Top 50 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in April 2025

Investor	Life Science Germany investments
High-Tech Gruenderfonds	6
coparion	5
IFB Innovationsstarter	5
Agronomics	3
CPT Capital	3
Grazia Equity	3
Elevat3 Capital	3
Lima Ventures	3
Lowercarbon Capital	3
Good Seed Ventures	3
b.value AG	3
Amino Collective	2
Happiness Capital	2
EQT Group	2
1kx	2
Lionheart Ventures	2
IBB Ventures	2
M Ventures	2
Ananda Impact Ventures	2
Die Brückenköpfe	2
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund	2
KfW	2
Inflection.xyz	2
Investitionsbank Berlin	2
AQAL Integral Investing	2
Shine Capital	2
Zee Prime Capital	2
Teknoloji Yatirim	1
Orange DAO	1
Bayern Kapital	1
EIC Fund	1
Abiomed	1
The LAO	1
BACKED VC	1
adesso ventures	1
Qiagen	1
Bool Capital	1
Inventures	1
JOT-Berlin	1
TechOne VC	1
Kindergarten Ventures	1
hiVC	1
Recharge Capital	1
Nimble Ventures	1
TechVision Fund	1
Iduskia	1
Picus Capital	1
Wille Finance	1
Pillar VC	1
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen	1

The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

AICA SA — AICA believes programming robots should be at everyone's reach. We combine Artificial Intelligence & an intuitive interface, to help you relocate your production.
ctrl+s — High resolution insights into the deep supply chain are the building blocks for every substantive sustainability strategy and effective decarbonization.
Akribion Genomics — Specific, versatile, effective RNA-guided cell depletion

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Finoa — Finoa is the leading European crypto-asset management platform, empowering businesses and institutions to engage with crypto safely and intuitively.
Protembis — ProtEmbo is designed to be a simple and reliable solution for one of the most feared complications during TAVR.The advent of transcatheter treatments for valvular heart disease has been a major revolution in the care of patients with disabilities or intercurrent illnesses that precluded undergoing stressful open cardiac surgical procedures.Nonetheless, in spite of ongoing improvements in TAVR procedures and outcomes, the occurrence of cerebrovascular events represents a significant morbidity of TAVR.Protembis was founded based on the vision to reduce the risk of cerebrovascular events, thereby improving outcomes and making TAVR even safer – especially in light of TAVR shifting to younger and lower-risk patients. The ProtEmbo System is an adjunctive device used during TAVR and removed following completion of valve implantation. The ProtEmbo is an intra-aortic filter device that is designed to deflect embolic material arising during TAVR away from the cerebral circulation.
Tubulis — Reimagining Antibody Drug Conjugates Tubulis generates uniquely matched protein-drug conjugates through the combination of novel proprietary technologies and disease-specific biologic insight. Our goal is to expand the therapeutic potential of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by increasing design flexibility while overcoming constraints of toxicity, efficacy and indication. Tubulis will build new conjugates to fill its pipeline and

The IFB Innovationsstarter is an innovation funding and investment company of the City of Hamburg providing grants and investments.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Grant
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

3D Spark — Profitability and Sustainability Aligned using 3D Spark's Platform - Empowering Manufacturing with Insights and Efficiency!
Tomorrow — Tomorrow combines mobile banking with sustainability. Open your sustainable account in minutes & start protecting the climate right away.
Neuralfinity — Build Generative AI Models That Truly Deliver: Create datasets, train from scratch, and evaluate generative AI models like LLMs and VLMs.

Venture capital investment can raise funds for your small business. Venture Capital Firms in the UK like Agronomics is a biotech venture capital firm which invest into the clean meat sector.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Finland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

GALY — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
Onego Bio — Onego Bio is a cell ag company, specialized in animal-free egg white protein. We produce bioalbumen with an innovative precision fermentation process.
Liberation Labs — Liberation Labs believe that by innovating technology, It can free the world from the costs of industrialized agriculture and unlock a new era of accessible, healthy foods. The mission is to make precision fermentation by commercializing purpose-built manufacturing facilities for industrial biotech.

Investing in the Future of Protein.We invest in visionary founders creating the future of food and materials.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ENOUGH — ENOUGH makes protein sustainable by producing ABUNDA mycoprotein, made by fermenting fungi with the natural sugars from grains. It is a whole protein with all 9 essential amino acids & rich in fibre. It is a B2B ingredient, neutral in taste and fibrous in texture, like meat. The most sustainable
Shiru — Discover Shiru. We are an Ingredient Company that Identifies and Creates Functional Ingredients for the Plant-Based Industry.
Wanda Fish Technologies — Wanda Fish is an innovative FoodTech company with a platform that produces a wide variety of delicious fish fillets using sustainable cell-cultivation practices.

Grazia Equity is a venture Capital firm investing in innovative, technology driven startups with high potential.Based in Stuttgart (Germany), Grazia has been supporting a large number of mostly young companies, often from their foundation to the Initial Public Offering or eventual sale. In contrast to other venture capital firms, theypredominantly work with their own capital that they invest as entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Formo — We're Formo, the future of dairy. Using micro fermentation, we create animal-free cheeses that humans love.
Lumotive — Lumotive is a Seattle-based startup company developing high performance, solid-state lidar for autonomous systems in the automotive, UAV, robotics and related industries. The company's revolutionary beam-steering technology leverages Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces (or LCMs) implemented in mature semiconductor manufacturing processes to deliversmall, inexpensive 3D perception systems with unprecedented performance and reliability. For more information, visit us at www.lumotive.com.
Affinity — Affinity is a financial solutions company that provides financial inclusion, advisory, and literacy services.

Elevat3 Capital is the venture capital arm of serial entrepreneur and investor Christian Angermayer and his family office Apeiron Investment Group. With a focus on German-speaking countries, we partner with companies that meet our three-level criteria, then elevate them by providing more than just capital. We use our exceptional network, spanningindustry, politics, arts, science and technology, to give our portfolio companies access to high-profile leads and advisors, enabling them to grow rapidly and achieve amazing results.

Investment focus

FinTech, Apps, Life Science
Series A, Series B, Post-IPO Equity
Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Formo — We're Formo, the future of dairy. Using micro fermentation, we create animal-free cheeses that humans love.
Naga — NAGA is disrupting the worlds of trading and investment by making them more open and inclusive. It is the single solution that's got it all: Trade, Earn, Invest, Acquire, Connect, Pay; all in one seamless and unified ecosystem that is radically social! Traders and investors from all around the world can use the NAGA technology every day inmany powerful ways: invest in the financial markets (physical stocks, CFDs in stocks, indices, currencies, energies, metals, commodities and cryptocurrencies), make payments in fiat and cryptocurrency, learn about wealth as well as communicate and connect with like-minded people anywhere and anytime. NAGA expands the one-of-a-kind experience with many other unique and innovative services such as the NAGA Mastercard, the AI-driven Portfolio baskets, the world’s first messenger where traders can exchange ideas and opinions in its public channels, Auto-Copying other traders and copying trading signals thanks to the revolutionary NAGA Signals feature.NAGA is really greater than the sum of its parts and powerful when its full spectrum of products and features are used together.
Legendairy Foods — We're Formo, the future of dairy. Using micro fermentation, we create animal-free cheeses that humans love.

Collaboration with outstanding initiators with exceptional insights, from inception through all levels of progress. Lima Ventures supports visionary founders as well as provides certain services to early startups. We seek innovative technology-driven entrepreneurs who generate and lead companies that will inspire millions.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Digital Marketing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Turkey, United Kingdom, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

heybooster — Heybooster is a provider of analytical tools to ecommerce companies to take better digital marketing decisions.
Mars Studios — Mars Studios is an experienced team of growth hackers & marketers that can help you to increase your revenue. Rocket Your App to Success: Mars Studios
Enqura Information Technologies — Enhanced, Qualified and Rational KYC (Know Your Customers) and KYB solutions at Enqura. Discover our banking and finance security solutions.

Lowercarbon Capital backs kickass companies slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, and buying us time to unf**k the planet.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Biotechnology, Energy
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Gridware — Using remote telemetry and edge AI, Gridware wildfire prevention technology powers a grid that is smarter and more reliable than ever before.
Biosphere — Biosphere engages in manufacturing commercial-scale fermentation products and robotic greenhouses.
Pendulum Systems (formerly Macro-Eyes) — Pendulum Systems is an AI company building the first intelligent supply chain planning platform.Pendulum AI predicts demand, optimizes supply, and puts assets on the map, all while continuously improving on its own. Our technology is the result of a decade of rigorous research and development and has been deployed across some of the mostdemanding environments on Earth.Today, Pendulum is at work for corporations and governments across six continents, driving margins and saving lives.In 2023, Macro-Eyes became Pendulum, shifting from an R&D focus to productization and commercial growth.

Good Seed Ventures is a Venture Capital firm that exclusively invests in sustainable food tech.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Lovely Day Foods — We harness the power of plants and cutting-edge technology to crack the egg.
Libre Foods — MEAT, BUT MAKE IT MUSHROOMS. GET READY TO TASTE THE POWER OF FUNGI
Nosh Biofoods — We create nutritional and highly functional proteins from non-GMO fungi. Our proprietary ferementation process is minimal, scalable, and sustainable.

b.value AG are into Biotechnology investments.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Chemical
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Germany, Poland

Portfolio highlights

PL BioScience — Animal-free cell culture supplements derived from human platelets. Supporting cell expansion and maintenance from research to therapy.
Cultimate Foods — Cultimate Foods is a cellular agriculture company. It develops cultivated fat for hybrid alt-meat products. It's cultivated fat replicates the structure of animal fat tissue and it uses a "unique technological approach to 3D cultivation that creates the structure of their ingredient and reduces production costs."
traceless materials — traceless materials offer a holistically sustainable alternative to plastics: 100% biobased on plant residues, compostable under natural conditions, and free of toxic chemicals. For a future free of pollution and waste!

Amino Collective is an institutional venture capital firm investing at seed stage in health and bio companies. They help bring life-changing ideas to life by backing, connecting, and advancing our collective of entrepreneurs and scientists. The firm intends to invest in the sectors of biology, biotech, health tech, science, digital health, lifescience, and synthetic biology.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Rivia — Integrated Clinical Trial Intelligence. Drive therapeutic evaluation and trial management with real-time insights.
ExpressionEdits — Redefining the status quo of protein expression
Tandem Health — Focus on providing care, while Tandem helps you easily write medical notes directly after the patient consultation.

We invest in startups and VC funds that share our values across crucial sectors for the planet backed by a global network of entrepreneurs and scientists working towards a happier future

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, AgTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Formo — We're Formo, the future of dairy. Using micro fermentation, we create animal-free cheeses that humans love.
Project Eaden — PROJECT EADEN combines pioneering technology and engineering expertise with an immense love for food and lust for life. For full indulgence. With zero guilt.
Solar Foods — The Finnish company Solar Foods Oy produces an entirely new kind of nutrient-rich protein using only air and electricity as the main resources. The goal of the company is to start commercial production of the environmentally revolutionary protein in 2020.Solar Foods’ concept redefines the basics of food production, as it is not dependent onagriculture, the weather, or the climate. The price of the protein product is also competitive compared to sources such as soy protein.

EQT is an investment organization committed to creating value by finding good companies and helping them become the most promising builders of tomorrow.

Investment focus

Life Science, Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Formo — We're Formo, the future of dairy. Using micro fermentation, we create animal-free cheeses that humans love.
Legendairy Foods — We're Formo, the future of dairy. Using micro fermentation, we create animal-free cheeses that humans love.

1kx is an early-stage investment firm focused on ecosystem growth.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cryptio — We offer enterprise-grade accounting, reporting, and audit software for your digital assets.
Olas — Olas is an innovative platform designed to leverage autonomous AI agents in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. By employing specialized agents that collaborate, Olas aims to offer complex and comprehensive services tailored to the needs of users in the rapidly evolving world of digital currencies.
Seismic — Seismicy enables developers to establish innovative financial partnerships and investment instruments.

Lionheart Ventures is a global, seed-stage venture capital firm focused on mitigating civilizational risk. We do this by supporting the wise development of transformative technologies. Our main areas of investment focus are transformative artificial intelligence and frontier mental health technologies.Leading academics estimate a 1-in-6 chance ofhuman extinction by the year 2100, largely driven by risks from emerging technologies. And now, with the exponential growth of AI, predictions are getting worse. Our startups are part of the solution. We invest in exceptional, ethical founders who are developing transformative technologies that have the potential to impact humanity on a meaningful scale, while generating attractive returns for our LPs.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Wellness
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Xylo Bio — Psylo is an Australia-based psychedelic biotech business focusing on Psychedelic-inspired medicine to treat mental illness.
Piramidal — Translate Brain Language
Clerkenwell Health — Clerkenwell Health addresses the growing unmet demand for effective mental health treatments.

IBB Ventures is a venture capital and mezzanine arm of Investitionsbank Berlin specializing in seed/startup, early venture, and mid venture investments. The firm invests in technology-oriented companies and companies from the creative industries. It typically invests in information and communication sector with a focus on hardware andsoftware, network technology, new media, and internet and mobile technologies; life science sector with a focus on biotechnology and media technology; and industrial technologies sector with a focus on software, PPS, supply chain management, micro and nanotechnology, environmental and power technology, automation, manufacturing technology, transport technology and logistics, and new materials. The firm also invests in movies, broadcast, television, publisher, music, entertainment, advertising, fashion, design, architecture, multimedia, games, software, and art and culture. It invests in companies based in Berlin. It typically invests between €0.25 million ($0.32 million) and €3 million ($3.83 million) per transaction. The firm prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. IBB Ventures was founded in 1997 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mediaire — mediaire supports radiologists with AI-based tools for MRI reporting. This enables them to make a more accurate and objective assessment even faster.
ARC Intelligence — ARC Intelligence operates as a supplier of data systems driven by AI for small and medium-sized businesses.
dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung — dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners.

Merck Ventures is the strategic, corporate venture capital arm of Merck. Its mandate is to invest in innovative technologies and products with the potential to significantly impact Merck‘s core business areas. From its headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in the US and Israel we invest globally in transformational ideas driven by greatentrepreneurs. Merck Ventures takes an active role in its portfolio companies and teams up with entrepreneurs and co-investors to translate innovation towards commercial success. Merck Ventures has a significant focus on early-stage investing and company creation including the creation of spin-offs to leverage Merck‘s science and technology base.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

IonKraft — IonKraft can provide better performance at a lower cost while maintaining recyclability, they also promote material reduction and reuse and are commercializing the technology with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).
NovoLINC — NovoLINC is a pioneering startup that provides thermal interface solutions. It develops a distinctive system of nanostructured materials and a proprietary manufacturing process with the objective of transforming thermal management.
TRIMTECH Therapeutics — TRIMTECH Therapeutics is a biotech organization that treats neurodegenerative illnesses by using targeted protein degradation (TPD).

We are the home for entrepreneurs with a big vision who want to create something less ordinary. Something that matters. For all of us.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Klim — Klim enables farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture at scale by providing them financial support, knowledge, documentation tools, and a community via our digital companion for farmers.Klim-verified carbon removal credits, generated by Klim farmers, help companies to transition to net zero by offsetting their carbon emissions locallyand with maximum impact and transparency.
Elio — Putting leading scientific data into context, to enable others to respond to climate change’s dynamism and act on solutions with confidence.
OroraTech — From safeguarding forests and ecosystems to protecting communities and critical assets, OroraTech's advanced technology and reliable insights address challenges, mitigate risks, and drive meaningful impact.

Die Brückenköpfe is a management consulting and investing firm focused on the German healthcare market.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Life Science
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Austria

Portfolio highlights

anvajo — Originally started at TU Dresden, anvajo can now look back on several years of innovative research and successful product development with uninterrupted growth. As part of the business expansion and ongoing team building, anvajo moved into its new headquarters in Dresden in January 2020. On 1300 m² practically all areas, including development,production and support functions are united under one roof.
keleya — Keleya enables women and their partners to have a safe and relaxed pregnancy, birth experience and motherhood by providing them with personalized, expert based information, workouts and nutrition plans and a matching midwife. Founded in 2017, Kelaya is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Recare — Recare developed a software platform for discharge management and supply control in hospitals and other medical facilities. With its B2B marketplace, Recare is trying to end the paperwork in the German healthcare system.

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund intends to invest in groundbreaking therapeutic approaches and technologies.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Brainomix — Since launching as a spin-out from the University of Oxford in 2010, Brainomix has developed award-winning, AI-powered imaging biomarkers, assisting physicians across the world to make better life-saving decisions. Brainomix seminal product, e-Stroke is a collection of tools that use state-of-the-art AI algorithms to support doctors by providingreal-time interpretation of brain scans to help guide treatment and transfer decisions for stroke patients, allowing more patients to get the right treatment, in the right place, at the right time.
Aignostics — Aignostics is an AI-powered precision diagnostics focused on pathology to assist with drug development and clinical research. Its “explainable” AI overcomes the “black-box” limitations of conventional AI. Based on their patented technology for reverse-engineering the black box, they render diagnostic results explainable in the form of preciseheatmaps and image overlays. These heatmaps allow pathologists to quickly verify the results of the AI, which is crucial, as the pathologist is ultimately responsible for the diagnosis.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Asgard Therapeutics — Asgard Therapeutics is a private biotech company exploring the application of direct cell reprogramming technologies for cancer immunotherapies. Formed as a spin-off from Lund University, the Company is pioneering a gene therapy approach based on its proprietary TrojanDC technology, designed to set in motion immune responses based on the biologicalproperties of professional antigen-presenting cells.

KfW gives impetus to economic, social and ecological development worldwide. As a promotional bank under the ownership of the Federal Republic and the LÃ¤nder (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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Germany, India, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Vectoflow — Vectoflow is an innovative company developing fluid-dynamic metrology devices for fluid flow and dynamics measurement. It offers standardized and customized flow measurement technology that measures the static and total pressure, velocity, and angle of attack of a flow. These products are used in motorsport, aviation, turbine machine development,and research sectors.
Electrochaea — Electrochaea is commercializing a disruptive, scalable technology to convert electric power into methane, the principal component of natural gas. Using CO2 as a feedstock gas, power can be efficiently converted to renewable natural gas for power storage, for transportation fuels, or for transmission via a natural gas network. The company licensedtechnology from the University of Chicago and is led by the Nidus Partners, a St. Louis investment group specializing in renewable energy. Mich Hein, a Nidus Managing Partner, serves as CEO.Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable and disruptive solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, a conversion process known as “power-to-gas”.
CryoTherapeutics — USING CRYOTHERAPY TO TREAT AND PREVENT HEART ATTACKS

Inflection is a first check venture capital firm exploring new frontiers. We run nodes, govern DAOs and write code. We invest between $500k-$1.5M initially and have a global mandate.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Ubitium — Ubiquitous computing, universal RISC-V microprocessor
Lodestar Space — Lodestar is a next-gen robotics company building a fully-integrated solutions to construct, restore and protect high-value assets in space.
Fabric Cryptography — Fabric develops a custom cryptography hardware to accelerate cryptography algorithms. The chips, whose components exclusively serve cryptographic purposes, are based on Verifiable Processing Units (VPUs) which incorporate features of GPUs and ASICs to improve the speed and cost of advanced cryptographic workloads.

Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) is the subsidy bank of the Federal Land of Berlin. With its newly orientated economic support and subsidy policy, it actively contributes towards developing Berlin as a business and industry location.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Grant, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Quantune — Quantune is a deep tech startup in optics and photonics technology. It develops laser spectrometer for continuous and non-invasive health monitoring.
CyberTide — CyberTide is an AI-based Data Leak Prevention Solution
muffintech — Conversational AI for the insurance industry. Unleash the full potential of your employees and offer your customers an unmatched user experience.

Munich-based AQAL Group is an active technology and impact holding company using the Integral Investing approach. Focus: exponential technology and digital evolution (Internet infrastructure, artificial intelligence, blockchain & financial tech, B2B IT solutions, Industry 4.0), green technology (renewable energy, energy efficiency, cleantech, circular economy), and life in the 21st century (future mobility, food, life science, med tech, media & entertainment tech).

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

DNTOX — We are building up a bioanalytical testing laboratory for animal-free screening of chemicals, regarding their potential to disturb brain development and cause developmental neurotoxicity (DNT). Our in vitro testing battery is based on human cell models and enables chemical screening in a high-content and medium-throughput fashion. Furthermore, itis supported by an in-house developed software, using artifical intelligence. We support our customers during the identification of safe lead structures during substance development, as well as the safety assessment during approval and re-approval processes of chemicals. With our innovation, we want to realize our company vision: Safe chemicals without animal experiments!
wondder — Empowering People through Virtual Reality Use our training in Virtual Reality to create more happy, successful, productive teams. Experience the power of wondder. Contact Us Empowering People through Virtual Reality Use our training in Virtual Reality to create more happy,
Elona Health — Elona Health creates digital solutions that shape tomorrow's psychotherapy and support patients and therapists alike.

Shine is a venture capital firm that partners with relentless, creative, convincing entrepreneurs from the earliest stages of company building.

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Spain, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Antares — Continuous energy with no sustaining supply chain for 3 years. Automated controls, power management, and distribution with no specialized workforce.
iVerify — IVerify is a mobile threat hunting company that provides mobile security solutions for individuals who want to know they can trust their devices with their most sensitive information without sacrificing privacy.
Mother Games — MOTHER Games is an art and media company that creates transformative experiences through play, blending creativity and innovation to craft unique and engaging interactive experiences.

Totally supercool and chilled VC investing in programmable assets, collaborative intelligence and other buzzwords.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Olas — Olas is an innovative platform designed to leverage autonomous AI agents in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. By employing specialized agents that collaborate, Olas aims to offer complex and comprehensive services tailored to the needs of users in the rapidly evolving world of digital currencies.
FrodoBots Lab — FrodoBots Lab is pioneering advancements in Embodied AI research at the intersection of crypto and gaming.
Ranger Finance — Ranger Finance is perpetual DEX aggregator that offers deep aggregated liquidity, smart order routing, and comprehensive data insight.

Teknoloji Yatirim is a early-stage technology venture capital & private equity firm.

Investment focus

Health Care, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A
Turkey, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Hipporello — Turn your task management platform, Trello or Notion, into a powerful service desk. Manage customer support and ticketing easily. Try now for free!
Mindsite — Mindsite provides e-commerce analytics. Easily monitor key metrics from price to visibility in real time. Increase your online sales.
VRLab Academy — VRLab Academy | Virtual Experiments

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed, Private Equity
United States, Singapore, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Kiki World — KIKI World is at the heart of this evolution, a virtual-led beauty brand at the intersection of gamified commerce.
Lumino — Lumino is an AI infrastructure startup whose mission is to enable the power of AI for every human.
Nest Wallet — Nest Wallet is a wallet created exclusively for traders, and all wallets are linked across mobile and extension.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Flowsight — The monitoring function of Flowsight Brewcast gives complete transparency through a visual representation of the whole brewing process, allowing on-site workers to watch process steps in real time and facilitating communication between staff from Day 1.
Virtonomy GmbH — Virtonomy is shortening time-to-market of medical products by conducting data driven studies on virtual patients.
ChargeX — ChargeX provides electric car charging solutions. Tobias Wagner, Michael Masnitza, and Johannes Engeln founded it in 2017, with its headquarters in Munich in Germany.

start-ups, SMEs, technology, co-investment

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, The Netherlands, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Filuta AI — Operationalized Composite Artificial Intelligence
Resistell AG — Resistell is a antibiotic resistance test.
iThera Medical — Explore optoacoustic imaging technology for non-invasive in vivo visualization and quantification of disease-related tissue biomarkers.

Abiomed is a provider of mechanical circulatory support devices and offers a continuum of care to heart failure patients. The Company develops, manufacture and market products that is designed to enable the heart to rest, heal and recover by improving blood flow and/or performing the pumping function of the heart. The Company's productsare used in the cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab) by interventional cardiologists and in the heart surgery suite by heart surgeons for patients who are in need of hemodynamic support prophylactically or emergently before, during or after angioplasty or heart surgery procedures.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Health Care, Medical
Series B, Series D, Funding Round
United States, Germany, Israel

Portfolio highlights

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.
Impulse Dynamics — Impulse Dynamics is a medical device company dedicated to offering innovative solutions for treatment of Chronic Heart Failure (CHF). The Company’s developments are based on its proprietary technology for administering Cardiac Contractility Modulation therapy. This form of treatment has been shown in European clinical trials to produce an immediateand powerful modulating effect on cardiac cells, resulting in clinically meaningful increases incardiac performance.Impulse Dynamics is spearheaded by a team of professionals including, scientists, physicians, and engineers. The Company carries out research programs in major universities and hospitals throughout the world, and is currently engaged in clinical trials in Europe and in the United States. The Optimizer with Cardiac Contractility Modulation therapy, is CE marked. See Clinical Data for more information.
Shockwave Medical — Shockwave Medical is a Cardiovascular Medical Device Company changing how calcified cardiovascular disease is treated with Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL).

The LAO is a global group of Ethereum enthusiasts and experts supporting the work of Ethereum builders.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Hook — Hook provides an NFT-native options protocol that enables active traders to earn more with less. For active traders, options allow them to earn multiples of buying the floor for the best trades.
Keyp — Improve onboarding and payments in your games & apps effortlessly with OAuth logins and debit card transactions. Use simple API calls to verify users, create, transfer & airdrop assets.
Solv Protocol — Decentralized Liquidity Infrastructure

BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders at Seed in Europe. Welcome to Different.

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Lopay — Lopay gives you more control, more flexibility, and instant access to the money you earn.
0G Labs — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
Smart Transactions — Smart Transactions is a protocol designed to execute transactions.

Der Inkubator der adesso Group - Was du brauchst und was wir dir bieten.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

TamedAI — We harness the power of large language models and the latest computer vision techniques to extract and process documents and semantic content.
Acto — Acto is a SaaS software provider that caters to B2B sales leaders. The company leverages artificial intelligence to automate data analytics, providing valuable insights to sales teams about potential risks and opportunities in account management. Acto's platform is designed to enhance the performance of sales teams and drive business growth.It links all data in one place and proactively informs teams about sales opportunities and risks in their customers. This eliminates the need for lengthy searches in Excel reports and allows for a more streamlined and efficient sales process.
Noah Labs — Noah Labs is a compant that creates AI-powered software solutions for medical care and research that help diagnose, manage illnesses, and guide interventions.

QIAGEN delivers Sample to Insights solutions that enable customers to unlock insights from the building blocks of life - DNA, RNA and proteins.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Medical, Biopharma
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Actome — Actome focuses on developing emulsion coupling technology for life science research and personalized medicine.
Protagen — Protagen is a precision medicine specialist that support drug development, facilitate treatment strategies and improve patient management. Protagen is at the forefront of immuno-profiling and the discovery of novel autoantibody signatures for autoimmune disease and immuno-oncology. Protagen’s SeroTag® technology identifies biomarkers that address anumber of challenges currently hindering the successful development and broader application of both cancer immunotherapies and novel treatments for autoimmune diseases.The company is a leader in patient stratification for autoimmune disease, having developed disease-specific NavigAID stratification panels that profile individual patient’s autoimmune condition and immune status. This precision medicine approach allows for the development and implementation of more targeted therapies for diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjögren’s syndrome (SjS) and others.
Coley Pharmaceutical Group — Coley Pharmaceutical Group operates as a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics and drug candidates that direct the human immune system to fight cancers, asthma and allergy, autoimmune disorders, and to enhance the effectiveness of vaccines. The company was formerly known as CpG ImmunoPharmaceuticals, Inc. and in August 2000 it changedits name to Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Wellesley, Massachusetts. As of December 28, 2007, Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc.

Bool Capital is a private investment firm that builds deep-tech ventures in cloud infrastructure, blockchain, cybersecurity.

Investment focus

Life Science, Biotechnology
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

DNTOX — We are building up a bioanalytical testing laboratory for animal-free screening of chemicals, regarding their potential to disturb brain development and cause developmental neurotoxicity (DNT). Our in vitro testing battery is based on human cell models and enables chemical screening in a high-content and medium-throughput fashion. Furthermore, itis supported by an in-house developed software, using artifical intelligence. We support our customers during the identification of safe lead structures during substance development, as well as the safety assessment during approval and re-approval processes of chemicals. With our innovation, we want to realize our company vision: Safe chemicals without animal experiments!

Inventures is the investment vehicle of the Munich-based Australian entrepreneur and super angel Chris Hitchen who sold price comparison business Getprice to News Corp, ecommerce marketplace Next Commerce to Future PLC and programmatic ad marketplace Hynt to Zalando.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Apps
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany, France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Knowunity — Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app.
Edgeless Systems — Industry-leading solutions for confidential computing. Our products are open source and work across clouds. They are intuitive to use for DevOps and Engineering Teams.
Koala — Your student's favorite online classroom. 24/7 live support. Co-browser. Gamified teaching environment. Worldwide invoicing. Interactive whiteboard.

Jot-Berlin is a group of angel investors.

Investment focus

News, Life Science, Social Media
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Labiotech.eu — Labiotech.eu covers the global biotech industry, read by 150,000+ monthly visitors. Hope you'll enjoy our Biotech News!

TechOne VC is a venture capital firm. It invests in innovative tech startups founded by visionary entrepreneurs solving global problems, to deliver superior returns for our investors.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Turkey, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Ekmob — Ekmob creates mobile projects for companies which have mobile field teams and operations.Companies with mobile teams and field operations have some common problems such as inefficiency in management of mobile teams, communication difficulties, inability to get instant data from field, offline mobile team on the field. All these problems lead tolack or deficiency in decision-support systems.
Getmobil — Getmobill offers services in refurbished devices and their sale and resale.
Carbon Centrum — Measure, Act & Get Rewarded!

Kindergarten Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

RLcore — Enterprise task learning systems
StretchDollar — The simplest, most affordable health benefit option for small businesses. More control over your budget and more choice for your people. Get started today!
ThreeV Technologies, Inc. — End to End Inspection Lifecycle Management Platform using AI

hiVC is an early-stage venture capital that connects early-stage startups with winning business models to achieve global success.

Investment focus

Education, Life Science, Food Delivery
Pre-Seed, Series A
Turkey, Germany

Portfolio highlights

VRLab Academy — VRLab Academy | Virtual Experiments
Mizanplus Kitchens — Mizanplus Kitchens provides delivery service multi-brand dark store network.

At Recharge Capital our mission is to be problem solver with capital. Our teams each have a strong focus and expertise in specific areas, allowing them to identify and invest in companies with the highest potential to close the value chains within our core themes.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, China, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Superlogic — OneOf is the mass-consumer Web3 company connecting the next 100M non-crypto-native fans to iconic brands, artists, and athletes. OneOf technology enables global brands and enterprises to reimagine commerce, loyalty and engagement, allowing consumers to seamlessly collect or trade digital assets with no prior crypto expertise. Deeply committed to a sustainable and inclusive blockchain future, minting digital assets on OneOf's platform uses up to 2 million times less energy than previous generation proof-of-work networks, and costs up to 99% less in gas fees. A leader in diversity, over 80% of the collections curated by OneOf come from minority or female creators.
Lava — Lava is a decentralized financing market platform that offers liquidity optimization and temporary loss mitigation across several blockchain networks.
Generation Prime — Generation Prime is your trusted destination for comprehensive fertility solutions and assisted conception services. Our expert team offers a range of personalized treatments, including fertility preservation, assisted reproductive technologies, and reproductive health consultations. Start your journey towards parenthood with us today.

Nimble Ventures invests in innovative companies in technology, healthcare, biotech and genomics, fintech, consumer tech, and blockchain.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Malta, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Wave Sports + Entertainment — Wave Sports + Entertainment is a media company building brands, original content, talent, and products for the next generation of digital super fans.
Terradepth — Ocean data faster, greener, and cheaper (ODaaS)
Lambent — Armored Things enables you to maximize every space to its full potential with crowd intelligence. Optimize operations, minimize security risks, and improve the human experience in your physical spaces.

VF-Funds for innovative and scalable start-ups from the Rhineland Area, Germany

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Spain

Portfolio highlights

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.
PL BioScience — Animal-free cell culture supplements derived from human platelets. Supporting cell expansion and maintenance from research to therapy.
Black Semiconductor — Black Semiconductor manufacture microchips with integrated electronic-photonic circuits using graphene technology.

Iduskia

Investment focus

News, Life Science, Social Media
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Labiotech.eu — Labiotech.eu covers the global biotech industry, read by 150,000+ monthly visitors. Hope you'll enjoy our Biotech News!

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Vega — The comprehensive wealth creation platform for high-net-worth individuals and their advisors. Vega bridges the gap between the institutional and private wealth management worlds.
Aleph — Aleph helps top finance teams work with their data in real time. Businesses can automate financial models and streamline budgeting and forecasting with the fastest-to-implement FP&A platform. Aleph eliminates the need to export data from multiple sources by syncing spreadsheet models with data from 150+ integrations, and allows teams tointeract with their data in no-code dashboards.From annual budgeting to ad hoc reporting, scale your financial processes faster with better data without expanding your team. See why over 90% of people who start a trial with Aleph become customers!
Flawless — Use Flawless to real-time monitor your operational data and quickly identify & resolve incidents. Start in just 5 minutes, no coding required.

An international, Swiss-based family office, focusing on private equity (venture & buy-out), real estate and listed assets.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series C
Germany, Switzerland, France

Portfolio highlights

Wegrow-app — Wegrow is a digital platform where your teams share & scale best practices in marketing, sales, supply chain, HR, to drive efficiency & margin.
Sirfull Technology — Solutions SIRFULL pour le soudage, l'inspection et la maintenance | Welding cloud logiciel soudage | Linspec Cloud logiciel inspection
SamanTree Medical — SamanTree Medical has developed the Histolog Scanner, a confocal microscopy device intended for imaging the surface of excised human tissue specimens to visualize morphological microstructures. Easy-to-read images are available immediately, providing decision-making support at the point of care.

Pillar VC is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm that invests in breakthrough science, supporting Founders and scientists from the lab to industry.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Spain, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Latent Labs — Latent Labs is making biology programmable to transform health and sustainability for the benefit of all.We are a frontier AI lab building foundational models that capture the fundamentals of biology. We empower partners with breakthrough generative AI to gain unprecedented control over molecular biology, creating new antibodies, optimizingexisting enzymes, and advancing genetic engineering.Contact us to work with us today.
VideaHealth — Transforming Dentistry Through AI. By applying AI to X-ray analysis, we unlock insights, experiences, and efficiencies that drive breakthroughs in clinical outcomes and economics for dentists and insurers.
Addis Energy — Addis Energy is on a mission to alter the way we feed and fuel our society, harnessing the Earth's potential for clean ammonia production.

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.}
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.
volytica diagnostics — Our software enables customers to develop more economical battery systems, reduce operational risks and establish second-use concepts.