Top 50 Education Startup Investors in Germany (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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HV Capital
VC Fund
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15 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $1.5M–$80M |
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Verena Pausder
Angel
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13 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Food and Beverage, E-Learning, EdTech | $1k–$18M |
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HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund
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13 | Germany, Switzerland, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $909k–$33M |
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Sven Gabor Janszky
Angel
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9 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Consulting, Biotechnology, AgTech | $54k–$1M |
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Emerge VC
VC Fund
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9 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, EdTech, E-Learning | $1k–$33M |
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IBB Ventures
VC Fund
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9 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, SaaS | $1M–$15M |
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Owl Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | United States, India, Germany | Series A, Series B, Seed | Education, EdTech, E-Learning | $2.7M–$50M |
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Allygatr
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, Austria, Switzerland | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, Human Resources, SaaS | $176k–$1.3M |
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Angel Invest
VC Fund
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6 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $655k–$21M |
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DvH Ventures
VC Fund
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6 | Germany, Austria, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Financial Services, FinTech | $1M–$31M |
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b2venture
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.3M–$52M |
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APX
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $55k–$15M |
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Mario Götze
Angel
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5 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.2M–$60M |
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Speedinvest
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, United Kingdom, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $406k–$38M |
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Enjoyventure Management
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, Portugal, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $159k–$7.7M |
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Udo Schloemer
Angel
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4 | Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Education, Apps | $1.1M–$9M |
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Bayern Kapital
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, Finland | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.1M–$31M |
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NRW.BANK
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology | $110k–$71M |
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Educapital
VC Fund
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4 | France, United States, Germany | Series A, Seed | Education, EdTech, E-Learning | $1.9M–$16M |
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Grazia Equity
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, Switzerland | Series A, Series B, Seed | Internet, E-Commerce, Biotechnology | $1.1M–$59M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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4 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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Stefan Peukert
Angel
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4 | Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Education, E-Commerce, E-Learning | $686k–$1.2M |
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Capnamic
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $1.8M–$30M |
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Jens Begemann
Angel
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4 | Germany | Seed, Series A | B2C, EdTech, Children | $4M–$5.3M |
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Atlantic
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, Switzerland, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Financial Services | $850k–$32M |
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La Famiglia
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2.2M–$95M |
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TEV Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, Australia, United States | Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion | $549k–$20M |
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Holtzbrinck Digital
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Education, Software, Internet | $4.4M–$8.5M |
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Possible Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $549k–$44M |
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Sparkmind.vc
VC Fund
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4 | Finland, Germany, Sweden | Seed, Series A | Education, E-Learning, EdTech | $768k–$10M |
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Saarbruecker 21
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $214k–$3.8M |
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Brandenburg Kapital
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | |
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Project A Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $1.5M–$75M |
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Christophe Maire
Angel
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3 | Germany, Spain, Poland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | |
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Ulf Stahrenberg
Angel
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3 | Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Education, Mobile Apps, Reading Apps | $161k–$2M |
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Basinghall Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources, B2B | $2.7M–$9.9M |
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Cherry Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $2.1M–$110M |
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Goodwater Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, India, South Korea | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $500k–$31M |
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Nicolaus Schefenacker
Angel
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3 | Germany, Spain, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Apps, SaaS | $1.4M–$14M |
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TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $932k–$15M |
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David Nothacker
Angel
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3 | Germany, Spain, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Apps, SaaS | $1.4M–$24M |
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Lea-Sophie Cramer
Angel
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3 | Germany, Austria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Food and Beverage, FinTech, Food Delivery | $1.1M–$12M |
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Stefan Glänzer
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, Germany, Spain | Seed, Angel, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Social Media | $197k–$14M |
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WestTech Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Information Technology | $1M–$12M |
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Lima Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech | $18k–$702k |
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Martin Ostermayer
Angel
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3 | Germany, Spain, Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, Apps, Software | $1.1M–$5.3M |
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Vorwerk Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Health Care, Software | $3.3M–$88M |
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Tiny VC
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | |
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Dirk Freise
Angel
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3 | Germany, Finland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, Software, TV | $680k–$3.6M |
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Daniel Schütt
Angel
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3 | Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed | Education, E-Learning, SaaS | |
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 427
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $3.3M–$33M; Series B $7.5M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $834M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Payrails — Payrails enables high-growth companies to craft their payment experiences and financial services globally.
- Yapily — Scalable and reliable open banking infrastructure that is built to power the next wave of innovation. Connect to thousands of banks within minutes and access financial data and payment infrastructure via our secure open banking API.
- Impossible Cloud — Experience Impossible Cloud Storage: Secure, scalable, performant. Decentralized architecture, S3 API compatibility, 100% durability. Start free trial now.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Learning, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1k–$2.6M; Series A $7.9M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Karri — KARRI is a data and GPS enabled, screen-free device for easy communication between you and your kids. A KARRI for your child and a smartphone app for you - it's as simple as that.
- Knowunity — Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app.
- Huzzle — Stop chasing jobs. Huzzle collects the best opportunities from student societies and companies and only shows you the relevant ones. Download Huzzle today!
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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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 542
- Round size: Seed $909k–$6.5M; Series A $3M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $522M in 2022
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.
- envelio — We are driving forward the energy transition with our smart grid solutions for grid operators. Get information now and plan smart!
- Atriva Therapeutics — Therapies against viral infections. First-in-class host-targeting therapies to treat respiratory viral infections, including COVID-19 and influenza.
Scientist, Chairman, Speaker, Investor, Author, Future Coach. I’m Founder and Chairman of the Germany based “2b AHEAD Group”, which is Europe's leading strategic foresight institute. Using scientific methods we analyze and predict the future of industries, technologies and business models. Backed by our future studies we consult corporates andmedium size companies for future strategies. Within my twenty years’ experience I wrote eight books about trends and strategy, became a well-known interview expert and a popular keynote speaker on conferences and business events. In my RULEBREAKER Society, an executive network of disruptive innovators, we are regularly visiting the innovation hotspots in Israel, Silicon Valley and Shanghai/Shenzhen and meeting the people who are actually working on shaping our future.I build startups in our own 2b AHEAD Ventures company builder and invest in international deep tech startups through my family office. Beside that I manage 3 investment funds in my 2b AHEAD Group which currently consists of 33 early and later stage deep tech companies in Australia, US, UK, Israel and Europe. Before entering my innovation carrier, I worked for more than ten years as editor and prime time anchor at German public radio. I am playing chess, running marathons and I climbed the Kilimanjaro several times.
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- Industry: Consulting, Biotechnology, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $54k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CamHera — Future of Selfie
- GeneNeer — GeneNeer is a biotechnology company that has developed a proprietary technology for locking and unlocking traits for complete GM containment.
- JANSZKY GmbH — Family Investment Office of Sven Gabor Janszky, one of the leading futurists in Europe.
Emerge is a $70m pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world’s best edtech and future of work founders and executives. Our vision is to democratise access to opportunity by being a catalytic partner for early-stage founders re-designing the future of learning and work.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $53k–$8M; Pre-Seed $1k–$1.4M; Series A $5M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Popp AI — Popp helps brands boost customer lifetime value + unlock community-led growth by transforming customer advocacy into a community sport.
- Popp — Joinpopp provides AI-driven solutions to automate recruitment tasks, including application screening and candidate conversations. The platform integrates seamlessly with ATS/CRM systems, enhancing efficiency in the hiring process. Joinpopp also offers features for creating personalized messages, streamlining communication with potentialcandidates.
- Kinfolk — Resolve 70% of employee requests, run lifecycle programs on autopilot, gain visibility into service delivery and unlock capacity to scale Workforce Ops.
Pre-Seed to Series A for Berlin-based founders. Where 30 years of expertise, capital and execution power meet.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 206
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.6M; Series A $2.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $33M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Likeminded — Likeminded developed a digital platform for mental health that gives people fast, low-threshold access to psychological support.
- BOOST Thyroid — Hashimoto's and hypothyroid app. Empowering people with an underactive thyroid to take full control of their own health. Learn more about underactive thyroid on BOOST's website, with articles including the latest research and advice on thyroid health and autoimmunity.
- dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung — dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners.
Owl Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in education technology companies.The firm has invested in 24 companies across the education spectrum encompassing early childhood, K-12, higher education, and career mobility/professional learning. Owl leverages its deep domain expertise and takes an active hands-on approach to helpentrepreneurs scale their businesses into transformative category-leading companies.The firm was founded in 2014 and has over $600 million in assets under management.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, E-Learning
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$10M; Series A $5.2M–$29M; Series B $11M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $270M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Apna — Apna is India's leading Professional Networking Platform. Users can Search for Jobs Online & Apply for Free. Employers can Post Job Vacancies & Hire Candidates for Free
- Genially — Genially is the world-leader in interactive visual communication. Use Genially as your all-in-one online tool to create stunning presentations, interactive images, infographics, dossiers, quizzes, resumes, etc. and enrich them with interactivity and animation effects in seconds. You no longer need a team of designers and programmers to make animpact with striking, visual communication in a flash. Use interactive and animated effects to easily distribute information in layers that viewers can explore and discover. Leave outdated content creation software behind, and stun and engage your audience with Genially. The Wow Effect is just a few clicks away.Choose from over 1000 templates, or start from scratch. Join a community of millions of users worldwide that includes businesspeople, teachers, marketers, designers and companies like Hulu, Danone, Michelin and Heineken. The future of communication awaits you.
- Leap — Leap Finance is a fintech startup for Indian students pursuing international higher education. Leap Finance offers loan products and services that help Indian students pursue overseas education. The company was created in 2019 and co-founded by Arnav Kumar and Vaibhav Singh. Leap Finance, a two-year-old startup with headquarters in San Franciscoand Bangalore.
allygatr builds and invests into HR Tech companies and helps them thrive. Our mission: Transforming HR & recruitment and leading it into the 21st century. Together with our allies, we want to cover the whole HR value chain: - Attract & Select - Motivate - Train & develop - Retain
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- Industry: Software, Human Resources, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Pre-Seed $176k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Talent2Go — Talent2Go is an HRtech company that provides training management software solutions for companies to make less burden for the trainers.
- Talentlobby — Talentlobby specializes in people consultants for the hospitality and catering sectors who rely on cutting-edge hiring practices.
- HR Autopilot — HR-Autopilot offers workforce management services. The company provides a software solution that links several HR systems, automates workflows, and eliminates manual chores to help reduce errors. Large firms and organizations, for example, benefit from its strong HR system integration and process automation.
Angel Invest is one of Europe's most active angel funds
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 141
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6.8M; Pre-Seed $655k–$3.1M; Series A $4.7M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Seapoint — Business accounts, treasury and expense automation - built to scale with you. Join our beta programme and get your unfair financial advantage.
- symmetrical.ai — Symmetrical is the only payroll service & fully integrated HR platform designed for modern People Teams.
- CruxOCM — Crux OCM: Automate your oil and gas control room operations
Investing early in Europe's most passionate founders.
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- Industry: Health Care, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Austria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.7M; Series A $3.8M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Enote — Enote is an innovative digital sheet music app, described by The Guardian as “a gamechanger for musicians". The company has developed a world-leading AI-technology, that allows to digitize paper sheet music into fully digital musical scores. This brings long awaited innovation to over 200 million musicians around the world, making sheet musicmore affordable, convenient and interactive than ever.
- LiveEO — LiveEO is the leading solution provider for AI-powered satellite-based monitoring of large infrastructure networks. Trusted worldwide.
- Polyteia — Polyteia's data platform enables the automated integration, transformation and visualization of data from different source systems in public administrations.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Series A $4M–$22M; Series B $8M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $135M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Orus Energy — Orus Energy leverages the power of AI to unlock potential of electrical flexibility in commercial buildings.
- Seven Senders — Excellent international delivery is a competitive advantage. Connect with Seven Senders and benefit. Find out more now!
- Sitegeist —
APX is Europe’s leading very-early-stage VC. Based in Berlin and backed by Axel Springer and Porsche, we support and partner with the most ambitious founding teams from Europe and beyond - often as their first investor.We invest up to EUR 500K in startups until a series A starting with a quick EUR 50K investment, and within a few months,depending on traction and speed, we can invest further. Each month we invest in new teams who become part of the APX community, counting hundreds of other founders. Since 2018, we have invested in 100+ startups across 20+ industries with founders from 20+ countries together with 100+ co-investors.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 180
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.7M; Pre-Seed $55k–$1.3M; Series A $5M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $61M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- VisioLab — Instantly scan products for self-checkout, using the iPad camera - no barcodes needed. Designed for speed, simplicity and human centricity.
- Spike Technologies — Spike is an API for all fitness and health data from wearables & loT devices designed for digital health app developer.
- Track Titan — Titan Academy revolutionises how gamers improve through fully automated coaching.
Mario Götze is a professional footballer.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$6.3M; Series A $9.9M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Huskeys — Stop settling for broken WAF. Huskeys unifies multi-WAF control, eliminates false positives, and protects revenue with automated edge security management.
- BLOCKS — BLOCKS deploys an AI agent to monitor cloud usage patterns continuously. The agent identifies wasteful resource allocations and applies real-time optimizations autonomously. It differs from dashboards by taking direct action instead of just alerting users.
- Helical — The full power of DNA & (m)RNA Bio Foundation Models in one open-core platform. Accelerate Drug Discovery with AI.
Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more. From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster. Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together. Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 518
- Round size: Seed $823k–$8M; Pre-Seed $406k–$3.8M; Series A $3.7M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $384M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Findery — Find and leave notes anywhere in the world, discover local knowledge, hidden secrets, and exciting stories. Share your travel knowledge, geoblog, or local news!
- MinersAI — Unlock valuable insights from intricate geological data with Miners AI. Our AI-driven platform empowers exploration teams to make informed decisions and optimize mining operations.
- Primer — Primer is the first open automation platform for payments, enabling you to build end-to-end payment flows with no code, and a checkout developers love.
The EnjoyVenture Management is a private equity company that focuses its investments on the seed and early-stage companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Portugal, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $159k–$1.9M; Series A $1.1M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Portfolio highlights
- nuuEnergy — nuuEnergy is a tech-enabled solution aiming to revolutionize the heat pump installation industry. By leveraging technology and industry expertise, we streamline the purchasing and installation process. Our unique approach, refinanced through innovative strategies, promotes a self-reliant and carbon-neutral lifestyle for all our customers.
- ValueDesk — Wir machen Kostenoptimierung zu Ihrem Kernprozess.
- Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.
Udo Schloemer is the Managing Director at Viva Forever. Udo Schloemer founded his first company in 1992 and realized € 500 million project volume as a real-estate entrepreneur ever since. After angel investing in 50+ Berlin-based startups - including local heroes, such as 6wunderkinder, EyeEm, Monoqi and more - he founded Factory, Germany’s largeststartup campus in 2011. At Factory, Udo combines his one of a kind real estate expertise with his passion for startups. His long-term vision is to create a European Silicon Valley by bringing together best in class technology businesses and connecting old & new economy.
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- Industry: Software, Education, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9M; Series A $4.2M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- handly — handly is becoming the leading company in the Service Tech industry. We enable people to create their ideal living environment, while empowering home service companies to build their business and saving time for a quality life.
- Teech Education — Teech Education is a platform for schools to enable digital teaching.
- Startup Insider — Startup Insider is an industry portal for the startup scene in Germany, Austria and Switzerland helping them grow.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 227
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.5M; Series A $3.9M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $26M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- EcoG — EcoG connects and enables monetizing charging infrastructure with an API-software platform. EcoG is the first cloud-based platform to enable shared revenue streams and value-added services in fast charging. With EcoG a personalized and customized EV fast charging experience is easy to implement and operate.
- XO Life — XO Life is to build the largest real-world evidence platform for patient insights for all medications and therapies. Together with one of Europe's leading research institutes for patient-centered research, the PROMIS Institute Germany of the Charité, and various pharmaceutical manufacturers, patient experiences are to be recorded in astandardized and systematic manner across a wide range of diseases. Patients are to be enabled to record their therapy course and outcome independently as well as scientifically validated so that these patient insights from real treatment practice can be used in the life science industry and by medical professions.
- inContAlert — inContAlert is a deep tech start-up disrupting the field of incontinence. The technology of inContAlert helps people with bladder dysfunction to monitor the filling level of their urinary bladder.inContAlert, therefore, developed an mHealth device, which collects and analyzes data with the help of deep learning algorithms. The information is thendisplayed on an app and sends an alert to incontinence patients when a predefined filling level is reached. inContAlert thereby minimizes the risk of an uncontrolled loss of urine or the harmful distension of the bladder. With the help of inContAlert, incontinence patients can go back to normal and live a carefree life.
NRW.BANK is the development bank for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It supports its owner – the state of North Rhine-Westphalia – in fulfilling its tasks, notably in the fields of structural, economic, social and housing policy. NRW.BANK pools the promotion and development programmes of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the FederalRepublic of Germany and the European Union and combines them with its own equity and debt products and advisory services. It offers the full range of financial products in three areas “Economy”, “Housing”, and “Infrastructure/Municipalities”. NRW.BANK operates in a competitively neutral manner as a partner of banks and savings banks.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $110k–$7.7M; Series A $3.8M–$33M; Series B $3.8M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- odacova — Odacova is a SaaS company that provides individualized nutrition for corporate cafeterias and employee eating, utilizing web, Android, and iOS platforms.
- eleQtron — eleQtron creates and operates quantum computers based on trapped ions, radio frequency control, and Magnetic Gradient Induced Coupling (MAGIC). It also puts forward novel ideas for scalable quantum processors based on RF-controlled trapped ions. eleQtron will run MAGIC quantum computers and provide quantum computing performance on a subscriptionbasis.
- Cellbox Solutions — Cellbox Solutions is a young technology company that focuses on innovative logistic solutions for the global BioMed industry.
The first European Edtech & Future of Work fund.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, E-Learning
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: France, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$5.3M; Series A $4.4M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $55M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Preply — Looking for a tutor? Preply is the best platform for private online lessons with a flexible payment system and affordable prices. Book your first lesson.
- Appscho — AppScho is a mobile plug-and-play mobile technology dedicated to Higher Education, which help institutions to improve student engagement with an efficacy-driven app. The app centralises relevant student information into one seamless experience that reduces complexity and eases communication and content management.
- Edflex — Edflex est une solution SaaS qui connecte les entreprises avec les meilleurs contenus de formation (MOOC, vidéos, podcasts, articles…).
Grazia Equity is a venture Capital firm investing in innovative, technology driven startups with high potential.Based in Stuttgart (Germany), Grazia has been supporting a large number of mostly young companies, often from their foundation to the Initial Public Offering or eventual sale. In contrast to other venture capital firms, theypredominantly work with their own capital that they invest as entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Series A $1.1M–$53M; Series B $4M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GYANT — Create more capacity to care. Fabric is the care enablement system powering healthcare to move faster, work smarter, and deliver better care.
- XO Life — XO Life is to build the largest real-world evidence platform for patient insights for all medications and therapies. Together with one of Europe's leading research institutes for patient-centered research, the PROMIS Institute Germany of the Charité, and various pharmaceutical manufacturers, patient experiences are to be recorded in astandardized and systematic manner across a wide range of diseases. Patients are to be enabled to record their therapy course and outcome independently as well as scientifically validated so that these patient insights from real treatment practice can be used in the life science industry and by medical professions.
- Mister Spex — Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses in Germany. Its product range includes over 5000 different glasses, sunglasses, sports eyewear, and contact lenses from more than 60 brands and designers.The store’s offerings include sports labels such as Adidas, Carrera, Lacoste, and Oakley to designer brandssuch as Burberry, Calvin Klein, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Jil Sander, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Tom Ford, and Versace.Mister Spex was launched in 2007 and its operations are headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It also operates its own websites in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 932
- Round size: Seed $362k–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.3M; Series A $4.6M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- not8 — not8 is a SaaS platform that helps digital agencies and IT companies save those hours and increase employee productivity by up to 15% by moving all the conversations "inside the product".
- Qeeper — On-demand property maintenance across London, Edinburgh and Brighton
- Cloud Cycle — Globally we produce over 10 billion tons of concrete each year, its the second most consumed material on the planet behind wate and is responsible for upto 10% of global CO2 emissions. Around 5% of all concrete produced goes to waste, this waste in the UK alone costs around £400 million.Cloud Cycle has developed an on-truck device and sensorarray which feeds our cloud platform to ensure concrete meets specification & prevents waste. Even when surplus does still occur, our marketplace for the local on-sale of surplus concrete will find a buyer. We aim to save industry billions whilst reducing global CO2 by 1%.We are using advanced technology & the circular economy to transform the concrete industry.
Founder of Masterplan.com Founder of Employour Group (Ausbildung.de, meinpraktikum.de, trainee.de) - sold to Bertelsmann 2015
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- Industry: Education, E-Commerce, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Pre-Seed $686k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- zerolabs — zerolabs is an e-commerce platform that provides refreshing alcohol-free drinks and beverages.
- Doctorflix — Doctorflix is a medical education platform that allows doctors around the globe to learn about methods of treatment while accelerating their system-required professional development. We are on a mission to build an engine that simplifies and democratizes the consumption and exchange of medical knowledge by interlinking doctors, hospitals, andpharmaceutical companies.
- Choosy — Choosy findet, was dir schmeckt. Lecker und ausgewogen durch die Woche. Individuell. Gesund. Abwechslungsreich.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$8.6M; Series A $2.8M–$25M; Series B $5.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $216M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- SurFunction — SurFunction is a system provider for contactless surface modification. It employs surface structures inspired by nature to improve and make items more sustainable, while actively contributing to society and beneficial ecological change.
- Logistikbude — Logistikbude is a web-based software to automate the load carrier management. It is independent of load carrier types and addresses both the tracking of own load carriers and the management of exchange processes in open pools.
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- Industry: B2C, EdTech, Children
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $4M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Klima — Klima combines the most effective actions an individual can take to fight climate change today.
- Edurino — Edurino is an e-learning platform that introduces digital learning responsibly and playfully for children aged 4-8+.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 194
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.1M; Pre-Seed $850k–$3.8M; Series A $4.6M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cluno — Cluno is an online car subscription service providing rental cars irrespective of any contracts. Cluno's digital car subscription challenges traditional car ownership models in the mobility market and expands the space between hourly and years-long commitments with a flexible option and transparent, fully predictable costs. The carsubscription is offered at a monthly package price, which covers almost all car-related costs such as maintenance, wear and tear, seasonal tires, warranty, registration, vehicle tax, insurance, and vehicle inspections. The minimum booking period is six months per vehicle. Subject to a notice period of three months, customers can change their vehicle after the minimum period, pause their car subscription, or continue on with their Cluno car indefinitely.
- 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.
- tozero — Truly bringing lithium-ion battery waste tozero by recovering all critical matierlas, like lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite.
We are an early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 110
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$10M; Series A $7.4M–$95M; Series B $22M–$95M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $99M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Equipme — Equipme seamlessly connects businesses with service providers to make it easier for customers to obtain services in a frictionless manner.
- Luminovo — We are building data-driven and collaborative EMS RfQ software that gives you a breakthrough competitive advantage by automating and streamlining your processes
- Replo — Customizable Shopify pages for serious ecommerce teams. Build Product Pages, Home Pages, Blogs and Ad Landing Pages with Replo. Made for marketing, integrated with Shopify - join 50,000+ stores in building better and faster pages with Replo.
Cusp Capital is a venture capital firm focused on European software and technology. The fund invests in early-stage companies on the cusp of redefining their industries by channeling new socioeconomic and technological paradigms.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Germany, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Seed $549k–$5.7M; Series A $3.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- COMPEON — COMPEON is Germany’s leading financing portal for SMEs. Companies can obtain tailored offers from various financing partners for their planned projects by submitting a query free of charge at www.compeon.de. COMPEON works with more than 220 banks, leasing companies and special providers and handles financing enquiries with a total volume of €2.5billion every year. In addition to credit, loans and leasing agreements, the firm brokers also factoring and alternative financing products – such as mezzanine capital, purchase and project financing or private debt.The fintech company has been on the market since 2013. In addition to its three founders and managing directors Kai Böringschulte, Dr Nico Peters and Dr Frank Wüller, COMPEON is owned by DvH Ventures, b-to-v and Tengelmann Ventures.
- Delivery Hero — Delivery Hero is the world's leading local delivery company. We are on a mission to deliver an amazing experience - fast, easy, and to your door.
- Masterplan.com — Masterplan's mission is to turn continuous transformation in companies into an exciting and positive experience. That's why the platform aims to offer the most intuitive and engaging user interface across the industry. For example, companies can combine their content with Masterplan lectures and customized quizzes in just a few minutes -and just as easily assign those learning paths to the right employees. Serial entrepreneurs Stefan Peukert and Dr. Daniel Schütt founded the B2B edutech platform in 2017 and have since raised over €13 million in venture capital for it. Investors include Tengelmann Ventures, ex-Bertelsmann CEO Gunter Thielen, CODE University Chancellor Thomas Bachem, as well as the RAG Foundation, DvH Ventures, and NRW.BANK. In addition to its headquarters in Bochum, Masterplan.com has further locations in Berlin and Vienna and currently employs around 70 people.
Holtzbrinck Digital is a venture capital fund and venture builder from Munich.
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- Industry: Education, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Series A $4.4M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DeSci Labs — DeSci Labs helps researchers manage, store and publish data with AI-powered insights and workflows to boost chances of publishing in top journals.
- Likeminded — Likeminded developed a digital platform for mental health that gives people fast, low-threshold access to psychological support.
- Metaphacts — Metaphacts is an innovative software company that provides the product, expertise, and services to build customer-oriented knowledge graph applications in areas such as life sciences and pharma, engineering and manufacturing, finance and insurance, and cultural heritage.
Possible Ventures backs ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact society. We invest globally in the early stages, actively supporting founders via our collective of global entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 162
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Pre-Seed $549k–$3.8M; Series A $9.5M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EntryLevel — Learn in an affordable, peer-driven environment over 6 weeks with mentors from top companies across the world such as Atlassian, Wise and more.
- VSPARTICLE — VSPARTICLE develops nanoparticle generators for various applications such as sensors, batteries, catalysis, solar cells, healthcare, additive manufacturing, nano safety, and more. It also enables research and industry to generate new materials at the push of a button.They specialize in nanoparticle production and integration. The technologyspeeds up the developments of customers by producing the desired nanoparticles on location and integrate them directly in the final product. VSPARTICLE was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Delft, The Netherlands.
- Auriga Space — Next-generation space launch company providing frequent, sustainable and affordable transport to low Earth orbit
Sparkmind.vc is the first Nordic venture capital company focused on the learning sector. The company invests in teams transforming early childhood, K12, higher, secondary and vocational education as well as corporate and lifelong learning. The investment sweet spot of the company is from seed to international growth phase with single investments upto €5m.
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- Industry: Education, E-Learning, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Germany, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $768k–$3.8M; Series A $3.9M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $64M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- AUTOVIO — Autovio offers digital concepts for driving schools.
- Swap Language — Swap Language is a language learning platform that delivers Danish lessons to companies and international employees.
- Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
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Browse database — It's Free!They are a group of friends and internet/tech entrepreneurs who first met ten years ago in Saarbruecker Strasse 21 in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. All of them started successful businesses, they are founders and share a passion for building great companies. As active business angels, they also invest in young startups, either individually orcollectively as a group. They provide seed funding for killer-founders and great ideas. But way more important: they help to avoid mistakes that they have already made . They introduce to the right people. They provide with all the experience that they have. Not just talking about it but helping hands-on.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Germany, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $214k–$3.8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
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- Floy — Floy develops AI-driven software that supports radiologists in detecting complex and hard-to-identify diseases. The collaboration of Floy-AI and radiologists ensures optimal patient outcomes by enabling the early detection and thus early treatment of diseases.One of Floy’s distinguishing features is our innovative incentive structure. We partnerwith radiology offices to jointly offer patients our AI as a “second opinion”. This unique approach motivates radiologists to embrace Floy-AI and encourages widespread adoption.Since its establishment in 2021, Floy secured €8.8 million in funding and rapidly expanded its presence with over 150 radiology locations to date. Floy’s overarching mission is to pioneer proactive medicine by providing exceptional AI-powered diagnostic experiences for health-conscious patients.
- a2zebra — a2zebra is a zebra company that specializes in instructional technology for elementary school kids.
- Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.
With a track record of over 20 years in venture capital and experience from more than 200 investments in numerous companies BFB Brandenburg Kapital GmbH (BFB) is the most active equity investor in Brandenburg. BFB invests in fast-growing technology-orientated companies throughout the whole life-cycle. Target sectors are ICT/Digital Economy,Life Science, MedTech, Proptech, Industrial Applications. BFB invests in companies based in or with facilities in Brandenburg. The current VC fund is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) an Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB).
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- koppla — koppla is a cloud-based planning and communication tool for LEAN construction sites for both general contractors and subcontractors.
- ThinkSono — ThinkSono is a company at the cutting edge of medicine and technology.
- ALVA Energie — Alva delivers turnkey solar systems with integrated energy, heating, and e-mobility for buildings
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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 204
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.7M; Series A $3.8M–$28M; Series B $11M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Valve — Valve - the Global Industry System for Flexible Workspace
- Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
- Growblocks — Driving revenue growth is complicated. Teams need to collaborate, work with data and keep everyone on track in order to succeed.Growblocks strives to apply our winning formula to the B2B Scale-Up community helping our customers reach their revenue growth dreams - faster.We believe that when enough brains are applied, every problem is solvableand our team of brains is world class.Founded by a team of business leaders who have helped start, scale and exit some of the most successful SaaS companies in Europe. Funded by leading European VCs and Angel Investors.
Christophe F. Maire is the Founding Partner and CEO of Atlantic Labs, a Berlin-based seed investor dedicated to identifying and investing in innovative digital startup companies. In the last 20+ years, Christophe has built an international track record both as a founder; including gate5 (sold first to Nokia and later developed into HERE and sold tothe German automotive industry) and Plazes.com (also sold to Nokia); and as a farsighted investor named best “European Seed Investor” by Techcrunch two years running. Exited investments include Brands4Friends (eBay), Readmill (Dropbox); StudiVZ, Fyber and Plista. Recent investments led by Atlantic Labs include Medigo, Clue, Jodel, and Campanda, amongst others. Christophe remains actively involved in all his investments, including as a board member of Soundcloud, EyeEm, and Monoqi, and an active promoter of the Berlin startup ecosystem.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Germany, Spain, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Tripod — Bandar togel online terpercaya yang menyediakan pasaran togel hongkong, togel sidney dan togel singapore hari ini dengan diskon terbesar.
- Helu.io — Helu.io is a startup company that provides easy access to their financial data.
- RetentionGrid — Two thumbs up - I recently switched to WPX Hosting and recommend their speed, service and security - they do know what they are talking about when it comes to WordPress hosting.
Ulf Stahrenberg is a product director at Oply GmbH. Prior to this, Ulf served as chief product officer at MONOQI. He held positions at Zalando, txtr, and Strategies4Change.
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- Industry: Education, Mobile Apps, Reading Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $161k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Blinkist — Blinkist offers the key insights from top nonfiction in a made-for-mobile format. Get up to 65% off audiobooks, too. Learn anytime, anywhere!
Basinghall believes in (really) smart capital: connecting tech pioneers with established industry partners through deep data insights and startup expertise.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources, B2B
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$9.9M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $117M in 2019
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.
- Retorio — Retorio takes talent management to the next level with a video AI that reveals personality. Transform the way you hire and train top talent.
- Vawlt — Simplify your company's transition to the cloud, improve security standards, and optimize storage resource usage.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 254
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$14M; Series A $7.2M–$44M; Series B $14M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $340M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Lunos —
- Fullview — Fullview let's you instantly monitor, control and analyze user sessions for faster real time customer support. No downloads. Easy to integrate.
- JULIENNE BRUNO — Julienne Bruno made with naturally plant-based ingredients like fermented legumes & slow roasted vegetables.
Consumer Tech Investors - We empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 473
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3M; Series A $4.5M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
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- Jerry — Jerry simplifies the expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming aspects of car ownership.
- Class101 — Class101 is an online platform where people can make and enjoy hobbies.
Nicolaus Schefenacker is the Co-founder and managing director at Sennder.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Spain, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$4.4M; Series A $5.3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Degura — Degura provides portals for the pension plans of the companies.
- simpleclub — simpleclub - the most popular digital learning platform in Germany with over 1 million users per month.Loved by both students and parents, simpleclub makes it easy for students and learners to understand anything related to any subject at school by investing less time and therefore reducing stress. At simpleclub we are all creators. We have builta product that millions of people already use and are falling in love with. Check out our app for Apple and Android.We are on a mission to disrupt the traditional school-based learning system by creating a learning experience personalised to every student. Created in 2015 by back then students, Alexander Giesecke and Nicolai Schork, simpleclub has grown to over 1M users and going. In 2020, simpleclub secured a seed round from HV Capital (formerly HV Holtzbrinck Ventures) to accelerate growth.
- Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $932k–$4.8M; Series A $1.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Primogene —
- b.sure — b.sure help brands, agencies and event organizers to make their offline events as measurable as their online marketing.
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Browse database — It's Free!David Nothacker is the Co-Founder & CEO at Sennder.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Spain, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$9M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$4.4M; Series A $5.3M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Twain — You now have world-class selling skills at your fingertips. Use Twain for free to see what your sales pitch is missing.
- Degura — Degura provides portals for the pension plans of the companies.
- simpleclub — simpleclub - the most popular digital learning platform in Germany with over 1 million users per month.Loved by both students and parents, simpleclub makes it easy for students and learners to understand anything related to any subject at school by investing less time and therefore reducing stress. At simpleclub we are all creators. We have builta product that millions of people already use and are falling in love with. Check out our app for Apple and Android.We are on a mission to disrupt the traditional school-based learning system by creating a learning experience personalised to every student. Created in 2015 by back then students, Alexander Giesecke and Nicolai Schork, simpleclub has grown to over 1M users and going. In 2020, simpleclub secured a seed round from HV Capital (formerly HV Holtzbrinck Ventures) to accelerate growth.
Lea-Sophie Cramer (born April 16, 1987 in Berlin , Germany ) is a German entrepreneur . She founded in 2013 together with Sebastian Pollok, the online retailer and manufacturer of Sextoys, Amorelie, whose CEO she has been since. The business magazine Forbes named her in 2016 as one of the "30 under 30 Europe", the leading youngentrepreneurs in Europe. [1]
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, FinTech, Food Delivery
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- eco.mio — eco.mio enables companies to reach their climate targets while realizing significant savings: Incentivize employees to travel consciously with eco mio's end-to-end integrated software solution.
- Nala Earth — Nala empowers companies to measure, manage and report their impact and dependency on nature - compliant with regulation.
- HELLO INSIDE — Glukose-Monitoring zeigt dir, wie Mahlzeiten, Stress und Schlaf deine Energie, dein Gewicht und deine Hormone beeinflussen. 12.000+ Frauen vertrauen Hello Inside. 30-Tage-Program
Stefan is an entrepreneur and investor from Germany who enjoys living in London. He is the co-founder of companions.de, companionsTV, ricardo.de and myblog.de. He is the founding investor and executive Chairman of Mendeley.com and RjDj.me and has been and in the same role at Last.fm. Stefan is a firm believer in European entrepreneurship andan active angel. He holds a PhD in foreign exchange risk management and was a professional DJ for 15 years.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $573k–$3.2M; Angel $197k–$828k; Series A $2M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minitap — Minitap is an AI-driven mobile development company that assists with monitoring mobile devices.
- HEY HOLY — We’re transforming pet care — with a breed-specific health concept instead of one-size-fits-all, with longevity at its core
- Mozart AI — Artho has revealed its first product, Mozart AI, a groundbreaking AI-powered Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that aims to accelerate and magnify human creativity. This hybrid musician will have complete control over their musical vision with no creative friction. They will create, engineer, and perform at the speed of their imagination. They willoutperform and innovate the best pure human artists by combining human artistry with AI co-creation. We are a team of musicians, technologists, and creative visionaries.
WestTech Ventures is a Berlin-based VC firm focused on pre-seed & seed investments primarily in Germany in the fields of B2B SaaS in different verticals, and Enterprise Software as well as Mobility and New Work.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Series A $3M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Notch — Boost your deal win rates and customer onboarding with Notch. Create tailored buyer experiences, structured action plans, and gain valuable insights. Try our demo today.
- Careloop — Berlin-based HR-tech and EduTech startup with a focus on the German healthcare industry.
- ClimateChoice — The software platform for decarbonizing companies and their supply chains.
Collaboration with outstanding initiators with exceptional insights, from inception through all levels of progress. Lima Ventures supports visionary founders as well as provides certain services to early startups. We seek innovative technology-driven entrepreneurs who generate and lead companies that will inspire millions.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $18k–$702k
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shippn — International package forwarding service. Shop from Amazon, Shein, Macy's worldwide. Fast shipping with DHL & FedEx. Trusted by 50,000+ customers.
- heybooster — Heybooster is a provider of analytical tools to ecommerce companies to take better digital marketing decisions.
- Mars Studios — Mars Studios is an experienced team of growth hackers & marketers that can help you to increase your revenue. Rocket Your App to Success: Mars Studios
CEO of Shortcut Ventures GmbH in Hamburg, Germany.Martin Ostermayer is one of the CEOs of the venture capital firm, Shortcut Ventures, located in Hamburg, Germany. After graduating in Business Administration from the University of Hamburg, Ostermayer received his MBA from the University of San Francisco in 1998, majoring in telecommunicationsand business strategy.In 1999, he set up handy.de, which became Europe’s largest provider of mobile entertainment services with business partners Thorsten Rehling and Dirk Freise. They also created blau.de, the first independent wireless service discounter in Germany, in 2005. They led the company until 2011.
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- Industry: Education, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Spain, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$3.6M; Series A $4.8M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AUDAVIS — AUDAVIS is developing the most innovative approach that will revolutionize auditing. With data-driven full automation by AUDAVIS and a new AI-based approach, every financial statement becomes a breeze with unprecedented efficiency.
- heyData — heyData is a legal tech company. HeyData offers a digitized data protection officer for companies.
- Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
Backing early-stage startups that drive positive impact for people and planet
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$11M; Series A $5.5M–$33M; Series B $10M–$88M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Rebike Mobility — rebike1 purchases new E-Bikes from Top manufactures and brands like Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, Orbea. After renting the E-Bikes to businesses and consumers, the fully refurbished E-Bikes are sold with a 2 yr. warranty on rebike1. rebike1 also purchases used stock of E-Bikes from rental stations and retailers and sell them fullyrefurbished to consumers. In Oberstdorf, a Top tourist location south of Munich, rebike1 operates the largest E-Bike rental station in the area. Under the brand ebike1verleih, the rental business is expanding within tourist areas in partnership with local bike-shops. rebike1 GmbH was founded 2018 and has 18 employees today.
- Farmless — A farmless fermentation platform has the potential to create an entirely new food repertoire, producing proteins, carbohydrates, beneficial fats, vitamins, and minerals from the ground up," explained Oner. "We are creating a new interface between food and electricity by domesticating microbes chosen for their food properties and abilityto grow on renewable energy-based feedstocks.
- Ruuky — Pockid GmbH offers a bank account with virtual and physical debit Mastercard.
Backing great companies when they're tiny
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Genie — Genie is a provider of a Shopify inventory management solution for fast-growing merchants.
- Serve First — Serve First is an AI customer experience platform that turns real-time feedback into insights, helping drive smarter business decisions.
- Massive Dynamic — Massive Dynamic is an AI based software development and digital marketing company.
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- Industry: Education, Software, TV
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$3.6M; Pre-Seed $680k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- heyData — heyData is a legal tech company. HeyData offers a digitized data protection officer for companies.
- Mindsurance — At Mindsurance, we believe that a thriving workforce starts with prioritizing mental health. Our range of evidence-based solutions empowers businesses to create a supportive environment that nurtures employee well-being. From targeted training programs to confidential counseling services, we offer a holistic approach that addresses the unique needs of your organization. Join us in fostering a healthier, happier, and more engaged workforce.
- Pandatron — With clients like SAP, Universal Pictures & Skanska, Pandatron is a startup that supports change management. We do it by scaling AI-driven coaching 1-on-1s to every employee, which also allows us to measure change.
Founder of Masterplan.com, a corporate education company. Prior to Masterplan.com Daniel founded Employour what was sold in 2015 to European Media Company BERTELSMANN.
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- Industry: Education, E-Learning, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Masterplan.com — Masterplan's mission is to turn continuous transformation in companies into an exciting and positive experience. That's why the platform aims to offer the most intuitive and engaging user interface across the industry. For example, companies can combine their content with Masterplan lectures and customized quizzes in just a few minutes -and just as easily assign those learning paths to the right employees. Serial entrepreneurs Stefan Peukert and Dr. Daniel Schütt founded the B2B edutech platform in 2017 and have since raised over €13 million in venture capital for it. Investors include Tengelmann Ventures, ex-Bertelsmann CEO Gunter Thielen, CODE University Chancellor Thomas Bachem, as well as the RAG Foundation, DvH Ventures, and NRW.BANK. In addition to its headquarters in Bochum, Masterplan.com has further locations in Berlin and Vienna and currently employs around 70 people.
- charly — Wir sind charlyGestartet sind wir 2016 unter dem Namen PrintPeter: Durch Unternehmenssponsoring in den Vorlesungsskripten konnten Studierende diese gratis drucken. Seitdem wächst charly stetig um neue Produkte und Tools, denn wir verfolgen laufend unsere Vision: Lernen so einfach und erfolgreich wie möglich zu gestalten, damit alle Studierendenihre Ziele souverän erreichen.Im Jahr 2019 haben wir unser Produktangebot mit digitalen Lerntools erweitert und im Jahr 2021 eine neue Phase in unserem Unternehmen begonnen: ein Community-getriebenes Lern-Ökosystem. Unsere Lösung umfasst nun eine von Studierenden gemeinschaftlich betriebene Datenbank für klausurrelevante Fragen und Antworten und ein zusätzlicher Tutoren-Sofortantwort-Service. Dank unserer Nähe zum Studi-Alltag und unseres Verständnisses für die Bedürfnisse und Verhaltensweisen, können wir - über charly media - Unternehmen crossmedial mit mehr als 2,5 Millionen High Potentials in der DACH-Region in Verbindung bringen, indem wir eine Hypersegmentierung über unsere eigenen Kanäle und unseren Partnern anbieten.
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