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Top 35 Infrastructure Startup Investors in Germany

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 35 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Infrastructure startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Infrastructure companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.

Top 35 Infrastructure Startup Investors in Germany

Investor	Infrastructure Germany investments
Ananda Impact Ventures	2
Earlybird Venture Capital	2
KR1	1
Covestro	1
Blockarm Capital	1
GovTech GmbH	1
Vireo Ventures	1
Nucleus Capital	1
eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS	1
Mulana Capital	1
Mitsubishi Corporation	1
Wika	1
The BraWo Capital Group	1
AP Ventures	1
Helen Ventures	1
Next Big Thing	1
Lin Gong Deutschmann	1
better ventures	1
SaaSgarage	1
Michala Rudorfer	1
BayBG Venture Capital	1
Next47	1
Nucleus Capital	1
WENVEST Capital	1
Anne Lemcke	1
Global Brain Corporation	1
Joachim Schneider	1
Sebastian Mertens	1
Vopak	1
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen	1
Thomas Glatte	1
Paul Schwarzenholz	1
MobilityFund	1
KDDI Open Innovation Fund	1
Stefan Lemcke	1

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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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Neotaste — Neotaste is the developer of the restaurant-finding app that provides free marketing services for restaurateurs.
Draftwise — DraftWise deals with knowledge management and business intelligence that assists law firms to procure quality contracts swiftly. It enables clients to avail and customize the security according to their requirements. DraftWise was founded in 2020 by Emre Ozen, Ozan Yalti, and James Ding and was headquartered in New York.
Greenlyte Carbon Technologies — Greenlyte Carbon Technologies develops and markets an efficient low temperature DAC process that captures CO2 from the air.

KR1 is a publicly listed investment company focussed on the blockchain ecosystem. We invest in early stage projects and blockchain-based digital assets.

Investment focus

Blockchain, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Anoma — A sovereign, proof-of-stake blockchain protocol that enables private, asset-agnostic cash and private bartering among any number of parties.
Interop — Investing in the Interchain
Side Protocol — Side Protocol is a settlement and value exchange layer for the Bitcoin modular blockchains.

Covestro is a supplier of high-tech polymer materials.

Investment focus

Energy, Energy Storage, Location Based Services
Funding Round, Series C, Series D
United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

QC Ware — QC Ware develops hardware-agnostic enterprise software solutions for quantum computers. The company's quantum computing software solves problems in combinatorial optimization and machine learning with efficiency unmatched by traditional HPC solutions.
InPhase Technologies — A storage company focused on holographic data storage technology.
Hydrogenious Technologies — Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies develops applications for easy, efficient & safe hydrogen transport and storage, using Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC).

Fueling the future economy

Investment focus

Computer Vision, Internet of Things, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

NATIX — Make your cameras smart and GDPR compliant
Natix Network — Earn passive income by owning a part of your favourite city

Digitization for public administration, venture capitalist and accelerator in the field of GovTech

Investment focus

Smart Cities, Infrastructure
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

ROADIA — Bl1tzR brings AI to road safety for a transition to smart cities. We provide a scalable solution for road-safety and big data traffic analytics.

We believe that electrification and digitalization are the backbone of decarbonization and green transformation. Vireo Ventures is a seed- and pre-seed-stage VC. We invest in European tech start-ups that drive electrification. As Vireo we take the long-term view and support our portfolio companies wherever possible.

Investment focus

Software, Transportation, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, France, Poland

Portfolio highlights

FLEXeCHARGE — Optimize EV charging with FLEXeCHARGE. Control all charging stations through one load and energy management platform.
About:Energy — Looking to upgrade your battery technology? About:Energy offers a user-friendly platform that provides powerful battery modelling tools for optimising battery design and extending battery life.
Atmen — Atmen, formerly known as Point Twelve, automates hydrogen and e-fuels certification, saving you up to 90% time in the process.

Supporting purpose-driven founders solving systemic challenges to planetary health.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
atmio — atmio helps natural gas operations to find, fix and report methane emissions easily.
Izote Biosciences — Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Solution

eCAPITAL is a venture capital investor that provides early to growth stage funding to technology and deep tech companies.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
Germany, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

BeeOLED — BeeOLED’s technology enables OLED displays with significantly improved efficiency, brightness and operational stability at lower overall costs due to a less complex device structure.
Build38 — Build38 is a global provider of mobile application protection solutions. Its solution represents a new generation of app-hardening technologies and service that protects apps from known and unknown attacks and opens the market to new digital business models. Build38 protects applications across various industries including automotive, financial,public transport and health care. Build38 is headquartered in Munich with global offices in Barcelona and Singapore. The company is a spin out of Giesecke + Devrient and ranks among the best IT Security startups in Germany. Build38 is an official GARTNER In-App Shielding Market Guide Vendor since 2019 and the first to combine: In-App Shielding + In-App Monitoring + AI-based In-App Reaction.
QuoIntelligence — Our finished intelligence will significantly reduce your operational risks and allow you to make informed security decisions.

Early Stage Web3 Venture Investing (Cypto infrastructure, Metaverse, Defi)

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Internet of Things
Seed, Pre-Seed, Initial Coin Offering
Germany, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Bitquery — Bitquery provide blockchain APIs for Bitcoin, Ethereum and Web3 protocols like Uniswap etc. We also provide blockchain money tracing APIs.
MetaGravity — MetaGravity is a deep-tech startup that is pushing the boundaries of blockchain and the Metaverse. MetaGravity is a deep-tech startup located in London that is pushing the boundaries of blockchain and the Metaverse. They're on a quest to build the next generation of live, breathing digital worlds that will entice gamers and keep them fulfilledand engaged for decades. They are leveraging their significant knowledge in massive-scale processing and engine technologies to create the technical foundation for the Metaverse, a decentralized digital world. MetaGravity is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and was founded in 2021.
Natix Network — Earn passive income by owning a part of your favourite city

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is a global integrated business enterprise that develops and operates businesses across virtually every industry including industrial finance, energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, living essentials, and environmental business. MC's current activities are expanding far beyond its traditional trading operations asits diverse business ranges from natural resources development to investment in retail business, infrastructure, financial products and manufacturing of industrial goods.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series A, Corporate Round
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Amogy — Amogy develops a novel carbon-free energy storage system using ammonia as a fuel, exhibiting unprecedented energy density
KoBold Metals — KoBold Metals is investing in battery materials projects across the globe by combining basic ore-deposit science, big data, and scientific computing with patient private capital.The company's software uses datasets with conventional geochemical, geophysical and geological data in statistical association models to identify prospects to ensure acobalt supply for the electric vehicle revolution, enabling mineral exploration companies to find new sources of cobalt through machine learning and data analysis.
Lilac Solutions — Scaling lithium supply for the electric era

Wika is a industrial automation company located in Klingenberg.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Real Estate
Series A
Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

METR — METR builds a universal IoT infrastructure for buildings which enables connected use cases for the housing industry. From energy efficiency, to predictive maintenance, building control to submetering: their hardware platform offers multi-utility applications and integrates third-party services into one platform for the tenement building of thefuture.
Loriot — LORIOT is a Swiss start-up in the field of Internet of Things, founded in 2015. Their core product today is software for scalable, distributed, resilient operation of LoRaWAN networks and end-to-end applications, which they offer under a variety of business models.Due to their unique positioning in the LoRa ecosystem as both software provider andnetwork operator, they are in direct contact with LoRa hardware producers and integrate many of their solutions directly with their services.The collaboration allows us to offer not only network software, but a complete end-to-end solution for a real-world IoT application, including gateway and sensor hardware.Their typical customers are small and medium enterprises in the Internet of Things business, cities, municipalities and wireless network operators.

The BraWo Capital Group gives companies scope for their growth and corporate goals through various financing options.

Investment focus

SaaS, Drones, Internet
Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

METR — METR builds a universal IoT infrastructure for buildings which enables connected use cases for the housing industry. From energy efficiency, to predictive maintenance, building control to submetering: their hardware platform offers multi-utility applications and integrates third-party services into one platform for the tenement building of thefuture.
Horando — Horando is your online e-commerce for high-class luxury wristwatches offering exclusive brands such as Audemars Piguet, Rolex, Breitling, Hublot, IWC, Omega, Panerai, Tag Heuer, Tudor oder Ulysse Nardin. Horando is an official brand concessionaire and authorized dealer of the brands Alpina, Bell & Ross, Frederique Constant Geneve and U-BOATItalo Fontana.Each watch being offered Horando at has a guarantee of originality. For each watch you naturally receive the international manufacturer warranty, the original packaging and all associated documents and certificates.
starcopter — Starcopter has a robust flight system that is efficient, battery-friendly, and able to withstand the high expectations of seasoned pilots in the high-performance sector. a huge undertaking. And the amazing potential for a revolution in every field. What we proposed was: A work tool that is unparalleled globally that is adaptable and highly durable.

AP Ventures invests in pioneering technologies and businesses that harness the unique chemical and physical properties of Platinum Group Metals to solve global challenges.AP Ventures is led by a specialist investment team with proven expertise and a successful track record. We offer investors access to high growth technologies that are developingsolutions to solve global issues.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United States, France, Norway

Portfolio highlights

Airhive — Revolutionising carbon removal with our patented technology. Rapid scaling & industrial-based solutions in London, UK.
Immaterial — Facilitating the energy transition with advanced materials.
Fabrum — Fabrum offers onsite liquid Nitrogen Systems for the production of cryogenic and engineering solutions. Contact us to meet your requirements.

Helen Ventures invests 50 million euros in the most innovative and transformative startups in the energy, e-mobility, circular economy, decarbonisation and digital solutions space. Together we supercharge the future. We accelerate the growth of early and growth stage companies by developing world class solutions in collaboration with our customersand industry experts. Helen Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Helen Ltd., an energy company making the possibilities of a new energy era accessible to all.

Investment focus

Transportation, Energy, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Finland, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Gradyent — By enabling you to optimise, decarbonise and transform your Heating system, we help you to take on the climate challenge and progress.
Virta — The Virta platform for electric vehicle charging gives you an accelerated and cost-effective channel to launch, operate, and grow an EV charging business.
Solar Monkey — Solar panels are a very attractive investment, but the return varies greatly installation. With advanced measurement methods Solar Monkey determine the expected return on investment. The energy yield is guaranteed, which means that you are insured each year of good yield.

Explore our diverse portfolio of highly-scalable deep-tech ventures.

Investment focus

SaaS, Security, Software
Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

METR — METR builds a universal IoT infrastructure for buildings which enables connected use cases for the housing industry. From energy efficiency, to predictive maintenance, building control to submetering: their hardware platform offers multi-utility applications and integrates third-party services into one platform for the tenement building of thefuture.
Enclave Networks — Connect all of your computers, servers, cloud instances and containers across any infrastructure with secure private networks that just work.

Lin-Gong Deutschmann is an angel investor.

Investment focus

Software, Education, GreenTech
Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.
Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences — Build the skills, competencies, and mindset needed in the 21st-century with our fully-remote and flexible bachelor's and master's degrees.

At better ventures we invest in early-stage founders who aim to change our world for the better.

Investment focus

Software, Environmental Consulting, Wellness
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

autarc — We supercharge installers with our OS to become heat pump champions
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.
Dr. Vivien Karl — Dr. Vivien Karl relies on a cream for moisturizing care against vulva dryness.

SaaSgarage, the pre-Seed Angel Fund for SaaS startups where first external money complements passionate value add advising and mentoring.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SMAHO — Manufacturer agnostic, cloud-based connected device control platform for iOS, Android, Alexa and Google Assistant
repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.
consalio — consalio enables customers to gain transparency over ongoing consulting activities and costs in the company.

Michala Rudorfer

Investment focus

Software, B2B, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

APADUA — Discover the best professional services firms for your specific need, conduct competitive project RFPs & monitor the performance of all your projects.
repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.
Lilio — Lilio aids parents in caring for the well-being of their children and provides input on the baby's well-being at any time of day or night.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Germany, Italy, United States

Portfolio highlights

memtime — memtime shows you everything you worked on during the day. Each program is recorded so that you can quickly remember. Add-on available for any software. | memtime
SUSHI Bikes — SUSHI Bikes has developed the perfect e-bike for modern urban people.
Kloster Kitchen — Kloster Kitchen is a monastery kitchen as the root of unique taste.

Next47 is a $1.2 billion independent, global venture firm backed by Siemens AG. We specialize in enterprise-focused businesses, make fast decisions and share deep conviction with the teams we invest in. We have the resources and the motivation to unleash maximum potential in every startup we work with. We leverage our own global footprint as wellas the Siemens ecosystem that spans a broad set of industries across hundreds of countries and regions worldwide.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, Germany, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Skylo — Never lose coverage again - connect your existing NB-IoT devices directly over both cellular and satellite networks seamlessly
TRACTIAN — TRACTIAN makes it easy for maintenance teams to detect issues in their machines early on. Just like Shazam, it quickly identify the "song" the machine is producing and warn about mechanical failures right when their first signs appear.
Radiant Security — Radiant Security is an AI-powered SOC co-pilot that boosts SOC analyst productivity, detects real attacks, & improves response times.

Supporting purpose-driven founders solving systemic challenges to planetary health.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
atmio — atmio helps natural gas operations to find, fix and report methane emissions easily.
Izote Biosciences — Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Solution

WENVEST Capital is a private investment firm and emerged to become an entrepreneurial minded Venture Capital investor for Growth. Visit us and read more

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

mybacs — mybacs is a DTC, research-driven, Biotechnology company specialized in the human microbiome. Our goal is to revolutionize the market around intestinal healthcare and thus make a decisive contribution to the daily well-being of our customers. Our team of pharmaceutical scientists and physicians is focused on the development of innovative andhighly-dosed synbiotic supplements. These are aligned by our singular formulations from specifically selected probiotic cultures, prebiotics as well as minerals and vitamins tailored to the individual needs of our customers.
Penzilla GmbH — Penzilla ist das Betriebssystem der betrieblichen Vorsorge (bAV) mit 100% Compliance, automatisierten Prozessen und voller Transparenz.
Kranus Health — Kranus Health is a global provider for Men‘s Health Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs). Our therapies make millions of men live a better and longer life and enable doctors to treat their patients more efficiently.

Anne Lemcke is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Ankerkraut. She attended Box Hill Institute.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Eyewear, Fashion
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Wholey — The Berlin-based start-up Wholey develops innovative, plant-based breakfast products of the highest organic quality, without refined sugar and additives - fair, ecological, and delicious. Started in 2016 with smoothie mixes for the catering industry, the range now includes smoothie bowls, granolas, nut creams, and porridges.The products areavailable in supermarkets in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, and the UK, as well as through food service and the company's own online shop.
Ink& — Ink& promotes tattoo artists and styles with the finest art prints, clothing and stickers.
Manti Manti — Manti Manti goal is to turn children's glasses from a dusty medical device into a cool, stylish, sustainable, and functional lifestyle item. That youngsters enjoy. Parents, too.

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Miresso — Miresso is a startup firm that offers nuclear fusion power generation services through natural resources.
Ac-Planta — Ac-Planta provides research, development, manufacture, and sales of agrochemicals.
Lx Design — Lx Design is an application that connects schools with people who wants to work as a teacher.

Joachim Schneider - Vice-Chair @ EDSO for Smart Grids

Investment focus

Software, GreenTech, Infrastructure
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.

Sebastian Mertens is the Managing director, Founder, and Chairman of wemakefuture. He previously worked at ASERVMENT as a CEO and Co-Founder.

Investment focus

B2C, Pet, Software
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.
HEY HOLY — We’re transforming pet care — with a breed-specific health concept instead of one-size-fits-all, with longevity at its core

Vopak is an independent tank storage company, stores and handles oil products, chemicals, liquefied petroleum and natural gases, biofuels, and vegetable oils worldwide. It owns and operates specialized facilities, including product tanks, jetties, truck loading stations, and pipelines, as well as provides access to road and rail networks.

Investment focus

SaaS, Energy, Database
Seed, Series B, Series C
Finland, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Aeromon — We provide real-time, easy to understand data on airborne emissions for OGMP 2.0 Level 5 and EN17628 compliant reporting.
Data.world — data.world makes it easy for everyone—not just the “data people”—to get clear, accurate, fast answers to any business question. Our cloud-native data catalog maps your siloed, distributed data to familiar and consistent business concepts, creating a unified body of knowledge anyone can find, understand, and use.data.world is also home to theworld’s largest collaborative data community. It’s where people team up on everything from social bot detection to award-winning data journalism. We use what we learn from this community to improve the enterprise product and vice versa. Our team co-created the Manifesto for Data Practices, the most effective, ethical, and modern approach to data teamwork. More people signed the Manifesto for Data Practices in its first year than signed the Agile Manifesto in its first two years combined. In 2019 DataPractices.org became a Linux Foundation Project. The vendor-neutral community features new, open courseware to help people and organizations improve data practices through inclusion, experimentation, accountability, and impact.We are a Public Benefit Corporation. Most corporations are required to prioritize shareholder returns above all else. Not us. We are legally structured as a Public Benefit Corporation so we can pursue our mission and shareholder value with equal vigor. This ability is rare, powerful, and sustaining.
Hydrogenious Technologies — Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies develops applications for easy, efficient & safe hydrogen transport and storage, using Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC).

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

MiViA — From microstructure segmentation to grain size measurement! Our AI engine provides a fast and reliable metallographic analysis for metallic products.}
watttron — Watttron invents a revolutionary heating system that can heat up surfaces heterogeneously.Watttron develops an innovative heating technology that can be used in various industrial processes. It is superior to current heating systems in many ways and offers a number of advantages. On the following pages, you will find information about possibleapplications and opportunities.The company is located in the Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Freital – a technology and start-up center on the outskirts of Dresden, the state capital of Saxony.
volytica diagnostics — Our software enables customers to develop more economical battery systems, reduce operational risks and establish second-use concepts.

Thomas Glatte

Investment focus

Software, GreenTech, Infrastructure
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.

Paul Schwarzenholz - Co-Founder and Managing Director @ zenloop

Investment focus

Internet, Manufacturing, Software
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Germany, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Datia — Datia's products automate your sustainability workflows, data collection and reporting. Easily report on the EU Taxonomy, SFDR and more!
Heatle — Heatle engages in the manufacture and supply of an inductive immersion heater that heats liquids in the vessel of your choice.
repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.

Our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable mobility by backing the best founders in European mobility start-ups. We invest in disruptive mobility start-ups with ambitious founders from Seed to Series A and onwards. Our experienced team includes entrepreneurs from Europe and Silicon Valley who partner with our companies as they scale to become global transportation leaders.

Investment focus

Software, Transportation, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Colonia — Colonia is a logistics company that brings all global trucks and trailers into one shared fleet.
PIONIX — open source software as a service for charging stations / e-mobility
FlowFox — Automated Container Releases, Container Drop-off Changes, Container Reuses and C/H Instructions.

KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a corporate venture capital fund that will support promising startup companies. Total size of the fund is JPY10 billion. This is the first corporate venture capital fund established by KDDI. The fund will be managed by Global Brain Corporation (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO, Yasuhiko Yurimoto),which has a strong track record in the venture capital business. By combining KDDI’s know-how and assets with Global Brain’s investment and management support capabilities, we will work together to accelerate cooperative activities with promising startup companies. Through this fund, as well as "KDDI ∞ Labo," a startup incubation program currently inviting a second round of applications, we will continue to support the growth of the next startup companies.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Mobile
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Japan, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Modhaus — Modhaus is a K-pop startup which aims to create the world's first open architecture entertainment ecosystem.
Eclypsium — Eclypsium's platform enhances supply chain security by incorporating zero-trust in every device, fortifying hardware, firmware, and software.
Parallel — Parallel Inc. develops a parallel SNS which can be used while playing games on smartphones.

Stefan Lemcke is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Ankerkraut.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Eyewear, Organic Food
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Wholey — The Berlin-based start-up Wholey develops innovative, plant-based breakfast products of the highest organic quality, without refined sugar and additives - fair, ecological, and delicious. Started in 2016 with smoothie mixes for the catering industry, the range now includes smoothie bowls, granolas, nut creams, and porridges.The products areavailable in supermarkets in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, and the UK, as well as through food service and the company's own online shop.
Ink& — Ink& promotes tattoo artists and styles with the finest art prints, clothing and stickers.
Manti Manti — Manti Manti goal is to turn children's glasses from a dusty medical device into a cool, stylish, sustainable, and functional lifestyle item. That youngsters enjoy. Parents, too.

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