital and Planetary Impact Ventures backed the round. Crunchbase also lists Dirk Fehse as an investor.
Nature Robots develops software that lets agricultural machinery run autonomously. Its stated use cases include large fields, vegetable farming, viticulture, fruit growing, specialty crops and agri-photovoltaics. In his LinkedIn post, Fehse said he met the founders at the Future Forest Forum. He wrote that he wants to bring his founding and scaling experience to the team.
The one public data point is a seed-stage investment in a deep-tech AI and robotics company for agriculture, with a German founding team. Fehse has not published a check size, target stage range or sector thesis that we could find. His LinkedIn activity also shows interest in nature tech startups, including a Future Forest Accelerator call for applications. His posts suggest he offers operating experience on scaling as well as capital.
- Nature Robots: software for autonomous agricultural machinery. Fehse took part in its EUR 4.0M seed round, announced in March 2026.
Investing activity
Dirk Fehse appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $5M. The most recent is Nature Robots (Seed, $4.6M (EUR 4.0M), Mar 2026).
Dirk Fehse most often invests alongside Climentum Capital, Marc Matthaeus, Bayern Kapital and Nils Herrmann, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Dirk Fehse
Is Dirk Fehse an angel investor in AI startups?
Yes. Crunchbase lists his investment in the Nature Robots seed round, and the Lounge deals desk records that round as $4.6M (EUR 4.0M) in March 2026. It is the only AI investment we found that is public.
What is Dirk Fehse's background?
He founded PaulCamper, a campervan sharing platform in Berlin, and was its CEO from 2013. Earlier he was a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Crunchbase lists PaulCamper as acquired by Camplify.
What check size does Dirk Fehse write?
He has not published a check size, and we did not find one in any source. Ask him directly rather than assuming a range.
What stage does Dirk Fehse invest in?
His one public investment is a seed round. He has not published a formal stage focus.
What kind of AI companies has Dirk Fehse backed?
Nature Robots is a deep-tech AI and robotics company building autonomy software for farming machinery. He has not stated a wider AI thesis.
How can founders contact Dirk Fehse?
He is on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/dirkfehse and on X as @DirkFehse. We found no personal website.
Is Dirk Fehse an angel investor?
Yes. Dirk Fehse invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Dirk Fehse invested in?
Dirk Fehse's AI investments include Nature Robots. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Dirk Fehse invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Dirk Fehse has invested at Seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Dirk Fehse co-invest with?
Dirk Fehse's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Climentum Capital (1 deal), Marc Matthaeus (1 deal), Bayern Kapital (1 deal), Nils Herrmann (1 deal) and Planetary Impact Ventures (1 deal).