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Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in Germany in July 2025

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Hardware startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hardware companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in Germany in July 2025

Investor Hardware Germany investments
HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) 67
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen 32
Bayern Kapital 31
UVC Partners 20
KfW 17
bmp Ventures 15
EnBW New Ventures 14
Atlantic Labs 14
NRW.BANK 14
Earlybird Venture Capital 14
coparion 13
BayBG Venture Capital 13
Vsquared Ventures 12
FTTF 12
Capnamic 12
Enjoyventure Management 11
MIG Capital 11
Target Partners 11
bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thuringen 9
Picus Capital 9
b2venture 9
Cherry Ventures 9
IFB Innovationsstarter 9
Future Energy Ventures 8
IBB Ventures 8
HV Capital 8
Brandenburg Kapital 8
Global Founders Capital 8
eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS 6
TEV Ventures 6
AM Ventures 6
Balderton Capital 6
APEX Ventures 6
Christian Dahlen 6
Fluxunit - Osram Ventures 6
Born2Grow 6
APEX Ventures 6
Senovo 6
BlueYard Capital 6
First Momentum Ventures 6
Angel Invest 6
La Famiglia 6
Matterwave Ventures 6
DN Capital 5
IBG Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt 5
Speedinvest 5
Hasso Plattner Ventures 5
Project A Ventures 5
Neuhaus Partners 5
Possible Ventures 5
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HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) VC Fund · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 34 investments in the past 12 months
The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Eyeo — eyeo revolutionizes imaging with color splitter sensors. Capture sharper, brighter images in low light using optical waveguide innovation, discover how it works
  • 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.
  • Steuerboard — Steuerboard serves as a collaborative platform facilitating digital interaction between tax advisors and clients. The mission of Steuerboard is to rethink the way accountants and clients work together.
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen VC Fund · Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany · 6 investments in the past 12 months
TGFS - Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen is an early stage VC fund targeting high tech startups with strong growth potential. The fund invests into ventures located in Saxony/Germany, Europe's leading semiconductor cluster. The team has invested into more than 120 companies so far, including more than 40 investments from the currentfund.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Zepta — Zepta emphasizes "digital solutions and sustainability in pest control." Zepta develops a digital approach for protecting humans from pests.
  • Prodlane — B2B Product Management SaaS solution
  • LipoCheck — LipoCheck is a healthtech startup that focuses on improving the diagnosis and treatment of lipedema, a condition that affects millions of women. The company offers a digital platform that serves as a support system for patients and treating physicians. LipoCheck's services include helping patients recognize lipedema and providing assistance inbecoming symptom-free. The platform was developed with the experiences of practicing doctors, product managers, and software developers. In addition to its digital services, LipoCheck also offers a range of merchandise including hoodies and shirts.
Bayern Kapital VC Fund · Landshut, Bayern, Germany · 29 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, United States, Finland
Portfolio highlights
  • abaut — abaut is a SaaS provider for the construction and mining industry. The company’s goal is the digital replication of construction and mining progress and processes by combining a multitude of data sources, which are processed with the help of AI. Their software enables site managers to make better decisions, by providing site managers a holisticview over his site. Therefore, the risk of inefficiencies, process bottlenecks and cost & schedule overruns is reduced. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
  • Filics — A scalable transport solution for standardized load carriers with a minimum energy footprint
  • 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.
UVC Partners VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 5 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, Switzerland, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
  • Predium — Predium is the software platform for real estate owners to measure, manage and communicate their ESG performance.
  • DeepDrive — We are DeepDrive. We are powered by fusion. Absolute professionalism mixed up with our deeply rooted urge to discover. Deep expertise meets revolutionary innovations.
  • Enginsight — Enginsight GmbH was founded in August 2017. With a highly motivated team, they are working together on the vision of providing companies with a solution that will enable them to safely and confidently navigate the digital future. Enginsight helps leading companies autonomously monitor and secure their entire IT landscape. Certified and highlytrained employees form the heart of Enginsight, together with partner companies around the globe. They analyze and monitor complete IT landscapes – recognize the connections and dependencies between websites and servers up to IoT-devices. The innovative software platform acts autonomously and points out the critical paths, risks and threats.
KfW VC Fund · Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
KfW gives impetus to economic, social and ecological development worldwide. As a promotional bank under the ownership of the Federal Republic and the Länder (federal states), it offers support to encourage sustainable improvement in economic, social, ecological living and business conditions, among others in the areas of small and medium-sizedenterprise, entrepreneurialship, environmental protection, housing, infrastructure, education finance, project and export finance, and development cooperation.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, India, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Vectoflow — Vectoflow is an innovative company developing fluid-dynamic metrology devices for fluid flow and dynamics measurement. It offers standardized and customized flow measurement technology that measures the static and total pressure, velocity, and angle of attack of a flow. These products are used in motorsport, aviation, turbine machine development,and research sectors.
  • Electrochaea — Electrochaea is commercializing a disruptive, scalable technology to convert electric power into methane, the principal component of natural gas. Using CO2 as a feedstock gas, power can be efficiently converted to renewable natural gas for power storage, for transportation fuels, or for transmission via a natural gas network. The company licensedtechnology from the University of Chicago and is led by the Nidus Partners, a St. Louis investment group specializing in renewable energy. Mich Hein, a Nidus Managing Partner, serves as CEO.Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable and disruptive solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, a conversion process known as “power-to-gas”.
  • CryoTherapeutics — USING CRYOTHERAPY TO TREAT AND PREVENT HEART ATTACKS
bmp Ventures VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 2 investments in the past 12 months
bmp Ventures is an innovative Venture Capital Company from Berlin. Since 1997 we’ve been investing Smart Money in Early Stage and Growth Startups. We finance ingenious business models with outstanding teams, who build fast-growing and sustainably profitable enterprises.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Germany, United States, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Livil — Livil provides a toolkit for designing and delivering flexible employee benefits, including lifestyle, dental, and vision plans.
  • byte robotics — Byte Robotics developed a springboard innovative software technology for robot program generation.
  • XenoPatch GmbH — First-ever portable device for pain management, seamlessly combines heat, cold and vibration treatment with an intuitive smartphone app.
EnBW New Ventures VC Fund · Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · 2 investments in the past 12 months
We support entrepreneurs to develop new solutions for a sustainable future - people, planet, profit - by leveraging our financially driven VC setup with the reach and skills of our corporate investor EnBW.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Power Grid, Renewable Energy
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, Austria, France
Portfolio highlights
  • enspired — enspired is a fully digital energy trading-as-a-service company. We drive the energy transition by enabling our clients to bring flexible assets to power spot markets and capture their full value with our AI-based trading services. Our team consists of leading algorithmic traders, data scientists and technology enthusiasts who firmly believe thatthe way power is traded will soon drastically change - in our world, there is no room for trading screens and traditional optimization. All trades get executed in a fully automated fashion using advanced AI algorithms that outperform the market and monetize our client's flexibility to the fullest while supporting grid stability. Our clients include leading utilities, operators of renewables and batteries or consumption assets across Europe.
  • vialytics — vialytics is a system solution for the road maintenance management of municipalities. Their integrated road monitoring system enables municipal administrations collecting data of their roads and monitoring the results. Predictive Features enrich the user experience by data matching background processes.
  • Validaitor — Validaitor is the one-stop-shop that brings together AI red-teaming, governance, risk management and compliance management in a single environment.
Atlantic Labs VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 10 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Financial Services
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Pletor — The platform where marketers and creatives explore and build custom design agents to achieve 100x more. Like Zapier for visual marketing.
  • Omnisent — Omnisent is a technology company focused on transforming the way we understand and interact with the physical world by extracting intelligence from sound. Their core innovation lies in pairing ultra-low power sonic devices with a Large Acoustic Model (LAM) specifically trained on non-speech audio, enabling the conversion of ambient sounds intoreal-time, actionable intelligence
  • Grouphug — Grouphug turns noisy WhatsApp groups into organized, intelligent pages.
NRW.BANK VC Fund · Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 10 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Lidrotec — Lidrotec aim to expand the application potential of processing with ultra-short pulse lasers.
  • DEFENDERBOX — DEFENDERBOX is a compact, easy-to-install cybersecurity and automated penetration testing solution specifically designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
  • 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.
Earlybird Venture Capital VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 18 investments in the past 12 months
Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • TopK — TopK features native support for both vector search and keyword search in a single, unified system. With its powerful query expression language, TopK enables you to build reliable search applications (semantic search, RAG, multi-modal, you name it) without juggling multiple databases or services. Our unified retrieval engine will evolve tosupport document transformation, query understanding (parse metadata filters from user query), and adaptive ranking (provide more relevant results by sending “relevance feedback” back to TopK) under one roof.
  • Arago — Arago is an AI and computer hardware company developing an energy-efficient AI chip powered by light, and its associated software.
  • Portal Biotech — Portal has created next generation solutions that address the significant opportunities in protein sequencing and metabolomics
coparion VC Fund · Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 6 investments in the past 12 months
Coparion provides venture capital to accelerate momentum and growth. With a currently active fund of EUR 275 million, Coparion has the means to do so.Coparion supports entrepreneurial vision with know-how, but without intervening in daily business operations. Thanks to in-depth experience in venture capital and in building companies, the Coparionteam discerns potential and opens up new perspectives. Coparion has the substance, tenacity, and creativity required to mutually manage difficult situations successfully.Coparion only invests with co-investors. The fund invests up to EUR 15M per company, usually in several financing rounds of EUR 0.5-8M each. The investment focus is on German companies in the start-up and early growth phases. Coparion is based in Cologne and Berlin.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, FinTech
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Finoa — Finoa is the leading European crypto-asset management platform, empowering businesses and institutions to engage with crypto safely and intuitively.
  • Protembis — ProtEmbo is designed to be a simple and reliable solution for one of the most feared complications during TAVR.The advent of transcatheter treatments for valvular heart disease has been a major revolution in the care of patients with disabilities or intercurrent illnesses that precluded undergoing stressful open cardiac surgical procedures.Nonetheless, in spite of ongoing improvements in TAVR procedures and outcomes, the occurrence of cerebrovascular events represents a significant morbidity of TAVR.Protembis was founded based on the vision to reduce the risk of cerebrovascular events, thereby improving outcomes and making TAVR even safer – especially in light of TAVR shifting to younger and lower-risk patients. The ProtEmbo System is an adjunctive device used during TAVR and removed following completion of valve implantation. The ProtEmbo is an intra-aortic filter device that is designed to deflect embolic material arising during TAVR away from the cerebral circulation.
  • Tubulis — Reimagining Antibody Drug Conjugates Tubulis generates uniquely matched protein-drug conjugates through the combination of novel proprietary technologies and disease-specific biologic insight. Our goal is to expand the therapeutic potential of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by increasing design flexibility while overcoming constraints of toxicity, efficacy and indication. Tubulis will build new conjugates to fill its pipeline and
BayBG Venture Capital VC Fund · München, Bayern, Germany · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Innovative post-revenue startups with first customers trust us as highly reliable investors. We have been an active player in the venture capital market for over 25 years. Due to our evergreen approach, we offer institutional venture capital without the limitations of the usual fund structure. Predominantly we invest straight equity. Additionally,we can offer venture debt to mature startups close to break-even in order to avoid further dilution for founders. Being a private investment company we act as both lead investor or co-investor. We can also fulfill the private lead investor role for public investors like Bayern Kapital. Together we are increasing YOUR company's value.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, Italy, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • DcubeD — Accelerate your space exploration through durable and affordable Release Actuators, Solar Arrays, and Deployables from DCUBED.
  • Parkstory — Parkstory offers fully automated parking solutions that are supported by artificial intelligence.
  • StoryBox — StoryBox provides a Software as a Service solution for businesses to create, share and structure video content to make it searchable. With the system, companies can create and organize smartphone-based videos for any application scenario. Using the app, videos can be created and shared by every employee using templates. The app suggests picturesettings and scene lengths automatically and offers an automated creation which includes corporate design. The content can be stored in the DSGVO-compliant StoryBox cloud and can be accessed, filtered and analyzed from anywhere. Customers include Iveco, Erste Group, Evonik, Alten, and KTM.
Vsquared Ventures VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 14 investments in the past 12 months
Vsquared Ventures invests in early-stage deep-tech companies that are tackling society's most pressing challenges, with a focus on quantum and novel computing, green energy, robotics, AI/ML, new space, synthetic biology, and healthcare. It is committed to a partnership and will go to any length to help accelerate and scale vision,unlocking all seemingly impossible possibilities.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor, Manufacturing
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Lendurai — Lendurai enables drones to operate without GNSS using computer vision and AI. Providing autonomous navigation solutions for defence and public sector UAVs.
  • Arlequin AI — Unlock actionable insights from complex social data to drive strategic decisions using our AI models.
  • Snowcap Compute — Snowcap Compute develops advanced artificial intelligence computing chips that leverage superconducting technology for faster processing and greater energy efficiency.
FTTF VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Deep Tech Start-Ups without a proven use case have hard times raising capital in early stages. We help to overcome this financing gap.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Germany, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Variolytics — Variolytics provides climate-neutral sewage treatment plants.
  • AVES Reality — Start generating semantic 3D maps automatically to make your simulation and visualization workflows faster, more cost efficient, and globally scalable!
  • Quantum Optics Jena — BEYOND CLASSICAL SOLUTIONS We are a team of passionate engineers, physicists, computer scientists and business developers and we believe that quantum technology allows us to achieve more: More confidence in data security via quantum communication More insights into matter and
Capnamic VC Fund · Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 13 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Filics — A scalable transport solution for standardized load carriers with a minimum energy footprint
  • Polaris — Polaris is an aerospace start-up developing a revolutionary reusable space launch and hypersonic transport system that operates like an aircraft.
  • SWARM Biotactics — SWARM Biotactics develops Biobots that enter, sense, and report where nothing else can.
Enjoyventure Management VC Fund · Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 3 investments in the past 12 months
The EnjoyVenture Management is a private equity company that focuses its investments on the seed and early-stage companies.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Germany, Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • nuuEnergy — nuuEnergy is a tech-enabled solution aiming to revolutionize the heat pump installation industry. By leveraging technology and industry expertise, we streamline the purchasing and installation process. Our unique approach, refinanced through innovative strategies, promotes a self-reliant and carbon-neutral lifestyle for all our customers.
  • ValueDesk — Wir machen Kostenoptimierung zu Ihrem Kernprozess.
  • Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.
MIG Capital VC Fund · München, Bayern, Germany · 2 investments in the past 12 months
MIG Verwaltungs AG (MIG AG) is one of the leading German VC Investors. MIG invests in deep technology from early to later stage. MIG Verwaltungs AG (MIG AG) uses investments to shape a better tomorrow, today. They manage MIG Fonds, funds used to finance entrepreneurs and start-up businesses in various stages of development. As a venture capitalinvestor, they have already funnelled nearly 500 million Euro into start-up ventures and as such have helped more than 30 outstanding business ideas become a reality.MIG currently manages 16 MIG public venture funds regulated by BAFIN with a total of 1.0 bn Euro of committed capital from more than 50.000 private investors.MIG is currently invested in a portfolio of 26 companies.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • Germany, France, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Inbolt — InBolt has developed the world’s smallest and most efficient 3D camera tracking system. Their first product is a hardware module / device that an operator can plug onto all manual tools such as a drill, a screwdriver or a torque wrench. Once on the tool, it guides the operator, validates the completion of a task in real time and registers allthe completion parameters.
  • SciRhom — SciRhom GmbH is a biotech company that translates science into the preclinical and early clinical development of novel biopharmaceuticals for the treatment of life-threatening autoimmune diseases. Based on longstanding academic research and a well-established network of experts, SciRhom was founded in 2016 through a collaboration between academicand industry scientists with profound experience in antibody development.
  • Look Up Space — Lookup space is the next global leader for space safety, security and sustainability
Target Partners VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany
Target Partners is a German venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. With 300 million Euro under management, Target Partners is one of the leading venture capital investors in Germany.The partners of Target Partners have years of collective experience as successful managers, entrepreneurs and venture capitalinvestors in Europe and the USA. They founded or led companies their selves, developed or sold technology products their selves. They have seen numerous companies through to IPO and beyond. They understand the challenges an entrepreneur faces and that the road to success often isn't simple and straight.Both in Europe and the USA Target Partners has a large network in industry and venture capital. They open doors for you to customers, business partners, experienced managers and financial markets. They support you in business development, in international expansion, in closing OEM or distribution contracts, and in acquisition decisions. In addition, several dozen European and US entrepreneurs and top managers, as well as a number of US venture capitalists, have personally invested in their funds and thus have a particularly strong interest in your company's success.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Germany, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • tado° — Tado° is The Heating App for private homes and small businesses. It adjusts to the residents' behavior in real time and also takes current weather forecasts and building characteristics into account. tado° GmbH is a Munich based Tech Startup bringing Internet of Things into the Cleantech Market. It was founded by Christian Deilmann, JohannesSchwarz, Valentin Sawadski and Leopold von Bismarck in 2011. A team of qualified young professionals has been working on the development of tado° for approximately two years in Munich.
  • NavVis — NavVis next-generation technology for the built environment enables accurate mobile mapping of indoor spaces and enterprise-ready digital twin solutions.
  • Dedrone — Dedrone is the global leader in anti-drone / counter-drone solutions with the most customers in more countries
bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thuringen VC Fund · Erfurt, Thuringen, Germany · 4 investments in the past 12 months
bm|t supports innovative and growth-oriented companies in Thuringia with equity investments and venture capital.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Zepta — Zepta emphasizes "digital solutions and sustainability in pest control." Zepta develops a digital approach for protecting humans from pests.
  • Leapter — Leapter is created to revolutionize enterprise software development by turning business needs into practical, visual designs.
  • PERCEPTEC — PERCEPTEC is an application-oriented think tank with the aim of accelerating the process of modernization and digitalization of the optometric and ophthalmological sector.
Picus Capital VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 17 investments in the past 12 months
Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Hawk — Award-winning AML & CFT technology powered by explainable AI increases your risk coverage, helps you identify more crime, and reduces your false positives.
  • ReelSaga — ReelSaga produces short films and content for mobile entertainment.
  • Landbase — Landbase combines leading agentic AI with human expertise to intelligently automate your Go-To-Market
b2venture VC Fund · Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland · 10 investments in the past 12 months
B2venture is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. B2venture invests EUR 100m+ per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Kiin Bio — Accelerate drug discovery with Virtual Scientists. Unified platform integrating 100+ specialized tools into one intelligent workflow.
  • assemblean — assemblean goal is to construct the digital manufacturing infrastructure of the future. We want to make it possible for everyone to build physical items as readily as software.
  • Nautica Technologies — Nautica Technologies is developing intelligent robotic technologies for autonomous ship hull cleaning and inspection. we operate at the convergence of robots, autonomy, and data to solve important difficulties in the marine industry.
Cherry Ventures VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 20 investments in the past 12 months
Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of theirbusinesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Cortea — Cortea leverages artificial intelligence to revolutionize the auditing process by enhancing speed, accuracy, and transparency. Cortea transforms audits from traditional, labor-intensive processes into faster, more reliable, and more transparent operations.
  • Maze — Maze is a new type of security platform - built from scratch to use modern AI to make decisions, instead of pre-defined logic.
  • Voliro — The multi-purpose robotic flight platform redefining work at height. NDT Solutions for elevated insights about your critical infrastructure.
IFB Innovationsstarter VC Fund · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany · 4 investments in the past 12 months
The IFB Innovationsstarter is an innovation funding and investment company of the City of Hamburg providing grants and investments.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Funding Round, Grant
  • Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • mo:re GmbH — Mo:re is building the new gold standard for organoid-based drug development by offering a lab platform that industrialises cell culture workflows.
  • 3D Spark — Profitability and Sustainability Aligned using 3D Spark's Platform - Empowering Manufacturing with Insights and Efficiency!
  • 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.
Future Energy Ventures VC Fund · Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Future Energy Ventures is a unique venture capital fund that brings together corporate partners and world-class start-ups to shape the future energy landscape. Future Energy Ventures invests in digital and digitally enabled technologies and business models that have the potential to redefine the future energy landscape.From its operational hubsin Germany, Israel and Silicon Valley, Future Energy Ventures looks for both investments and scaling opportunities for its portfolio globally and new investment opportunities.Future Energy Ventures is the venture capital investment and collaboration platform of E.ON, one of Europe’s largest operators of energy networks and energy-related infrastructure.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, Israel, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • KUGU — KUGU - The platform for digital building management. We digitalize processes for property managers, energy companies and housing companies.
  • Reev — Reev provides a transparent and automated charging platform for the management and control of charging infrastructure for electric cars.
  • Chloris Geospatial — Chloris Geospatial is able to provide answers today to critical natural capital issues. Chloris Geospatial provides innovative measurements of natural capital that use cutting-edge remote sensing, machine learning, and ecological science.
IBB Ventures VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 13 investments in the past 12 months
IBB Ventures is for all those who make a difference and create a sustainable future. We invest public funds as venture capital and, together with Berlin startups, help to promote our capital as a business location.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Internet
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • ARC Intelligence — ARC Intelligence operates as a supplier of data systems driven by AI for small and medium-sized businesses.
  • Lumoview Building Analytics — Lumoview digitizes buildings in 2 seconds per room with a device that can be used by everyone. The data is then analyzed highly automated in the cloud. The connected online platform empowers building owners to take action and improve their buildings and reduce CO2 emissions.
  • dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung — dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners.
HV Capital VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 18 investments in the past 12 months
We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Flank — Legal OS automates high volume legal queries & requests for the world's fastest growing technology companies, saving time & generating new revenue.
  • Payrails — Payrails enables high-growth companies to craft their payment experiences and financial services globally.
  • CarOnSale — Operator of B2B auction platform intended to digitize the lease-return and trade-in of cars.
Brandenburg Kapital VC Fund · Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany · 5 investments in the past 12 months
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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  • Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, United Kingdom
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.
  • Green Fusion — Green Fusion is developing a cloud-based energy manager for the intelligent control of heat, electricity, and e-mobility. The focus here is on hybrid heating systems in buildings such as heat pumps + gas boilers and the coupling to photovoltaic systems and electric vehicle charging stations.
Global Founders Capital VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Aspora — Aspora help users bank seamlessly across countries, invest in diverse assets, access credit and insurance services.
  • Orasio — Orasio turns video feeds into easily actionable information for cities, homeland security forces, and businesses.
  • Octane — Octane is a digital wallet for vehicles that streamlines payments for all vehicle related expenses.
eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS VC Fund · Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 2 investments in the past 12 months
eCAPITAL is a venture capital investor that provides early to growth stage funding to technology and deep tech companies.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • Germany, United States, Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • Exein — The firmware security software and middleware can be injected like a vaccine in the hardware and aims to defend it from inside, working directly into the firmware at a lower level.
  • Baobab — Protect your business against cyber attacks
  • node.energy — Mit der Software opti.node wird die dezentrale und klimafreundliche Energieversorgung Ihrer Industrie- und Gewerbestandorte radikal vereinfacht. | node.energy
TEV Ventures VC Fund · Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion
  • Series A, Funding Round, Seed
  • Germany, Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Rebike Mobility — rebike1 purchases new E-Bikes from Top manufactures and brands like Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, Orbea. After renting the E-Bikes to businesses and consumers, the fully refurbished E-Bikes are sold with a 2 yr. warranty on rebike1. rebike1 also purchases used stock of E-Bikes from rental stations and retailers and sell them fullyrefurbished to consumers. In Oberstdorf, a Top tourist location south of Munich, rebike1 operates the largest E-Bike rental station in the area. Under the brand ebike1verleih, the rental business is expanding within tourist areas in partnership with local bike-shops. rebike1 GmbH was founded 2018 and has 18 employees today.
  • 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.
AM Ventures VC Fund · Starnberg, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in the past 12 months
We back trailblazing entrepreneurs who transform the world with industrial 3D printing.
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Investment focus
  • Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Mechanical Engineering
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Soil Connect — Soil Connect is a platform created for excavators, contractors, builders, landscapers and other building professionals who work with soil on a regular basis. Our platform connects those who have soil, with those who need soil.
  • Fortius Metals — Fortius Metals is an innovative metal 3D printing company. Fortius Metals provides patented high performance wire consumables for advanced manufacturing including welding, joining and 3D printing
  • Conflux Technology — Conflux Technology is a new generation of heat exchangers made by metal additive manufacturing (3D printing).
Balderton Capital VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 20 investments in the past 12 months
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.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • trawa — The partner for renewable and affordable electricity for businesses. Get electricity directly from solar and windparks with corporate PPAs.
  • Quantum Systems — Our vision is to become the global leader in providing aerial data for decision making by the use of our drones.
  • Scalable Capital — The broker with trading flat rate: trade shares, ETFs, funds, cryptocurrencies & derivatives without commissions. Europe's leading digital asset management manages your ETF portfolio.
APEX Ventures VC Fund · Vienna, Wien, Austria · 6 investments in the past 12 months
APEX Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in start-ups grounded in unique and protectable technology. They provide support and resources and aims to develop their start-ups in their respective field. Their initial focus areas include digital media, business intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech, and the future of work.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Germany, United Kingdom, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Quibim — Leading radiomics company pioneering quantitative imaging biomarkers and medical applications in precision medicine.
  • Robeaute — Redesigning the future of neurosurgery by creating the new standard device that will provide surgeons with seamless access to delicate areas of the brain parenchyma and with real-time data.
  • HyperHeat — HyperHeat is building a cutting-edge, all-electric heating solution designed to reach temperatures of up to 2,000°C. Using renewable electricity HyperHeat is providing an efficient alternative to fossil fuel combustion. With an efficiency rate of up to 98%, HyperHeat is ideal for retrofitting industrial processes, enabling significant CO2reductions across industries like steel, cement, and chemicals. The scalable technology offers a cost-efficient approach to decarbonizing thermal processes, with a potential to reduce global CO2 emissions by over 4.5 gigatons annually.
Christian Dahlen Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Christian Dahlen is a business angel. He provides expert capital and venture advice to B2B SW startups in Silicon Valley and in Germany. He is a member of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest seed funding organization. Christian was a VP at SAP and held various roles in business strategy and operations. Prior to SAP, he was theGeneral Manager for the Internet and phone business of Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany's largest cable operator. He joined KDG from Excite@Home, and before that was with McKinsey & Co.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • United States, Germany, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Deltia — We use computer vision and AI analytics to provide insights into manual assembly processes - our platform supports process engineers in driving productivity and quality of assembly processes
  • Rencore — Simplify Microsoft 365 governance for Teams, SharePoint, Azure, Power Platform and much more. Try the award-winning software from Rencore today.
  • comstruct — comstruct is working on a platform that will allow construction companies to digitize and automate material purchasing. All delivery bills, invoices, and purchase orders, as well as processes such as invoice verification, can be exchanged digitally with suppliers. All data pertaining to the purchasing process is made available for documentation,evaluation, and process optimization.
Fluxunit - Osram Ventures VC Fund · München, Bayern, Germany
Looking for venture capital? We are the Munich based corporate VC arm of ams OSRAM and invest in startups in photonics, opto-electronic and sensing.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Manufacturing, 3D Technology
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Recogni — Discover Recogni's innovative solutions for AI inference computing, offering unprecedented performance, scalability, and sustainability. Explore our cutting-edge technology designed for diverse markets including automotive and intelligent autonomy.
  • Blickfeld — Discover the world's first smart LiDAR solution that combines state-of-the-art hardware with powerful software to digitalize whole industries!
  • iThera Medical — Explore optoacoustic imaging technology for non-invasive in vivo visualization and quantification of disease-related tissue biomarkers.
Born2Grow VC Fund · Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Born2Grow is a german venture fund focusing on early stage investments. They invest up to 500k€ in innovative business models. They are based in Heilbronn in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Born2Grow focus on investments lies within the MedTech, BioTech, FinTech area as well as some other online industries
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Medical
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Semorai — Semorai - Intelligent error management for manufacturers We are reinventing the future of quality and error control in the industrial industry with our unique AI-as-a-Service solution.
  • Doinstruct — Doinstruct offers mobile training solution for frontline workers.
  • traplinked — Digitale Fallensysteme - Endlich wissen, was los ist! Mit den traplinked Sensormodulen JERRY und TOM erhalten Sie in Echtzeit ein digitales Abbild Ihrer Kontrollpunkte.
APEX Ventures VC Fund · Vienna, Wien, Austria · 4 investments in the past 12 months
APEX Ventures is a deep-tech and medical-focused venture capital firm.
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Investment focus
  • Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Germany, United Kingdom, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • GEMESYS — Gemesys creates a chip that functions similarly to the human brain in order to overcome processing constraints and empower AI with the hardware it needs to complete its destiny
  • HyperHeat — HyperHeat is building a cutting-edge, all-electric heating solution designed to reach temperatures of up to 2,000°C. Using renewable electricity HyperHeat is providing an efficient alternative to fossil fuel combustion. With an efficiency rate of up to 98%, HyperHeat is ideal for retrofitting industrial processes, enabling significant CO2reductions across industries like steel, cement, and chemicals. The scalable technology offers a cost-efficient approach to decarbonizing thermal processes, with a potential to reduce global CO2 emissions by over 4.5 gigatons annually.
  • TriLite Technologies — The world's smallest projection displays from TriLite take laser beam scanning technology to the next level, for augmented vision as light as the eyewear of today.
Senovo VC Fund · München, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Senovo is an early-stage VC funding global B2B SaaS category-leaders from Europe in Seed or Series A fundraising rounds. The fund invests into enterprise software startups in the areas of process optimization, industry 4.0 and data-enabled solution. The investor supports tech entrepreneurs in scaling marketing, sales, organisation, finance and KPIs.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
  • Monda — Monda is the easy-to-use, all-in-one data monetization platform. Build a safe, fast-growing, and sustainable data business with Monda. Trusted by data-as-a-service (DaaS) companies across the globe.
  • synthavo — synthavo: Identifizieren Sie jedes Ersatzteil mit nur einem Smartphone-Foto in unter 2 Sekunden.
  • FlowFuse — FlowFuse is the Industrial Application Platform that empowers teams to build, deploy and manage applications that optimize industrial operations.
BlueYard Capital VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 9 investments in the past 12 months
BlueYard backs founders building the interconnected elements that can become the fabric of our future.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Biotechnology, Cryptocurrency
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Manex — Optimize your production process with our manufacturing optimization agents. Trusted by BMW, Audi, Siemens, Stellantis, BSH, Henkel, and more. Schedule a demo today!
  • Privy — With a few lines of code, securely integrate sensitive data into your product. Build delightful, privacy-preserving experiences without putting your users at risk.
  • Grouphug — Grouphug turns noisy WhatsApp groups into organized, intelligent pages.
First Momentum Ventures VC Fund · Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Pre-Seed B2B Tech VC - Engineers at heart, investors by choice
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
  • Germany, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
  • Zuriq — Thoughts, stories and ideas.
  • ContextSDK — ContextSDK transforms your app using real-time user context to improve conversions. Enhance user satisfaction and raise app revenue by knowing your users' unique needs, no matter where they are.
  • roofline — Our software allows you to efficiently deploy any AI model from any framework on diverse target hardware. Achieve optimal performance and simplify your AI deployment process with Roofline.
Angel Invest VC Fund · Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany · 15 investments in the past 12 months
Angel Invest is one of Europe's most active angel funds
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Peec AI — Peec AI helps marketing teams analyze brand performance across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Track visibility, benchmark competitors, and optimize AI search presence.
  • Willow Stories — Preserve your legacy and honor loved ones by creating lasting memorials.
  • dotbase — Next-Gen Clinical Workspace with Medical OS
La Famiglia VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany
We are an early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, United States, France
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.
Matterwave Ventures VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in the past 12 months
We empower early-stage hardware and software companies to reshape industrial value chains and become global leaders.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Germany, France, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Ventory — Ventory is an affordable, intuitive, and easy-to-use platform that gives field professionals full visibility and real-time control over remote inventory.
  • Akhetonics — Creating the first all-optical RISC Processor
  • OKAPI:Orbits — Pioneering, best-in-class products along with seamless ground-segment integration. Minimize your maneuvers, maximize your efficiency.
DN Capital VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 10 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Napo — Comprehensive pet insurance by Napo. Full dental cover included. Free unlimited video vet and behaviourist consultations. 5% multi-pet discount.
  • Hawk — Award-winning AML & CFT technology powered by explainable AI increases your risk coverage, helps you identify more crime, and reduces your false positives.
  • Unique — Unlock the power of generative AI in Finance with Unique FinanceGPT. Get custom use cases and accurate insights in a secure, enterprise-ready platform.
IBG Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt VC Fund · Magdeburg-rothensee, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
IBG Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt is a venture capital firm makes investments in territories such as Germany and Denmark.
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Investment focus
  • Electronics, Software, Medical Device
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Germany, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • Livil — Livil provides a toolkit for designing and delivering flexible employee benefits, including lifestyle, dental, and vision plans.
  • Wingfield — Wingfield develops a system intended to transform any tennis court in the world into a smart court. The system is a combination of hardware and artificial intelligence and keeps track of the score, analyzes strokes and gives personal feedback right after matches or practice sessions and the system only costs a fraction of a professional system andis easily set up, enabling players to get the same game analytics as the professionals do.
  • Baby Sweets — Baby Sweets provides Online shop for beautiful and unusual baby clothes and accessories.Sales of own brands made in EU as well as international brands.
Speedinvest VC Fund · Vienna, Wien, Austria · 40 investments in the past 12 months
Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United Kingdom, Germany, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • trawa — The partner for renewable and affordable electricity for businesses. Get electricity directly from solar and windparks with corporate PPAs.
  • remberg — The remberg software helps industrial companies become digital champions in customer & field service for their machines and equipment, moving from reactive and analog to proactive and digital, thereby eliminating paper chaos and preparing them for the age of the Internet of Things (IoT).
  • Riverse — The impact monetization platform enabling European green-techs finance their growth by valorizing their impact
Hasso Plattner Ventures VC Fund · Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Hasso Plattner Ventures invests in fast-growing, information technology-driven companies in Europe and the USA on behalf of Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, co-founder and chairman of software giant SAP. The support we offer reaches beyond financial commitments. Our multifaceted work includes acting globally as a strategic partner for our informationtechnology growth companies. In Germany, our commitment has taken also the form of a seed program for information technology startups coming out of the Hasso Plattner Institute.After retiring from the operative business of SAP in 2003, Hasso Plattner was appointed Chairman of the company’s Supervisory Board. He has devoted his time to the promotion of science, innovation and entrepreneurship ever since.To further these goals, Hasso Plattner founded Hasso Plattner Ventures on July 1st, 2005 in Potsdam, Germany. Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa launched as an affiliate in 2008, operating from Cape Town, South Africa.Hasso Plattner Ventures manages four funds. HP Ventures I started in 2005, focusing on early stage software companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In 2008, HP Ventures II and HP Ventures Africa launched, looking for investment opportunities in startup- and expansion-stage companies across the USA, Europe, Israel and South Africa.As of 2015, HP Ventures III, a €150 million fund, focuses on fast-growing enterprise and infrastructure software companies mainly in Germany and the Silicon Valley.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Germany, United States, South Africa
Portfolio highlights
  • Artory — Artory connects the art market with the digital-first, financial ecosystem. Combining our leading technology, art expertise, digital certification, and tokenization, Artory secures on the blockchain verified artwork information from expert partners.
  • Likeminded — Likeminded developed a digital platform for mental health that gives people fast, low-threshold access to psychological support.
  • Robin.io — Automate deployment of complex 5G & enterprise apps to improve productivity and reduce cost with cloud native Kubernetes storage on the Robin platform.
Project A Ventures VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 8 investments in the past 12 months
Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $1bn in assets under management, Project A provides its portfolio companies with a wide range of operational support services. This includes more than 100 experts from key areas such as software engineering,business intelligence, marketing, and recruiting. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • avoltra — Avoltra aims to position itself as an "intelligent energy purchasing solution" by leveraging advanced technology and data-driven insights to optimize energy procurement.
  • Montamo — Montamo trains lateral entrants with standardized methods. We rely on both our on-site academy and our digital learning software.
  • Atmen — Atmen, formerly known as Point Twelve, automates hydrogen and e-fuels certification, saving you up to 90% time in the process.
Neuhaus Partners VC Fund · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Neuhaus Partners is a recognized venture capital fund and has as a member of the Federal Association of German Equity Investment Companies (BVK) as well as the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) an excellent network in its sector. Neuhaus Partners support growth companies from the sectors IT (hardware, software and services), internet(infrastructure and services), telecommunications (services and technology), laser and photonics, microsystems technology and multimedia with technological know-how, comprehensive consulting and equity capital from founding to IPO and beyond with the objective of continuously creating added value for the companies.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Funding Round, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, Spain, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Smava — smava, one of the credit comparison portals in Germany, continued the strong growth path of previous years in 2019: The brokered loan volume grew by 35% from around EUR 2 billion in 2018 to around EUR 2.7 billion. Likewise, smava grew again significantly in the first quarter of 2020: smava was able to increase the loan volume brokered by 45%compared to the same quarter of the previous year to approx. EUR 900 million. In total, smava has already brokered more than 8 billion euros in loans.
  • Softgarden — Softgarden makes hiring super easy. Post jobs to your website and job boards, let candidates apply online, track, assess and discuss applications and gain important insights about your hiring process with analytics.
  • Searchmetrics — Boost traffic, engagement, and conversions with actionable SEO, content, and technical insights.
Possible Ventures VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 8 investments in the past 12 months
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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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Germany, Australia, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Heidi Health — Heidi Health is modernizing primary care with AI-powered technologies to improve care's quality and accessibility. its creators and engineers is to completely eradicate missed and sluggish diagnoses worldwide. They are committed to bridging the gap between the level of care that patients desire and the level of care that doctors can delivergiven their budget constraints. To create a platform where patients can quickly and easily get the treatment they require and to give every clinician the resources they need to deliver care that is secure, efficient,
  • ViridiCO2 — ViridiCO2 technology transforms Carbon Dioxide into a variety of high-value chemical intermediates.
  • SWARM Biotactics — SWARM Biotactics develops Biobots that enter, sense, and report where nothing else can.
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