Dr. Sebastian Sumalvico
Expertise
- Corporate Law
- Venture Capital / M&A
- Management Participations
Career
- 2006–2012 Studies of law with additional studies in European Law at the University of Würzburg and the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
- 2012–2015 Research Assistant at the Chair of Public Law, German, European and International Tax Law (Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Schenke), University of Würzburg, Germany
- 2014–2016 Legal clerkship in Würzburg, Germany
- 2016 Doctorate in international Tax Law at the University of Würzburg, Germany
- Admitted to the bar in 2016
- 2016-2018 Attorney at law at a leading German Transaction Law firm
- Joined LUTZ | ABEL in 2019
recent transactions
- Cognigy on USD 44 m series B financing round
- Holidu on USD 45 m financing round
- WeSustain on the sale to Cority
- Perpetual on USD 160 m series D financing round of sennder GmbH
- Clark on EUR 69m series C financing round
- nyris when they won IKEA as investor
- Heal Capital on series A financing round of CereGate GmbH
- Notion Capital on EUR 7m series A financing round of claimsforce
- Candis on series B financing round
- Laserhub on series A financing round
- RTP Global and HV Ventures on series B financing round of Penta
- AlphaPet Ventures on acquisition of Healthfood24 and series E financing
- RTP Global on EUR 10m series A2 financing of CoachHub
- RTP Global on investment in E-Bot7
News
LUTZ | ABEL advises Nitrobox in single-digit million financing round
The software start-up Nitrobox GmbH from Germany announced to have completed a financing round in the single-digit million euro range.
The financing round was led by "NeueCapital Partners" fund from Silicon Valley and Porsche Ventures, the venture capital unit of the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer. LUTZ | ABEL advised on the transaction.
The German software start-up Nitrobox GmbH closed a financing round in the single-digit million euro range. "NeueCapital Partners" fund from Silicon Valley and Porsche Ventures, the venture capital unit of the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer, took a stake in the company.
Nitrobox has developed a cloud platform which can be used in several sectors for automatic monetization and billing of digital business models. In the field of mobility, Nitrobox is already working with several car manufacturers, including Porsche. The start-up supports the order-to-cash process of new business models: services such as car sharing, functions-on-demand, digital parking tickets or charging services can be fully automated via the Nitrobox platform. The company intends to use the funds from the financing round primarily to further expand its market position in Germany and to prepare for its entry to the US market.
As in previous rounds, LUTZ | ABEL provided legal advice to Nitrobox. The team included the following attorneys: Dr. Lorenz Jellinghaus (Partner, Hamburg) Dr. Sebastian Sumalvico (VC, Munich) and Nina Sophie Osten (VC, Hamburg).
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LUTZ | ABEL advises AlphaPet Ventures in equity financing and acquisition
AlphaPet Ventures GmbH secures equity financing led by capiton AG and acquires Healthfood24.LUTZ | ABEL advises Munich based premium pet food company AlphaPet Ventures in both equity financing and acquisition.
The LUTZ | ABEL team led by Dr. Marco Eickmann and Philipp Hoene (both M&A/VC, Munich) included Dr. Sebastian Sumalvico (M&A/VC, Munich), Frank Hahn (M&A/VC, Hamburg), Dr. Marius Mann (Commercial, Stuttgart), Dr. André Schmidt (IP/IT, Hamburg), Claudia Knuth (Employment, Hamburg) and Sebastian Schreiber (Real Estate, Hamburg).
The transaction is subject to pending merger control approval.
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LUTZ | ABEL advises fintech start-up Tomorrow in its series A equity financing
Fintech Tomorrow closed EUR 8.5 Mio series A equity financing. The Hamburg-based sustainable mobile banking provider plans to expand to the European market within the next year.The financing round was led by British VC Fonds ETF Partners. Amongst Tomorrow’s investors are former N26 CFO and entrepreneur Christian Rebernik, green power pioneer Matthias Willenbacher and Vitafy founder Georg Bader.
Dr. Marco Eickmann, LL.M., Philipp Hoene and Dr. Sebastian Sumalvico assisted Tomorrow with comprehensive legal advice.
