Top 15 Cannabis Startup Investors in Germany
A list of 15 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Cannabis startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Cannabis companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Cannabis Startup Investors in Germany
Investor | Cannabis Germany investments |
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TQ Ventures | 2 |
Torus Capital | 2 |
HV Capital | 2 |
Alyssa Milano | 1 |
Think.Health | 1 |
Redalpine | 1 |
Navy Capital | 1 |
Casa Verde Capital | 1 |
b2venture (formerly btov Partners) | 1 |
Dennis Aogo | 1 |
Mario Götze | 1 |
SevenVentures | 1 |
Bitburger Ventures | 1 |
Futury Capital | 1 |
Cherry Ventures | 1 |
Led by Schuster Tanger, Andrew Marks, and Scooter Braun, TQ Ventures is a leading venture capital firm based in New York City and Los Angeles.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- nsave — nsave provides offshore saving accounts for the middle-class in distressed economies. Think countries with high inflation, banks that cap withdrawals, no trust in banks, or no financial services like insurance and investments. By leveraging emerging technologies, Swiss financial infrastructure, and its recent regulatory changes, Masref provides themiddle class in these countries with what they never had – a safe place to store their savings. Masref will first provide simple saving accounts, before offering other financial services.
- Ava — Modern Care Providers run on Ava - Improve Retention by 45%, Billable Hours by 20%, and Time to Compliance by 2x. Ava provides a no-code policy engine, and uses your disparate data source to create Personalized Employee Policies.
- Saleor Commerce — A headless, GraphQL-first e-commerce platform delivering ultra-fast, dynamic, personalized shopping experiences. Find out why developers love it.
We are investors advocating for positive action, and are searching for like-minded founders. Is this you?
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Investment focus
- Cannabis, Computer, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg
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- Ziggu — Ziggu is the gold standard for streamlining your homebuyer journey in residential projects. Discover how property developers and homebuilders deliver homes 10x more efficiently.
- Magnax — Magnax develops yokeless axial flux electric motors for eMobility and Aerospace
- Thankyoujane / Cantura — Started in 2017, we are one of the first German CBD companies and one of the leading CBD and Cannabis players in Europe. In 2019 we launched Cantura Organics, the leading CBD brand for organic and sustainable CBD products. At Thankyoujane we believe that CBD and cannabis should be freed from its stigma and should be placed back at the center of oursociety, so that everyone can benefit from the healing power that the hemp plants provides us with. Since our customers share that vision, we grow our company significantly and are always open for further partners that want to join our journey.
We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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- Midas — U.S. Treasuries, On-chain.
- Rabot Charge — Rabot Charge offers intelligent charging management solutions for customers to charge their electric cars at home.
- Bitlight Labs — Bitlight Labs builds infrastructure using the RGB protocol and the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
Alyssa Milano is an American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She is best known for portraying Samantha Micelli on the ABC sitcom series Who's the Boss? (1984–1992), Jennifer Mancini on the Fox soap opera Melrose Place (1997–98), and Phoebe Halliwell on The WB television series Charmed. Milano is currently working withUNICEF to educate American youth to the issues crucial to that country's evolution. She launched UNICEF's pivotal "Trick or Treat" campaign last fall as an official spokesperson, and has plans to work with UNICEF on numerous projects in the future, with any and all proceeds returning to the organization.Milano also has her own clothing and jewelry line, TOUCH by Alyssa Milano. Recently she has joined forces with the NFL, NBA and NHL to make TOUCH available to fans of football, basketball and hockey as well.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Sports, Fashion
- Funding Round
- United States, Germany
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- Awe Inspired — We believe in fine jewelry as a vehicle for empowerment. Shop our collection of goddess necklaces, coin necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and more.
- Sanity Group — Sanity Group is a holistic European Cannabis company focusing on health, wellbeing, and scientific research. To utilize the full potential of its health benefits, Sanity Group is investing in fundamental research of the cannabis plant and its active ingredients as well as in specific areas of application.It was founded in 2018 and headquarteredin Berlin, Germany.
- Sports Innovation Lab — We help the sports industry grow and maximize the value of their fanbase.
Think.Health invests as a boutique risk-taker in healthcare ventures. We continuously seek innovations and disruptive business models in digital healthcare, medical technologies and health service providers,
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States, Switzerland
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- 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.
- anvajo — Originally started at TU Dresden, anvajo can now look back on several years of innovative research and successful product development with uninterrupted growth. As part of the business expansion and ongoing team building, anvajo moved into its new headquarters in Dresden in January 2020. On 1300 m² practically all areas, including development,production and support functions are united under one roof.
- Navignostics — Our mission is to identify the ideal treatment to battle each cancer patient’s disease and reduce suffering throughout their journey.At Navignostics we characterize tumors using spatial single-cell proteomics. We use our unique capabilities to identify a cancer treatment that will optimally fight each patient’s tumor. We also accelerate cancerdrug development by providing key insights into drug mechanisms and tumor features for companion diagnostic development.Our highly robust and reliable technology and our leading data analytics position us ideally to enable precision cancer diagnostics for patients and to provide services to pharma and biotech partners.This way we help people suffering from cancer by making more drugs available and by finding the right one for every patient.
redalpine is a thesis-driven vc with deep expertise in software and science. since 2006. we believe in the power of big ideas and in empowering game changers. we don't just invest, we co-create a better tomorrow. together with you.
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Investment focus
- Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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- Aktiia — Founded in Switzerland in May 2018 out of a passion to turn insights into action in the fight against hypertension, Aktiia’s groundbreaking medical technology provides people and their physicians comprehensive insights into blood pressure patterns that will inform the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Now available in the United Kingdom,Aktiia has received its CE Mark as a Class IIa medical device - signifying that the device has been assessed to meet high safety, health and environmental protection requirements in Europe. To learn more, visit Aktiia.com.
- Infinite Roots — Mushlabs is a biotech company using fermentation to create the next generation of sustainable foods from the roots of mushrooms.
- Morressier — A platform geared towards the scientific community. From managing abstracts to presenting research content in a virtual conference or in-person meeting.
As both the domestic and international markets continue to evolve and mature, Casa Verde maintains a view that cannabis will be among the most compelling investment themes of our generation.
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Investment focus
- Cannabis, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, Canada
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- Frontier Risk — Frontier Risk is the first tech-enabled insurance brokerage for the cannabis sector, led by former executives from leading cannabis companies.
- Prelude — Purpose-built to help cannabis dispensaries improve sales, profitability and cash flow by optimizing purchasing and inventory management
- Frontier Risk — Frontier Risk is the first tech-enabled insurance brokerage for the cannabis sector, led by former executives from leading cannabis companies.
B2venture is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. B2venture invests EUR 100m+ per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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- Yendou — We make it unbelievably easy, for clinical operations teams, to manage site selection activities for oncology clinical trials.
- DUDE CHEM — DUDE CHEM is a leading company in green chemical manufacturing based in Berlin.
- Aeovian Pharmaceuticals — Aeovian is a San Francisco based biopharmaceutical company developing novel and highly selective therapeutics modulating mTORC1 pathway.
Dennis Aogo is a German former professional footballer.
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Investment focus
- Medical, Cannabis, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Germany
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- Sharpist — We offer personalized learning that will help people-centric organizations and teams grow throughout the challenges of today and tomorrow. Learn more!
- Sanity Group — Sanity Group is a holistic European Cannabis company focusing on health, wellbeing, and scientific research. To utilize the full potential of its health benefits, Sanity Group is investing in fundamental research of the cannabis plant and its active ingredients as well as in specific areas of application.It was founded in 2018 and headquarteredin Berlin, Germany.
- Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.
Mario Götze is a professional footballer.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- Unaric — Our mission is to help Salesforce customers maximise their investment on the Salesforce platform through an integrated suite of applications. Explore our application suites across Revenue Operations, Service Operations and System Administration.
- Metergrid — Metergrid is a developer of SaaS products for specific problems in decentralized energy systems. They offer a market-leading automated cloud solution for the profitable realization, management, and billing of tenant power projects and charging infrastructure.
- LANCH — LANCH is a startup that provides a virtual kitchen and food delivery service.
SevenVentures is the TV media investor worldwide. As the investment arm of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, they are the ideal partner for B2C growth companies, especially in the consumer goods, retail and service sectors that have the potential to achieve sustainable success through the use of TV advertising. Zalando is a great case to illustrate howcompanies can benefit from their media power and become market leaders within a short period of time. The combination of media power, capital and their operational know-how make SevenVentures the premier partner for international growth.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Funding Round, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, Austria
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- mybacs — mybacs is a DTC, research-driven, Biotechnology company specialized in the human microbiome. Our goal is to revolutionize the market around intestinal healthcare and thus make a decisive contribution to the daily well-being of our customers. Our team of pharmaceutical scientists and physicians is focused on the development of innovative andhighly-dosed synbiotic supplements. These are aligned by our singular formulations from specifically selected probiotic cultures, prebiotics as well as minerals and vitamins tailored to the individual needs of our customers.
- Matsmart — Matsmart sells surplus food online. A major part of the food would otherwise be thrown away due to packaging changes, short or expired expiry dates or other reasons. During 2017, Matsmart saved 2022 tonnes of food from going to waste. The company has seen explosive growth, reaching recurring revenues of SEK 200 million. Matsmart was founded by KarlAndersson, Erik Södergren and Ulf Skagerström, and launched in Sweden in 2014. Since then, the company has also expanded to Norway and Finland. Long live the food!
- Next Gen Foods — SEE IT. TASTE IT. BELIEVE IT. The next generation of plant based foods is here. Using plants to create delicious and satisfying meat experiences you crave.
In the mid of 2018, Bitburger Holding founded the investment company Bitburger Ventures for its investments in start-ups. The aim is to combine the growth potential of young, innovative companies with the financial strength and access to different expertise along the value chain of the Bitburger Group. Our heritage as a medium-sized family businesswith a long-term orientation distinguishes Bitburger Ventures from pure financial investors and offers young entrepreneurs a unique added value. Our activities focus primarily on the German-speaking area, where we have been operating for 200 years. Through our industrial holdings in leading medium-sized companies that are successful in various industries and in international markets, we have direct access to different networks and various competencies. We are pragmatic, accessible and credible and expect the same from our venture partners.Bitburger Ventures invests venture capital in the form of minority holdings in already established start-ups, preferably in the Seed to Series B phase. Our investment focus is on consumer-facing business models, but we are also interested in leading alternative technology and service solutions. Following the tradition of a family business, we sustainably support our portfolio companies on their growth path. Bitburger Ventures also invests in international venture capital funds.
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- Food and Beverage, Consumer Goods, Marketplace
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany, Austria, Australia
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- Magaloop — MAGALOOP IS PURSUING THE VISION OF CONNECTING GLOBAL INDEPENDENT RETAIL WITH FMCG´S ON ITS DIGITAL MARKETPLACE
- HOLY Energy — Energy drink for gamers
- O.c. Hairsystems — O.c. Hairsystems offer hair replacement solutions for men.
We are looking for the newcomers, the architects of the future, the movers & shakers.
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- Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, France, Switzerland
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- Rail-Flow — Rail-Flow provides purchase and tender management, rail offer management, intermodal transportation management, intermodal capacity brokers, transport management, and automatic order entry. Their customers contact them through phone, email, and online applications.
- seedtrace — Manage, prove and communicate the social and ecological impact along your products' supply chains through our digital platform.
- Digital Spine — Our mission is to disrupt the paradigm that buildings are mainly defined by bricks, concrete & steel. We are enhancing their purpose and definition with digital technology, realtime connectivity & user-centric software applications. We distill 90 years of experience in machinery & engineering into cutting edge cloud-based solutions& services.Our core competency is the digital transformation of vertical mobility & transport within the ecosystem of smart buildings.
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, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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- Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
- Octomind — Octomind is an AI-powered end-to-end web app testing tool that detects bugs before they are discovered by users. It develops automated software that runs UI tests to discover bugs.
- Saleor Commerce — A headless, GraphQL-first e-commerce platform delivering ultra-fast, dynamic, personalized shopping experiences. Find out why developers love it.
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