Top 50 Automotive VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in November 2024
A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Automotive startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Automotive companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Automotive VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in November 2024
Investor | Automotive Germany investments |
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Bayern Kapital | 10 |
UVC Partners | 8 |
KfW | 7 |
HTGF | High-Tech Gruenderfonds | 7 |
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen | 6 |
MAHLE | 5 |
coparion | 4 |
DN Capital | 4 |
Axel Springer Digital Ventures | 4 |
Continental | 4 |
STS Ventures | 3 |
Scania Growth Capital | 3 |
Vito Ventures | 3 |
Target Partners | 3 |
Cherry Ventures | 3 |
Helvetia Venture Fund | 3 |
MANN+HUMMEL | 3 |
Atlantic Labs | 3 |
Cavalry Ventures | 3 |
IBB Ventures | 3 |
TA Ventures | 3 |
Troy Capital Partners | 3 |
Redstone.VC | 3 |
Porsche Ventures | 3 |
BayBG Venture Capital | 3 |
kopa ventures | 3 |
HV Capital | 3 |
Alpana Ventures | 3 |
Capnamic Ventures | 3 |
MBG Schleswig-Holstein | 3 |
nbr technology ventures | 3 |
Picus Capital | 3 |
Project A Ventures | 3 |
Creathor Ventures | 3 |
Mutschler Ventures AG | 2 |
Kinled Holding | 2 |
Maniv Mobility | 2 |
GETTYLAB | 2 |
GOOSE Capital | 2 |
TiE Angels | 2 |
BonVenture | 2 |
Hevella Capital | 2 |
Saint-Gobain NOVA | 2 |
Energie360° | 2 |
Phoenix Venture Partners | 2 |
Zimmermann Investments | 2 |
BayStartUP | 2 |
Partech | 2 |
Wille Finance | 2 |
Bosch | 2 |
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
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, United States, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- ExoMatter — ExoMatter is a digital materials development startup. They employ artificial intelligence algorithms to find better and more sustainable materials for their application. Their customized platform contains all material data in one location. They use scientific data on materials to develop enhanced and environmentally friendly materials. Theirmaterials research platform generates a customized list of materials for each client's application.
- OroraTech — OroraTech provides global real-time information services. The first target market is early detection and monitoring of wildfires, extended by a proprietary constellation of thermal imaging nanosatellites equipped with in-space AI image processing. At the beginning of 2020, OroraTech launched an MVP called Wildfire Service (WFS) that enables quickdetection and monitoring of wildfires on a global scale. The combination of existing thermal-infrared satellite data with external data layers, such as fuel, wind, and risk maps results in an automatic generation of fire alerts and the display of current fire perimeters for users. The MVP was launched in early 2020 and has gained increasing traction with governmental and large corporate customers all over the world.
- SPiNE — SPiNE is a startup that provides safe, clean, and inexpensive energy to all end users. It is focused on smart meter rollout and, as a result, digitalization in metering and control of charging infrastructure, heat pumps, and battery storage.
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
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Reverion — Reverion offers electrical efficiencies for both power generation and energy storage. Reverion was foun ded in 2022 and was headquartered in Bayern, Germany.
- 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.
- Enginsight — Enginsight GmbH was founded in August 2017. With a highly motivated team, they are working together on the vision of providing companies with a solution that will enable them to safely and confidently navigate the digital future. Enginsight helps leading companies autonomously monitor and secure their entire IT landscape. Certified and highlytrained employees form the heart of Enginsight, together with partner companies around the globe. They analyze and monitor complete IT landscapes – recognize the connections and dependencies between websites and servers up to IoT-devices. The innovative software platform acts autonomously and points out the critical paths, risks and threats.
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
- Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Germany, India, Kenya
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- Uniper — Uniper is an international energy company with about 11,000 employees. They combine a balanced portfolio of technologically advanced large-scale assets with outstanding technical and commercial expertise. Uniper is a German energy company based in Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed by the separation of E.ON's fossil fuel assetsinto a separate company that began operating on 1 January 2016.
- Vectoflow — Vectoflow is an innovative company developing fluid-dynamic metrology devices for fluid flow and dynamics measurement. It offers standardized and customized flow measurement technology that measures the static and total pressure, velocity, and angle of attack of a flow. These products are used in motorsport, aviation, turbine machine development,and research sectors.
- Electrochaea — Electrochaea is commercializing a disruptive, scalable technology to convert electric power into methane, the principal component of natural gas. Using CO2 as a feedstock gas, power can be efficiently converted to renewable natural gas for power storage, for transportation fuels, or for transmission via a natural gas network. The company licensedtechnology from the University of Chicago and is led by the Nidus Partners, a St. Louis investment group specializing in renewable energy. Mich Hein, a Nidus Managing Partner, serves as CEO.Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable and disruptive solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, a conversion process known as “power-to-gas”.
The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.
Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Nuuron — Nuuron is a neurotech startup that is developing the Memory-Pacemaker, a non-invasive photonic neurostimulation device that allows Alzheimer's sufferers to store and retrieve memories anew.
- GlassFlow — GlassFlow is a serverless and production-ready setup that empowers everyone in your data team to build and transform event-based pipelines in minutes.
- Cloudsquid — is an an artificial intelligence based revenue orchestration company intended for companies with usage-based pricing models.
TGFS - Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen is an early stage VC fund targeting high tech startups with strong growth potential. The fund invests into ventures located in Saxony/Germany, Europe's leading semiconductor cluster. The team has invested into more than 120 companies so far, including more than 40 investments from the currentfund.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, United States
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- In.hub — in.hub is a specialist in condition monitoring of machines, processes, and products, offering digitalisation options in the industrial environment. It connects legacy and modern systems, creates condition monitoring systems, and generates information for optimal planning and control.
- Peeriot — Peeriot is a B2B software high-tech startup with a breakthrough in IoT. Peeriot offers a low-code software suite that simplifies IoT data sharing by tenfold.
- Zenesis — Zenesis intends to change the way engineering planning processes are carried out.
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
- Automotive, GreenTech, Lifestyle
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Germany, Israel, United States
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.
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
- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
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
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
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Cognigy — Automate customer and employee services through Conversational AI implementation across any organization with Cognigy. Book demo or try free now!
- Hawk — Award-winning AML & CFT technology powered by explainable AI increases your risk coverage, helps you identify more crime, and reduces your false positives.
- Prometeo — Prometeo allows access to banking information, transactions, and payments across multiple financial institutions in Latam. Prometeo brings interoperability to Latam's financial sector. We believe the financial future is open and connected. We are building it
Axel Springer Digital Ventures is the Venture Capital unit of Axel Springer SE, investing in digital companies globally.
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Investment focus
- Real Estate, Digital Media, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, United States, The Netherlands
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.
- Proportunity — Proportunity is a technology-driven mortgage lender. The company pushes the edge on real estate data-driven investment insights. It uses machine learning to accurately forecast house prices and up-and-coming areas, providing loans to buyers looking to purchase homes in forecasted high-growing areas.Vadim Toader and Stefan Boronea startedProportunity in 2016, which is headquartered in London, England.
- Goggo Network — Autonomous Mobility as a Service. We deploy and operate fleets of shared autonomous vehicles to transport people and goods.
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
- Automotive, Software, Autonomous Vehicles
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- Germany, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- 4.screen — 4.screen is a technology company that develops technologies for driver interactions. The 4.screen Mobility Experience Cloud (MXC) connects the car to the mobility ecosystem and provides a standardized interface for real-time communication with drivers. 4.screen shares a common goal with car manufacturers and businesses – placing the driver at thecenter of every equation. Car manufacturers and mobility service providers implement 4.screen APIs into their existing systems and applications to provide integrated services for seamless journeys. Businesses of all sizes - from local shops to global brands - use 4.screen to communicate with drivers directly through the vehicle's screen. Drivers enjoy frictionless access to the mobility ecosystem, see more relevant content and benefit from value-added services such as sponsored parking and charging. The 4.screen technology is developed by a team of automotive, marketing, and software experts who are committed to creating seamless experiences for drivers.
- Blickfeld — Discover the world's first smart LiDAR solution that combines state-of-the-art hardware with powerful software to digitalize whole industries!
- Kopernikus Automotive — autonomous cars, self-driving cars, middleware, store, commerce, car tuning
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
- Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany
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.
- Tilta — Provide a financial service, drive your GMV, and add a new revenue stream without the hassle of being a financial servicer provider.
- Golfstrom Energy GmbH — Embedded financial services for renewable energy
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
- Manufacturing, Logistics, Industrial Automation
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Sweden, Germany, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
- 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 — Black Semiconductor manufacture microchips with integrated electronic-photonic circuits using graphene technology.
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
- Software, Information Technology, Internet of Things
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- IQM Quantum Computers — IQM is the leading European quantum hardware company in superconducting circuits. We build quantum computers.
- Wirepas — Wireless mesh connectivity for industrial IoT. Proven, ultra-reliable and scalable. Lowest total cost of ownership. The best mesh for IoT.
- CrateDB — CrateDB is the leading open-source, distributed SQL database, empowering customers to turn data into business value
Target Partners is a German venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies.
With 300 million Euro under management, Target Partners is one of the leading venture capital investors in Germany.The partners of Target Partners have years of collective experience as successful managers, entrepreneurs and venture capitalinvestors in Europe and the USA. They founded or led companies their selves, developed or sold technology products their selves. They have seen numerous companies through to IPO and beyond. They understand the challenges an entrepreneur faces and that the road to success often isn't simple and straight.Both in Europe and the USA Target Partners has a large network in industry and venture capital. They open doors for you to customers, business partners, experienced managers and financial markets. They support you in business development, in international expansion, in closing OEM or distribution contracts, and in acquisition decisions. In addition, several dozen European and US entrepreneurs and top managers, as well as a number of US venture capitalists, have personally invested in their funds and thus have a particularly strong interest in your company's success.
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Investment focus
- Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- Germany, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- tado° — Tado° is The Heating App for private homes and small businesses. It adjusts to the residents' behavior in real time and also takes current weather forecasts and building characteristics into account. tado° GmbH is a Munich based Tech Startup bringing Internet of Things into the Cleantech Market. It was founded by Christian Deilmann, JohannesSchwarz, Valentin Sawadski and Leopold von Bismarck in 2011. A team of qualified young professionals has been working on the development of tado° for approximately two years in Munich.
- NavVis — NavVis next-generation technology for the built environment enables accurate mobile mapping of indoor spaces and enterprise-ready digital twin solutions.
- Dedrone — Dedrone is the global leader in anti-drone / counter-drone solutions with the most customers in more countries
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
- Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Tola — Tola offers a simple and easy way for businesses to pay and get paid, however and whenever they want. Sign up today!
- Qura — Qura builds AI to make legal text searchable using natural language.
- Atlas Metrics — The single source of truth for your ESG data
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
- Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany, Switzerland, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- CamperBoys — CamperBoys rents out fully equipped camper vans in Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig-Halle & Berlin.
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
- Hardware, CleanTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, Germany, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- ZwitterCo — ZwitterCo is revolutionizing water & wastewater treatment with cutting-edge membrane technology, along with providing sustainable, high-efficiency solutions.
- Get Spiffy — On-demand car cleaning technology and services company with the mission to redefine the car washing experience everywhere.
- 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.
Atlantic Labs supports and invests in mission-driven founders working on transformative technology ventures. <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
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- LEVY Health — Endometriosis is a condition where tissue like your uterine lining grows outside the womb: on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, pelvic tissues, or more rarely, in other parts of the body.
- 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.
- Purpose Green — Purpose Green operates as a climatetech company.
Cavalry is an early-stage venture capital investor focused on European technology companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
- VoiceLine — VoiceLine is AI-powered field sales revenue intelligence. Document any customer interactions in seconds, get actionable insights and boost sales performance. Start today!
- Companion.energy — Software to manage industrial energy flexibility in the age of renewables.
IBB Ventures is a venture capital and mezzanine arm of Investitionsbank Berlin specializing in seed/startup, early venture, and mid venture investments. The firm invests in technology-oriented companies and companies from the creative industries. It typically invests in information and communication sector with a focus on hardware andsoftware, network technology, new media, and internet and mobile technologies; life science sector with a focus on biotechnology and media technology; and industrial technologies sector with a focus on software, PPS, supply chain management, micro and nanotechnology, environmental and power technology, automation, manufacturing technology, transport technology and logistics, and new materials. The firm also invests in movies, broadcast, television, publisher, music, entertainment, advertising, fashion, design, architecture, multimedia, games, software, and art and culture. It invests in companies based in Berlin. It typically invests between €0.25 million ($0.32 million) and €3 million ($3.83 million) per transaction. The firm prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. IBB Ventures was founded in 1997 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Vara — Vara develops a breast cancer screening platform powered by AI for radiologists, allowing them to focus on finding cancer early. While we provide. Vara also provides remote mammography reading services to those that lack the radiologists. Vara's mission is to make affordable diagnostics available all over the world by designing machinelearning-powered workflows that users love to work with.
- Nuuron — Nuuron is a neurotech startup that is developing the Memory-Pacemaker, a non-invasive photonic neurostimulation device that allows Alzheimer's sufferers to store and retrieve memories anew.
- Aignostics — Aignostics is an AI-powered precision diagnostics focused on pathology to assist with drug development and clinical research. Its “explainable” AI overcomes the “black-box” limitations of conventional AI. Based on their patented technology for reverse-engineering the black box, they render diagnostic results explainable in the form of preciseheatmaps and image overlays. These heatmaps allow pathologists to quickly verify the results of the AI, which is crucial, as the pathologist is ultimately responsible for the diagnosis.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
TA Ventures is globally-minded and network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups in Europe and North America shaping the industries of tomorrow. Our ticket size starts from $100k up to $1M.
We offer speed of execution, proactive support, and access to a broad international network. Drawing upon our network, we support our portfoliocompanies by proactively soliciting large, growth-minded co-investors in subsequent rounds. We utilize our industry knowledge and network to give portfolio companies and partner VCs access to the highly skilled and cost-effective R&D outsourcing teams in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Germany, India
Portfolio highlights
- Gameto — Gameto is a new breed of biotechnology company in female reproductive longevity
- HD — HD is a healthcare and surgery marketplace, powering over 1,500+ healthcare providers including some of the biggest hospitals. HD connects patients to hospitals, clinics, operating rooms, and surgeons while offering healthcare financing solutions to increase access to affordable care and surgeries. To date, over 250,000 patients have benefited frommore accessible and affordable healthcare and surgeries through the company's platform.
- Dynamiq — Build, deploy and monitor on-premise GenAI applications to solve specific business needs, reducing costs, driving revenue and boosting competitiveness - all in one platform
Multi-stage venture capital. Partnering every step of the way
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Investment focus
- Transportation, Software, Air Transportation
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Dack — DACK is the smartest and most complete software solution for optimizing guest experience.
- 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.
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
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Finland, France
Portfolio highlights
- Exein — Exein provides the most advanced IoT security solution to protect your devices and containers. Protect your IoT devices in real time and at scale.
- Carbonx — ClimeFi is your trusted carbon credits procurement and management partner for high-quality permanent carbon dioxide removals to reach your net zero targets.
- Atlas Metrics — The single source of truth for your ESG data
Porsche Ventures is a global venture capital firm investing in frontier technology to advance the industrial sector.
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Investment focus
- Automotive, Transportation, Information Technology
- Series B, Seed, Series A
- United States, Germany, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Cylib — The cylib process transfers waste from end of life batteries or production scrap into marketable products. Cylib covers all steps from the discharging of batteries up to hydrometallurgical extraction. Since the whole process is in one hand, also the processing of production scraps as well as black mass is possible.
- Chemix — Chemix is using AI to develop breakthrough EV battery technologies.
- Black Semiconductor — Black Semiconductor manufacture microchips with integrated electronic-photonic circuits using graphene technology.
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
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Germany, Italy, United States
Portfolio highlights
- DcubeD — Accelerate your space exploration through durable and affordable Release Actuators, Solar Arrays, and Deployables from DCUBED.
- Parkstory — Parkstory offers fully automated parking solutions that are supported by artificial intelligence.
- StoryBox — StoryBox provides a Software as a Service solution for businesses to create, share and structure video content to make it searchable. With the system, companies can create and organize smartphone-based videos for any application scenario. Using the app, videos can be created and shared by every employee using templates. The app suggests picturesettings and scene lengths automatically and offers an automated creation which includes corporate design. The content can be stored in the DSGVO-compliant StoryBox cloud and can be accessed, filtered and analyzed from anywhere. Customers include Iveco, Erste Group, Evonik, Alten, and KTM.
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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- Energy Management, Software, Solar
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands
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- Daato — One platform for all your key ESG reporting frameworks. Simple, efficient, and compliant.
- Pluvion — Pluvion is an innovative Water Tech company that provides sophisticated and forward-thinking software solutions for water management. It aims to maximize the efficiency and sustainability of water infrastructures by offering innovative technologies for monitoring and optimizing water and wastewater networks.
- Tomorrow — Tomorrow combines mobile banking with sustainability. Open your sustainable account in minutes & start protecting the climate right away.
We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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- iGent — iGent AI focus on integrating advanced AI capabilities into the software development process.
- Marvel Fusion — Our mission is to enable humankind to access clean, safe & reliable energy by building a laser-driven fusion power plant.
- Beyond Presence — Human cloning company
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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- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Switzerland, Germany
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- 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 — Tinamu Labs has developed a technology that converts commercially available drones into camera equipment reaching professional standards.
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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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States, Switzerland
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- Paebbl — Captured carbon re-stored into raw materials. We put CO2 to good, permanent use in carbon-negative minerals through the process of CO2 mineralisation.
- Dexory — Discover the only warehouse intelligence platform that helps logistics providers to maximise visibility of daily inventory operations using autonomous robots.
- Black Semiconductor — Black Semiconductor manufacture microchips with integrated electronic-photonic circuits using graphene technology.
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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- Software, Internet of Things, Automotive
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Germany
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- DISS-CO — DISS-CO's Innovative GRC SaaS. Blockchain and AI for Easy Compliance, Risk Management and Efficient Workflows.
- 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 — SmartLoC is a fintech company that provides trading solutions, IoT baked tracking, payment solutions, and supply chain management services.
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- Automotive, Sensor, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Germany
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- Bareways — High-quality maps, routing and navigation services for safe travel, scenic experiences, e-mobility and fleet management tailored to your brand and application needs. Available as developer-friendly APIs, iOS and Android SDKs, mobile, web and embedded applications.
- gestigon — gestigon develops software for skeleton tracking and gesture recognition. With this software, devices are able to interpret human motions.
- German Autolabs — German Autolabs builds powerful voice assistance tools to augment the daily workflows of professional drivers, couriers and delivery teams.
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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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- Jet HR — Jet HR makes managing people incredibly simple: payroll, benefits, devices, compliance and much more. We re-thought the HR function, removing anything that is cumbersome and simplifying any action on employees. We are funded by the best Italian VCs (Exor Ventures, Italian Founders Fund and 6 more) and by the best Italian founders (founders ofCasavo, Satispay, Scalapay, Bending Spoons, Musixmatch, Talent Garden, Oyster HR, etc).
- terralayr — At terralayr, we're not just offering storage and batteries; we're pioneering a new era of energy flexibility. In a world where renewable energy is on the rise, the need for flexibility in energy storage has never been more crucial. That's where we come in.
- Morada Uno — Morada Uno underwrites and insures house rentals by equipping real estate professionals with tools and technology. The company aims to simplify and create trust and security in real estate transactions, promoting fairness in every interaction, and promoting a positive change in the mentality and way of doing things in Mexico.
Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $600 M 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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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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- 11x — Onboard the AI workforce from the future and 11x your productivity today
- Pactum — Pactum autonomous negotiations help companies unlock hidden value. Our AI negotiates non-strategic supplier contracts on a massive scale.
- Black Semiconductor — Black Semiconductor manufacture microchips with integrated electronic-photonic circuits using graphene technology.
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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- Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
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- Ledgy — Digitize your cap table, automate equity plans and simplify compliance. Find out how leading companies use Ledgy to empower their employees and engage investors.
- HeyJobs — Intelligent recruiting | more hires with performance marketing | only qualified candidates | fast recruiting success | over 1,500 companies use HeyJobs to find employees
- Humanoo — HUMANOO | MAKING PEOPLE HEALTHIER! HUMANOO is the digital health platform for employees and insurance clients. We enable our users to improve their physical and mental health. Simple, effective, proven - all in one app. With customized programs and innovative eHealth solutions, we guide our users in the areas of fitness, physio, yoga, mindfulnessand nutrition to their self-imposed goals. For the first time, companies and insurance companies can use comprehensive decentralized analysis to understand the health of their employees or insurance clients and make it a measurable success. Our team currently consists of 65 employees from 15 nations with different talents. In our office in Berlin-Kreuzberg, software developers, designers, marketing and sales specialists work together with sports and nutrition scientists as well as yoga teachers and physiotherapists. What we share is the goal to motivate people to stay healthy.
Mutschler ventures has been actively investing in start-up or young internet companies in the areas of e-commerce and / or "matchmaking".
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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
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- Predium — Predium is the software platform for real estate owners to measure, manage and communicate their ESG performance.
- Invenda — Invenda has the smart technologies to propel your automated retail business into the digital age.
- Invenda Group — Invenda has the smart technologies to propel your automated retail business into the digital age.
Kinled was founded in 1980 to retain the investment assets of the Aisher family.In 1990, the investment focus shifted to a portfolio of early stage investments applying Kinled’s company development experience alongside the endurance and passion of family owned investments together with the strategic focus of venture capitalists.Since then,Kinled has taken 8 companies to public markets and many more to successful trade sales at significant multiples.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Financial Services
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland
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- Xapien — Xapien delivers automated insight reports on companies and individuals in minutes, so you can make informed business decisions quickly and with confidence.
- OneTrust — OneTrust is a provider of privacy management and marketing compliance technology that helps organizations comply with global regulations. It automates privacy impact assessments and data inventory mapping, enforces risk remediation actions, and triggers recurring audits for continuous compliance monitoring across customer, employee, and vendor datatransfers. Its web-based software can be accessed on any device and provides a single place for a private office to collaborate with business groups, vendors, and trusted advisors managing privacy risks. The result is the ability to demonstrate privacy by design and ongoing compliance with policies, data privacy laws (GDPR, BCR, Privacy Shield), and other privacy frameworks (HITECH, ISO, GAPP, APEC).The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Connect Earth — Connect Earth is an environmental data company that builds the infrastructure for climate-conscious products by aggregating and standardising environmental data and making it available through developer-first toolkits. The core product is an API solution that calculates the carbon impact of spend-based financial transactions of consumers and companies.
Maniv Mobility is a global venture capital fund investing in the world's leading mobility start-ups.
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- Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Israel, India
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- Anaphite — A breakthrough nanomaterial
- FreshBus — Book bus tickets online at the best price on Fresh Bus. Travel in comfort with AC & electric buses. Book bus ticket booking service easy and securely.
- Circular.co — Circular makes sustainable sourcing faster and easier, using data-powered digital tools to connect PCR buyers to the right suppliers at the right price.
GETTYLAB backs engineers in the U.S., U.K. and E.U. — early-stage investments via FAST: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/f-st
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- Logistics, Wearables, Automotive
- Seed, Series A
- Germany
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- ProGlove — ProGlove makes award-winning wearable wireless barcode scanners using BLE or RF technology for ergonomic and efficient hands-free workflows.
GOOSE Capital is an exclusive group of Fortune 500 executives, industry leaders, and serial entrepreneurs investing in early stage ventures.
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- Chemical, Semiconductor, Biotechnology
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- United States, Germany
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- Outrider — Autonomous yard operations have set a new standard. Yard automation transforms yard operations into an efficient, safe, and sustainable solution.
- NanoGraf Corporation — SiNode Systems is a materials venture based out of Northwestern University that is commercializing a novel silicon based anode technology developed by research team led by Professor Harold Kung. SiNode aims to change the status quo of the industry by developing high performance anodes for Li-ion batteries.
- P6 Technologies — P6 offers the Industry Leading SaaS-Based LCA Solution. It simplifies Life Cycle Analysis for transportation fuels, biogas and chemical.
TiE Angels is one of the most active angel groups in Silicon Valley.
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- Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, India
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- Glidance — Glide, a groundbreaking leap in assistive technology, is the first self-guided mobility assistant designed for individuals with sight loss.
- Deep Cognition — Deep Cognition's cutting-edge document automation solutions revolutionize customs brokerage data entry. Fast, accurate and secure for streamlining operations.
- PredictionStrike — PredictionStrike is a platform on which users can trade virtual shares of athletes as if they were stocks. The platform operates as a real stock market and allows users to buy/sell shares, build portfolios, and operate in a live market using real money. Share prices are determined by a player’s real-world performance, where eachgame/match acts like an earnings report, as well as the fans’ demand for those shares.
BonVenture is the first investment company in the German-speaking region that focuses on the social impact of companies. Since 2003, they have offered investors the opportunity to allocate social venture capital to social enterprises through their funds. As partner of social entrepreneurs, they strengthen them with capital, know-how and contactsand provide guidance in setting up and growing their organization. This is how they promote the development and establishment of social innovations at scale.
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- Health Care, Software, SaaS
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Germany, Austria, Estonia
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- project bcause — project bcause is a digital platform where individuals can fund good projects in a flexible and collaborative manner, ranging from donations to investments. project bcause is headquartered in Berlin, Germany and was founded in 2021.
- Fairown — Fairown is a fintech company helping banks, brands, and retailers offer products as a service. Unlike BNPL solutions, we provide a unique payment platform, which allows environmentally conscious businesses to offer products for monthly subscriptions, and manage product renewal cycles.
- Vivira — Vivira Health Lab focuses on making physical rehab programs available to everyone.
Hevella Capital is a principal investment firm.
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- E-Commerce, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Germany
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- aidhere — Weight-loss solutions
- HelloBetter — HelloBetter (hellobetter.de) was founded in 2015 under the name GET.ON Institut für Online Gesundheitstrainings GmbH (geton-institut.de) by internationally renowned research psychologists, and in close partnership with one of the largest public health care insurance companies in Germany (BARMER). HelloBetter is a pioneer in the field of e-mentalhealth and a leading provider of online mental health courses. Its work has a strong scientific basis – the courses were developed, evaluated, and implemented in a practice setting, and their effectiveness has been proven in 33 randomized controlled trials according to the highest standards of scientific practice. HelloBetter offers the widest range of evidence-based online mental health courses worldwide, with 11 digital courses covering 8 problem areas (stress, depression, insomnia, depression in the case of chronic illness, chronic pain, alcohol consumption, excessive worry, and panic and anxiety).In October 2021, the digital therapeutic 'HelloBetter Stress and Burnout' has been permanently approved by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) as a Digital Health Application (DiGA) and thus is available by prescription free of charge for more than 50 million adults. It is the world’s first and so far only prescription digital therapeutic for the treatment of burnout symptoms.Through diverse cooperations with national and international research groups (including FAU Erlangen, University of Ulm, VU Amsterdam, and Harvard University) HelloBetter finds practical applications for the latest research innovations. Our products and our team have been awarded numerous national and international prizes. These include the Novartis & Sandoz/Hexal Digital Health Prize 2018, the Comenius Award of the European Federation of Psychologists’ Association, and the Good Practice in Mental Health & Wellbeing seal of approval as part of the EU Compass 2018, which recognises high-quality mental health initiatives in Europe in order to guide health care providers to effective and proven services.
- ChargeX — ChargeX provides electric car charging solutions. Tobias Wagner, Michael Masnitza, and Johannes Engeln founded it in 2017, with its headquarters in Munich in Germany.
Saint-Gobain NOVA is the ventures arm of Saint‑Gobain.
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- Software, Industrial Manufacturing, Energy
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Germany, Switzerland
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- Treble — We develop next generation sound simulation and spatial audio technology for digital twins and virtual worlds.
- Plantformance — Accelerate your Industry 4.0 journey by simplifying the adoption of advanced technologies across your organization and empowering the rapid creation and deployment of innovative industrial applications.
- Enteligent — Enteligent is a solar product company focused on higher efficiency and harnessing more solar electricity. Enteligent's products reduce conversion losses and other inefficiencies that result in up to a 25% loss of solar rooftop electrical generation. Enteligent is on a mission to increase the effectiveness of solar electricity and providehomeowners with energy independence.
One of Switzerland's largest gas distribution and energy services companies
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- Energy, Energy Storage, Battery
- Funding Round, Series B, Seed
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland
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- Necture — Ubiq enables mobility sharing operators to become profitable. Through demand prediction, demand fullfillment, predictive charging, dynamic pricing and policy compliance we provide tools for operational excellence.
- ELOOP — With ELOOP Carsharing you can rent electric vehicles per minute, hour or day. Download our app and rent electric vehicles in Vienna.
- Planeteers — We capture CO2 in water and unleash the potential of the oceans as the largest carbon sink on our planet.
Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP) is a venture capital firm that invests in and partners with entrepreneurs to commercialize breakthrough materials science innovations. PVP’s team has a track record of founding, building, and investing in successful materials science start-ups. The firm’s investment strategy is flexible and predicated on assistingentrepreneurs with customer and supply chain partnerships, business development, as well as strategic and operational support. PVP collaborates with a select set of forward-looking global corporations on business development and innovation interests.Phoenix Venture Partners was founded in 2010 and is based in Silicon Valley with satellite offices in Singapore and Cambridge, MA.
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- Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Japan
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- Inkbit — Inkbit creats a next-generation additive manufacturing platform that combines 3D printing with machine vision. MIT-trained scientists and engineers combines expertise in industrial systems, design software, and material science to identify and seize opportunities for mass-market additive manufacturing.
- Trace — Trace is the simplest way ever to create AR content and experiences for your product and business.
- Nanofiber Quantum Technologies — Powering a globally connected quantum future with pioneering nanofiber cavity QED.
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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- Furniture, E-Commerce, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States
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- 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.
BayStartUP prepares startups for investors talks and provides them with a network of several hundred investors and business angels.
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- Manufacturing, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany
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- phelas — Phelas is developing an electricity storage system to use solar and wind power even when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing
- BOX ID Systems — BOX ID Systems develops and offers an end-to-end location & process mining solution to cost effectively track millions of logistics assets digitally throughout the industrial supply chain across Europe and the World - including site-to-site, on-premises and indoor buildings digital twin of supply chain processes. The system is built on aspecialized analytics software platform, sensorik tracking devices and efficient data-, device- and user-management tools, including functions to support process automation and optimization. Industrial and automotive production customers benefit from making their logistics processes more efficient and cost optimized, with 100% transparency within their critical processes throughout the entire supply chain.
- Mr Beam Lasers — Industrial laser cutters are digital tools for cutting and engraving a variety of materials based on a digital design file. Mr Beam Lasers offers a desktop laser cutter with an integrated connected ecosystem. Our target group are small businesses, professional service providers, educational institutions and private customers, who enjoy creative andartistic crafting. Mr Beam reduces the entry barrier for digital, automated labeling, personalization and prototyping to an absolute minimum. Due to child’s play handling, integrated online designs, material shops and service hubs, the mass market gets the opportunity to use this technology which originally was only possible for the industry.
Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.
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- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, France, Germany
An international, Swiss-based family office, focusing on private equity (venture & buy-out), real estate and listed assets.
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- Health Care, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- Germany, Switzerland, France
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- Supervizor — Supervizor allows companies to automatically check all accounting and operational data, and detect errors and fraud. No setup or dry runs required.
- StoryBox — StoryBox provides a Software as a Service solution for businesses to create, share and structure video content to make it searchable. With the system, companies can create and organize smartphone-based videos for any application scenario. Using the app, videos can be created and shared by every employee using templates. The app suggests picturesettings and scene lengths automatically and offers an automated creation which includes corporate design. The content can be stored in the DSGVO-compliant StoryBox cloud and can be accessed, filtered and analyzed from anywhere. Customers include Iveco, Erste Group, Evonik, Alten, and KTM.
- SamanTree Medical — SamanTree Medical has developed the Histolog Scanner, a confocal microscopy device intended for imaging the surface of excised human tissue specimens to visualize morphological microstructures. Easy-to-read images are available immediately, providing decision-making support at the point of care.
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- Software, Automotive, Manufacturing
- Series B, Series A, Corporate Round
- United States, Germany, China
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- HCFA — HCFA engages in the R & D, manufacturing, sales, and application integration of industrial automation products. It is committed to providing core components and system integration solutions for smart factories. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
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- 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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