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EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 33 MIN

waterdrop 100-Mio.-Runde: Functional Beverage, D2C & der Boom im Getränkemarkt – Jessica Wimalasooriyar (IBB Ventures)

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100 Millionen Euro für waterdrop: Was sagt das über den Stand des Functional-Beverage-Markts in Europa? Jessica Wimalasooriyar, VC-Investorin bei IBB Ventures, spricht mit Jan Thomas in Investments & Exits über die jüngste Finanzierungsrunde von waterdrop, die D2C-Stärken des Hydration-Scale-ups und warum der Beverage-Markt gerade so viel Bewegung zeigt – von Pulver-Startups bis zu alkoholfreien Alternativen. Über den Gast Jessica Wimalasooriyar ist VC-Investorin bei IBB Ventures in Berlin. Mit über vier Jahren Erfahrung im Startup-Ökosystem fokussiert sie sich auf Pre-Seed- und Seed-Investitionen in Berliner Konsumgüter- und Digitalunternehmen. Bei IBB Ventures, einem General-Interest-Fonds mit einem Volumen von 120 Millionen Euro, begleitet sie wachstumsstarke Startups mit Erstinvestitionen zwischen 200.000 und 1 Million Euro. Im Gespräch teilt sie ihre Perspektive als Investorin, die wöchentlich Pitch Decks aus dem Beverage-Bereich sieht – und erklärt, welche Kategorien und Playbooks sie dabei überzeugen. Zu den Webinaren:Alle unsere kommenden Webinare: https://luma.com/user/StartupInsider **Startup Insider – der tägliche Podcast zur Startup- & Tech-Szene**Startup Insider liefert dir werktäglich kompakte News, Einordnungen und Interviews zu Startups, Venture Capital, Finanzierungsrunden, Exits und neuen Technologien.**Jetzt folgen & keine Folge verpassen**   **Alle weiteren Podcasts, Newsletter, Events & Werbepartner findest du hier** :  🔗 https://linktr.ee/startupinsider  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

waterdrop sammelt 100 Mio. Euro ein. Jessica Wimalasooriyar von IBB Ventures ordnet die Runde ein und analysiert, was gerade im Functional-Beverage-Markt passiert.

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