# Top 50 Fitness Startup Investors in Germany in June 2026

## Atlantic
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services

Atlantic Labs supports and invests in mission-driven founders working on transformative technology ventures.&nbsp;<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.

## IBB Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS

Pre-Seed to Series A for Berlin-based founders. Where 30 years of expertise, capital and execution power meet.

## Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software, Collaboration

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal is a Danish designer, entrepreneur and activist behind companies like Mondo, 23, Podio and the reboot festival.

## Sinan Güler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Wellness

Sinan Güler is a Co-Founder at Guler Legacy. He attended Carroll College.

## Rheingau Founders
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Rheingau Founders is a Berlin&Munich based Venture Capital firm active since 2011. Focusing on pre-seed to Series A investments in Europe, predominantly B2B in the fields of Marketplaces, Software as a Service, InsurTech, and eHealth. Rheingau targets start-ups that have the potential to sustainably disrupt existing processes and value chains.Besides the financial investment, we offer strategic support through the mentorship of our partners.

## Jenny Saft
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Jenny Saft is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at OVIAVO. She attended Hult International Business School during 2013 - 2014.

## Antler
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

## Think.Health
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device

Think.Health invests as a boutique risk-taker in healthcare ventures. We continuously seek innovations and disruptive business models in digital healthcare, medical technologies and health service providers,

## Digital Health Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Fitness, Wellness

Digital Health Ventures (DHV) is a sector-focused Venture Capital Fund based in Berlin. They are experienced early-stage investors with a track record that includes several strong European healthcare innovators. Our mission is to build a sustainable Digital Health ecosystem. They actively support portfolio entrepreneurs and leverage our networks intech and healthcare. They work together closely and find joint solutions. They invest in startups which will play a significant role in healthcare and that want a strong partner during this journey.

## HV Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

## YZR Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Software

We back ambitious HealthTech founders solving complex healthcare challenges. We provide capital, deep sector expertise, and hands-on support to build global champions.

## Mustafa Vardalı
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Software

Mustafa Vardalı is the CMO & Founder at Teknasyon.

## Vela Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Vela Partners is an AI-enabled venture investor based in San Francisco.

## Alper Akcan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth

Alper Akcan

## HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

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.

## Inas Nureldin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Inas Nureldin - Co-Founder & CEO @ Tomorrow

## Ebru Dorman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Fitness

Ebru Dorman

## Springboard Health Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical

Springboard Health Angels is a Berlin based Angel group to invest in early stage Digital Health startups

## Mustafa Sevinç
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Health Care

Mustafa Sevinç is the CFO and Founder at Teknasyon.

## Jan Wilmking
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Fitness

I believe in business can be a force of good. That’s why I invest in solutions for our world‘s most pressing issues. Passionate about human centred software, food tech, circularity, and mental positivity. 
I was part Zalando's leadership team pre-IPO until 2019, several years in McKinsey in consumer industries, and am active as angel investorand mentor for early stage teams at TechStars and beyond.

## Ralf Dummel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design

Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas.

## Michael Schweikart
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Michael Schweikart is a Co-Founder at Tomorrow.

## DvH Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Financial Services

Investing early in Europe's most passionate founders.

## Heidrun Twesten
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Heidrun Twesten is a Founder & Managing Partner at Impacct GmbH.

## APX
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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.

## Müller Medien
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Müller family media and its partner network are very strong companies from different media sectors. Versatile and individually therefore also the CVs and personalities of their employees who every day with passion and curiosity to work in their teams to achieve common goals.Hans Müller has 65 years the telephone directory publisher Hans Müllerfounded from his living room out - the foundation for the company's family Müller media. His pioneering spirit is still felt today by the fourth generation and with all my colleagues.The company Müller family media is locally connected and networked world. With their five business segments directories, radio, print media, book and new business they are represented with locations in Europe, USA and Asia. More than 2,000 people every day win the confidence of consumers and customers. Changes and challenges of the media world motivate us to pick up trends early in order to help shape this. Their cooperative working lives of mutual esteem and trust.

## Berlin Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Fashion, SaaS

Berlin Ventures invests in new and innovative internet companies as entrepreneur-driven pre-seed, seed and growth capital investors. In addition to primary and/or secondary funding they provide ‘hands on’ support with their entrepreneurial experience alongside their considerable knowledge and network of contacts in all relevant areas such asstrategy, internationalisation, marketing, logistics, product, follow-on funding, finance, human resources, etc.

## Groupe Arnault
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series C, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care

Groupe Arnault SAS is a principal investment firm. The firm seeks to hold stake in companies and is owned and controlled by Mr. Bernard Arnault. Groupe Arnault SAS was founded in 1978 and is based in Paris, France.

## seed + speed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Empowering visionary founders with pre-seed and seed funding for B2B software innovation. Partner with us to turn your aspirations into thriving businesses. Our expert support ensures your journey to success.

## Teknasyon
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Fitness

Turkey's leading mobile application developer and one of the fastest-growing IT company according to Deloitte Fast 50, Teknasyon, has achieved great success by reaching out to 1.5 billion people in 55 different languages and ​172 countries with dozens of mobile applications since their establishment in 2013.Besides developing hyper-growthmobile apps, Teknasyon is also an infrastructure and content provider. In addition to building successful products, the company provides additional support with B2C and B2B tools on the way to an early-stage startup’s global growth as an investor.Teknasyon is not a regular investor, which also opens the kitchen to all these startups to reach millions of new users worldwide. That means supporting startups with the tools developed on their own technologies such as advanced reporting & insights, commercial positioning/design, full integration with internal marketing tools, and 360-degree marketing production & management.Developing their vision with Facebook, Google, and leading telco operators’ collaboration from day one and creating a value-added ecosystem with the startups let Teknasyon enhance their services. In entertainment, wellness, photo/video, productivity, shopping, sports, and mobile gaming, portfolio companies always pursue global growth.

## Matthias Hilpert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Matthias Hilpert - CEO @ MH2 Capital

## LITTLEROCK
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Fitness, Lifestyle, E-Commerce

They look to partner with ambitious entrepreneurs who are working on ideas that have the potential to distrupt their respective landscape from every angle within the next years.
LITTLEROCK is an active investor, leading or co-leading investment rounds.
They make early stage initial investments in start-ups typically post launch, with an impressiveevidence for the proof-of- concept of the underlying business model/scalability
They are looking for founding teams and/ or start-ups that tackle big markets, bring something new to the table and execute scalable business models.
Beyond that, they seek visionary, disciplined and inspiring founders who, like us, love challenging the status quo.

## Union Square Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

## Murat Balcı
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth

Murat Balci is an angel investor.

## Hans Raffauf
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Fitness

Hans Raffauf is the co-founder of Clue. He is a technology and media entrepreneur from Berlin and, in addition to co-founding Clue, he is the co-founder of hy!, a creative event series that supports and connects Europe’s startup scene. Other founding projects include the hardware.co, betapitch, and the Berlin Tech Meetup.

## Calm/Storm VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Software

Calm/Storm is an exclusive founder network and venture capital firm. We invest in purpose driven founders changing our life & health for the better. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria we invest in early-stage companies all over Europe and the US. We focus on the pre-seed and seed stages but also invest up to Series A.

## TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

TGFS - Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen is an early stage VC fund targeting high tech startups with strong growth potential. The fund invests into ventures located in Saxony/Germany, Europe's leading semiconductor cluster. The team has invested into more than 120 companies so far, including more than 40 investments from the currentfund.

## Possible Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

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.

## Yigit Ihlamur
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth

Yigit Ihlamur - Co-founder, General Partner @ Vela Partners

## StartersHub
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

An early-stage VC that backs, mainly but not limited to, Turkey & CEE's founders who work to disrupt the system for good.

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Fitness

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.

## Creathor Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

We have been investing at the frontier of technology and science for over 30 years. We know what it takes to succeed.

## Ali Ciger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Machine Learning

Ali is the Head of Vaccines for Pfizer Germany. He was previously part of the global rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. 
He is investing at early stage Digital Health startups, being part of Sprinboard Health Angels (www.springboardangels.com).
He is also a Newton Fellow, the joint program of London Business School and Local Globe.

## Monkfish Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace

Monkfish Equity is the investment vehicle of the trivago founders. As Co-investors, with a focus on later stage phases, they invest in companies which can benefit from their entrepreneurial experience. Running the world´s biggest travel meta portal with over 500 M$ revenue (2015), the people behind Monkfish Equity understand entrepreneurs needs andfocus on value adding activities. As “low maintenance” investors, they offer the leeway that entrepreneurs need to build their businesses.

## Joanne Wilson
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail

Joanne Wilson is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotham. Joanne Wilson attended Simmons College.

## BITKRAFT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain

We provide early- and mid-stage venture capital and expertise for extraordinary founders in gaming and emerging technology.

## Carcharodon Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

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).

## Balderton Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.

## Venture Stars
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Pet, Software

Venture Stars is a Munich based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in innovative, digital B2C and B2B business models.

## Toni Kroos
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Rental, Fitness

Toni Kroos is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid.

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