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Top 50 Automotive Startup Investors in Germany (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Germany Automotive startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Germany Automotive startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Bayern Kapital
VC Fund
10 Germany, United States, Finland Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1.1M–$32M
HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund
9 Germany, Switzerland, United States Seed, Series A Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology $1.1M–$33M
UVC Partners
VC Fund
8 Germany, Switzerland, Denmark Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $2M–$110M
KfW
VC Fund
7 Germany, India, United Kingdom Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Software, Health Care $2.2M–$17M
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen
VC Fund
6 Germany, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $932k–$15M
MAHLE
VC Fund
5 Germany, Israel, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Automotive, GreenTech, Lifestyle
Continental
VC Fund
5 Germany, United States, China Series A, Series B, Series C Automotive, Software, Autonomous Vehicles $6.5M–$101M
Porsche Ventures
VC Fund
4 United States, Germany, Israel Series A, Series B, Seed Automotive, Transportation, Information Technology $2M–$74M
Redstone.VC
VC Fund
4 Germany, Finland, Switzerland Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Health Care $505k–$17M
DN Capital
VC Fund
4 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Software, SaaS, E-Commerce $300k–$65M
IBB Ventures
VC Fund
4 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, SaaS $1M–$10M
coparion
VC Fund
4 Germany, Switzerland, United States Series A, Seed, Series B Software, SaaS, FinTech
Axel Springer Digital Ventures
VC Fund
4 Germany, United States, The Netherlands Series A, Seed Internet, Real Estate, Digital Media $475k–$34M
Project A Ventures
VC Fund
3 Germany, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $1.5M–$75M
BayBG Venture Capital
VC Fund
3 Germany, Italy, United States Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Health Care $428k–$21M
NAP
VC Fund
3 Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, SaaS $1M–$30M
HV Capital
VC Fund
3 Germany, United Kingdom, United States Series A, Seed, Series B E-Commerce, Software, Internet $1.6M–$80M
Picus Capital
VC Fund
3 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $500k–$33M
STS Ventures
VC Fund
3 Germany Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Internet $27k–$4M
Target Partners
VC Fund
3 Germany, United States, Switzerland Series A, Series B, Series C Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software $1.2M–$20M
Cherry Ventures
VC Fund
3 Germany, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $2M–$110M
kopa ventures
VC Fund
3 Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Energy Management, Solar $1.1M–$219M
MBG Schleswig-Holstein
VC Fund
3 Germany Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence $143k–$2M
Peter Mertens
Angel
3 Germany, Israel Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel Software, Automotive, CleanTech $411k–$4.7M
Creathor Ventures
VC Fund
3 Germany, Switzerland, United States Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $2M–$20M
Alpana Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Switzerland, Germany Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Information Technology $850k–$14M
DEPO Ventures
VC Fund
3 Czech Republic, United States, Estonia Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $317k–$4.3M
Scania Growth Capital
VC Fund
3 Sweden, Germany, Canada Series A, Seed Manufacturing, Logistics, Industrial Automation $10M–$105M
Atlantic
VC Fund
3 Germany, Switzerland, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $878k–$30M
Troy Capital Partners
VC Fund
3 United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Transportation, Travel $2.2M–$56M
Capnamic
VC Fund
3 Germany, United States, Switzerland Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $1.8M–$30M
nbr technology ventures
VC Fund
3 Germany Seed, Series A Automotive, Sensor, Software $1.1M–$7.7M
EOS VC Fund
VC Fund
3 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Grant, Seed, Series A Blockchain, Software, Gaming $50k–$30M
bmp Ventures
VC Fund
3 Germany, United States, Austria Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $30k–$5.9M
Helvetia Venture Fund
VC Fund
3 Germany, Switzerland, Spain Seed, Series A Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech $3.3M–$20M
MANN+HUMMEL
VC Fund
3 United States, Germany, Canada Seed, Series A, Series C Hardware, Internet, Analytics $3.6M–$33M
Vito Ventures
VC Fund
3 Germany, Finland, United States Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet of Things $1.6M–$41M
MobilityFund
VC Fund
3 Germany, Israel, Poland Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Transportation, Logistics $580k–$11M
Oskar Hartmann
Angel
3 Germany, India, Russian Federation Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive $300k–$52M
TA Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Germany, India Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Health Care $150k–$24M
FJ Labs
VC Fund
3 United States, Brazil, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $1.4M–$65M
Bloomhaus Ventures
VC Fund
2 Switzerland, Germany, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Heartcore Capital
VC Fund
2 Denmark, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $1.3M–$58M
BMW i Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Germany, Canada Series B, Series A Software, Automotive, Information Technology $7M–$61M
Vsquared Ventures
VC Fund
2 Germany, United States, Switzerland Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor, Manufacturing
HR Ventures
VC Fund
2 Germany, Spain, Switzerland Seed, Series A Travel, Tourism, Software $137k–$6.6M
Zimmermann Investments
VC Fund
2 Germany, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Furniture, E-Commerce, Apps
Penny Schiffer
Angel
2 Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Medical, Health Care, Finance $544k–$9.3M
ISB Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz
Angel
2 Germany Seed, Series A Software, Apps, Battery $1.1M–$2.1M
Chris Adelsbach
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States, Ireland Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Software $120k–$20M
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Bayern Kapital
VC Fund · Landshut, Bayern, Germany · 10 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Bayern Kapital (founded at the end of 1995) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the LfA Foerderbank Bayern (Bavaria‘s development bank). Bayern Kapital’s objective is to finance research and development as well as the market launch of new products, product diversifications, and expansion of the market share.The requesting company has to be located inBavaria. Industries are e. g. IT/software, life sciences, new materials, micro-systems and environmental technologies.Bayern Kapital and its funds have invested in more than 250 companies and currently manages funds to the value of EUR 340 m. The five investing funds currently managed by Bayern Kapital are Seedfonds Bayern, Clusterfonds Start-Up!, Innovationsfonds, Innovationsfonds EFRE and Wachstumsfonds Bayern.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United States, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 244
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.9M; Series A $3.9M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $26M in 2010

Portfolio highlights

  • Delicious Data — Delicious Data offer a demand forecast engine to solve the problem of planning uncertainty in the food service and catering industry. Delicious Data machine learning solution enables kitchen chefs to optimize purchase and production planning saving valuable resources and reducing costs.
  • 4.screen — The Driver Interaction Platform. Connect with drivers in real-time to deliver personalized and targeted campaigns.
  • ProGlove — ProGlove makes award-winning wearable wireless barcode scanners using BLE or RF technology for ergonomic and efficient hands-free workflows.
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HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 9 investments in Germany Automotive startups

High-Tech Grunderfonds finances startups with growth potential. Its team of investment managers supports young companies with expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion. The company focuses in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry, and related business areas. It also focuses on financial services in varioussectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 587
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.3M; Series A $3.5M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $522M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Selfapy — Selfapy offers a therapy support tool that helps recognize negative patterns of thought and train new behavior. Selfapy is your guided, self-help online course against depression with a personal psychologist as a companion.
  • Verovaccines — VEROVACCiNES discovers and develops innovative vaccine solutions, to protect animals against infectious diseases. Key is a novel, broadly applicable, yeast-based technology to generate subunit marker vaccines. This technology has been validated by demonstrating protection of several target animal species against different viral diseases(proof-of-concept).VEROVACCiNES GmbH is a spin-off company of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany in 2017. The company exclusively took over IP, brand, team, products and know-how from the former BMBF GO-Bio-funded VEROVACCiNES project at Halle University. VEROVACCiNES GmbH is eligible for follow-up phase 2 funding from the same BMBF GO-Bio program. They cooperate closely with veterinary pharmaceutical companies, universities and research institutes, and they are eager to initiate new collaborations.
  • OMEICOS Therapeutics — OMEICOS Therapeutics is developing a novel, first-in-class, small molecule utilizing a new Mode of Action. OMEICOS' novel therapeutic strategy is based upon the discovery of natural metabolites of omega-3 fatty acids that mediate a strong anti-arrhythmic effect. In contrast to all other anti-arrhythmic drugs, OMEICOS' substances activatean endogenous cardio-protective signaling pathway that not only stabilizes the heart rhythm but shall provide curative effects to the diseased organ by preventing its electrical and structural remodeling.
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UVC Partners
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 8 investments in Germany Automotive startups

UVC Partners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology-based startups in the areas of enterprise software, industrial technologies, and mobility. The fund typically invests between € 0.5 - 10m initially and up to € 20m in total per company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 140
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Series A $5.5M–$32M; Series B $5.5M–$110M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $57M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Wire — Always-on end-to-end encrypted instant messaging, voice- and videoconferencing with up to 100 participants - future proof with MLS integration
  • Capmo — Digital bauen mit Capmo: Mit unserer Baumanagement Software haben Sie Ihre Bauprozesse im Griff. Jetzt 14 Tage und ohne Risiko testen!
  • Radical Dot — Radical Dot technology aims to convert them into critical chemical building blocks via an innovative, ecological, and cost-effective chemical procedure.
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KfW
VC Fund · Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany · 7 investments in Germany Automotive startups, 7 in the past 12 months

KfW gives impetus to economic, social and ecological development worldwide. As a promotional bank under the ownership of the Federal Republic and the Länder (federal states), it offers support to encourage sustainable improvement in economic, social, ecological living and business conditions, among others in the areas of small and medium-sizedenterprise, entrepreneurialship, environmental protection, housing, infrastructure, education finance, project and export finance, and development cooperation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 158
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$7.7M; Series B $3.3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Andercore — Andercore connects global suppliers and local buyers on one AI-driven platform, automating inventory selection, pricing, quotes, financing and global distribution at scale.
  • AtlasEdge — AtlasEdge is an edge data center business with a mission to create the leading-edge platform, delivering seamless, localized and ultra-low latency digital infrastructure to customers. They provide a wide range of direct connectivity options to enable connectivity within their datacenters. All cabling is installed and managed by AtlasEdge and itsengineering team to ensure speed of installation and guaranteed quality and management.
  • Quantum Systems — Our vision is to become the global leader in providing aerial data for decision making by the use of our drones.
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TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen
VC Fund · Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany · 6 investments in Germany Automotive startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Seed $932k–$6M; Series A $1.9M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Cyber Insight — Cyber Insight - Measure, Manage, Mitigate Cyber Risks
  • Fusion Bionic — Fusion Bionic is a solution provider for laser-based surface functionalization
  • HandsOn Robotics
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MAHLE
VC Fund · Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · 5 investments in Germany Automotive startups

MAHLE is an international development partner and supplier to the automotive industry. With its products for combustion engines and their peripherals as well as solutions for electric vehicles, the group addresses all the crucial issues related to the powertrain and air conditioning technology—from engine systems and components to filtration tothermal management. In 2015, the group generated sales of approximately EUR 11.5 billion with around 76,000 employees and is represented in 34 countries with over 170 production locations.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, GreenTech, Lifestyle
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Inspekto — Out-of-the-box visual quality inspection for industry, easy to set up and scale
  • Sunmaxx — SunMaxx Solar is a manufacturer of solar hot water collectors and system components including evacuated tubes, flat plates and solar storage.
  • Sunmaxx PVT — Sunmaxx develops, produces & sells innovative PVT systems that use the ideal available and sustainable energy source.
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Continental
VC Fund · Hanover, Niedersachsen, Germany · 5 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Our Goal: Healthy Mobility - clean, safe and connected. Our heart beats for this. Learn more about it on our homepage.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Software, Autonomous Vehicles
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Germany, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Series A $6.5M–$58M; Series B $13M–$60M; Series C $15M–$101M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 4.screen — The Driver Interaction Platform. Connect with drivers in real-time to deliver personalized and targeted campaigns.
  • Ingeek — Ingeek provides information security consulting and services.
  • asellerate — Retromotion is a D2C multichannel e-commerce platform for high-quality old- and youngtimer spare parts and matching accessories. Retromotion offers a 360 degree E-Commerce approach to their clients, including B2C Fulfillment and Direct Customer Service.
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Porsche Ventures
VC Fund · Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · 4 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Porsche Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in frontier technology to advance the industrial sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$17M; Series A $2M–$60M; Series B $11M–$74M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RunBuggy — RunBuggy is an open car transportation marketplace that connects car shippers and haulers in real-time. The company allows shippers to seamlessly connect with their existing management systems to integrate car transportation services, reducing cost and improving time to deliver. For transporters, RunBuggy offers an alternative to expensive loadboards and custom software solutions to better find and manage transportation loads.
  • Customcells Group — With our combined strengths, we are uniquely positioned to deliver customer-centric premium battery technology at scale.
  • Bumper — Split the cost of your car repairs and servicing into manageable monthly instalments with 0% interest. Fix it. Split it. Sorted.
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Redstone.VC
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 4 investments in Germany Automotive startups, 23 in the past 12 months

The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, Finland, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 174
  • Round size: Seed $505k–$8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$4.4M; Series A $1.6M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $57M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Nomerra — Nomerra operates a business-to-business software-as-a-service model providing an AI-native operating platform tailored for enterprise asset servicers and private market asset managers. The company’s core value proposition focuses on automating fragmented, document-heavy back-office workflows across fund accounting, treasury management, and transferagency functions by deploying specialized AI agents that integrate directly with existing ERPs, banking networks, and email systems. These autonomous agents execute end-to-end operational tasks and validate data while providing human teams with full audit trails, effectively shifting human responsibilities from manual data compilation to automated output review.
  • Talentir — Content Monetization
  • Waniwani — WaniWani develops AI infrastructure that helps companies distribute products and services through AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. It enables AI storefronts, customer discovery, quoting workflows, analytics, and compliance monitoring for businesses using conversational AI channels.
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DN Capital
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 4 investments in Germany Automotive startups

DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 296
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$9M; Series A $3.1M–$25M; Series B $8.6M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • bonify — Bonify, a Berlin based FinTech-Start-up, enables customers to benefit from their credit scoring and financial data. The company gives customers free and easy access to their credit score and let them upload additional relevant data. Then, it offers tools and personalized recommendations to help optimize the customer’s financial situation.Foundedin 2015 by key executives of McKinsey and Zalando, bonify has received significant funding from internationally leading VCs and successful entrepreneurs.
  • Contrast — Contrast is a video engagement platform that provides users with the tools to create, edit, distribute, and analyze videos. Their features include themes, hubspot integration, source tracking and UTM management, an on-demand experience, customizable emails, and reminders.
  • Numa — Numa offers rooms & apartments in Europe's coolest neighbourhoods. See how simple travel can be. Sign up for exclusive discount. Book now!
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IBB Ventures
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 4 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Pre-Seed to Series A for Berlin-based founders. Where 30 years of expertise, capital and execution power meet.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 226
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.5M; Series A $2.2M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $33M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • dentolo — dentolo operates a dental insurance and ecosystem centered around customer needs.With its insurance solution, the company covers 100% in dental, instantly, with best value-for-money, market-leading customer satisfaction and an unmatched modern retail experience within its ecosystem. It addresses consumer demand with dental professionals in 25+regions, reaching 40m+ people nationwide. The company owns proprietary and scalable acquisition channels with the #1 dental guide in DACH and a deeply integrated ecosystem. It relentlessly focuses on customer experience and products that solve real-world pains to make dental care more transparent, affordable, and human.
  • Famedly — Der Messenger der Gesundheitsbranche, der auch medizinische Arbeitsprozesse abbildet.
  • dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung — dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners.
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coparion
VC Fund · Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 4 investments in Germany Automotive startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Coparion provides venture capital to accelerate momentum and growth. With a currently active fund of EUR 275 million, Coparion has the means to do so.Coparion supports entrepreneurial vision with know-how, but without intervening in daily business operations. Thanks to in-depth experience in venture capital and in building companies, the Coparionteam discerns potential and opens up new perspectives. Coparion has the substance, tenacity, and creativity required to mutually manage difficult situations successfully.Coparion only invests with co-investors. The fund invests up to EUR 15M per company, usually in several financing rounds of EUR 0.5-8M each. The investment focus is on German companies in the start-up and early growth phases. Coparion is based in Cologne and Berlin.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 97
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Finoa — Finoa is the leading European crypto-asset management platform, empowering businesses and institutions to engage with crypto safely and intuitively.
  • Protembis — ProtEmbo is designed to be a simple and reliable solution for one of the most feared complications during TAVR.The advent of transcatheter treatments for valvular heart disease has been a major revolution in the care of patients with disabilities or intercurrent illnesses that precluded undergoing stressful open cardiac surgical procedures.Nonetheless, in spite of ongoing improvements in TAVR procedures and outcomes, the occurrence of cerebrovascular events represents a significant morbidity of TAVR.Protembis was founded based on the vision to reduce the risk of cerebrovascular events, thereby improving outcomes and making TAVR even safer – especially in light of TAVR shifting to younger and lower-risk patients. The ProtEmbo System is an adjunctive device used during TAVR and removed following completion of valve implantation. The ProtEmbo is an intra-aortic filter device that is designed to deflect embolic material arising during TAVR away from the cerebral circulation.
  • Tubulis — Reimagining Antibody Drug Conjugates Tubulis generates uniquely matched protein-drug conjugates through the combination of novel proprietary technologies and disease-specific biologic insight. Our goal is to expand the therapeutic potential of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by increasing design flexibility while overcoming constraints of toxicity, efficacy and indication. Tubulis will build new conjugates to fill its pipeline and
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Axel Springer Digital Ventures
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 4 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Axel Springer Digital Ventures is the Venture Capital unit of Axel Springer SE, investing in digital companies globally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Real Estate, Digital Media
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Germany, United States, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $475k–$4.5M; Series A $2.9M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wunderflats — Find furnished apartments for temporary or longer stays with 1 click on Wunderflats. Verified and complete online booking for relocation, business, or students.
  • Goggo Network — Goggo is developing the legal and engineering framework of European autonomous mobility networks.Goggo strives to lead the driverless revolution in order to solve the transportation challenges of today heavy traffic, pollution etc. their vision is to provide all people with autonomous, electric and shared mobility solutions through the creation ofAutonomous Mobility Networks.
  • Group Nine Media — Group Nine Media is a family of digital media brands - Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo, Seeker, and POPSUGAR.
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Project A Ventures
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $1bn in assets under management, Project A provides its portfolio companies with a wide range of operational support services. This includes more than 100 experts from key areas such as software engineering,business intelligence, marketing, and recruiting. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 211
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $3.3M–$28M; Series B $11M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Linexa — Linexa develops cloud-based SaaS for decoding complex shop floor automation—parsing PLC, HMI, SCADA, and MES systems into a unified, searchable model.
  • STARK — EUROPEAN DEFENCE SOVEREIGNTY
  • Yoummday GmbH — yoummday‘s concept is based on the sharing economy‘s principles. Among an innovative software solution, the marketplace is matching clients and freelancing call center agents whom we call talents. Through the concept, the platform provides a solution to work as a freelancing talent globally. Moreover, the provided technology enables the possibilityfor the talents to work from home.Additionally, a customer‘s project can be implemented efficiently, individually, and flexibly. Next to a talent pool with above 20,000 registered talents, yoummday offers managed services for corporate clients, as well as a self-managing possibility. Both services are allowing the client to monitor the project in real-time based on personally defined KPI‘s. By giving talents up to 80% of the revenue, the motivation is increasing, because the freelancing talent is earning twice as much as a call center agent in their country they live in. The client only has to pay a yoummday provision as well as the talent remuneration which is leading to cost savings up to 40%. Furthermore, yoummday is responsible for training and quality checks which are regularly analyzed and individually modified.Founded in 2016 by Klaus Harisch, Pablo Harisch, and Lion Harisch, yoummday is constantly looking for motivated, self-empowering, curious, critical thinking and problem-solving employees who want to innovate the call center business. The Tech startup is constantly fast-growing and the vision is to create a brand that is an outstanding example as a leading shared economy company that is offering the main assets which are the talents an ecologically friendly way to work from home. Next to a fixed salary, employees are offered various tangible and intangible benefits that are individualized based on the needs of the employee. yoummday is a group-orientated company which is focusing on the employee as the core asset. The headquarter is based in the heart of Munich and a second branch is located in Sofia.
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BayBG Venture Capital
VC Fund · München, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Innovative post-revenue startups with first customers trust us as highly reliable investors. We have been an active player in the venture capital market for over 25 years. Due to our evergreen approach, we offer institutional venture capital without the limitations of the usual fund structure. Predominantly we invest straight equity. Additionally,we can offer venture debt to mature startups close to break-even in order to avoid further dilution for founders. Being a private investment company we act as both lead investor or co-investor. We can also fulfill the private lead investor role for public investors like Bayern Kapital. Together we are increasing YOUR company's value.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, Italy, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • Round size: Series A $428k–$6.6M; Series B $732k–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • socialhub — Boost your social media success with SocialHub. Manage channels, schedule posts & get meaningful analytics. Try it out now!
  • TalentRocket — Talent Rocket is a job search engine that enables its users to find jobs with a suitable work environment for them. Job seekers can select their preferred company culture, follow their favorite companies, and start career conversations with employers. Talent Rocket was founded in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
  • Goodly Innovations — Goodly Innovations is the leading regulated industry-focused global Pharma 4.0 provider for extended reality shop floor guidance. From cleanrooms to secondary packaging areas, labs and more, Goodly can help improve Pharma and BioPharma clients efficiency, OEE, quality, training and more
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NAP
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Cavalry is an early-stage venture capital investor focused on European technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 95
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $1M–$6.2M; Series A $4.2M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • AMPECO — AMPECO enables large-scale EV charging providers to launch and scale their business operations under their own brand. The company offers a white-label and hardware-agnostic EV charging management platform to cover all business cases - public, private, and home charging. Advanced energy management, flexible billing and subscription management,automatic maintenance algorithms, and inter-operator roaming are some of the platform’s key components. With security and scalability at its core, the platform allows large-scale operators like energy companies, oil and gas, fleets, hardware manufacturers and installers to achieve quick go-to-market in a few months with a ready-made platform combined with unmatched flexibility and extensibility via APIs. AMPECO supports more than 110 charging network operators in over 45 markets and has been globally recognized by Frost & Sullivan for its superior technological innovation and strategic development with the 2022 Global Product Leadership Award.
  • UniteLabs — UniteLabs provides the foundational operating system for AI-driven lab automation in life science. It accelerates scientific discovery by closing the loop with a unified data and automation infrastructure, seamless integration, and intelligent control. Our platform empowers ambitious biotech companies, big pharma, integrators, and hardware vendorsby offering bidirectional connectors for diverse lab equipment, a scalable cloud platform with an open API, and a powerful workflow engine with an integrated compute environment. This allows for the creation of sophisticated, modular workflows, and enables rapid automation development through our Lab-as-Code environment, featuring a dynamic Python SDK and application-specific libraries.
  • beSirius — beSirius transforms ESG chaos into clarity - connecting your data to spot trends, reveal revenue signals, and answer any stakeholder in minutes. Smarter decisions, faster deals, zero admin drain.
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HV Capital
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 449
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$12M; Series A $3.3M–$33M; Series B $7.5M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $834M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Exein — The firmware security software and middleware can be injected like a vaccine in the hardware and aims to defend it from inside, working directly into the firmware at a lower level.
  • FINN — At finn our mission is to make mobility fun and sustainable: We help everyone who loves driving their own car but refuses the struggle, commitment and intransparent costs associated with car ownership. We achieve this by offering all-inclusive, immediately available, monthly car-subscriptions. Best thing, yet: While you drive we plant trees asevery journey is CO2 compensated.
  • Isar Aerospace — Isar Aerospace develops and operates launch services for small and medium-sized satellites, supporting both dedicated and rideshare missions to orbit. Its core offering is the Spectrum launch vehicle, a two-stage rocket designed to deploy satellites and satellite constellations into low Earth orbit with flexible launch configurations. The companydesigns and manufactures its launch technology in-house, using automated production processes and a vertically integrated approach to vehicle development. In addition to launch services, Isar Aerospace works with commercial, institutional, and space industry customers seeking access to orbital transportation for satellite missions. The company focuses on expanding launch capacity and supporting the growing demand for satellite deployment and space-based infrastructure.
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Picus Capital
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 357
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$12M; Pre-Seed $500k–$4.4M; Series A $3.7M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $140M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Enpal — Kostenlose Planung von Solaranlagen. Gewinnbringende & schnelle Umsetzung von Photovoltaikanlagen inklusive professionelle Installation & Netzanschluss. Zum Festpreis!
  • Everstores — Everstores makes use of your store data to speed up the sales process and give you a reasonable and transparent offer.
  • Lightbase — Plan, align, and ship complex projects faster. Lightbase maps your architecture across services and hands agents the full context to make safe, coordinated changes.
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STS Ventures
VC Fund · Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

STS Ventures is a tech-oriented VC that is strongly differentiated from other venture capital funds primarily by its focus on camel tech start-ups and its investment focus on niche markets. Camel start-ups are companies that are resilient and resistant and can therefore survive even under difficult economic conditions, pandemics or global crises.The VC bundles the business angel activities of the Cologne-based serial entrepreneur and investor Stephan Schubert. In addition, business angels, entrepreneurs and family offices who are friends or in close business association with Stephan Schubert invest jointly with him through STS Ventures. Since the advent of the internet in Europe in the late 1990s, Stephan Schubert has invested in numerous technology-driven start-ups and has become one of the most active and experienced business angels in Germany.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $27k–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GIPEDO — We believe sport content consumption will become more diversified in the future, not less. Hence, we put clubs and rights holders into control by providing a platform that turns stadiums into digital assets to supercharge content monetisation.
  • Replique — Replique is an online first fully encrypted 3D printing platform that makes spare part management more sustainable to large OEMs.
  • Talentspace — Talentspace is the hybrid & virtual career fair platform that brings real hiring results. Our event experience is the branding that employers need to attract talent.
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Target Partners
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

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

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$7.8M; Series B $2.4M–$20M; Series C $3.1M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2014

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
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Cherry Ventures
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of theirbusinesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 274
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$14M; Series A $7M–$44M; Series B $14M–$110M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $340M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Cortea — Cortea leverages artificial intelligence to revolutionize the auditing process by enhancing speed, accuracy, and transparency. Cortea transforms audits from traditional, labor-intensive processes into faster, more reliable, and more transparent operations.
  • Bits Technology — Bits Technology connects data sources & orchestrates workflows for financial tech services.
  • Black Forest Labs — Black Forest Labs creates advanced generative deep learning models for images and videos. They focus on making these technologies widely accessible and transparent, ensuring that their innovations are easy to use and understand. This approach aims to democratize access to cutting-edge technology and foster greater trust and utility.
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kopa ventures
VC Fund · Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

kopa is a venture capital investment firm. kopa ventures, formerly Wi Venture, is a leading early-stage impact investment firm focusing on Europe's most innovative climate tech startups in the areas of Energy, Mobility, and Nature & Carbon Tech. Since its inception in 2017, Wi Venture has successfully invested in over 25 incubations andstartups, resulting in numerous exits, an IPO, and more achievements on the horizon.As an early-stage investor, we prioritize the impact potential of startups during our investment decision-making process. Our mission is to support and empower these groundbreaking startups as they develop cutting-edge solutions to foster a climate-positive economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Energy Management, Solar
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$1.5M; Series A $7.1M–$219M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Limatica — Limatica is a BatteryTech/DeepTech startup founded in Chemnitz. Through the founder's deep understanding of battery diagnosis it was possible to develop a novel measurement method to qualify cells in battery production - faster and more cost-efficient than ever before.
  • Tomorrow — Sustainable banking. Green Finance. A credit card that is ecological, ethical and uses your money to generate a positive environmental impact. A bank that funds and promotes Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Wind Power and sustainable agriculture.
  • Green Fusion — Green Fusion is developing a cloud-based energy manager for the intelligent control of heat, electricity, and e-mobility. The focus here is on hybrid heating systems in buildings such as heat pumps + gas boilers and the coupling to photovoltaic systems and electric vehicle charging stations.
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MBG Schleswig-Holstein
VC Fund · Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

The MBG Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein mbH was founded in 1994 on the initiative of the state government of Schleswig-Holstein as a regional investment company. MBG Schleswig-Holstein is a full member of the Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften eV (BVK).The task of MBG is to strengthen the equitycapital base of medium-sized companies in Schleswig-Holstein, thereby also improving the conditions for raising debt capital.As a rule, MBG participates in so-called silent participations in medium-sized companies. In individual cases, however, it also engages itself in the form of open participations.19 employees of MBG currently serve more than 500 companies and a portfolio of more than 100 million euros.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $880k–$2M; Pre-Seed $143k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Naotilus — Process automation for district heating, district cooling by deploying high performing databases, using timeseries, AI
  • PANDA — PANDA created a unique Machine Learning Framework (Open Source) for industrial use, which processes all types of data uniformly & visualizes the correlations in the data without the need for programming. This enables to identify and eliminate the root causes of production problems (downtime & waste).The business model is based on providingthe algorithms in a toolbox (subscription model) for its customers (from sensors to data acquisition and fully automated Analysis with AI). The toolbox can be adapted to any factory and enables the equipment of single machines/ plants up to whole factories of industrial companies. Due to the OpEx model, customers do not have to make large investments to implement AIoT.
  • SmartLoC — IoT driven Trade Finance Smart Letter of Credit (SmartLoC) helps Importers and Exporters, avoid the very complex and expensive Letter of Credit financing tool and mitigate risk for incomplete or damaged shipments by offering Supply-Chain Visibility as well as IoT-based secure and reliable payment of transactions.
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Peter Mertens
Angel · Kefar Sava, HaMerkaz, Israel · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Automotive, CleanTech
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Germany, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $411k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Certivity — Certivity offers software to model digital regulatory twins of their products. This will ensure that current regulatory requirements are integrated in the right place in the engineering process. Product compliance will be smarter, safer, more transparent, more efficient, and significantly cheaper.
  • DeepDrive — We are DeepDrive. We are powered by fusion. Absolute professionalism mixed up with our deeply rooted urge to discover. Deep expertise meets revolutionary innovations.
  • Leegle — Moonblock is a tool to navigate Web3 with the right insights with a Web3 Brand Intelligence platform.
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Creathor Ventures
VC Fund · Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

We have been investing at the frontier of technology and science for over 30 years. We know what it takes to succeed.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $5.1M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • AYOXXA — AYOXXA is a biotech company commercializing innovative technology developed at the National University of Singapore (NUS). AYOXXA’s patented technology platform is producing a new generation of biochips – merging biology with IT. This allows the biochip to accumulate large numbers of applications – measuring multiple protein markers for cancer,allergies, cardiovascular and infectious diseases – in a single test.
  • SIRION BIOTECH — Viral Vector Technology as key enabler for innovative therapeutics. Viral vectors are a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic material into cells. This technique enables research of gene function and innovative therapeutics designed to correct defective genes and cancer. These technologies also assist in the discovery ofnew drug, food and cosmetic compounds. SIRION is a global leader in viral vector technology for gene modification of mammalian cells. Along with custom services, the company stands ready to outlicense its unique technologies. An initial target currently being pursued by one of SIRION's partners is a gene therapeutic for cervical cancer. The company started business in 2007 and since then has been changing the paradigm of viral vector supplies. Specifically, all commonly applied vector types are now available within a matter of weeks - adenovirus, adeno-associated virus (AAV) and lentivirus - and a full range of virus related services is at your fingertips spanning from particle production to virus driven cell modelling, all at highest titers and in quantities required for preclinical, clinical and animal testing.The company is easily accessible with presence in Munich, Tokyo, New Hampshire and Tel Aviv. Commercial arrangements range from fee-for-service over exclusive rights on single clones all the way to milestone & licensing arrangements. The business model proves successful: an annual 70% growth since 2007 and experienced in more than 500 projects for both the academic and industry sector.The company is privately held and has over the years raised funds from 8 investors both private and government. In order to support further growth and to benefit from technology development in this exciting industry, the company welcomes new investors. Please contact Management for further information about the company and its future plans.
  • CryoTherapeutics — CryoTherapeutics is focusing on the development, demonstration of clinical benefit, and early-stage commercialization of a proprietary cryotherapy system for use in the treatment of coronary artery disease that causes heart attacks. The safety and efficacy of cryoenergy in the cardiovascular system has been demonstrated and CryoTherapeutics intendsto extend the benefits of cryoenergy to the problem of diseased coronary arteries.
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Alpana Ventures
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Alpana Ventures is a Swiss VC focusing on digital transformation.Since 2016 we backed 45 founder teams with 3 Funds, supporting them in their journey towards a positive impact.Committed to value creation, we discover deep tech solutions in Switzerland, Europe and the US.We invest to embed them into innovative business models and back them tobecome global market leaders.Applying ESG criteria, our portfolio companies help create a more sustainable future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 98
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$4M; Series A $2.3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sinay — Use the full potential of your data with intelligent solutions. Become more efficient on a daily basis and reduce your environmental impact.
  • Nezasa — Discover how to grow your business with Nezasa TripBuilder, the world's leading travel commerce solution for travel businesses.
  • Tinamu — Trusted inventory intelligence delivered in real-time
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DEPO Ventures
VC Fund · Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

DEPO Ventures is an angel network and VC (Grouport and DEPO Angels Fund II), which connects world of startups and investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Czech Republic, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $564k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $317k–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tapaya — Tapaya is a fintech infrastructure company that provides payment acceptance software designed to turn any device into a payment terminal.
  • PARTORY — PARTORY offers complete manufacturing solutions in engineering. PARTORY utilising AI and machine learning to streamline the procurement process for low-cost metal parts
  • WanderWallet
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Scania Growth Capital
VC Fund · Södertälje, Vasternorrlands Lan, Sweden · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Scania has founded Scania Growth Capital for investments in high-growth companies with strategic relevance to its ecosystem of customers and partners in the automotive- and transport industries.Scania Growth Capital invests in companies that support the shift towards a more sustainable transport system, and in ventures that may discoverdisrupting technologies and business models in the automotive and transport industries.It also provides a platform where Scania can support capable entrepreneurs with a large ecosystem, as well as broad and deep industry knowledge, which will add great value to the portfolio companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Logistics, Industrial Automation
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Sweden, Germany, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Waabi — Waabi operates as a self-driving technology start-up. Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before.
  • vialytics — vialytics is a system solution for the road maintenance management of municipalities. Their integrated road monitoring system enables municipal administrations collecting data of their roads and monitoring the results. Predictive Features enrich the user experience by data matching background processes.
  • Black Semiconductor — Our technology integrates high-speed graphene photonics directly onto any electronic chip, inspiring innovators to rethink compute architectures.
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Atlantic
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Atlantic Labs supports and invests in mission-driven founders working on transformative technology ventures.&nbsp;<br><br>We partner with founders early, providing the capital, tools and network necessary to growing their companies and accompanying them on their entrepreneurial journey. We are currently active in areas including Digital Health, Future of Work, Machine Learning, Decentralized Networks, Mobility and Industrial Applications.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 212
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.3M; Pre-Seed $878k–$5.3M; Series A $5.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Vyoma GmbH — Vyoma ensures satellite safety and real-time mapping of space objects with cameras on satellites paired with automation services.
  • bonify — Bonify, a Berlin based FinTech-Start-up, enables customers to benefit from their credit scoring and financial data. The company gives customers free and easy access to their credit score and let them upload additional relevant data. Then, it offers tools and personalized recommendations to help optimize the customer’s financial situation.Foundedin 2015 by key executives of McKinsey and Zalando, bonify has received significant funding from internationally leading VCs and successful entrepreneurs.
  • Again — SecondCircle makes carbon negative chemicals for a cleaner future. We are the first carbon negative chemical manufacturer that can scale to meet global demand. The best thing about it: we use carbon dioxide as a feedstock.
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Troy Capital Partners
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Multi-stage venture capital. Partnering every step of the way

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Transportation, Travel
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$5.6M; Series A $5M–$56M; Series B $14M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $52M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Dack — Operto's comprehensive hospitality management software streamlines operations, enhances guest experiences, and drives growth.
  • dot.LA — dot.LA is a digital newsroom covering L.A.'s startup and tech community. dot.LA’s mission is to celebrate and empower the Los Angeles startup and tech community, fueling innovation around the world.
  • Archer — Archer is an aerospace company building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft focused on improving mobility in cities. The company's mission is to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. Archer is designing, manufacturing, and operating a fully electric aircraft that can carry four passengers for 60 miles at speeds ofup to 150mph while producing minimal noise. Archer's team is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Capnamic
VC Fund · Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Capnamic is a Venture Capital firm supporting ambitious founders in the German-speaking regions. Our focus is on the early stages, from (Pre-)Seed to Series A.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$8.6M; Series A $3.1M–$25M; Series B $5.3M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $216M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • yasp — yasp mission is to transform complex AI capabilities into practical, effective tools that empower businesses in the evolving digital landscape.
  • Freshflow — Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste.
  • Omegga GmbH — Omegga is developing a non-invasive, purely optical, Al-powered method for in-ovo sex detection of chicken embryos at an early stage.
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nbr technology ventures
VC Fund · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Automotive, Sensor, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.7M
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bareways — Bareways develops AI-driven software solutions to enable driving assistance functionalities outside of urban- or high way environments.
  • gestigon — gestigon was founded in 2011. Despite of being a rather young company in the automotive market, they target to be global market leader in all solutions that they bring into serial production.During the last years the company practically doubled in size every year – regardless which measure you apply: people, customer base, experience or squaremeters. They also greatly expanded their lines of code, financials and revenues. They managed to hire rock-star-developers building the #BestTeamEver. The majority of the experience and lines of code as well as the solutions and products are home-grown. As well as their enthusiasm!Since early 2017 they are part of the Valeo group, a leading tier one with more than 90,000 employees all over the globe. Sharing visions, focusing on people and customers, reusing experience, optimizing market focus are the core elements of their joint success.
  • German Autolabs — German Autolabs builds powerful voice assistance tools to augment the daily workflows of professional drivers, couriers and delivery teams.
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EOS VC Fund
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Galaxy Digital is a NYC-based multi-strategy investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Gaming
  • Stage:Grant, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5.3M; Grant $50k–$50k; Series A $1.7M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Gapless — Gapless is building a blockchain based platform for collectible cars, and later on we want to move into all things collectible.
  • Captrace — CAPTRACE offers innovative software and services for the management of equities and investors. Its disclosure services provide issuers full transparency over their investor structure and present best-in-class solutions for forthcoming disclosure regulations in Germany and Europe broadly. CAPTRACE's registry service offers a unique custodysolution that secures the safekeeping of securities with distributed ledger technology (DLT) and a central depository.
  • Stableton Financial — Explore private blue-chip tech investment opportunities with Stableton. Diversify your portfolio with top private tech companies, offering liquidity, transparency, and growth potential.
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bmp Ventures
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups, 8 in the past 12 months

bmp Ventures is an innovative Venture Capital Company from Berlin. Since 1997 we’ve been investing Smart Money in Early Stage and Growth Startups. We finance ingenious business models with outstanding teams, who build fast-growing and sustainably profitable enterprises.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United States, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 120
  • Round size: Seed $165k–$3.4M; Series A $30k–$5.9M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Sedivention — Fight obesity within 20 minutes - fast, effective, long-term. A new weight-loss therapy for the treatment of obesity. Just a view minutes will change your life.
  • Solar Materials — SOLAR MATERIALS developed a recycling technology for solar modules, which recovers all raw materials for a circular solar industry.
  • Litherm Technologies — Litherm Technologies GmbH is a German deep‑tech startup focused on decarbonizing lime and cement production using fully electric kiln technology.
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Helvetia Venture Fund
VC Fund · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Helvetia has a long tradition: in over 150 years, it has grown from a number of Swiss and foreign insurance companies into a successful international insurance group. Today, Helvetia has subsidiaries in its home market Switzerland as well as in the countries that make up the Europe market area: Germany, Italy, Austria and Spain. Helvetia is alsopresent in France with its Specialty Markets market area and through selected regions worldwide.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $3.3M–$4.1M; Series A $5.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $53M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Napo Pet Insurance — Comprehensive pet insurance by Napo. Full dental cover included. Free unlimited video vet and behaviourist consultations. 5% multi-pet discount.
  • Flitter — Flitter is a neo-insurance company that provides pay-per-mile insurance and connected technology.
  • INKI.TECH — Equip your business with high-end, secure IT equipment through INKI's device-as-a-service model. Reduce operational costs, increase agility, and embrace sustainability while minimizing total cost of ownership.
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MANN+HUMMEL
VC Fund · Ludwigsburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

As a global leader and expert in the field of filtration MANN+HUMMEL develops innovative solutions for the health and mobility of people. A wide range of products and services enables us to meet the needs of our customers and society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Hardware, Internet, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $3.6M–$6.7M; Series A $31M–$33M; Series C $16M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Uviquity — Uviquity is a firm that wants to encourage safety for their clients. The company is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States.
  • Omen AI — Harness the power of Ai and proprietary sensing to prevent equipment failures.
  • asellerate — Retromotion is a D2C multichannel e-commerce platform for high-quality old- and youngtimer spare parts and matching accessories. Retromotion offers a 360 degree E-Commerce approach to their clients, including B2C Fulfillment and Direct Customer Service.
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Vito Ventures
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Die Digitalisierung stellt uns vor neue Herausforderungen, denen wir mutig begegnen. Mit VC/O gestalten wir die Zukunft mit und investieren in sie.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet of Things
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Germany, Finland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$13M; Series A $1.6M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • IQM Quantum Computers — IQM is the leading European quantum hardware company in superconducting circuits. We build quantum computers.
  • Soley — Strategisches Produktportfolio-Management einfach digitalisieren mit Soley: Produktportfolio-Analyse und Produktportfolio-Optimierung auf Knopfdruck.
  • Wirepas — Wirepas offers a standards-based, ultra-reliable mesh connectivity for infrastructure-grade IoT. Proven in millions of devices worldwide.
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MobilityFund
VC Fund · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable mobility by backing the best founders in European mobility start-ups. We invest in disruptive mobility start-ups with ambitious founders from Seed to Series A and onwards. Our experienced team includes entrepreneurs from Europe and Silicon Valley who partner with our companies as they scale to become global transportation leaders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Transportation, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, Israel, Poland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $580k–$7.3M; Series A $7.7M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MANSIO — MANSIO's unique IT solution enables cross-company relay transportation. Thereby, the semi-trailer is handed over from one truck to another at a parking lot along the route. After this “trailer swap”, the truckers drive back to their particular home regions with their own semi-truck and the swapped trailer from the opposite direction.In theMANSIO transportation system, empty runs to find return loads and parking-search-traffic are eliminated. Semi-trucks can be used very cost-efficiently in a second shift and - by that - generate additional revenue. In the future, the MANSIO trailer handover system will also allow battery-electric trucks with short ranges to be used on certain sections of long distance transport routes.
  • k2-mobility — Operators of heavy vehicle fleets are facing one of the most significant transformational challenges by switching to electric vehicles. The additional time for battery charging, the limited vehicle range as well as diligent planning of energy consumption need to be dynamically integrated and accounted for in their daily operations. K2Mobility's software PANION has a real-time connection to the transport and tour plans, to the vehicles, the chargers and the grid and is planning and optimizing charging for operational excellence, energy cost and Total Cost of Ownership.
  • FlowFox — Automated Container Releases, Container Drop-off Changes, Container Reuses and C/H Instructions.
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Oskar Hartmann
Angel · Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Germany, India, Russian Federation

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$52M; Series A $7.4M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
  • Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
  • MoonAI Inc — MoonAI enables businesses to deploy no-code AI agents—referred to as “AI salespersons”—within one day, with no installation cost. These agents automate lead qualification, escalate warm leads to managers, schedule meetings, and integrate with CRMs, messaging platforms.The solution operates 24/7, supports multiple languages (includingRussian, English, and informal Kazakh), and processes customer interactions in just seconds. It has helped companies double the volume of processed inquiries, reduce response times from minutes to seconds, and even autonomously close a portion of leads—all while reducing sales team workload and improving customer satisfaction.
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TA Ventures
VC Fund · Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

TA Ventures is a global, network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups that redefine the industries of tomorrow. We typically write initial checks of $100-250K for Pre-Seed and Seed companies and actively provide follow-on investments. We pride ourselves on swift execution, hands-on support, and leveraging our extensiveinternational network. By connecting our portfolio companies with growth-oriented co-investors, we help them scale effectively through subsequent funding rounds. Additionally, we draw on our deep industry expertise to offer portfolio companies and partner VCs access to top-tier, cost-efficient R&D talent.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 200
  • Round size: Seed $580k–$6.4M; Pre-Seed $150k–$3M; Series A $2.5M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
  • Blossom Health
  • SpeedLabs — SpeedLabs is a real-time market engine for sports and creates and prices new markets in seconds.
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FJ Labs
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in Germany Automotive startups

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1119
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $4.5M–$30M; Series B $11M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
  • Lastro — Lastro is an all-in-one real estate management platform with integrated payments that simplifies managing rental properties. It helps landlords streamline workflows by organizing lease contract information in a cloud-based system, automating rent charging processes, monitoring tenant obligations and generating customized reports.
  • Revelo — Scale your development team with the top 1% of 1,000,000+ software engineers in Latin America. Get matched with senior remote developers who have strong technical and English-speaking skills & hire them without the overhead. We handle payroll, taxes, and HR. Flat monthly rate.
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Bloomhaus Ventures
VC Fund · Zug, Zug, Switzerland · 2 investments in Germany Automotive startups

We are a pioneering Swiss venture capital firm dedicated to empowering game-changing tech startups in Central Europe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • BTRY — BTRY is a spin-off of EMPA and ETH and is developing the industry's first energy-dense solid-state battery, using sophisticated semiconductor manufacturing technologies.
  • Skyld — Skyld create AI-powered security solutions The goal of our endeavor is to prevent reverse engineering and model theft. It is not possible to solve these issues with patents. A true "anti-theft" solution for AI models is what we are creating.
  • Manukai — Our AI models turn your production history into scalable automation. It runs fully on-premise, secure, and integrates seamlessly into your CAM software or NC code workflow.
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Heartcore Capital
VC Fund · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark · 2 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Heartcore Capital invests in companies re-enchanting the world through technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Denmark, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 202
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$12M; Series A $3.4M–$27M; Series B $9.4M–$58M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $250M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Exporo — Exporo offers investors an overview of real estate projects in which they can invest easily, transparently and free of charge.The idea begins in 2013 with the realization that real estate project developers are increasingly looking for alternative sources of finance, as banks no longer finance entire projects as usual due to stricter regulation,and that private investors only have a lot of money, with good conditions and easy to invest in real estate. The result of this observation is the firm decision to develop its own online marketplace to offer real estate projects as an investment opportunity and to provide capital directly between private investors and real estate companies.Simon Brunke, Björn Maronde, Tim Bütecke and Julian Oertzen founded the online platform in 2014, they are constantly evolving and they are board members of Exporo AG. The company now employs more than 120 people and is based in Hamburg's HafenCity.
  • Perk (formerly TravelPerk) — TravelPerk offers the freedom travelers want, and the control companies need. Enjoy an industry-leading travel inventory, 24/7 support and easy booking.
  • Fast Travel Games — Fast Travel Games is a VR exclusive game developer and publisher, founded by industry leading veterans and behind acclaimed titles such as Apex Construct and Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife.
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BMW i Ventures
VC Fund · Mountain View, California, United States · 2 investments in Germany Automotive startups

We operate with the speed and rigor of a Silicon Valley VC firm, while leveraging the value-add of BMW as a corporate partner

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Automotive, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 145
  • Round size: Series A $7M–$50M; Series B $14M–$61M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Xometry — Xometry is a leader in high-precision production part and prototyping manufacturing on demand. Get instant quotes on CNC machining, 3D printing, sheet metal fabrication, laser cutting, and more.
  • GenXComm — GenXComm's Cellular Mesh-Based Technology for Public and Private Networks Offers Complete On-Site Coverage: Easy to Deploy, Fully Secure, & Highly Scalable
  • Plus One Robotics — The fastest and most reliable parcel handing robotics solutions in your warehouse.
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Vsquared Ventures
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 2 investments in Germany Automotive startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Vsquared Ventures invests in early-stage deep-tech companies that are tackling society's most pressing challenges, with a focus on quantum and novel computing, green energy, robotics, AI/ML, new space, synthetic biology, and healthcare. It is committed to a partnership and will go to any length to help accelerate and scale vision,unlocking all seemingly impossible possibilities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Lendurai — Lendurai enables drones to operate without GNSS using computer vision and AI. Providing autonomous navigation solutions for defence and public sector UAVs.
  • Arlequin AI — Unlock actionable insights from complex social data to drive strategic decisions using our AI models.
  • Snowcap Compute — Snowcap Compute develops advanced artificial intelligence computing chips that leverage superconducting technology for faster processing and greater energy efficiency.
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HR Ventures
VC Fund · Dreieich, Hessen, Germany · 2 investments in Germany Automotive startups

HR Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm, which is part of the HahnAir Group. HR Ventures is based near Frankfurt am Main in Germany. HR Ventures is also an EVCA member, the European private equity & venture capital association.HR Ventures was founded to support exceptional entrepreneurs in achieving their goals together aspartners. We define ourselves as an equal partner for all entrepreneurial challenges with in-depth expertise and a large network. The company builds a strong relationship with each founder to create outstanding companies. We are here to

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Travel, Tourism, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, Spain, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $137k–$1.6M; Series A $2.2M–$6.6M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2012

Portfolio highlights

  • Nezasa — Discover how to grow your business with Nezasa TripBuilder, the world's leading travel commerce solution for travel businesses.
  • Caravelo — Caravelo provides travel subscription solutions that increase revenue & market share, reduce seasonality, and create better customer experiences.
  • BYHOURS — The leader in Microstays and Hotels for the day. Book Hotel rooms in hourly rates for day use, also for the night. Choose the check-in time and pay per use in more that 4,000 Hotels near Airports, City Centres, Hospitals and Train stations in 20 countries. Join 250K customers worldwide who are enjoying flexibility in their hotel booking.
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Zimmermann Investments
VC Fund · Werdohl, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 2 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Zimmermann Investments, their expertise comes from decades of international, independent leadership for companies in the logistics, IT and financial services, food, wholesale and retail, catering and commercial property management industries. Their profound knowledge in the areas of financial markets and capital procurement is the foundation forprofitable, progressive projects. The Zimmerman Investment team is specialized in supporting founders. They focus on seed and early stage investments in the fields of consumer internet, FinTech and technology, while always striving to create synergies with existing investments.The structure of Their organization is grouped into a family office. Aside from support and consultation, They also provide services within relevant business fields.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Furniture, E-Commerce, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MYCS — MYCS was co-founded in Berlin by serial entrepreneurs Christoph Jung, Kachun To, Claudio Bredfeldt and Kai Sap in May 2014. Their vision was to create a new buying experience in the furniture segment and to make customisation the new normal. MYCS’ photorealistic 3D online configurator has revolutionised the customisation experience for theconsumer. The start-up launched its online platform in mid-2015 and closed the first year with a run rate of €5m. Every third existing customer returns to MYCS within an 18-month period.
  • Free2Move — Free2Move allows people to find and compare vehicles from a wide variety of carsharing providers in one app. Users can see cars from major carsharing providers in their area, find the closest one, compare offers and book the best fit.Their mission is to provide people with easy access to a variety of vehicles and enable them to book directly fromthe app. The Free2Move App is available for Android, iOS and Windows devices.
  • EmmySoft — We create trailblazing software solutions for transforming and modernizing the HR Recruiting and Candidate Management process.
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Penny Schiffer
Angel · 2 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Penny Schiffer - CEO & Co-founder @ Raized.ai

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $544k–$9.3M; Series A $1.2M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Versameb — Versameb AG is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in Basel, Switzerland managed by an experienced scientific and business pharmaceutical industry team. The company’s focus is the development of novel RNA-based therapeutics. Versameb’s proprietary VERSagile technology platform enables efficient development of functional mRNAmolecules for customized protein expression and modification in multiple disease areas with high unmet medical need.
  • Enterprise Bot — Cost-effective Conversational AI solutions transforming customer interaction for global enterprises. Discover cutting-edge chat, email, and voice tech.
  • Scientific Visual — Scientific Visual supplies quality control workstations to visualize defects in non-polished sapphire such as watch covers, ingots and wafers.
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ISB Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz
Angel · 2 investments in Germany Automotive startups

ISB Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Battery
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sdui — Sdui is the solution for mobile communication in schools. With amazingly easy features for messaging, timetables and a wide range of third party integrations, the app digitizes processes and reduces administrative effort. Within two years, Sdui has reached hundreds of institutions and grown a serious reputation in the educational market.
  • Kumpan Electric — Kumpan electric (e-bility GmbH) is a manufacturer of E-Scooters and offers e-mobility solutions and portable energy storage systems– made inEurope! Kumpan electric develops, produces, and sells stylish electric vehicles (20-120 km/h) and energy storage systems for end consumers, fleets, and sharing companies (B2C, B2B).
  • Hintbox — Whistleblower-System, Hinweisgebersystem, SaaS
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Chris Adelsbach
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Germany Automotive startups

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 233
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2M; Series A $4.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bourn — Bourn's technology is designed to automate cash flow management, offering SMEs fast access to capital.
  • Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
  • Emblematic — The first AI-driven Agentic Automation platform, designed to fully automate and enhance the accuracy of Finance Operations, including Bookkeeping, IFRS/GAAP Compliance, Reconciliations, and more.
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Automotive Investor funding in Germany at a glance

Stats across 370 deals from 564 investors.

564
investors
in Germany Automotive startups
370
deals
in Germany Automotive startups
$4.7M
median round
in Germany Automotive startups
36%
lead investors
lead at least one round
30%
Seed
most common funding stage
83/17
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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