Top 50 Hardware VC Funds & Investors in Germany (August 2026)
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HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund
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81 | Germany, Switzerland, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $909k–$39M |
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Bayern Kapital
VC Fund
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41 | Germany, United States, Finland | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.1M–$32M |
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TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen
VC Fund
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36 | Germany, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $932k–$15M |
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UVC Partners
VC Fund
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20 | Germany, Switzerland, Denmark | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $2.2M–$470M |
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bmp Ventures
VC Fund
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19 | Germany, United States, Austria | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $30k–$5.9M |
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Atlantic
VC Fund
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19 | Germany, Switzerland, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $850k–$30M |
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NRW.BANK
VC Fund
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18 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology | $219k–$71M |
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KfW
VC Fund
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17 | Germany, India, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | $2.2M–$17M |
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BayBG Venture Capital
VC Fund
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17 | Germany, Italy, United States | Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $428k–$21M |
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Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund
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17 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$75M |
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IBB Ventures
VC Fund
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15 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, SaaS | $1M–$11M |
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Speedinvest
VC Fund
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15 | United Kingdom, Germany, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $713k–$33M |
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Vsquared Ventures
VC Fund
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14 | Germany, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Semiconductor, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing | $4.2M–$124M |
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Capnamic
VC Fund
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14 | Germany, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.8M–$31M |
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FTTF
VC Fund
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13 | Germany, Switzerland | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing | $274k–$44M |
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MIG Capital
VC Fund
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13 | Germany, France, Austria | Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $1.6M–$60M |
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coparion
VC Fund
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13 | Germany, Switzerland, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, FinTech | |
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Brandenburg Kapital
VC Fund
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12 | Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Information Technology | $823k–$13M |
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b2venture
VC Fund
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12 | Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.3M–$52M |
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EnBW New Ventures
VC Fund
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12 | Germany, Norway, Austria | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.4M–$28M |
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Target Partners
VC Fund
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11 | Germany, United States, Switzerland | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS | $1.2M–$30M |
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First Momentum Ventures
VC Fund
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11 | Germany, Switzerland, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $980k–$17M |
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Enjoyventure Management
VC Fund
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11 | Germany, Portugal, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $159k–$7.7M |
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IFB Innovationsstarter
VC Fund
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10 | Germany, United States | Seed, Grant | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $79k–$3M |
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bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thuringen
VC Fund
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10 | Germany, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $461k–$10M |
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Cherry Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $2M–$117M |
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Verve Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | Switzerland, Germany, France | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Software, Biotechnology | $1.4M–$45M |
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eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS
VC Fund
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9 | Germany, United States, Italy | Series A, Series B | Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing | $2.7M–$27M |
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Fly Ventures
VC Fund
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9 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning | $1.4M–$20M |
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Project A Ventures
VC Fund
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9 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.3M–$75M |
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Picus Capital
VC Fund
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9 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $549k–$33M |
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BlueYard Capital
VC Fund
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9 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Biotechnology, Internet | $200k–$47M |
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
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8 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $500k–$32M |
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HV Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $1.6M–$75M |
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Robin Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.1M–$19M |
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DN Capital
VC Fund
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8 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $786k–$108M |
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APX
VC Fund
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8 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $55k–$15M |
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Future Energy Ventures
VC Fund
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8 | Germany, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A | Software, Energy, Information Technology | $1.2M–$18M |
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Futury Capital
VC Fund
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8 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.9M–$44M |
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Matterwave Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, Austria, France | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.9M–$19M |
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Balderton Capital
VC Fund
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7 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence | $5M–$150M |
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Onsight Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, Sweden, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Hardware | $997k–$72M |
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Born2Grow
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, Finland, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Medical, Health Care | $1.1M–$6M |
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Angel Invest
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $530k–$21M |
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468 Capital
VC Fund
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7 | United States, Germany, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.1M–$42M |
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redalpine
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $1.6M–$125M |
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Antler
VC Fund
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7 | Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $100k–$29M |
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APEX Ventures
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, United Kingdom, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $511k–$28M |
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IBG Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, Austria | Seed, Series A | Software, Electronics, Manufacturing | $1.3M–$13M |
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La Famiglia
VC Fund
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7 | Germany, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $2.2M–$95M |
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High-Tech Grunderfonds finances startups with growth potential. Its team of investment managers supports young companies with expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion. The company focuses in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry, and related business areas. It also focuses on financial services in varioussectors.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 610
- Round size: Seed $909k–$7M; Series A $3.5M–$39M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $522M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- CorTec — Reliable products for active implantable device development. We realize your next project with you and offer individual solutions that meet your specific requirements for Medical Devices, especially in neurotechnology.
- Coinlend — Coinlend - The Lending-Bot for Bitfinex & Liquid Genearate interest from your Bitcoin and Altcoin investments!
- CenterPoint - Connective Software Engineering — CenterPoint was founded in 2000 and is based in Villach, Austria with an additional office in Warsaw, Poland. CenterPoint - Connective Software Engineering develops and markets process control and fault detection and classification software solutions. The company offers cause effect analysis, metrology assessment, and close loop and run to runcontrol services. It's focus are the semiconductors, electronics, and steel and alloy industries.
Bayern Kapital (founded at the end of 1995) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the LfA Foerderbank Bayern (Bavaria‘s development bank). Bayern Kapital’s objective is to finance research and development as well as the market launch of new products, product diversifications, and expansion of the market share.The requesting company has to be located inBavaria. Industries are e. g. IT/software, life sciences, new materials, micro-systems and environmental technologies.Bayern Kapital and its funds have invested in more than 250 companies and currently manages funds to the value of EUR 340 m. The five investing funds currently managed by Bayern Kapital are Seedfonds Bayern, Clusterfonds Start-Up!, Innovationsfonds, Innovationsfonds EFRE and Wachstumsfonds Bayern.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 249
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.9M; Series A $4.4M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $26M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- Hema.to — Hema.to provides fully automated, AI-powered blood cancer detection suggestions based on flow cytometry data.
- 4.screen — The Driver Interaction Platform. Connect with drivers in real-time to deliver personalized and targeted campaigns.
- inContAlert — inContAlert is a deep tech start-up disrupting the field of incontinence. The technology of inContAlert helps people with bladder dysfunction to monitor the filling level of their urinary bladder.inContAlert, therefore, developed an mHealth device, which collects and analyzes data with the help of deep learning algorithms. The information is thendisplayed on an app and sends an alert to incontinence patients when a predefined filling level is reached. inContAlert thereby minimizes the risk of an uncontrolled loss of urine or the harmful distension of the bladder. With the help of inContAlert, incontinence patients can go back to normal and live a carefree life.
TGFS - Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen is an early stage VC fund targeting high tech startups with strong growth potential. The fund invests into ventures located in Saxony/Germany, Europe's leading semiconductor cluster. The team has invested into more than 120 companies so far, including more than 40 investments from the currentfund.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Round size: Seed $932k–$6M; Series A $1.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Prodlane — Prodlane, the company behind MAIA, is a technology company based in Leipzig that specializes in intelligent software solutions for SMEs in the DACH region. With MAIA, we are setting new standards in data analysis and daily knowledge management in all areas of the company using AI, thereby driving forward the digital transformation of SMEs.
- Cyber Insight — Cyber Insight - Measure, Manage, Mitigate Cyber Risks
- HandsOn Robotics — Handson Robotics provides state of the art robotics automation workflows for commercial kitchens.
UVC Partners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology-based startups in the areas of enterprise software, industrial technologies, and mobility. The fund typically invests between € 0.5 - 10m initially and up to € 20m in total per company.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$11M; Series A $5.5M–$32M; Series B $5.4M–$470M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $57M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- kausable — kausable focuses on putting science at the core of AI by developing causal "world models". Unlike conventional models relying on pattern memorization from massive datasets, kausable trains foundation models on abstract cause-and-effect structures. This allows the AI to reason through unfamiliar, dynamic systems across multiple domains(such as robotics, healthcare, and finance) without requiring expensive retraining cycles.
- Stabl Energy — Scalable battery storage systems for energy storage in industry and commerce made by STABL Energy help to utilise the full potential of renewable energies.
- Proxima Fusion — We are a European fusion energy startup pursuing the clearest path to grid deployment.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 120
- Round size: Seed $165k–$3.4M; Series A $30k–$5.9M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Sedivention — Fight obesity within 20 minutes - fast, effective, long-term. A new weight-loss therapy for the treatment of obesity. Just a view minutes will change your life.
- Solar Materials — Solar Materials primarily engages in the development of technologies for the sustainable and economical recycling of solar modules.
- Litherm Technologies — Fully electric calcination as a pathway to zero-emission lime and cement production.
Atlantic Labs supports and invests in mission-driven founders working on transformative technology ventures. <br><br>We partner with founders early, providing the capital, tools and network necessary to growing their companies and accompanying them on their entrepreneurial journey. We are currently active in areas including Digital Health, Future of Work, Machine Learning, Decentralized Networks, Mobility and Industrial Applications.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 234
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.4M; Pre-Seed $850k–$3.5M; Series A $5.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- bonify — Bonify, a Berlin based FinTech-Start-up, enables customers to benefit from their credit scoring and financial data. The company gives customers free and easy access to their credit score and let them upload additional relevant data. Then, it offers tools and personalized recommendations to help optimize the customer’s financial situation.Foundedin 2015 by key executives of McKinsey and Zalando, bonify has received significant funding from internationally leading VCs and successful entrepreneurs.
- Stenon — Stenon is a laboratory independent real-time soil analyst that offers solutions for agriculture.
- 42matters — 42matters offers a full suite of mobile and connected TV app intelligence solutions, including APIs, file dumps, and visual, web-based platforms.
NRW.BANK is the development bank for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It supports its owner – the state of North Rhine-Westphalia – in fulfilling its tasks, notably in the fields of structural, economic, social and housing policy. NRW.BANK pools the promotion and development programmes of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the FederalRepublic of Germany and the European Union and combines them with its own equity and debt products and advisory services. It offers the full range of financial products in three areas “Economy”, “Housing”, and “Infrastructure/Municipalities”. NRW.BANK operates in a competitively neutral manner as a partner of banks and savings banks.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 131
- Round size: Seed $219k–$7.7M; Series A $3.8M–$36M; Series B $3.8M–$71M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- ENTRYZERO — ENTRYZERO is a cybersecurity startup that develops an AI-powered software platform specializing in Threat Exposure Management,the company helps organizations continuously monitor their digital attack surface from a hacker’s perspective to identify and mitigatevulnerabilities automatically.
- OMMM — OMMM Operations Management Solutions is a software house that specializes in the digitization and automation of industrial planning.
- Nuclidium — NUCLIDIUM is a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company that develops novel radionuclide PET tracers for precision diagnostics. Using copper isotopes, Copper-61 for diagnostics and Copper-67 for therapeutics, the company is creating a differentiated platform with the potential to overcome existing limitations in radiotheranostics.
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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, India, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 160
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$7.7M; Series B $3.3M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Andercore — Andercore connects global suppliers and local buyers on one AI-driven platform, automating inventory selection, pricing, quotes, financing and global distribution at scale.
- AtlasEdge — Empowering a sustainable digital society by enabling infrastructure where it is needed.
- Quantum Systems — Our vision is to become the global leader in providing aerial data for decision making by the use of our drones.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Italy, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 118
- Round size: Series A $428k–$6.4M; Series B $732k–$21M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- socialhub — Boost your social media success with SocialHub. Manage channels, schedule posts & get meaningful analytics. Try it out now!
- TalentRocket — Talent Rocket is a job search engine that enables its users to find jobs with a suitable work environment for them. Job seekers can select their preferred company culture, follow their favorite companies, and start career conversations with employers. Talent Rocket was founded in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
- Goodly Innovations — Goodly Innovations is the leading regulated industry-focused global Pharma 4.0 provider for extended reality shop floor guidance. From cleanrooms to secondary packaging areas, labs and more, Goodly can help improve Pharma and BioPharma clients efficiency, OEE, quality, training and more
Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European VC investor backing tech-enabled companies and investing in their growth and development. Funds include Earlybird, Earlybird Health, Growth Opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 364
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$14M; Series A $4.4M–$34M; Series B $6M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $190M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Hilo — Get stress-free readings round the clock with Hilo's clinically validated blood pressure monitor. Learn more
- TrillerTV — FITE is a direct-to-consumer digital live streaming service for combat sports. The platform is specializing in broadcasting professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and boxing events. FITE streams a rich array of live pay-per-view events, subscription packages and thousands of hours of live and on-demand free programs to millions of fans aroundthe world.FITE's mission is to help fans discover and watch premium live events, and help programmers to distribute and monetize them. While FITE's beachhead market is combat sports, the product is designed to serve over time a much wider range of premium live programming.It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Uniondale, New York, United States.
- Neuracore — The robot skill creation engine: collect demonstrations, curate datasets, train imitation and reinforcement learning policies, and deploy them on real robots, all on one platform.
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Browse database — It's Free!Pre-Seed to Series A for Berlin-based founders. Where 30 years of expertise, capital and execution power meet.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 243
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.6M; Series A $2.3M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $33M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Nenna AI — Nenna AI is a powerful AI enablement platform designed for the secure application of AI technologies.
- Jurafuchs — Jurafuchs provides legal education via a mobile app.
- dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung — dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners.
Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more. From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster. Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together. Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 603
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $713k–$3.8M; Series A $4.1M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $384M in 2022
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- Findery — Find and leave notes anywhere in the world, discover local knowledge, hidden secrets, and exciting stories. Share your travel knowledge, geoblog, or local news!
- Facility — Flexkeeping is a Hotel Operations Platform designed to help teams automate and collaborate like never before.
- Polaron — Material Design. Supercharged with AI.
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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- Industry: Semiconductor, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $4.2M–$19M; Series A $15M–$63M; Series B $30M–$124M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- AlphaLum — Holographic-optic combiners and ultra-low-power interferometric laser sensors enabling all-day wearable AR and intelligent systems at scale.
- Bios Life — Bios Life is a technology-enabled healthcare company built to empower individuals to proactively manage their cancer risk, redefining personalized cancer screening and survivorship.
- Lace Lithography — Lace is building the patterning technology that will power the next 100 years of semiconductor manufacturing.
Capnamic is a Venture Capital firm supporting ambitious founders in the German-speaking regions. Our focus is on the early stages, from (Pre-)Seed to Series A.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 152
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$8.6M; Series A $3.1M–$25M; Series B $5.3M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $216M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Freshflow — Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste.
- Omegga GmbH — Omegga is developing a non-invasive, purely optical, Al-powered method for in-ovo sex detection of chicken embryos at an early stage.
- Logistikbude — Logistikbude is a web-based software to automate the load carrier management. It is independent of load carrier types and addresses both the tracking of own load carriers and the management of exchange processes in open pools.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.7M; Pre-Seed $274k–$4.9M; Series A $5.4M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Xpoli — Using sensor technology in combination with artificial intelligence (AI) Xpoli measures and evaluates shopping patterns in retail business.
- constellr — Smart Farming and Climate Monitoring from Space. At constellr, we are using cutting-edge beyond-visual imaging technology to revolutionise the way we assess crucial aspects of our planet's health.
- Logistikbude — Logistikbude is a web-based software to automate the load carrier management. It is independent of load carrier types and addresses both the tracking of own load carriers and the management of exchange processes in open pools.
MIG Capital is one of the leading German VC Investors. We invest in European Deep Tech and Life Sciences from early to late stage (Seed, Series A, and beyond). We use investments to shape a better tomorrow, today. Our team currently manages 17 MIG public venture capital funds regulated by BaFin, the German financial markets authority. These fundsoperate with more than EUR 1.2 billion capital committed by >60,000 private investors across Germany and Austria.Today, our portfolio consists of 30 companies.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, France, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 97
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$40M; Series B $1.6M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- NcodiN — The High Performance Computing (HPC) and ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI) era requires unprecedented computing capabilities. With this in view, industry is heading towards zettascale supercomputers, based on >100k processing units. Chiplets-based disaggregated processors and memory-centric computing architectures are taking over and require an ever more intensive communication between dies. Thus, today interconnect bottleneck is the main
- GlassPoint Solar — GlassPoint provides solar steam generators to the oil and gas industry for applications such as Enhanced Oil Recovery. It replaces gas-fired steam generation with solar, GlassPoint can reduce EOR gas consumption by up to 80 percent. The company was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Fremont, California.
- Zadient Technologies — Zadient produces semiconductor manufacturing materials that are critical for the entire silicon carbide (SiC) value chain
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States
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- Total investments: 97
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- 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
With a track record of over 20 years in venture capital and experience from more than 200 investments in numerous companies BFB Brandenburg Kapital GmbH (BFB) is the most active equity investor in Brandenburg. BFB invests in fast-growing technology-orientated companies throughout the whole life-cycle. Target sectors are ICT/Digital Economy,Life Science, MedTech, Proptech, Industrial Applications. BFB invests in companies based in or with facilities in Brandenburg. The current VC fund is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) an Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB).
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $823k–$6.1M; Series A $2.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kupando — Kupando is a biopharmaceutical company that develops agonists to stimulates innate immunity.
- Captain T Cell — Captain T Cell is a start-up project that develops T cell-based immunotherapies for cancer patients. The company identifies novel high-efficiency TCRs for the development of T cell immunotherapies. It focuses on CMC- and preclinical development for their lead candidates.
- All About Accuracy — Sub-1mm accuracy and <1ms latency RF localization for physical AI. Train robots with ground-truth motion data cameras and GPS can't reach.
B2venture is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. B2venture invests EUR 100m+ per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 244
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Series A $4M–$24M; Series B $8.3M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $135M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
- Flyboard — Human-level AI voice agents at a fraction of the cost. Transform your customer engagement with intelligent automation.
- Kiin Bio — Drug discovery is a system problem, where every inefficiency amplifies the next. We have the solution.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Norway, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$11M; Series A $4.2M–$12M; Series B $5.5M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $106M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Spoor — Spoor's software uses advanced computer vision and AI to detect, track, and classify birds at wind farms
- enspired — Revolutionize battery storage with AI-powered BESS optimization. Our energy trading platform ensures smart, real-time market access. Contact us today!
- Elephant — Elephant in an AI-powered platform for frontline and blue-collar workers. It specializes in training and communication tools for decentralized, frontline workforces in sectors like manufacturing and logistics. Its core AI Coursebuilder converts technical documentation into gamified, mobile-friendly microlearning modules.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$7.8M; Series B $2.4M–$20M; Series C $3.1M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2014
Portfolio highlights
- tado° — Tado° develops a 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° is committed to changing how heating and cooling systems function in structures, minimizing energy waste, and lowering carbonemissions. The company regulates indoor temperatures using automation and various control methods. The company's application allows users to modify settings, track usage, and access reports. Integration with smart home systems enables temperature adjustments via voice commands. Features such as geofencing change settings based on occupancy, while weather adaptation adjusts heating or cooling according to forecasts. Intelligent scheduling helps users create personalized temperature plans, and automation capabilities handle climate control without requiring manual intervention.
- 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
Pre-Seed B2B Tech VC - Engineers at heart, investors by choice
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $3.7M–$12M; Pre-Seed $980k–$4.7M; Series A $10M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- encosa — encosa helps commercial and industrial customers cut electricity costs with battery storage systems and software. It plans, finances, installs, and operates these systems as a complete service. The company also uses energy optimization and electricity trading to improve system returns.
- SuperPlane — Start with an issue-to-PR software factory, then adapt its review, delivery, and engineering standards to the way your team works.
- Quantum Diamonds — Bringing diamond-based quantum technology around the globe, empowering the next quantum leap.
The EnjoyVenture Management is a private equity company that focuses its investments on the seed and early-stage companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Portugal, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $159k–$1.9M; Series A $1.1M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
Portfolio highlights
- nuuEnergy — nuuEnergy is a tech-enabled solution aiming to revolutionize the heat pump installation industry. By leveraging technology and industry expertise, we streamline the purchasing and installation process. Our unique approach, refinanced through innovative strategies, promotes a self-reliant and carbon-neutral lifestyle for all our customers.
- ValueDesk — Valuedesk is a service company that specializes in structured savings and efficiency management. Their adaptable solution for cost optimization benefits companies in a wide range of industries, including mechanical engineering and the automotive, culinary, furniture, and pharmaceutical industries. Using systematics and technology enables businessesto work more cost-effectively in the long run.
- Kynda — Keen 4 Greens offers a wide range of vegan products. Founded in 2019, Keen 4 Greens is based in Hamburg, Germany.
The IFB Innovationsstarter is an innovation funding and investment company of the City of Hamburg providing grants and investments.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Grant
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 90
- Round size: Seed $365k–$3M; Grant $79k–$177k
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- mo:re GmbH — We offer standardized tissue cultures and protocols to better predict drug responses and investigate disease models.
- Atrya — Atrya develops regulatory-compliant blockchain payments for international companies.
- DEALCIRCLE — DealCircle is a digital M&A solution and partner of hundreds of M&A advisors. We support in identifying buyers and addressing the market. This provides investors access to a comprehensive deal flow of relevant projects.
bm|t supports innovative and growth-oriented companies in Thuringia with equity investments and venture capital.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $461k–$3.3M; Series A $1.1M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Altavo — Altavo operates as a medical device startup. Altavo harness the power of machine learning and state-of-the-art sensor technology to improve the lives of people who have lost their voice.
- Peeriot — Peeriot is a B2B software high-tech startup with a breakthrough in IoT. Peeriot offers a low-code software suite that simplifies IoT data sharing by tenfold.
- Influnate — Influnate is a tool that allows you to send and receive money via social media. Influnate enables users in social networks to “send and receive money easily, securely and quickly”. This can be done with a comment, a link, or via the Influnate web application. “Redirects to paid websites are a thing of the past,” said the startup.
Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of theirbusinesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 287
- Round size: Seed $2M–$14M; Series A $7.2M–$44M; Series B $14M–$117M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $340M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Moss — Moss is a technology-based payment and credit card platform that enables companies to optimize their finances. Thanks to a dynamic and up to 10x higher limit, our corporate credit card can handle even the highest spend. With virtual and physical credit cards, the entire team can spend easily and securely. Individual spending limits and real-timedata per card, merchant or team keep costs under control. The Moss app makes it easy to digitize receipts, including cost center and VAT assignment. At the end of the month, all data and documents can be exported to any accounting software.
- Bits Technology — Bits Technology connects data sources & orchestrates workflows for financial tech services.
- Black Forest Labs — Official Account: https://t.co/iF047jr0Yg @bfl_ai
Verve Ventures has invested in more than 140 science and technology startups. We support visionary and resilient entrepreneurs from day one and are a reliable partner for the entire journey. We typically invest EUR 1-3m in early as well as later stage rounds of European high tech startups.
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Switzerland, Germany, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 285
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$11M; Series A $2.3M–$18M; Series B $4.2M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $66M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Axelera AI — Axelera AI is a company that delivers purpose-built hardware and software platforms designed to accelerate artificial intelligence tasks, particularly in edge computing. The company's flagship product, the Metis™ AI Platform, integrates both hardware and software components to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient AI inference solutions.This platform has been recognized for its innovation, notably being named a CES® 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree.Incubated in 2019 by the emerging technologies leader Bitfury and joined by the leading nano-technology group imec in early 2020, Axelera AI launched as a new company in 2021. Headquartered in the AI Innovation Center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Axelera AI has R&D offices in Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. Its team of experts in AI software and hardware hail from top AI firms and Fortune 500 companies.
- Aylight — Aylight develops semiconductor laser and photonics platforms designed to improve optical connectivity in AI datacenters and related infrastructure. The company focuses on frequency modulated comb laser technology that generates multiple stable wavelengths from a single InP-based laser cavity. Its architecture produces an equidistant, RF-lockedwavelength grid that aligns with dense wavelength-division multiplexing requirements and reduces control complexity and power consumption. Aylight targets use cases in AI datacenter interconnects, quantum computing hardware, precision metrology, and communication equipment. Its products aim to integrate with terabit optical links and wavelength-division multiplexing systems while remaining compatible with existing fabrication processes.
- Atana Elements — Atana is a data-driven resource company that accelerates the exploration and development of flowing critical minerals.
eCAPITAL is a venture capital investor that provides early to growth stage funding to technology and deep tech companies.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 123
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$14M; Series B $3.1M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
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- VisioLab — Instantly scan products for self-checkout, using the iPad camera - no barcodes needed. Designed for speed, simplicity and human centricity.
- Dawnguard — AI-native platform for fast cloud design and implementation.
- QuoIntelligence — Our finished intelligence will significantly reduce your operational risks and allow you to make informed security decisions.
We back founders everyone wants to meet but nobody dares to invest in
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 121
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$4M; Series A $5.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tangent Robotics — Dexterous Robotic Manipulation
- Orbital Industries — Orbital Materials leverages AI to design and deploy advanced materials & climate technologies for the long-term habitability of our planet.
- Reimagine Robotics — Show the robot what to do, correct it where it fails, and adapt it as the process changes.
Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $1bn in assets under management, Project A provides its portfolio companies with a wide range of operational support services. This includes more than 100 experts from key areas such as software engineering,business intelligence, marketing, and recruiting. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.7M; Series A $3.3M–$28M; Series B $11M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
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- Nexcade — Nexcade AI agents run freight quoting, tenders, rates, bookings, and reporting with your team, visible and controlled at every step.
- Project Q — European defence integration. Deployed with Bundeswehr, validated at NATO. Open-core, ITAR-free, no vendor lock-in. Connect sensors to C2 in seconds.
- STARK — EUROPEAN DEFENCE SOVEREIGNTY
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 415
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$12M; Pre-Seed $549k–$4.5M; Series A $4M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $140M in 2024
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- Enpal — Kostenlose Planung von Solaranlagen. Gewinnbringende & schnelle Umsetzung von Photovoltaikanlagen inklusive professionelle Installation & Netzanschluss. Zum Festpreis!
- Lightbase — An always up-to-date view of your entire IT ecosystem for faster decisions and confident transformation at scale
- Spot My Energy — The uptake of PV, EVs, home storage, and heat pumps leads to a gigantic need for digital and intelligent metering and for the integration of millions of...
BlueYard backs founders building the interconnected elements that can become the fabric of our future.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 109
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$14M; Pre-Seed $200k–$5.4M; Series A $7M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $185M in 2022
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- ETHGas — ETHGas aims to redefine how users engage with Ethereum by providing low-latency, 3ms settlement times, and real-time trading, as well as a comprehensive product suite for exact order execution.
- Cryptio — We offer enterprise-grade accounting, reporting, and audit software for your digital assets.
- Rapidata — Fast and reliable data labeling that powers your AI. Define your label needs now and get the results in minutes.
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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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 971
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.2M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5M; Series A $5M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018
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- sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
- Cambridge Aerospace — Our mission is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.
- Arrakis Technologies — Arrakis partners with ambitious companies to deploy secure AI in production, taking them from experimentation to real-world impact at warp speed.
HV Capital is one of the leading early-stage and growth investors in Europe. With nine fund generations in 23 years and €2.8 bn in managed assets, HV Capital is one of the continent's most active investors. The investment team has many years of experience in identifying European startups with great potential for success. In addition tointernational success stories like Zalando, Delivery Hero, Sumup, and Depop, innovation leaders such as Enpal, Flixbus, Sennder, and Isar Aerospace are also part of the portfolio. HV Capital has invested in around 225 internet and technology companies, supporting startups with ticket sizes ranging from €0.5 to €60m. It is one of Europe's few venture capital firms that can finance startups through all growth phases. HV Capital has a team of more than 40 investment and operations professionals who provide a variety of perspectives and expertise across the venture capital landscape.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 467
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$12M; Series A $3.3M–$35M; Series B $7.7M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $834M in 2023
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- Exein — Exein develops embedded cybersecurity solutions designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. The company provides a platform that integrates security directly into the firmware of embedded systems, enabling real-time threat detection, monitoring, and response. Exein’s technology focuses on runtime protection and behavioranalysis at the edge, helping manufacturers secure devices without requiring major hardware changes or external software agents. Its solution is compatible with widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux-based environments, allowing for flexible integration across different devices. The company also offers tools for vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence tailored for firmware-level defense. Exein supports developers with APIs and SDKs to incorporate security features during the product development phase. Through its platform, the company addresses growing security risks in critical sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics.
- Fleek — Fleek is a B2B Wholesale Marketplace for second-hand fashion. Our buyers are vintage stores and online resellers; our suppliers are used clothing wholesalers, rag-houses, and donation centres.
- Ore Energy — Ore Energy is creating a new generation, cost effective, long-duration energy storage solution which will enable a decarbonized energy future by utilizing some of the most readily available materials
Robin Capital focuses on software and technology solutions that address meaningful problems but am vertical agnostic.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$6.2M; Series A $13M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
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- Almetra — 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
- Rotomate — Turn machine data into clear maintenance decisions, at scale. Rotomate's AI Engineer monitors every asset so your team knows what to act on.
- ARCA — Plataforma digital para planes de pensiones de empleo. Soluciones para gestoras, empresas y partners.
DN Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests primarily in Europe and North America. The firm focuses on companies that plan to establish operations on both sides of the Atlantic, and strives to help its companies build international businesses. Founded in 2000, the company has operations in London and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’sprevious funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile app), Auto1 (world's largest used car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO London) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit).
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 342
- Round size: Seed $786k–$12M; Series A $4M–$25M; Series B $9M–$108M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2021
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- bonify — Bonify, a Berlin based FinTech-Start-up, enables customers to benefit from their credit scoring and financial data. The company gives customers free and easy access to their credit score and let them upload additional relevant data. Then, it offers tools and personalized recommendations to help optimize the customer’s financial situation.Foundedin 2015 by key executives of McKinsey and Zalando, bonify has received significant funding from internationally leading VCs and successful entrepreneurs.
- unique.ai — Automate personalized experiences to successfully transform your organization.
- Contrast — Contrast is a video engagement platform that provides users with the tools to create, edit, distribute, and analyze videos. Their features include themes, hubspot integration, source tracking and UTM management, an on-demand experience, customizable emails, and reminders.
APX is Europe’s leading very-early-stage VC. Based in Berlin and backed by Axel Springer and Porsche, we support and partner with the most ambitious founding teams from Europe and beyond - often as their first investor.We invest up to EUR 500K in startups until a series A starting with a quick EUR 50K investment, and within a few months,depending on traction and speed, we can invest further. Each month we invest in new teams who become part of the APX community, counting hundreds of other founders. Since 2018, we have invested in 100+ startups across 20+ industries with founders from 20+ countries together with 100+ co-investors.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 207
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Pre-Seed $55k–$1.4M; Series A $2.1M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $61M in 2021
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- VisioLab — Instantly scan products for self-checkout, using the iPad camera - no barcodes needed. Designed for speed, simplicity and human centricity.
- Bloom — Moved to @bloomsocial
- Track Titan — Titan Academy revolutionises how gamers improve through fully automated coaching.
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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- Industry: Software, Energy, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 97
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5M; Series A $4M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $293M in 2022
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- Pstryk — Pstryk is a mobile app that tracks expenditures in real time to help you make budget-conscious decisions about energy consumption.
- Calipsa — Advanced video analytics for real-time security and forensic analysis. Calipsa is a cloud-based platform that uses AI to extract operational intelligence from video systems.
- GridCARE — GridCARE is the essential one-stop power solution for AI data centers, delivering energy security and resilience at unprecedented speed.
We are looking for the newcomers, the architects of the future, the movers & shakers.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$12M; Series A $5.6M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- seedtrace — seedtrace is a SaaS startup from Berlin that develops a digital platform for businesses to manage, prove and communicate the social and ecological impact of their products. The startup focuses on bringing transparency into complex supply chains by fostering the cooperation between actors along the chain, building an ecosystem of organizations thatconfirm their claims and tracing products from seed to shelf.
- deltaVision — We dated this letter 2030. We are writing it in 2026. Orbital refuelling, fluidic systems, and the engineers building the future of space infrastructure.
- Focused Energy — Focused is the leading Laser Fusion company pursuing the most promising path to clean, limitless fusion power... unlocking civilization's next great chapter of growth.
We empower early-stage hardware and software companies to reshape industrial value chains and become global leaders.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Austria, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$7.2M; Series A $4.6M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2023
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.
- Headmade Materials — Headmade Materials is a provider of the 3D-printing process Cold Metal Fusion (´Metal SLS`) for the serial production of metal parts.
- NVision Quantum Technologies — NVision Imaging Technologies is leveraging advances in quantum physics to enable the first routine, convenient and affordable use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for assessing early patient response to cancer treatment at the metabolic level.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 394
- Round size: Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $9.3M–$100M; Series C $15M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $615M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Luno — Join millions buying, trading and storing Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies on Luno. Invest today.
- Prodigy Finance — Get a student loan from Prodigy Finance without collateral or co-signer, to study at one of 1800+ schools around the world.
- Quantum Systems — Our vision is to become the global leader in providing aerial data for decision making by the use of our drones.
Pan-european early-stage deep-tech VC
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Sweden, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $997k–$12M; Series A $5.3M–$72M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Q.ANT — Q.ANT develops photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing, utilizing light for information processing. The company also produces quantum sensors offering ultra-high magnetic field sensitivity in a compact form factor. These products aim to enable more intelligent and sustainable systems across various sectors like data centers,aerospace, and medical technology.
- Zuriq — We are building a quantum computer with scalability at its heart. Trapped-ion qubits with freedom to move and connect.
- Quantum Diamonds — Bringing diamond-based quantum technology around the globe, empowering the next quantum leap.
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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- Industry: Software, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Finland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6M; Series A $3M–$4.1M; Series B $1.1M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
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.
- SpinDrive — SpinDrive technology increases efficiency by at least 15%. We provide tailored active magnetic bearing (AMB) systems for OEM's with competitive price.
- Unchained Robotics — Unchained Robotics engages in the development of artificial intelligence-based control system for robots for electronics production.
Angel Invest is one of Europe's most active angel funds
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 165
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6.8M; Pre-Seed $530k–$3.2M; Series A $4.7M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Modeinspect — acreom is the integrated markdown knowledge base with tasks. Your personal daily driver for your dev workflow.
- Ivy — We are building a global API for instant bank payments
- Squid — Squid offers a workspace for planning, modeling, and testing power grid networks with tools for network analysis and simulation.
468 Capital is an investment firm that focuses on identifying and managing opportunities in various markets. The firm employs a systematic approach to investment analysis and portfolio management. It collaborates with a range of partners to support its investment strategies. The company serves industries including technology, healthcare, andrenewable energy.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 225
- Round size: Seed $2.6M–$12M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$3.8M; Series A $9M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $400M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Relixir — Relixir is AI Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) assistant that maps, monitors and improves AI search rankings.
- Pally — Pally is an AI Agent for your network.
- ARC Intelligence — ARC Intelligence operates as a supplier of data systems driven by AI for small and medium-sized businesses.
redalpine is a thesis-driven vc with deep expertise in software and science. since 2006. we believe in the power of big ideas and in empowering game changers. we don't just invest, we co-create a better tomorrow. together with you.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 197
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$13M; Series A $3.2M–$31M; Series B $15M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- microagi — Accelerating embodied AGI
- telli — The platform for AI phone calls. https://t.co/yOOUfNYMFe - used by 100+ enterprises - backed by @ycombinator & @cherryventures
- Proxima Fusion — We are a European fusion energy startup pursuing the clearest path to grid deployment.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2216
- Round size: Seed $159k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$645k; Series A $4.1M–$29M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $72M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Praktiki — Praktiki is building the "Decision Layer" for medicine.While medical knowledge doubles every 73 days, frontline clinicians struggle to translate guidelines into practice. Current AI search tools excel at surfacing public data from clinical trials, but fail to capture "how" experts apply that evidence in real-world scenarios.Praktiki fills this gap. We utilise an AI Agentic Creator Engine to capture tacit specialist reasoning and fuse it with public evidence. This feeds a proprietary Expert Knowledge Graph that powers: 1) Microlearning: Case-based modules created 10x faster and which are 170% more effective than traditional education 2) AI Expert Guidance: Real-time decision support synthesising evidence with expert implementation strategies.2025 Traction - our MVP proved that solving the expertise gap drives high engagement: - Registered >10% of UK GPs - 60,000+ modules completed with an 85% completion rate - 51% month-over-month growth - Market-leading NPS of 83We are building a compounding data moat to expand beyond education into clinical intelligence and healthcare data solutions.
- Mast — Mast is the cloud-native, fully configurable loan origination platform empowering lenders to process applications faster and smarter. We make lending better, smoother and faster.
- Forti Foods — The mission of Forti Foods is to enhance communities and change lives beyond the plate by fostering resilience and dignity via sustainable food innovation.
APEX Ventures is a deep-tech and medical focused venture capital firm, run by founders with complimentary backgrounds driven by the same mission.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8M; Pre-Seed $511k–$9.1M; Series A $5.7M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Quibim — Quibim builds AI tools that turn MRI, CT and PET data into actionable predictions for hospitals and biopharma. Trusted in 230+ centers worldwide.
- 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.
- Jago Coffee — Jago Coffee serves freshly brewed coffee beverages wherever you are through a fleet of fully electric mobile cafes.
IBG Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt is a venture capital firm makes investments in territories such as Germany and Denmark.
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- Industry: Software, Electronics, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3M; Series A $4.3M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RAYDIAX — We are Raydiax.Interventional only.Our goal is to reinvent computer tomography that is focussed on treatment.
- Solar Materials — Solar Materials primarily engages in the development of technologies for the sustainable and economical recycling of solar modules.
- PerioTrap Pharmaceuticals GmbH — PerioTrap is an early stage biopharmaceutical company that aims to eradicate the root cause of periodontitis
We are an early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 115
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$10M; Series A $7.4M–$95M; Series B $22M–$95M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $99M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Parloa — Amplify your customer service experience with a team of personal AI agents. Leverage the full power of generative AI for contact center automation.
- Langdock — Meet Langdock. Start with a GDPR-compliant daily chat companion for your employees. Then deploy more advanced AI use cases like Assistants and Workflows. All in one easily extendable platform.
- NaroIQ — Discover how we make Money Matter through out innovative fund infrastructure, enabling fair and redistributive earnings in the ETF and fund market.
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