Nils Herrmann
About Nils Herrmann
Nils (Nils-Arne) Herrmann is a co-founder of Terra Madre, a carbon project developer that scales regenerative agroforestry systems across Europe. At Terra Madre he leads fundraising and commercial strategy.
Earlier he was COO and Co-Managing Director at HelloFresh, and later Chief Commercial Officer at Climate Farmers. Crunchbase lists him as MD & COO of HelloFresh Germany, Austria and Switzerland from September 2018. It says he joined HelloFresh in 2015, after working with early-stage startups in e-commerce and gaming and spending several years in consulting.
He also leads the AgriFood stream at the Creative Destruction Lab, which supports climate and agrifood innovators.
A conference speaker biography describes him as an active business angel. The public record of his angel deals is thin. The one investment confirmed here is Nature Robots, which he announced on LinkedIn. No check sizes, fund sizes or deal counts are public.
Nature Robots closed a EUR 4.0M seed round (about $4.6M) in March 2026. In a LinkedIn post, Herrmann said he was among the supporting angels, alongside Marc Matthaeus and Dirk Fehse. Nature Robots is an Osnabrück-based spin-off of the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), founded in January 2022. It builds modular autonomy software that lets agricultural machinery operate autonomously. Preqin lists Bayern Kapital, Climentum Capital and Planetary Impact Ventures among its investors.
His public activity points to agrifood, climate and deep tech, including robotics and AI applied to farming. His LinkedIn hashtags for the Nature Robots post include deeptech, agrifood, regenerativeagriculture, robotics and ai. The Nature Robots round was a seed round. He has not publicly stated a check size, preferred stage or geography.
- Nature Robots: software for autonomous agricultural machinery, a DFKI spin-off based in Osnabrück. He joined the seed round as an angel in March 2026.
- Terra Madre: carbon project developer for regenerative agroforestry in Europe, where he is a co-founder (founded, not an angel investment).
Investing activity
Nils Herrmann 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).
Nils Herrmann most often invests alongside Climentum Capital, Marc Matthaeus, Bayern Kapital and Dirk Fehse, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Nils Herrmann
Who is Nils Herrmann?
Nils Herrmann is a business angel and co-founder of Terra Madre. He was previously COO and Co-Managing Director at HelloFresh and Chief Commercial Officer at Climate Farmers.
Has Nils Herrmann invested in AI startups?
Yes. He was one of the supporting angels in Nature Robots' EUR 4.0M seed round in March 2026. Nature Robots builds autonomy software for agricultural machinery.
What is Nils Herrmann's check size?
It is not public. He has not published a check size, and none of the sources found state one.
What sectors does Nils Herrmann invest in?
His public activity centers on agrifood, climate and deep tech, including robotics and AI for agriculture. He leads the AgriFood stream at the Creative Destruction Lab.
How can founders reach Nils Herrmann?
He has a public LinkedIn profile, linked on this page. A relevant route may be the Creative Destruction Lab, where he leads the AgriFood stream.
Is Nils Herrmann an angel investor?
Yes. Nils Herrmann invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Nils Herrmann invested in?
Nils Herrmann'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 Nils Herrmann invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Nils Herrmann has invested at Seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Nils Herrmann co-invest with?
Nils Herrmann's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Climentum Capital (1 deal), Marc Matthaeus (1 deal), Bayern Kapital (1 deal), Dirk Fehse (1 deal) and Planetary Impact Ventures (1 deal).