Top 20 Android Startup Investors in Germany in January 2025
A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Android startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Android companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Android Startup Investors in Germany in January 2025
Investor | Android Germany investments |
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HTGF | High-Tech Gruenderfonds | 4 |
Makers Fund | 2 |
Firstminute Capital | 2 |
Freigeist Capital | 2 |
Novator | 2 |
Michael Oschmann | 1 |
Mosaic Ventures | 1 |
Northzone | 1 |
Frank Thelen | 1 |
Atomico | 1 |
Connect Ventures | 1 |
Christophe Maire | 1 |
Evoco | 1 |
Target Partners | 1 |
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen | 1 |
Riot Games | 1 |
Born2Grow | 1 |
Dario Suter | 1 |
Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments | 1 |
Runa Capital | 1 |
The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.
Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.
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- Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Pagent — Pagent develops AI systems.
- Refoxy Pharma — Developer of therapeutic medicines intended to treat age-related diseases and improve healthy longevity.
- Lindis Blood Care — Lindis Blood Care´s mission is to optimise the outcome of cancer surgeries by developing a Medical Device to remove cancer cells from blood during cancer surgeries to enable Autologous Blood Transfusion.
Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Online Games
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Hybe IM — HYBE INTERACTIVE MEDIA (HYBE IM) is broadening the scope of HYBE's entertainment offerings by creating games and publishing them for people all over the world. HYBE IM creates numerous contents and services by combining cutting-edge interactive media technology with music, artists, and entertainment components, resulting in new viewpoints andexperiences.
- Rune — Rune is an automated friend or squad finder and voice chat for players on mobile games. Users can hang out and share amazing experiences together. The company builds the future of LFG for mobile gamers.
- Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.
firstminute is a seed fund backed by over 120 unicorn founders and a world-class community.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Concentro — Concentro is the marketplace to connect renewable energy developers and investors to buy and sell manage clean energy tax credits.
- Volume — Payment Infrastructure for the Internet
- Beams — From plan to build, Beams is an end-to-end service that makes home renovation simpler for customers and builders, and greener for the planet.Beams simplifies the design and construction process with its cutting edge technology that lets customers design and manage their build end to end, all in one place.Redefining the way customers andbuilders collaborate by connecting homeowners with vetted builders that they can trust.Championing sustainability at every stage to reduce CO2 emissions and make the build as energy efficient as possible.
Freigeist Capital is the investment company of Frank Thelen, Marc Sieberger and Alex Koch. We invest in deep tech startups and excellent founders.
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- Software, Food and Beverage, Transportation
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Bulgaria, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- PROSION — PROSION Therapeutics is a drug development company that utilises cutting-edge technology to unlock so far undruggable targets and address highly unmet medical needs.
- BioThrust — Our Bionic Bioreactors are the first ever solution to controllable & scalable cell therapy manufacturing and stem cell-based biomanufacturing.
- EnduroSat — At EnduroSat, we engineer, build and operate exceptional satellites. Our Mission is to make space universally accessible
Novator is an alternative investment firm founded and led by the international investor and entrepreneur Thor Bjorgolfsson.Novator's investment portfolio is focused around following sectors: Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, IT and Renewable Energy. In addition, Novator operates a Private Equity Fund and a Credit Opportunities Fund.Novator focuses on developing strong management teams in each of its portfolio companies. While granting them the autonomy to create value, Novator maintains a supervisory role, principally through representation on the Boards of its investee companies. Novator differentiates itself from many other private equity companies in concentrating on complex situations, either by virtue of their structure or their cross-border nature. To create value, Novator undertakes the restructuring or "de-risking" of investment opportunities through re-financing, combining acquired assets with existing businesses, through sale to strategic or financial buyers, or through flotation. Novator's investment portfolio is focused around four main sectors:Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, IT and Renewable Energy.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Online Games
- Funding Round, Series B, Series C
- United Kingdom, United States, Iceland
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- Nord Security — Nord Security is the leader in the field of online privacy and security. Our security tools have earned praise from respected experts and tech outlets.
- Better.com — Better Mortgage Corporation is a direct lender dedicated to providing a fast, transparent digital mortgage experience backed by superior customer support.
- Steel City Interactive — Steel City Interactive develops gaming.
Michael Oschmann - CEO @ Müller Medien
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Investment focus
- CRM, Advertising, Professional Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Excelsea — The online marketing SaaS solution for agencies, publishers and multi-channel organisations.
- Phonedeck — Phonedeck integrates mobile and video calling inside Salesforce. It is the first CTI solution for smartphones that makes it possible to remote control and track calls under the ‘real’ mobile number using regular carrier minutes. Phonedeck helps enterprises to manage and optimize business processes. The results are a large costs saving due tomobilizing sales teams and increasing the productivity.Phonedeck is Alcatel-Lucent and ISV Salesforce partner. In 2012 Phonedeck’s founder Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Fitzek was awarded with the Vodafone Innovation Prize. Alcatel-Lucent awarded Phonedeck during its Munich Hackathon in June 2014 as Innovative Leader in IMS. In January 2015 Phonedeck has won Disruptive Innovator 2015 award at Enterprise Mobility Management Forum.Phonedeck´s supporters are business angels, the IBB bank of Berlin and the venture capital fund Atlantic Internet.
- Salonmeister — Salonmeister is revolutionizing the last bastion of telephone reservation: beauty-salons and barber shops. With the vision to become the internet’s first address for beauty-bookings Salonmeister was founded in 2012. Today, it is not only that booking platform the founders once dreamed of, but Salonmeister became an expert in regards to schedulingand customer management for local beauty service providers. The Salonmeister calendar is a full fledge customer management tool tailored to the needs of the beauty industry delivering real value to merchants and their customers alike: up-to-date service and less stress for the merchant.
We back founders who are reimagining the world. We invest $1-10m early, in those building daring adventures in Europe.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Parloa — Amplify your customer service experience with a team of personal AI agents. Leverage the full power of generative AI for contact center automation.
- Podcastle — Podcastle is the simplest way to create professional-quality podcasts. Record, edit, transcribe, and export your content with the power of AI, in an intuitive web-based platform.
- forward earth — Next-Gen carbon management for a sustainable future. AI-driven, automated, compliant, fast, and secure. Be prepared for requirements of CSRD, SFRD, EU-Taxonomy, and kick-start your carbon reduction and abatement program. White-label options for partners.
Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital fund that seeks to invest in the healthcare, semiconductors, software, hardware, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and gaming industries.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Sweden, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Nivoda — Nivoda provides jewellery businesses with a simple solution to strengthen profits, increase efficiency and accelerate growth with its B2B diamond marketplace. Designed to save you time and money whilst giving you access to the world’s diamond supply at the best prices with zero inventory risk, Nivoda is trusted by thousands of retailers all overthe globe.
- Flower — We enable the energy system of tomorrow by combining pioneering technology with flexible assets, allowing clean energy to power society
- AirForestry — AirForestry thins forests in a completely new way, namely from the air. #Re-inventing Forestry
Frank Thelen is the Founder & CEO of 10xDNA Capital Partners. He previously worked at mytaxi - The Taxi App as an Investor. Frank Thelen attended Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.
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Investment focus
- Software, Transportation, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- RobCo — Easily automate the repetitive tasks in your production facility with modular industrial robots from RobCo.
- Build.One — Build.One is an end-to-end application development platform that allows to build mission-critical and legacy-free business applications without any limits, using a combination of No-Code, Low-Code and Pro-Code.
- Lilium — Lilium is developing sustainable, high-speed air mobility through its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, vertiports and digital service.
Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- R.grid — Research Grid is the automation engine for admin-free clinical trials. Research Grid has developed two industry-leading products that leverage its AI-powered automation engine.
- Raycast — A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.
- Dexory — BotsAndUs is a London-based startup that develops robotics and AI solutions. They combine social sciences with human-centered design and cutting edge engineering and make sure robots seamlessly integrate into day to day life.
We've been investing in pre-seed and seed stage product companies since 2012, from our home in London.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Dust — Dust is a platform for creating sophisticated processes based on large language models and semantic search.
- Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier
- Steep — Business intelligence for modern companies. Steep lets anyone on your team stay on top of your data.
Christophe F. Maire is the Founding Partner and CEO of Atlantic Labs, a Berlin-based seed investor dedicated to identifying and investing in innovative digital startup companies. In the last 20+ years, Christophe has built an international track record both as a founder; including gate5 (sold first to Nokia and later developed into HERE and sold tothe German automotive industry) and Plazes.com (also sold to Nokia); and as a farsighted investor named best “European Seed Investor” by Techcrunch two years running. Exited investments include Brands4Friends (eBay), Readmill (Dropbox); StudiVZ, Fyber and Plista. Recent investments led by Atlantic Labs include Medigo, Clue, Jodel, and Campanda, amongst others. Christophe remains actively involved in all his investments, including as a board member of Soundcloud, EyeEm, and Monoqi, and an active promoter of the Berlin startup ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Poland, Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Helu.io — Helu.io is a startup company that provides easy access to their financial data.
- Artusiast — Jay Art GmbH is an online platform that sells art.
- RetentionGrid — Two thumbs up - I recently switched to WPX Hosting and recommend their speed, service and security - they do know what they are talking about when it comes to WordPress hosting.
Evoco is an innovative Private Equity firm dedicated to creating lasting value for investors and businesses.
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Investment focus
- iOS, Apps, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- rebuy — reBuy is an online marketplace that allows its users to buy and sell used electronics and media.
- Scanbot — Scanbot / doo GmbH is a German software development company founded in 2011, with business presences in Bonn and San Francisco. Scanbot enables the integration of scanning and data extraction functionalities into existing mobile applications for the insurance, healthcare, logistics, and banking industry. The Software Development Kit ScanbotSDK utilizes highly sophisticated algorithms and machine learning to integrate scanning functionalities and data extraction into any app. More than 200 businesses worldwide use the Scanbot SDK, including DAX 30 and Fortune 500 companies.
Target Partners is a German venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies.
With 300 million Euro under management, Target Partners is one of the leading venture capital investors in Germany.The partners of Target Partners have years of collective experience as successful managers, entrepreneurs and venture capitalinvestors in Europe and the USA. They founded or led companies their selves, developed or sold technology products their selves. They have seen numerous companies through to IPO and beyond. They understand the challenges an entrepreneur faces and that the road to success often isn't simple and straight.Both in Europe and the USA Target Partners has a large network in industry and venture capital. They open doors for you to customers, business partners, experienced managers and financial markets. They support you in business development, in international expansion, in closing OEM or distribution contracts, and in acquisition decisions. In addition, several dozen European and US entrepreneurs and top managers, as well as a number of US venture capitalists, have personally invested in their funds and thus have a particularly strong interest in your company's success.
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Investment focus
- Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- Germany, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- tado° — Tado° is The Heating App for private homes and small businesses. It adjusts to the residents' behavior in real time and also takes current weather forecasts and building characteristics into account. tado° GmbH is a Munich based Tech Startup bringing Internet of Things into the Cleantech Market. It was founded by Christian Deilmann, JohannesSchwarz, Valentin Sawadski and Leopold von Bismarck in 2011. A team of qualified young professionals has been working on the development of tado° for approximately two years in Munich.
- NavVis — NavVis next-generation technology for the built environment enables accurate mobile mapping of indoor spaces and enterprise-ready digital twin solutions.
- Dedrone — Dedrone is the global leader in anti-drone / counter-drone solutions with the most customers in more countries
TGFS - Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen is an early stage VC fund targeting high tech startups with strong growth potential. The fund invests into ventures located in Saxony/Germany, Europe's leading semiconductor cluster. The team has invested into more than 120 companies so far, including more than 40 investments from the currentfund.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- In.hub — in.hub is a specialist in condition monitoring of machines, processes, and products, offering digitalisation options in the industrial environment. It connects legacy and modern systems, creates condition monitoring systems, and generates information for optimal planning and control.
- Peeriot — Peeriot is a B2B software high-tech startup with a breakthrough in IoT. Peeriot offers a low-code software suite that simplifies IoT data sharing by tenfold.
- Zenesis — Zenesis intends to change the way engineering planning processes are carried out.
Riot Games is the most player-focused game developer and publisher in the world. We published League of Legends in 2009, and have since released Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, and League of Legends: Wild Rift.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Germany, China
Portfolio highlights
- Stoke Games — Stoke Games operates as an independent gaming studio.
- Wicked Saints Studios — We used behavioral technology to create interactive media that is wickedly fun and actively good. Wicked Saints emerged from Niantic’s incubator last fall (CNBC article) with a prototype of the world’s first adventure activism game, World Reborn. At its simplest, World Reborn is an interactive story game with real-life quests facilitated byaugmented reality (AR). It not only defies genres between narrative and AR games but blends the digital and real world. Wicked Saints sees AR as a bridge between fantasy and reality, with untapped potential to offer players immersive experiences that change them and their world for good.
- The Believer Company — Join the journey We are building a world-class team to serve players for years to come. If you believe in games, we believe in you.
Born2Grow is a german venture fund focusing on early stage investments. They invest up to 500k€ in innovative business models. They are based in Heilbronn in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Born2Grow focus on investments lies within the MedTech, BioTech, FinTech area as well as some other online industries
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, Finland, United States
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- Semorai — Semorai - Engineering AI
- Doinstruct — Doinstruct offers mobile training solution for frontline workers.
- traplinked — Digitale Fallensysteme - Endlich wissen, was los ist! Mit den traplinked Sensormodulen JERRY und TOM erhalten Sie in Echtzeit ein digitales Abbild Ihrer Kontrollpunkte.
Dario Suter
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Investment focus
- Software, CRM, Online Portals
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Germany, Liechtenstein
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- Flimmer — Auf dvd-palace.de findet jeder Film-Fan das Richtige. Wir haben eine riesen Auswahl an DVDs. Mit Preisvergleich.
- Neufund — We create blockchain-based solutions and services, which include fundraising and investing platform, Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) Manager, Light wallet, post-investment instruments, and others.
- ROY Kombucha — ROY is a Berlin-based Kombucha brewery that handcrafts high-quality, organic Kombucha in cans. It is a naturally refreshing and energizing drink made with highest-quality teas.
Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments and its portfolio is managed by Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, the investment management group of Deutsche Telekom: www.telekom-capital.com
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Series B, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany, United States, Canada
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- NS1 — NS1 makes it easy to use next-generation DNS for advanced traffic routing, automation & application resiliency. Optimize your websites, apps & infrastructure.
- Everphone — Everphone is the clever way to equip your workforce with smartphones and tablets. It's flexible, safe and cost efficient. everphone reduces your costs while making employees happier and more productive.
- Helium — Helium allows anyone to build and own massive wireless networks.
Runa Capital is a global venture capital firm built by serial entrepreneurs that invests in early-stage software startups around the world...
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Germany, France
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- Ubitium — Ubiquitous computing, universal RISC-V microprocessor
- Akhetonics — Creating the first all-optical RISC Processor
- Twenty — Experience the forefront of open-source CRM. Packed with advanced features, customizable workflows, and community support. Transform customer relationship management seamlessly and efficiently.
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