Top 35 eSports VC Funds & Investors in Germany (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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DN Capital
VC Fund
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11 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $1M–$82M |
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March Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics | $4M–$273M |
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BITKRAFT Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain | $2M–$28M |
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LVP
VC Fund
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Finland | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Gaming, Video Games, Mobile | $1.4M–$19M |
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NRW.BANK
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology | $219k–$71M |
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Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder
VC Fund
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2 | Poland, Germany, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $232k–$15M |
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Everblue Management
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series C | Gaming, Video Games, eSports | $2M–$72M |
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Investitionsbank Berlin
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, Canada | Grant, Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $18k–$19M |
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Carcharodon Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, Austria, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $304k–$21M |
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J Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, Colombia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.1M–$25M |
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PREA Group
VC Fund
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1 | Germany | Pre-Seed | Gaming, eSports, Blockchain | |
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Agileo Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | France, Germany | Series A | Apps, Sports, eSports | $3.2M–$10M |
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Sony Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $1.9M–$52M |
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Pohlad Family investment group
VC Fund
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1 | Germany | Venture - Series Unknown | SaaS, Sports, eSports | |
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InsurTech.vc
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United Kingdom, Israel | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Insurance, Apps, Software | $425k–$2.3M |
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Dreamcraft Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $500k–$16M |
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Impulse VC
VC Fund
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1 | Russian Federation, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A | Advertising, Software, E-Commerce | $450k–$6M |
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Alinea Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Germany | Series A | Sports, eSports, Analytics | |
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Raine Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Gaming, Mobile | $2.3M–$62M |
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IFB Innovationsstarter
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United States | Seed, Grant | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $79k–$3M |
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Kakao Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | South Korea, United States, Indonesia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $297k–$27M |
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Fertitta Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Sports, Fitness, Media and Entertainment | $6M–$120M |
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TRUST ESPORT
VC Fund
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1 | France, Germany, Portugal | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Gaming, Video Games, eSports | $222k–$2.3M |
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Nuard Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Finland, Germany, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | IaaS, Video, Fashion | $159k–$680k |
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Parkwood
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, Malaysia | Series D, Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Medical | $52M–$236M |
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Segnalita
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning | $9.4M–$20M |
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Seal Rock Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United States | Series A, Seed | Sports, Travel, Leisure | $4.8M–$17M |
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STC Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Switzerland, United States, Vietnam | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $1M–$150M |
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American City Business Journals
VC Fund
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1 | Germany | Seed | News, eSports, Database | |
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WOLFMAN.ONE
VC Fund
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1 | Germany | Seed, Angel, Series A | Gaming, eSports, Hardware | |
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The Hive
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $663k–$190M |
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Go4it Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Brazil, France | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series C | Sports, Gaming, Video | $1.5M–$58M |
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APX
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $55k–$15M |
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Avala Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $1M–$22M |
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Sequoia Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, India | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $6M–$230M |
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DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 431
- Round size: Seed $1M–$12M; Series A $4.5M–$25M; Series B $10M–$82M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Gaussion — Gaussion is revolutionising batteries by utilising magneto-electrochemistry.
- unique.ai — Automate personalized experiences to successfully transform your organization.
- sherpa — AI Operating System for External Workforce Management
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Series A $4M–$57M; Series B $11M–$110M; Series C $27M–$273M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $19M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Uniphore — We enable businesses to rapidly adopt, significantly transform and immediately unlock value through our Business AI Cloud that is sovereign, composable and secure.
- Together AI — Together will enable researchers, developers & companies to leverage and improve artificial intelligence with an intuitive data, models & computation platform.
- Xage Security — Secure, manage & transform OT, IT and cloud operations. Deliver zero-trust local access, remote access, and data security.
We provide early- and mid-stage venture capital and expertise for extraordinary founders in gaming and emerging technology.
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 246
- Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Series A $4.2M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- StockGro — StockGro is a stock market advisory & research app trusted by 35M+ users. Get daily trade ideas with entry, exit & stop-loss from 150+ SEBI-registered analysts.
- Hulp — Hulp provides a personal assistant service that helps manage household tasks, bookings, family coordination, and daily activities.
- welevel — Building games with attitude
LVP is a venture capital seed fund with a difference - they're operating experts in the games sector, and they only ever invest in the games ecosystem. That means they bring real experience and deep understanding. They speak the same language, share the same references, understand the same challenges - and they believe in the same vision.They know instinctively where the opportunities lie; where there are strengths to be harnessed and exposures to be covered. In fine-grain, no-hiding, straight-talking detail. They know when to bide time, when to iterate and when to go wide. And how.They invest in people. That means founders with the potential to build the best in the world; teams with terrific, creative games development skills, or fantastic ideas for revolutionary games technology or services… and a vision that sets them apart.
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5.4M; Series A $2M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- VaultN — VaultN's smart distribution platform enables automated self-service distribution of game keys, digital assets, and more. Unlock efficiency, secure revenue, and scale with confidence.
- Rule — Rule is a fintech startup building a ‘save-to-win’ mobile game to combat the ‘ADHD tax’.
- Minit Games — Minit Games provides bite-sized, instantly playable HTML5 games in a tailored, algorithmically driven feed.
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: 136
- Round size: Seed $219k–$7.7M; Series A $2.4M–$36M; Series B $3.8M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $163M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- skylance — Skylance develops counter-unmanned aerial systems for military and public-security users. Its products include close-range kinetic interceptors designed for Class 1 drones and a modular launcher that supports shoulder-mounted, tripod, and vehicle-integrated configurations. The company describes its systems as software-defined and compatible withexisting command-and-control structures. Its stated operating range for close-range interception is 100 to 1,200 meters.
- OMMM — OMMM Operations Management Solutions is a software house that specializes in the digitization and automation of industrial planning.
- PhageStack — PhageStack GmbH develops a computational platform that applies machine learning to screen, identify, and analyze specific bacteriophages. This technical infrastructure is built to help research partners accelerate the discovery of targeted biological options against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Tar Heel Capital Pathfinder is a venture capital fund and venture builder investing in early-stage startups. We offer funding as well as support in strategy, technology, business development, and team building.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Poland, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $240k–$1.1M; Pre-Seed $232k–$802k; Series A $2.7M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- SafeMe — Personal security in a mobile app - we provide a real response to the urban danger for individuals.
- Multilango — Multilango is an operator of a learning platform designed to improve employees' language skills. The corporate platform provides learning in a variety of languages with a personalized teacher based on individual preferences, allowing clients to learn languages through self-paced videos.
- Partnerplace — Grow your partner network efficiently with Partnerplace. Discover, connect, and manage partners all in one platform. Start your free trial today.
Everblue Management is a family office for the hedge fund managers.
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, eSports
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $2M–$21M; Series A $4M–$17M; Series C $52M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VAULT — Flick is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of software development, android, iOS, and mobile applications. Flick draws an audience of sports fans who want to engage on a deeper level with their favorite sports influencers, teams, and leagues. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mamaroneck, New York.
- Modulate — Modulate uses revolutionary machine learning to proactively detect and escalate toxic behavior in your game. ToxMod becomes an expert in your code of conduct and empowers your moderators to make the right decisions to protect your community from the worst behavior happening in voice chat in real time.
- House of Blueberry — House of Blueberry is the leading digital fashion house in the metaverse. Since 2012, Blueberry has served hundreds of thousands of consumers and sold more than 20 million digital assets, making it the industry leader in this quickly expanding sector. Blueberry is actively bringing its community and brand to the biggest web 2.0 and 3.0 metaverseplatforms, where it is already present on a number of platforms.Blueberry was established in 2012 by Gizem Mishi McDuff in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) is the subsidy bank of the Federal Land of Berlin. With its newly orientated economic support and subsidy policy, it actively contributes towards developing Berlin as a business and industry location.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $566k–$2.4M; Grant $18k–$1.4M; Series A $2.2M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Quantune — A new Foundation for Human Health.
- Level Nine — Level Nine specializes in bio-nanotechnology and quantum chemistry, developing next-generation catalysts known as nanozymes.
- muffintech — Generative AI for the insurance industry. Unleash the full potential of your employees and offer your customers an unmatched user experience.
Carcharodon Capital provides seed financing for start-ups. The funds can also be provided during the foundation and serve the development and development of the company. The investment volume is between € 50,000 and € 200,000 per investment and can be provided in the form of equity, debt capital or as a hybrid (eg silent partner).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Austria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $487k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $304k–$574k; Series A $12M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- bezahl.de — bezahl.de automates, digitizes, and streamlines the entire receivables process, from invoicing and dunning to financial accounting booking. Bezahl is a financial technology startup.
- LemonDocs — Skin cancer rates have doubled in recent years. The most common problem is that the cancer is not detected early enough to be treated. In the fight against skin cancer, LemonDocs uses artificial intelligence, telemedicine, and its own specialist clinics to provide direct, fast, and comprehensive care for patients, with a focus on early preventionand personalised treatment.
- Jupus — As the first legal AI secretary in Europe, JUPUS automates the entire process from initial client contact to the complete file. Lawyers are supported by an AI chatbot, an online appointment booking tool, and an AI platform that automatically collects and processes inquiries, information, and documents, facilitating automated communication withclients.
The first check for foundational industries. We back the people building for healthcare, financial services, energy, and the infrastructure of everyday life.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$17M; Pre-Seed $1.8M–$4.7M; Series A $6M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $39M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Baskit — baskit | Empowering wholesalers and distributors with the world's first cloud-native all-in-one app
- Taxwire — Save time, money, and headache on global sales tax compliance.
- Character Quilt — AI infrastructure for marketers. Ship campaigns in your tools in an hour
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Blockchain
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- metacards — Metacards creates a global online gamer capital market.
Agileo Ventures is a financing and support structure for innovative start-ups in the specific fields of Sport & Entertainment, Technologies and Sciences.
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- Industry: Apps, Sports, eSports
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Series A $3.2M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Clim8 — The Most Advanced Thermal Technologies For Apparel
- GRID Esports — Grid Esports is an esports-focused data analysis company.
Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 222
- Round size: Series A $1.9M–$25M; Series B $6.9M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- QNu Labs — QNu Labs is the first and only Indian company to develop Quantum cyber-security products using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Technology. QKD solves the problem of key distribution by allowing the exchange of a cryptographic key between two remote parties with unconditional security over a quantum channel.
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
- FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
Pohlad Family investment group
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- Industry: SaaS, Sports, eSports
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bayes Holding — Dojo Madness develops a set of tools that helps gamers to master their play. It offers LOLSumo, an Android and iOS based real-time virtual coaching application for League of Legends that enables gamers to build orders and crucial information about their match; OVERSUMO, an overmatches virtual coach, which features detailed performance analysis,gameplay tips, and hero guides; DOTASUMO, a virtual coach for DOTA 2 players seeking to improve their game. Dojo Madness offers post-game insights, and enables users to analyze and improve his or her gameplay; and Shadow.GG, a SaaS platform providing analytics and data visualizations for Counter-Strike. It also offers BRUCE.GG, a platform that allows gamers to get their own plays as videos, share them with their friends, rate their clips, and coach each other with its tools; and offers automatically generated top scenes, match analysis, and tactical insight for coaching. Christian Gruber, Jens Hilger, Markus Fuhrmann, and Mathias Kutzner founded Dojo Madness on December 29, 2014. It has its headquarters in Berlin in Germany.
InsurTech.vc is a venture capital firm in early stage and later stage investments.
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- Industry: Insurance, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $425k–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sweetch — Sweetch is the first behavioral science company to leverage AI & EI (emotional intelligence) through its digital therapeutics solutions. Its hyper-personalized precision engagement platform enables health ecosystem players to build continuous relationships and engage with every individual patient, at scale.
- Xilva — Invest in forests with a regenerative approach. Our forest investment platform allows you to invest in forests that are managed sustainably and regeneratively.
- Expatrio Global Services GmbH — Looking to relocate to Germany? Expatrio provides an all-inclusive Value Package that includes a Blocked Account, Health Insurance, and Bank Account. Save time and money with our fast, simple, and affordable services.
Seed-to-A engineers. We invest in techdriven companies in the Nordics and Europe.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.1M; Series A $10M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- ParlayX — ParlayX is a non-custodial institutional trading infrastructure built for prediction markets.
- Zellify — Create high-converting onboarding flows outside the App Store. Launch no-code funnels, run A/B tests, and turn web traffic into mobile subscriptions
- Pie Systems — Pie Systems - Easy tax free shopping and VAT refunds for merchants, business owners, travelers, and tourists through our web, iOS, and Android Pie VAT app. No forms, no waiting in line, and higher refunds.
Fund for technological internet companies
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- Industry: Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Round size: Seed $450k–$3.7M; Series A $800k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Abc Doc — Abc Doc is a web-based service that recognizes bureaucratic letters, provides a summary, and suggests next steps.
- GuestReady — Premium Airbnb Management Service for your vacation rental. Maximise your revenues and become a Superhost with GuestReady's 5* property management service.
- Vecna Robotics — Vecna Robotics is the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that provides logistics automation and workflow optimization solutions.
Alinea Capital is a long-biased equity fund solely focused on the Gaming and iGaming sectors. We are active, fundamental, and data-driven. Alinea is backed by industry experts and business pioneers.
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- Industry: Sports, eSports, Analytics
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GRID Esports — Grid Esports is an esports-focused data analysis company.
Raine Ventures is an early stage fund managed by The Raine Group. The firm has offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London and Shanghai. With a global reach, Raine focuses on investment and advisory opportunities where its deep industry experience and unique network of strategic relationships can create value for portfolio companies andclients.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$7M; Series A $5M–$16M; Series B $10M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Filed — Meet your new AI tax preparer. Filed helps firms process more returns in less time by cutting prep, reducing review, and freeing teams for higher-value work.
- Perlego — Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London,England.
- MusicInfra — Organizing connections between recordings, compositions, and rightsholder claims to reduce friction and enable monetization. AI-powered recognition and matching solutions for the music industry.
The IFB Innovationsstarter is an innovation funding and investment company of the City of Hamburg providing grants and investments.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $365k–$3M; Grant $79k–$178k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $16M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- mo:re GmbH — We offer standardized tissue cultures and protocols to better predict drug responses and investigate disease models.
- Atrya — Atrya develops regulatory-compliant blockchain payments for international companies.
- DEALCIRCLE — DealCircle is a digital M&A solution and partner of hundreds of M&A advisors. We support in identifying buyers and addressing the market. This provides investors access to a comprehensive deal flow of relevant projects.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: South Korea, United States, Indonesia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 401
- Round size: Seed $297k–$4.2M; Series A $988k–$11M; Series B $3.4M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40B in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- A33 Studio — A-33 Studio team is led by the chief executive officer ‘Kim Dong Sun’ who was in charge of the development, launch and operation of ‘Counter Strike Online’ which is one of the top 3 online FPS games in Korea. The team consists of developers who have worked together for ‘CS Online’ and ‘Combat Arms’ at Nexon, one of the top online game makers in theworld.
- Tect Group — We deliver real beauty based on distinctive brands and innovative marketing solutions, fostering confidence and positivity around the world.
- Howling Soft —
Fertitta Capital Inc. is a principal investment firm specializing in fund of fund investments and direct investments. It invests in a throughout business' lifecycle and across the capital structure. The firm seeks to invest in consumer-facing companies in the technology, media, and entertainment sectors. It prefers to invest in the UnitedStates. The firm invests between $20 million and $75 million per position. The firm prefers to take minority or majority stakes in its portfolio companies. Fertitta Capital Inc. was founded on May 1, 2017 and is based in West Hollywood, California.
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- Industry: Sports, Fitness, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $6M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Moonbug — Moonbug is a global entertainment company that creates and distributes inspiring and engaging stories to expand kids’ worlds and minds.Founded in 2018, with offices in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug creates, produces and publishes thousands of minutes of video and audio content every month with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy andresilience to kids around the world.
- The Beachbody Company — Start your transformation today! Shop BODi (formerly Beachbody) for powerful online fitness programs, performance & workout supplements, and more.
- Bayes Holding — Dojo Madness develops a set of tools that helps gamers to master their play. It offers LOLSumo, an Android and iOS based real-time virtual coaching application for League of Legends that enables gamers to build orders and crucial information about their match; OVERSUMO, an overmatches virtual coach, which features detailed performance analysis,gameplay tips, and hero guides; DOTASUMO, a virtual coach for DOTA 2 players seeking to improve their game. Dojo Madness offers post-game insights, and enables users to analyze and improve his or her gameplay; and Shadow.GG, a SaaS platform providing analytics and data visualizations for Counter-Strike. It also offers BRUCE.GG, a platform that allows gamers to get their own plays as videos, share them with their friends, rate their clips, and coach each other with its tools; and offers automatically generated top scenes, match analysis, and tactical insight for coaching. Christian Gruber, Jens Hilger, Markus Fuhrmann, and Mathias Kutzner founded Dojo Madness on December 29, 2014. It has its headquarters in Berlin in Germany.
Trust Esport is the name for investment funds for Esports and Gaming founded by Matthieu Dallon
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, eSports
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: France, Germany, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $222k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Anybrain — AI startup that provides security and anti-cheat solutions for gaming & esports.
- Supercosi — Video Game Development & Edition
- Prodigy Agency — Esports Supporting Service of the Year! Prodigy Agency is a global leader in gaming and esports, empowering some of the best esports players, content creators, brands and game publishers to excel across the industry. Structured into four dedicated branches, Prodigy provides comprehensive services and expertise at every level of gaming:>Prodigy Players – The world’s largest esports representation agency, exclusively managing elite players on all games and all regions, such as TenZ, ZywOo, zen, aspas, Jojopyun and others, with a true family-centric mindset.> Prodigy Creators – Elevating the world’s top gaming content creators, Prodigy Creators delivers full-spectrum management, amplifying their brands and driving impactful partnerships that resonate with their audiences globally.> Prodigy Products – Crafting premium, co-branded products such as the ZywOo mousepad and TenZ mouse, delivering exclusive offerings that resonate with fans and enthusiasts.> Prodigy Solutions – Providing brands and game publishers with tailored consulting, marketing, and campaign execution, Prodigy Solutions bridges the gap between brands and the gaming audience, ensuring impactful engagement. With high-profile collaborations for brands like Adidas, Gucci, Alpine, Meta, Amazon, and Razer, Prodigy Agency leverages deep industry knowledge and strategic positioning to bring unparalleled value to both talent and brands.Prodigy Agency is committed to the growth and integrity of the gaming industry, blending passion with professionalism to lead the future of esports and gaming.
Nuard Ventures invests in innovative early stage companies.
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- Industry: IaaS, Video, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $159k–$680k
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WARD — WARD is a fantasy sport game, where fans can watch their favourite eSports matches and predict what will happen in real time.WARD is a startup out of Berlin which has created a “pick and predict” real-time prediction smartphone game, where players can win real prizes. People love to watch e-sports. We believe on these occasions they still want tobe able to participate.However, until now no product has offered anything other than the ability to watch. There’s been no way for fans to spectate, participate, analyse and predict the outcomes of their favourite games.
- MVision AI — AI-powered solutions that automate repetitive tasks, enable efficient radiotherapy workflows, and promote consistency across clinical processes.
- Polka Dot Studio — Kalian Bisa Memasang Taruhan Online Dengan Sangat Mudah Dan Nyaman Di Situs DEWAHOKI Yang Sudah Resmi Di Indonesia
Parkwood is a dynamic and fast-growing private financial services company based in Cleveland, Ohio.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Medical
- Stage:Series D, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Germany, Malaysia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series D $52M–$236M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EGenesis — At eGenesis, we envision a world where transplantation is accessible to all. We develop safe and effective human-compatible organs for transplantation.
- Kallyope — At Kallyope, we are leveraging insights into neural signaling pathways and developing innovative medicines for the treatment of migraine and metabolic disorders.
- Paywatch — Paywatch offers a platform that allows employees to access their earnings before payday anytime.
Segnalita is very proud of working together with passionate entrepreneurs and promising companies. With a focus on the future and the ongoing expansion of their portfolio they are continuously looking for enthusiastic founders and their ideas.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Series A $9.4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- klaep — klaep is an app-based social network for musicians and singers, in which every user can record, edit and publish their own musical ideas and collaborate time-shifted with other users worldwide in split-screen videos (ReJam). All published compositions can be viewed, commented on and rated, so that pure music listeners also enjoy added value.
- Prewave — Prewave and stems from five years of advanced machine learning research.
- Instagrid — Instagrid creates software-defined battery systems for advanced portable power supplies.
Seal Rock Partners is the family-backed private equity and special opportunities investment affiliate of Jonathan and Edward Cohen, partnering with Bill Fradin to acquire and build lower middle market businesses into market leaders. We target equity investments of $10 to $50 million in growth-oriented companies.
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- Industry: Sports, Travel, Leisure
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $4.8M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- G2 Esports — Welcome to G2 Esports, one of the leading global esports and entertainment brands. Home to legendary players, creators, and entertainers.
- Modern Adventure — Modern Adventure | We exist to offer singular travel experiences with brands and tastemakers we admire and respect
We are the leading venture capital firm and staking service provider for blockchain projects.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Switzerland, United States, Vietnam
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1M–$20M; Series A $2.7M–$4M; Venture - Series Unknown $10M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Octan — making AI agents safe & widely usable by onchain Reputation scoring & ranking
- NEAR — NEAR is the open infrastructure powering the agent economy. NEAR unifies liquidity across 35+ chains, keeps execution and inference confidential, and scales to over 1 million TPS.
- Fantom Foundation — Fantom is a next-gen Layer-1 platform for DeFi, dApps and businesses.
American City Business Journals Inc.(ACBJ) is the largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers in the USA, serving over 4 million readers in more than 40 large American cities. The company also owns Street & Smith's Sports Group, publisher of several sports publications.ACBJ's strategy is to provide comprehensive,exclusive coverage of local business in each market it serves.The business journals feature local people and decision makers who are leaders in their business communities. They report on local and national issues that impact subscribers' businesses and assist them in growing their companies. Printed each Friday, business journals include topical listings and business leads for new business licenses, building permits, real estate transactions and court judgments. A subscription to a business journal includes a yearly Book of Lists.Every business journal features a special report, an in-depth look at a specific industry or topic. Various special publications are also released throughout the month - covering topics such as Best Places to Work, Green Business, Growing Your Business and Philanthropy.
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- Industry: News, eSports, Database
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Esports Business Solution — Esports Business Solutions is an eSports media and technology company. The company is listed in the commercial register of the local court Charlottenburg (Berlin). Founded in 2014, EBS is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
WOLFMAN.ONE is a self-financed investment company led by Prof. Wolf Michael Nietzer, MBA, angel investor, entrepreneur and transactional lawyer (linked in profile), providing venture capital financing from seed stage to early stage and series A as well as expertise, experience, mentoring and contacts. WOLFMAN.ONE is co-founder of Food AngelsGermany, a small group of investors with a long term focus in innovative food (tec) startups.
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- Industry: Gaming, eSports, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lofelt — Lofelt is developing cutting-edge haptic technology. Their aim is to provide the most remarkable haptic experiences on the market – spearheading the adoption of high-definition haptics in mobile, AR/VR, headset and gaming industries. Their first consumer product was the Basslet - a wearable watch-sized subwoofer. They are currently workingwith world-renowned brands to improve the user experience in some of the most recognized consumer products and they recently partnered with Razer to launch the Razer Nari Ultimate Wireless Headset.As a deep tech company in the heart of Berlin, they stay true to German engineering heritage while growing our business globally. They are an efficient, meticulous and fast-moving company driven by a dynamic team. Their hardware mechanics, electrical engineers, software developers, product designers and business professionals come together to create truly remarkable haptic experiences.
- StriveWire — We offer online eSports tournaments.
- Green City Solutions — Green City Solutions addresses the global problem of air pollution by combining a special, vertically installed moss culture with Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology.The product, called the “CityTree”, combines specific plants that eat particulate matter (PM) and refreshes air by cooling and humidification. The construction contains sensorscollecting environmental and climatic data, to regulate and control the unit and ensure that the plants vitally perform. The data we collect can be also used to dense the grid of environmental data.
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Browse database — It's Free!The Hive is a studio that incubates, funds and launches businesses that use large volumes of data for intelligent decision making. The Hive’s startups create applications that leverage data with one or many of the following characteristics: - Combining First Party, 3rd Party & Public Data - From different sources (unstructured/structured, streaming/stored) - Volume of data - New scale-out processing & storage infrastructures - Use of Search & Machine Learning ApproachesThe Hive also hosts events featuring thought leaders in the applications and technology of Big Data. http://www.meetup.com/SF-Bay-Areas-Big-Data-Think-Tank/Are you an entrepreneur seeking to disrupt a market? Contact us at startup@hivedata.com
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $700k–$7.4M; Series A $2.5M–$16M; Series B $663k–$190M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $2.5M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Diskover Data — Diskover is the unstructured data management platform that unifies storage, cuts costs, boosts visibility, and delivers AI-ready datasets for analytics.
- Vantage Discovery — Vantage Discovery is a generative AI-powered SaaS platform that enables intelligent search, discovery, and personalized recommendations so apps can deliver breathtaking customer experiences.
- dweva.com — System Two Security offers a platform that combines AI agents and assistants to support detection engineering teams in processing intelligence, creating new detections, and managing detection libraries. The system enables users to draft and refine detections based on threat intelligence and coverage gaps.
Go4it partners with entrepreneurs innovating in sports, digital media and well-being, to create an active and enjoyable world.
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- Industry: Sports, Gaming, Video
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series C
- Geography: United States, Brazil, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Series A $3.6M–$50M; Series C $54M–$58M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$8.4M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Strava — Strava is an online network where runners and cyclists can record their activities, compare performance, and compete with their community.Founded in 2009, millions of athletes have joined Strava for the competition and camaraderie found in tracking and sharing their fitness activities. The company’s free mobile apps and website help membersdiscover and plan workouts, record and share activities, and analyze and compare performance. Strava’s ability to connect athletes around the world makes fitness a more social experience, providing extra motivation even when training alone.
- Adventure — Adventure is platform for entrepreneurs and companies, that helps the company achieve more, faster and better.
- Fazenda Futuro — Fazenda Futuro is a food tech company that produces flat meat. It offers its first product, the Futuro Burger which is made of pea, soy, and chickpea. The company currently sells its products in approximately 2,000 places across Brazil, with a major presence in the south and southeast of the country, besides Brasilia and Salvador.
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: 211
- 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 $67M 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.
- Bloom — Moved to @bloomsocial
- Track Titan — Titan Academy revolutionises how gamers improve through fully automated coaching.
Avala Capital invests in high-growth companies with ambitious goals and the talents to achieve them. The company partners with exceptional entrepreneurs capable of disrupting a market by creating major change in a way which can be sustained and scaled. Its focus is on Internet business models, such as cloud, mobile, and online marketplaces as wellas on businesses heavily benefiting from offline to online conversion.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $1M–$12M; Series B $12M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Volocopter — Volocopter is an urban air mobility service provider that develops battery-powered electric air taxis.It offers a holistic approach to the UAM market by developing a full ecosystem to connect all the vital parts to get the industry off the ground. This includes multipurpose aircraft (VoloCity and VoloDrone), physical and digital infrastructure(VoloPort and VoloIQ), as well as partnerships with global leaders in their respective fields. With VoloCity, the company is developing the fully electric vertical take-off and landing “eVTOL” aircraft in certification to transport passengers safely and quietly within cities. Volocopter leads and cooperates with partners in infrastructure, operations, and air traffic management to build the ecosystem necessary to ‘Bring Urban Air Mobility to Life’.Co-founders Stephan Wolf and Alexander Zosel established the company in Bruchsal, Baden-Wurttemberg in 2011.
- Myos — Myos was started in 2018 in Berlin by experienced e-commerce and financial experts. As a fintech company, they are rethinking working capital, dedicated to helping merchants globally grow to scale, fully digital and flexible. In doing so, they go completely new ways of assessing risks and collateral based on big data and machine learning, whichonly became possible with marketplaces such as Amazon.
- Talentspace — Talentspace is the hybrid & virtual career fair platform that brings real hiring results. Our event experience is the branding that employers need to attract talent.
We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2411
- Round size: Series A $6M–$50M; Series B $11M–$100M; Series C $12M–$230M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Island — Meet Island, the Enterprise Browser that gives you control over SaaS governance, visibility and productivity. Secure your critical data and apps with Island.
- Medallion — Provider credentialing and enrollment reimagined. Accelerate time-to-revenue, stay compliant, and scale provider operations, without adding headcount, through automated credentialing and enrollment.
- Faire — Faire helps local stores discover and try thousands of unique items risk-free.
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