Top 50 Education Startup Investors in Germany (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund
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14 | Germany, Switzerland, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $909k–$39M |
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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, B2B | $1.1M–$19M |
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HV Capital
VC Fund
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12 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $1.6M–$75M |
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IBB Ventures
VC Fund
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12 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, SaaS | $1M–$11M |
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Emerge VC
VC Fund
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11 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Education, EdTech, Software | $33k–$22M |
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Allygatr
VC Fund
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10 | Germany, Austria, Switzerland | Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Human Resources, Artificial Intelligence | $159k–$1.3M |
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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 | $60k–$1M |
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DvH Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | Germany, Austria, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Financial Services | $1.2M–$31M |
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Atlantic
VC Fund
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8 | Germany, Switzerland, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $850k–$30M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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8 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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APX
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $55k–$15M |
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Angel Invest
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $530k–$21M |
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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 | $2.5M–$50M |
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NRW.BANK
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology | $219k–$71M |
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b2venture
VC Fund
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6 | Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.3M–$52M |
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Enjoyventure Management
VC Fund
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6 | Germany, Portugal, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $159k–$7.7M |
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La Famiglia
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $2.2M–$95M |
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FJ Labs
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Brazil, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $1.4M–$68M |
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UVC Partners
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, Switzerland, Denmark | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $2.2M–$470M |
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Peak
VC Fund
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5 | The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $658k–$17M |
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Speedinvest
VC Fund
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5 | United Kingdom, Germany, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $713k–$33M |
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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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ES KAPITAL
VC Fund
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4 | Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, EdTech | $348k–$30M |
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Lea-Sophie Cramer
Angel
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4 | Germany, Austria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Food and Beverage, SaaS, EdTech | $1.1M–$12M |
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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–$6.4M |
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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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Capnamic
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.8M–$31M |
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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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JALE Beteiligungs GmbH
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, Latvia, Denmark | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, E-Learning | $550k–$2.3M |
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Jens Begemann
Angel
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4 | Germany | Seed, Series A | B2C, Toys, EdTech | $3.8M–$5.3M |
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Volksbank Albstadt ChancenKapital GmbH
VC Fund
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4 | Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | EdTech, Software, Health Care | $348k–$1.6M |
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Stefan Peukert
Angel
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4 | Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Education, E-Learning, Information Technology | $691k–$1.2M |
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noa
VC Fund
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4 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $2.5M–$90M |
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Sparkmind.vc
VC Fund
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4 | Finland, Germany, Sweden | Seed, Series A | Education, E-Learning, Software | $793k–$10M |
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WestTech Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Information Technology | $809k–$11M |
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Udo Schloemer
Angel
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4 | Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Education, Mobile Apps | $1.1M–$9M |
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Possible Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $586k–$47M |
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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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Bayern Kapital
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, Finland | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.1M–$32M |
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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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Flixfounders
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, Israel, Luxembourg | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $543k–$34M |
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Lima Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, E-Commerce | $18k–$697k |
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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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Daniel Schütt
Angel
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3 | Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed | Education, E-Learning, SaaS | |
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David Nothacker
Angel
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3 | Germany, Spain, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.4M–$23M |
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Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company
VC Fund
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3 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $809k–$170M |
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Stefan Glänzer
Angel
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Social Media | $197k–$15M |
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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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Brandenburg Kapital
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | |
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AQAL Integral Investing
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology | |
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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: 610
- Round size: Seed $909k–$7M; Series A $3.5M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $522M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- CorTec — Reliable products for active implantable device development. We realize your next project with you and offer individual solutions that meet your specific requirements for Medical Devices, especially in neurotechnology.
- Coinlend — Coinlend - The Lending-Bot for Bitfinex & Liquid Genearate interest from your Bitcoin and Altcoin investments!
- CenterPoint - Connective Software Engineering — CenterPoint was founded in 2000 and is based in Villach, Austria with an additional office in Warsaw, Poland. CenterPoint - Connective Software Engineering develops and markets process control and fault detection and classification software solutions. The company offers cause effect analysis, metrology assessment, and close loop and run to runcontrol services. It's focus are the semiconductors, electronics, and steel and alloy industries.
Verena Pausder
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Learning, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$4.7M; Series A $7.6M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Karri — Karri Messenger is a data and GPS enabled screen-free device enabling communication between you and your kids, and them and their friends.
- Knowunity — Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app.
- Sitegeist — Sitegeist Robotics develops autonomous, modular construction robots to automate dangerous tasks like hydrodemolition, sandblasting, and drilling, boosting productivity and addressing labor shortages.Sitegeist Robotics primarily serves the construction industry, focusing on infrastructure renovation and building site operations.
HV Capital is one of the leading early-stage and growth investors in Europe. With nine fund generations in 23 years and €2.8 bn in managed assets, HV Capital is one of the continent's most active investors. The investment team has many years of experience in identifying European startups with great potential for success. In addition tointernational success stories like Zalando, Delivery Hero, Sumup, and Depop, innovation leaders such as Enpal, Flixbus, Sennder, and Isar Aerospace are also part of the portfolio. HV Capital has invested in around 225 internet and technology companies, supporting startups with ticket sizes ranging from €0.5 to €60m. It is one of Europe's few venture capital firms that can finance startups through all growth phases. HV Capital has a team of more than 40 investment and operations professionals who provide a variety of perspectives and expertise across the venture capital landscape.
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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: 467
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$12M; Series A $3.3M–$35M; Series B $7.7M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $834M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Exein — Exein develops embedded cybersecurity solutions designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. The company provides a platform that integrates security directly into the firmware of embedded systems, enabling real-time threat detection, monitoring, and response. Exein’s technology focuses on runtime protection and behavioranalysis at the edge, helping manufacturers secure devices without requiring major hardware changes or external software agents. Its solution is compatible with widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux-based environments, allowing for flexible integration across different devices. The company also offers tools for vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence tailored for firmware-level defense. Exein supports developers with APIs and SDKs to incorporate security features during the product development phase. Through its platform, the company addresses growing security risks in critical sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics.
- Fleek — Fleek is a B2B Wholesale Marketplace for second-hand fashion. Our buyers are vintage stores and online resellers; our suppliers are used clothing wholesalers, rag-houses, and donation centres.
- Ore Energy — Ore Energy is creating a new generation, cost effective, long-duration energy storage solution which will enable a decarbonized energy future by utilizing some of the most readily available materials
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: 243
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.6M; Series A $2.3M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $33M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Nenna AI — Nenna AI is a powerful AI enablement platform designed for the secure application of AI technologies.
- Jurafuchs — Jurafuchs provides legal education via a mobile app.
- dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung — dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners.
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, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $53k–$8M; Pre-Seed $33k–$3.2M; Series A $5M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- VARM — Varm provides efficient insulation for energy saving and comfort.
- 5U AI — 5U AI gives freight teams an AI workforce that's connected across multiple communication channels to understand, reason and act on data.
- Kinfolk — Resolve 70% of employee requests, run lifecycle programs on autopilot, gain visibility into service delivery and unlock capacity to scale Workforce Ops.
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Pre-Seed $159k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clypp — Clypp is the process intelligence layer for the industrial frontline. Workers record processes on video, and Clypp turns the footage into a unique dataset of industrial process knowledge — driving productivity, quality, and ultimately automation across manufacturing, logistics, consumer goods, and chemicals.
- Talent2Go — Talent2Go is an HRtech company that provides training management software solutions for companies to make less burden for the trainers.
- Senior Connect — An AI-driven career platform that matches senior professionals with companies seeking expertise, aligning their skills and personality with employers' needs.
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: 21
- Round size: Seed $60k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GeneNeer — GeneNeer is a biotechnology company that has developed a proprietary technology for locking and unlocking traits for complete GM containment.
- X-Therma — At X-Therma, we're advancing regenerative medicine and organ transplantation with a novel biopreservation solution.
- JANSZKY GmbH — Family Investment Office of Sven Gabor Janszky, one of the leading futurists in Europe.
Investing early in Europe's most passionate founders.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Austria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.7M; Series A $3.8M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- a2zebra — a2zebra is a zebra company that specializes in instructional technology for elementary school kids.
- Dermanostic — Dermanostic is an e-health app where patients receive a medical diagnosis and therapy recommendation for skin diseases.
- microsynetics GmbH — Developing hardware and software to help elderly people gaining more freedom and quality of life. Our first product is an emergency wristband which works together with an app, also connecting relatives via smartphone and phone integrated in the emergency wristband. The automated AI-based fall detection guarantees help even when the user - afteraccident - isn't capable anymore of activating the emergency call via integrated button.
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 233
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.4M; Pre-Seed $850k–$3.5M; Series A $5.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- bonify — Bonify, a Berlin based FinTech-Start-up, enables customers to benefit from their credit scoring and financial data. The company gives customers free and easy access to their credit score and let them upload additional relevant data. Then, it offers tools and personalized recommendations to help optimize the customer’s financial situation.Foundedin 2015 by key executives of McKinsey and Zalando, bonify has received significant funding from internationally leading VCs and successful entrepreneurs.
- Stenon — Stenon is a laboratory independent real-time soil analyst that offers solutions for agriculture.
- 42matters — 42matters offers a full suite of mobile and connected TV app intelligence solutions, including APIs, file dumps, and visual, web-based platforms.
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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: 2215
- Round size: Seed $159k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$645k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
- Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
- Homethings — Single-use plastic is bonkers. Homethings makes cleaning products that make sense. No more shipping water in plastic bottles. We send non toxic cleaning tabs so that you can refill over and over again using your tap.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: 207
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $55k–$1.4M; Series A $2.1M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% 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.
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- Track Titan — Titan Academy revolutionises how gamers improve through fully automated coaching.
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: 165
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6.8M; Pre-Seed $530k–$3.2M; Series A $4.7M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Modeinspect — acreom is the integrated markdown knowledge base with tasks. Your personal daily driver for your dev workflow.
- Ivy — We are building a global API for instant bank payments
- Squid — Squid offers a workspace for planning, modeling, and testing power grid networks with tools for network analysis and simulation.
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: 153
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$10M; Series A $5.2M–$29M; Series B $13M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $270M in 2022
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.
- DeweyLearn — Turn observed performance into expert feedback today, and a smarter organization tomorrow.
- GrowthSchool — Whether it is Product, Growth, Design, Management, Tech & Data, Business, GrowthSchool is the place to learn from top experts in the field.
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: 131
- Round size: Seed $219k–$7.7M; Series A $3.8M–$36M; Series B $3.8M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- ENTRYZERO — ENTRYZERO is a cybersecurity startup that develops an AI-powered software platform specializing in Threat Exposure Management,the company helps organizations continuously monitor their digital attack surface from a hacker’s perspective to identify and mitigatevulnerabilities automatically.
- OMMM — OMMM Operations Management Solutions is a software house that specializes in the digitization and automation of industrial planning.
- Nuclidium — NUCLIDIUM is a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company that develops novel radionuclide PET tracers for precision diagnostics. Using copper isotopes, Copper-61 for diagnostics and Copper-67 for therapeutics, the company is creating a differentiated platform with the potential to overcome existing limitations in radiotheranostics.
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: 244
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Series A $4M–$24M; Series B $8.3M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $135M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
- Flyboard — Human-level AI voice agents at a fraction of the cost. Transform your customer engagement with intelligent automation.
- Kiin Bio — Drug discovery is a system problem, where every inefficiency amplifies the next. We have the solution.
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: 49
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $159k–$1.9M; Series A $1.1M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% 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 — Valuedesk is a service company that specializes in structured savings and efficiency management. Their adaptable solution for cost optimization benefits companies in a wide range of industries, including mechanical engineering and the automotive, culinary, furniture, and pharmaceutical industries. Using systematics and technology enables businessesto work more cost-effectively in the long run.
- Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.
We are an early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- 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
- Parloa — Amplify your customer service experience with a team of personal AI agents. Leverage the full power of generative AI for contact center automation.
- Langdock — Meet Langdock. Start with a GDPR-compliant daily chat companion for your employees. Then deploy more advanced AI use cases like Assistants and Workflows. All in one easily extendable platform.
- NaroIQ — Discover how we make Money Matter through out innovative fund infrastructure, enabling fair and redistributive earnings in the ETF and fund market.
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1441
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$10M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $12M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
- Revelo — Scale your development team with the top 1% of 1,000,000+ software engineers in Latin America. Get matched with senior remote developers who have strong technical and English-speaking skills & hire them without the overhead. We handle payroll, taxes, and HR. Flat monthly rate.
- Metaloop — Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
UVC Partners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology-based startups in the areas of enterprise software, industrial technologies, and mobility. The fund typically invests between € 0.5 - 10m initially and up to € 20m in total per company.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$11M; Series A $5.5M–$32M; Series B $5.4M–$470M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $57M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- kausable — kausable focuses on putting science at the core of AI by developing causal "world models". Unlike conventional models relying on pattern memorization from massive datasets, kausable trains foundation models on abstract cause-and-effect structures. This allows the AI to reason through unfamiliar, dynamic systems across multiple domains(such as robotics, healthcare, and finance) without requiring expensive retraining cycles.
- Stabl Energy — Scalable battery storage systems for energy storage in industry and commerce made by STABL Energy help to utilise the full potential of renewable energies.
- Proxima Fusion — We are a European fusion energy startup pursuing the clearest path to grid deployment.
European early-stage venture capital fund backed 100% by founders. Helping Pre-Seed and Seed SaaS, Marketplaces & Platforms with their Go-To-Market.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Round size: Seed $658k–$5M; Pre-Seed $781k–$2.5M; Series A $6.5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
Portfolio highlights
- DREM — Simplifying distributed energy saving solutions
- VoiceLine — VoiceLine is AI-powered field sales revenue intelligence. Document any customer interactions in seconds, get actionable insights and boost sales performance. Start today!
- microsynetics GmbH — Developing hardware and software to help elderly people gaining more freedom and quality of life. Our first product is an emergency wristband which works together with an app, also connecting relatives via smartphone and phone integrated in the emergency wristband. The automated AI-based fall detection guarantees help even when the user - afteraccident - isn't capable anymore of activating the emergency call via integrated button.
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Browse database — It's Free!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: United Kingdom, Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 603
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $713k–$3.8M; Series A $4.1M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% 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!
- Facility — Flexkeeping is a Hotel Operations Platform designed to help teams automate and collaborate like never before.
- Polaron — Material Design. Supercharged with AI.
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: 68
- Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$6.2M; Series A $9.6M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kodesage — Kodesage captures your company's collective knowledge to help understand and modernize legacy code
- 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.
Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft der Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen mbH
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $348k–$4.6M; Series A $10M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- cabuu — Memorizing basic concepts and terms is foundational for engaging deeply with more complex ideas and for solving problems. Current Study Platforms provide vast amounts of user & AI generated content but often leave users alone with how to get it in their heads. cabuu is the 21st century memorization app that is optimized for internalizingconcepts of different topics (vocabulary, geography, engineering, ...) for all learner groups. We use cutting-edge scientific methods and AI to assemble a personalized learning path with curated interactive graphics & animations to enable all learners to memorize what they need as quickly and easily as possible.
- MeMi Textiles — Memi Textiles develops washable absorbent materials using its TSAcore technology for textile-based hygiene and care products.
- Maple Aviation — Maple Aviation delivers medical cargo autonomously. Fully certified, emission-free, and designed for the highest safety standards.
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, SaaS, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$4.7M
- 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.
- 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
- Sitegeist — Sitegeist Robotics develops autonomous, modular construction robots to automate dangerous tasks like hydrodemolition, sandblasting, and drilling, boosting productivity and addressing labor shortages.Sitegeist Robotics primarily serves the construction industry, focusing on infrastructure renovation and building site operations.
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: 82
- Round size: Seed $214k–$6.4M; Pre-Seed $542k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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: 55
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$11M; Series A $4.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% 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.
- Rocapine — We craft apps that help people feel truly alive
- Mendo — Mendo helps large companies embed AI into their workflows and drives adoption by helping teams apply AI to their real-world use cases, without losing the human element.We operate directly in the tools and day-to-day workflows to trigger the right habits at the right moment.The result? Teams that confidently use generative AI in their daily workand a transformation that is concrete, guided, and sustainable.
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, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$8.6M; Series A $3.1M–$25M; Series B $5.3M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $216M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Freshflow — Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste.
- Omegga GmbH — Omegga is developing a non-invasive, purely optical, Al-powered method for in-ovo sex detection of chicken embryos at an early stage.
- 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.
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 operates a digital platform for mental health, providing a range of courses focused on mental well-being. All of Likeminded's psychological experts possess academic backgrounds in psychology and receive specialized training from Likeminded. These experts are specifically skilled in facilitating group sessions and offering digitalsupport to users. They undergo ongoing supervision and coaching for continuous professional development.
- 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.
The investment company JALE was founded in 2011 by Björn Jopen and currently has 29 companies in its portfolio. Björn Jopen has built up and successfully sold several companies. JALE's current operational approach has developed through his experience of founding and successfully building up companies himself. The JALE team primarily supportsthe portfolio companies financing rounds, building sales and recruiting a successful team. In addition to participating in start-ups, JALE has also been active in the restructuring of digital companies for two years and in this case usually takes over the majority of the companies. The company is provided with new financial resources, a new management is set up and sales are restructured.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, E-Learning
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Latvia, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $550k–$620k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Novaheal — Novaheal is a learning platform for trainees and young professionals in nursing.
- 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.
- VYBE Beauty — Beauty For The Bold.
Jens Begemann
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- Industry: B2C, Toys, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $3.8M–$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. The platform gets kids started with digital learning and gets them ready for school. Children are invited to explore the world of learning through play by the company, which combines physical toys and a digital learning app. Whilekids learn through play, parents can monitor each child's progress in learning and set limits on how much time they spend on screens. When the allotted screen time has passed, the app independently signals the end of play and turns off the device. As a result, the learning journey can be tailored to each child's developmental stage.
- StratifAI — Building the next generation of biomarkers for precision oncology
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- Industry: EdTech, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $348k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- cabuu — Memorizing basic concepts and terms is foundational for engaging deeply with more complex ideas and for solving problems. Current Study Platforms provide vast amounts of user & AI generated content but often leave users alone with how to get it in their heads. cabuu is the 21st century memorization app that is optimized for internalizingconcepts of different topics (vocabulary, geography, engineering, ...) for all learner groups. We use cutting-edge scientific methods and AI to assemble a personalized learning path with curated interactive graphics & animations to enable all learners to memorize what they need as quickly and easily as possible.
- Inovedis — The SINEFIX Implant System is an easy-to-learn solution aimed at simplifying rotator cuff repair procedures and improving patient outcomes.
- Deep Care — Innovation in occupational health management: we are revolutionising prevention in the office. Through artificial intelligence, smart sensor technology and sound research.
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-Learning, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Pre-Seed $691k–$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.
A/O PropTech's purpose is to transform the built world and make it more digital, climate-conscious & efficient by applying innovative Tech and business models.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$17M; Series A $5.5M–$24M; Series B $13M–$90M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VARM — Varm provides efficient insulation for energy saving and comfort.
- CONXAI — AI that understands construction
- MeltPlan — Construction code compliance and quantity takeoffs made easy with construction-aware AI
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, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Germany, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $793k–$3.2M; Series A $3.9M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 65% lead, 35% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $64M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Tiney — Tiney are on a mission to reimagine at-home childcare & unlock the potential of every child. For parents, this means easy access to an exceptional and affordable childcare community that’s built around busy modern lives. For children, this means high quality and thoughtful play-based learning in safe settings that goes beyond nationalrequirements for early education. For childcare providers, this means allowing them to focus on the children in their care, relieving the burden of running a small business and ensuring maximum job satisfaction.
- AUTOVIO — Autovio offers digital concepts for driving schools.
- 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.
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, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Pre-Seed $809k–$2M; Series A $3M–$6.8M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% 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 — ClimateChoice provides the AI-powered Climate Intelligence Platform designed for procurement- and climate teams to accelerate Scope 3 decarbonization. Companies use it to automate time-consuming and costly supplier engagement processes and collect audit-ready data at scale. Trusted by leaders like T-Systems, Lenovo, o2 Telefónica, and EnBW.Inorder to accelerate knowledge sharing, we support businesses to exchange best practices across a number of touchpoints, including an annual conference, a blended-learning program, regular webinars and an online magazine.
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, Mobile 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–$5.9M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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- 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.
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, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Pre-Seed $586k–$3.5M; Series A $9.7M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mkind — Mkind builds intelligent robots for high-mix manufacturing, developing advanced automation solutions that can adapt to diverse production requirements, improve operational efficiency, and support manufacturers in handling complex, low-volume, and frequently changing product lines.
- Orbem — Transform biological imaging with AI-powered MRI technology. Non-invasive solutions for poultry, fruits, nuts, and health. Building a sustainable future.
- Transition Metal Solutions — Transition harnesses wild microbial communities to recover copper and other critical metals from low-grade mining resources.
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
- Rebike Mobility — Rebike Mobility purchases new E-Bikes from tier 1 manufacturers and brands like Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, and Orbea. After renting the E-Bikes to businesses and consumers subscription, the fully refurbished E-Bikes are sold with a 2 yr. warranty on rebike.com. Rebike Mobility also purchases used stock of E-Bikes and sell themfully refurbished to consumer.
- Blickfeld — Discover the world's first smart LiDAR solution that combines state-of-the-art hardware with powerful software to digitalize whole industries!
- Planted Foods — Planted is an ETH Spinoff that uses cutting-edge technology to turn four natural ingredients into plant-based meat that mimics the taste, texture, and mouthfeel of traditional animal meat. It takes only the best raw materials from plants and creates that tasty, nutritious, high-protein, and juicy planted that the customers love.It was founded in2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.
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: 249
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.9M; Series A $4.4M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $26M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- Hema.to — Hema.to provides fully automated, AI-powered blood cancer detection suggestions based on flow cytometry data.
- 4.screen — The Driver Interaction Platform. Connect with drivers in real-time to deliver personalized and targeted campaigns.
- 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.
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: 84
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.2M; Series A $1.1M–$53M; Series B $4M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Q.ANT — Q.ANT develops photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing, utilizing light for information processing. The company also produces quantum sensors offering ultra-high magnetic field sensitivity in a compact form factor. These products aim to enable more intelligent and sustainable systems across various sectors like data centers,aerospace, and medical technology.
- XO Life — XO-Life.com is an online destination center. That provides services includes digital treatment monitoring and patient feedback R&D, marketing and sales. That offers services for Patient Insights, information exchange between patients and pharma, treatments and indications.
- Patronus Group — Rethinking elderly healthcare
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Israel, Luxembourg
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$15M; Pre-Seed $543k–$3.8M; Series A $10M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Augur — Augur provides advanced sensor fusion and machine learning solutions for security applications.
- R3 Robotics — Circu Li-ion is a European battery upcycling startup. Our vision is to fight the climate crisis by maximising the lifecycle of each Lithium-ion cell.In 2021, we have embarked on our journey to enable a circular lifecycle to batteries in three steps: the dismantling of batteries, the diagnostic of cells and the reassembly based on reusedcomponents - automated and at scale .We provide our technology to leading players in the space of micromobility, q-commerce & delivery, hardware manufacturing and recycling. Our Machine-as-a-Service solution offers a possibility to give their used batteries a second life through upcycling instead of recycling - saving money and the planet.
- Proxima Fusion — We are a European fusion energy startup pursuing the clearest path to grid deployment.
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, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $18k–$697k; Pre-Seed $50k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% 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
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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!
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.
David Nothacker is the Co-Founder & CEO at Sennder.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Spain, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$9M; Pre-Seed $1.6M–$4M; Series A $5.9M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Degura — Degura provides portals for the pension plans of the companies.
- simpleclub — simpleclub is Germany’s leading AI-powered training infrastructure, redefining how companies qualify their workforce. With millions of users and 500+ enterprise customers including Bosch, BMW, Amazon, and Audi, simpleclub has become the trusted solution for business-critical vocational training and workforce reskilling. Independent research showsthat 90% of learners rapidly close skill gaps, while companies save over €50m annually and reduce trainer workload by up to 8 hours per week.Unlike optional HR tools, simpleclub is embedded into core operations as mandatory infrastructure. Its Service-as-a-Software model combines interactive learning with intelligent management: an AI co-pilot that creates personalized learning plans, delivers adaptive content, tracks progress, and prescribes interventions. For large enterprises, simpleclub integrates seamlessly with LMS/HR systems such as SAP SuccessFactors, Cornerstone, Docebo, and Microsoft Teams. For SMBs, it runs autonomously like a digital employee.simpleclub is positioned to define the global category of AI-driven workforce qualification.
- TradeLink — TradeLink is a creator of a platform for digital delivery and transportation information intended to link customers, vendors, and logistics service providers. By providing features like an efficient time and ramp booking system, automatic planning and communication, court processes, and digital delivery notes on their platform, clients may savetime, and money, and improve communication with associated parties. It creates an efficient system of delivery coordination around business sites that is advantageous to all delivery partners.
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: 185
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Pre-Seed $809k–$3.5M; Series A $7M–$170M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AUDIOGEN — Generate your sounds with AI. Create an infinite world of sounds - sound effects, samples, and music, instantly. Get Started Free.
- Xylo — Xylo offers higher quality processes with full officer oversight, reducing planning uncertainty and boosting UK housing delivery.
- Build — The AI-native operating partner for the built world. Build pairs agentic AI with CRE domain experts to accelerate commercial real estate development from concept to completion.
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: FinTech, Financial Services, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $573k–$3.2M; Angel $197k–$828k; Series A $2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Minitap — Minitap is an AI-driven mobile development company that assists with monitoring mobile devices.
- HEY HOLY — HEY HOLY is redefining dog nutrition with the world’s first breed-specific dog food sold in a subscription. We believe every dog deserves food tailored to their unique health needs – because a German Shepherd isn’t a Chihuahua.Backed by science and crafted with only high-quality ingredients, HEY HOLY supports better digestion, fewer intolerances,and healthier, longer lives for dogs. Thousands of owners have already made the switch, choosing HEY HOLY to give their dogs personalized care and optimal health outcomes.
- 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.
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.
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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
Munich-based AQAL Group is an active technology and impact holding company using the Integral Investing approach. Focus: exponential technology and digital evolution (Internet infrastructure, artificial intelligence, blockchain & financial tech, B2B IT solutions, Industry 4.0), green technology (renewable energy, energy efficiency, cleantech, circular economy), and life in the 21st century (future mobility, food, life science, med tech, media & entertainment tech).
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- DNTOX — We are building up a bioanalytical testing laboratory for animal-free screening of chemicals, regarding their potential to disturb brain development and cause developmental neurotoxicity (DNT). Our in vitro testing battery is based on human cell models and enables chemical screening in a high-content and medium-throughput fashion. Furthermore, itis supported by an in-house developed software, using artifical intelligence. We support our customers during the identification of safe lead structures during substance development, as well as the safety assessment during approval and re-approval processes of chemicals. With our innovation, we want to realize our company vision: Safe chemicals without animal experiments!
- wondder — Empowering People through Virtual Reality Use our training in Virtual Reality to create more happy, successful, productive teams. Experience the power of wondder. Contact Us Empowering People through Virtual Reality Use our training in Virtual Reality to create more happy,
- Elona Health — Elona Health creates digital solutions that shape tomorrow's psychotherapy and support patients and therapists alike.
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