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Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Germany in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Manufacturing startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Germany in January 2025

Investor	Manufacturing Germany investments
Ralf Dummel	5
Christian Dahlen	4
Just Beyer	3
Judith Williams	3
Frank Thelen	3
Christoph Behn	3
Michael Wax	3
Oliver Roskopf	3
Torsten Reil	3
Carsten Maschmeyer	3
Johannes Schaback	3
Robert Maier	3
Mario Götze	2
Johannes Reck	2
Mark Miller	2
Stephen Weich	2
Wolfgang Mauer	2
Michael Cortelletti	2
Jörg Kattner	2
Alf Arnold	2
Dr. Gregor Heinrich	2
Christian Gaiser	2
Norbert Lemken	2
Chris Adelsbach	2
ISB Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz	2
Nico Rosberg	2
Sten Tamkivi	2
Beate Rosenthal	2
Tobias Fezer	2
Eric Ebert	2
Nikolaus D. Bayer	2
Hanno Renner	2
Johannes von Borries	2
Gesa Miczaika	1
Rolf Pfeiffer	1
Ulrich Mueller-Menrad	1
Ahu Serter	1
Julius Göllner	1
Torben Schreiter	1
Stefan Lemcke	1
Martina Pfeifer	1
Aksel Lund Svindal	1
Gisbert Ruehl	1
Werner Falkenstein	1
Toni Schlegel	1
Robert Ermich	1
Frank Carsten Herzog	1
Stefan Lemcke	1
Feliks Eyser	1
Christian Reber	1

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

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design
Angel, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Zeedz — Gaming for a green future. Zeedz is a monster collectible game that targets real-world climate change. Discover a world of plantified magic, made in Berlin.
Frinsh — Many ready-to-drink ginger shots are sweetened or blended with fruit juice and thus contain a lot of sugar. The Frinish Ginger Cubes, on the other hand, is made entirely with ginger. Our fresh ginger is processed into a fine ginger puree and then frozen promptly. This implies that the flavor and nutrients are kept better.
TeaBlobs — TeaBlobs allows you to make tea fast, responsibly, and without using a bag. Now available in seven delectable flavors.

Christian Dahlen is a business angel. He provides expert capital and venture advice to B2B SW startups in Silicon Valley and in Germany. He is a member of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest seed funding organization. Christian was a VP at SAP and held various roles in business strategy and operations. Prior to SAP, he was theGeneral Manager for the Internet and phone business of Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany's largest cable operator. He joined KDG from Excite@Home, and before that was with McKinsey & Co.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

clous — Hybrid automated mechanical engineering
Alphadoc — The developer experience platform built for growth.
comstruct — comstruct is working on a platform that will allow construction companies to digitize and automate material purchasing. All delivery bills, invoices, and purchase orders, as well as processes such as invoice verification, can be exchanged digitally with suppliers. All data pertaining to the purchasing process is made available for documentation,evaluation, and process optimization.

Just Beyer

Investment focus

Funerals, Printing, Software
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

academa — Academa primarily offers digital education in administration.
Synctive — Synctive enables equipment-as-a-service and pay-per-use business models for machine and plant manufacturers.
Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.

Judith Williams

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Wellness, Sales
Angel, Seed, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

PÁPYDO — PÁPYDO produces sustainable and primarily wood-free products.
Womatics — Womatics produces pregnancy and breastfeeding easing products.
Chiengora — Chiengora produces clothing made from dog wool.

Frank Thelen is the Founder & CEO of 10xDNA Capital Partners. He previously worked at mytaxi - The Taxi App as an Investor. Frank Thelen attended Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.

Investment focus

Software, Transportation, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

RobCo — Easily automate the repetitive tasks in your production facility with modular industrial robots from RobCo.
Build.One — Build.One is an end-to-end application development platform that allows to build mission-critical and legacy-free business applications without any limits, using a combination of No-Code, Low-Code and Pro-Code.
Lilium — Lilium is developing sustainable, high-speed air mobility through its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, vertiports and digital service.

Christoph Behn is the Chairman & Founder of better ventures. He previously worked at Die Kartenmacherei as an Advisory Board & Founder. Christoph Behn attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.

Investment focus

Software, Advanced Materials, Manufacturing
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

42 Watt — 42 Watt is an energy conservation consultancy which strives to reduce costs, save energy and protect the climate.
Halitus — Laser Technology x Gas Dynamics Analysis x Machine Learning.
Strollme — Strollme believes in idea of using resources wisely, they started with stroller which can be reused for next time.

Michael Wax is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Forto.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Xaver — Xaver enables Financial Institutions to close Europe’s pension gap. By offering an advanced AI-driven B2B platform for life insurance and private pension sales, Xaver enhances the operational and sales efficiency of banks, insurers, and brokers by up to 65% and introduces a new era of white-labeled private pension products.With a leadership teamof experienced industry veterans - Max Bachem, Ole Breulmann, and Dr. Björn Holste - and backing from leading VC funds and a prominent group of former financial institution executives, fintech pioneers, and unicorn founders, Xaver is dedicated to improving the pension situation of Europeans through their B2B offering.
NOVUS GmbH — NOVUS revolutionises the world of motorbikes and creates the first urban premium electric motorbike.The automotive industry is since 2018 in the process of an unstoppable transformation towards electric vehicles. The motorbike industry, on the other hand, is now at the tipping point of this transformation. Urban premium mobility must ensuresustainability and satisfy the need for individualisation. With NOVUS, we are driving the necessary change in the motorbike industry and urban mobility.We use our high-tech and design expertise to develop a unique concept that combines the advantages of bicycles and motorbikes. We unite the lightness and agility of an eBike with the performance and sovereignty of a motorbike. Based on an electric engine and futuristic design, we create the architecture of tomorrow's two-wheeler.NOVUS will be the new premium supplier for urban electric mobility. We focus on direct distribution and subscription models, completing our D2C portfolio with vehicle individualisation and customer-oriented after-sales service. Our central intelligence – the NOVUS-OMNI system and the My NOVUS app – integrates seamlessly into the digital lives of our customers. We thus create the foundation for digital business models and enable sharing & fleet solutions for B2B customers as well.NOVUS is the promise of driving the future today.BE AHEAD
Plato — Plato operates as a sales intelligence platform for wholesale.

Oliver Roskopf began his digital career at Rocket Internet in 2008. Following this, he became one of the founding team members who created online matchmaking site, eDarling, where he worked until 2010. In 2010 he took up a position as Managing Director of Citydeal, who were later acquired by Groupon. During his time with Groupon Germany herelocated to Sao Paulo in Brazil, returning to Berlin in 2011 to head up marketing for online retail giant, Zalando. He is currently working on a new venture.

Investment focus

Banking, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Synctive — Synctive enables equipment-as-a-service and pay-per-use business models for machine and plant manufacturers.
ChefCoco — Chef Coco offers personalized meals delivered daily based on your health and taste preferences.
Rausgegangen — Rausgegangen is a privately held company that is generating the tips to go out in Cologne, every day.

Torsten Reil is Co Founder and CEO at Helsing. He holds a BA in Biology from Oxford University and an MSc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems from Sussex University. Prior to founding NaturalMotion, Torsten was researching for a PhD in Complex Systems at Oxford University’s Zoology department, from which he spun off NaturalMotion.Torsten hasbeen named amongst MIT’s TR100 global top innovators, Next-Gen’s 25 People in the Games Industry, and Develop magazine’s 25 Game Changers.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Computer
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

RobCo — Easily automate the repetitive tasks in your production facility with modular industrial robots from RobCo.
Apheris — Build ML-powered products using data that spans organizational or geographical boundaries, while ensuring compliance with regulation.
Tacto — Tacto develops an intuitive, data-driven, and automated solution for procurement in medium-sized industrial enterprises. The AI-based software gives customers a transparent overview of their procurement activities, algorithmically highlights risk & savings potential, and automates all transactional workflows in sourcing and supplier managementto focus on what matters. With Tacto customers can focus on strategic work, leverage savings potential, and reduce complexity - without the need for costly IT resources.

Carsten Maschmeyer is a successful entrepreneur, consultant and financial investor. He was born on May 8, 1959 in Bremen and grew up in Hildesheim. After his graduation in 1978 Maschmeyer completed military service before he began to study medicine in Hannover. To finance his studies, he worked part-time in sales of investment advice to it in 1982completely dedicated financial advice. More about Carsten Masch Meyers consultant. In 1988 Carsten Maschmeyer to AWD financial group, which was successfully launched on the stock market in 2000 and rise to the MDAX and expanded in 11 countries. Was sold in 2007 Carsten Maschmeyer all his shares in the company at the insurance group Swiss Life, who renamed the AWD in AWD Holding. Maschmeyer has today different occupational focuses, inter alia, as entrepreneur, investor and consultant. His experience Carsten Maschmeyer a sought-after speaker on the subject of success. Motivated by the desire expressed by many listeners to learn more about his secret of success, Carsten Maschmeyer published in the spring of 2012 his book "Self Made - performance live richly". In it he describes the basis of his own exciting path and the celebrities strategies for professional, financial and personal success.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Series A
Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Zeedz — Gaming for a green future. Zeedz is a monster collectible game that targets real-world climate change. Discover a world of plantified magic, made in Berlin.
theblood — We are giving back self-determination, control and specific health conditions to our users through a non-invasive menstrual blood test
JobSwop.io — JobSwop.io is the employment software that allows you to find available positions but also filled ones for people looking to move jobs. The features of this app are Salary information, a Watch list, Area search, Integrated chat, Up to three Job profiles in one account, Document management.

Johannes Schaback is the CTO of SumUp and was a Co-founder and CTO at Visual Meta. He attended Technische Universität Berlin and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Funerals
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

SECJUR — Secjur provides a platform for automated compliance using AI. The startup's technology streamlines procedures in the Digital Compliance Office for areas including data security, anti-money laundering, and whistleblowing.
Packmatic — Packmatic finds the ideal flexible packaging solution for your product and lets you manage it online.
Blockbrain — Blockbrain analyzes millions of transactions on the blockchain to proactively detect threats and opportunities for digital assets you store in crypto wallets and exchanges.The company manages all types of wallets in one secure technology. Track KPIs, be aware of threats, and manage your assets.Blockbrain was established on May 6, 2022 byJohannes Strachwitz in Hamburg, Germany.

Robert Maier is a Business Angel at Saarbrücker21 and an investor at various companies. Robert was a Founder and Managing Director at Visual Meta. He attended WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Investment focus

Software, Education, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

a2zebra — a2zebra is a zebra company that specializes in instructional technology for elementary school kids.
Synctive — Synctive enables equipment-as-a-service and pay-per-use business models for machine and plant manufacturers.
Blockbrain — Blockbrain analyzes millions of transactions on the blockchain to proactively detect threats and opportunities for digital assets you store in crypto wallets and exchanges.The company manages all types of wallets in one secure technology. Track KPIs, be aware of threats, and manage your assets.Blockbrain was established on May 6, 2022 byJohannes Strachwitz in Hamburg, Germany.

Mario Götze is a professional footballer.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Mietz — The first fully automized all-in-one renting platform for tenants and landlords.
Plato — Plato operates as a sales intelligence platform for wholesale.
AllFocal Optics — AllFocal Optics revolutionizes display technology through groundbreaking nanophotonic solutions.

Johannes Reck is the Chief Executive Officer at GetYourGuide. He leads the company’s long-term vision and strategy.Johannes co-founded GetYourGuide in 2009 while attending the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and has grown the company into the leading booking platform for incredible travel experiences. Under Johannes’ leadership, over 30million tickets have been booked to date via the GetYourGuide website, mobile app, and partnership network. GetYourGuide has raised over $650M from investors such as the SoftBank Vision Fund, Battery Ventures and KKR. Johannes leads GetYourGuide’s 550-person global team from its headquarters in Berlin, Germany. Johannes originally hails from Cologne, Germany and holds an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Transportation
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

RYDES — One app for your workforce to access all modes of urban transport
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.
NAVIT — One app for your workforce to access all modes of urban transport

MARK MILLER is a co-founder and partner at LearnLaunch. Miller is a lifelong entrepreneur since winning the business plan competition at Cornell University and building one of the earliest first education publishing subscription businesses. As a result of his own company exits and leading the sale of two companies he advised, Miller founded andserves as Managing Partner of Good Harbor Partners (GHP). GHP provides strategy consulting, outsourced corporate development and advisory M&A services to some of the top companies in the education marketplace.Miller has co-founded, built and/or served as Executive Chairman or CEO for leading publishing, technology and community companies. Many of these companies have had successful exits, including CollegiateLink, TakeNote, The Daily Jolt and The Custom Publishing Group.Miller was tapped by a set of leading University CIOs to commercialize CUPID and developed the first SaaS based on-demand publishing platform. NetPaper oﬀered a new model for creation and consumption of textbook, journal and scholarly monograph content.Miller is a Cornellian and he currently serves on the The Cornell University Entrepreneurship Advisory Council. He was also was recognized for his contributions at Cornell and was tapped and serves as a member of the Quill and Dagger Honorary Society.

Investment focus

EdTech, Recycling, E-Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Edu101 — 101 builds mobile-first teaching and assessment tools specifically for college STEM courses. Its first app, Chem101, replaces the clicker and provides tools for chemistry professors to engage their students in the classroom. Chem101 features a module that allows students to intuitively draw and visualize Lewis structures on their mobile devices.Its mobile platform enables instructors to engage students in the classroom, assign homework, and provide on-the-go reinforcement.101 Edu was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.

Stephen Weich

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Food Processing
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Synctive — Synctive enables equipment-as-a-service and pay-per-use business models for machine and plant manufacturers.
Kynda — Kynda produces vegan foods and mycelium using accessible biotechnology for meat alternatives. They provide services for agri food companies, consumer packaged goods manufacturers, and biotech companies.

Wolfgang Mauer

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Michael Cortelletti

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Jörg Kattner

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Alf Arnold is a member of Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg.

Investment focus

Recycling, Manufacturing, Sustainability
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.

Dr. Gregor Heinrich is a CTO at creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft. He attended Leipzig University.

Investment focus

Recycling, Manufacturing, Sustainability
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.

Christian Gaiser is CEO of Bonial International Group, the global leading network of location-based shopping apps and technology, operating in 11 countries across 4 continents.Having spent time in Silicon Valley in 2008, Christian developed the concept for Bonial due to the entrepreneurial environment he was living in and the amount of flyersand mailers he was accumulating. He thought at that time that there must be a new and different way to reach the consumer that takes the time-honored circular into consideration. The concept was born. In 2008, Christian Gaiser and his team founded kaufDA in Germany, which was quickly honored in 2010 as “the star among location-based services in Germany” by W&V, Germany’s main magazine for communication and promotion. kaufDA has become Germany’s leading network for local retail promotions, initially financed by the venture capital divisions of Deutsche Telekom AG and OTTO Group. In early 2011, kaufDA was acquired by Axel Springer SE, one of Europe’s largest media companies. In just four years, German consumers have used kaufDA to actively open more than 5 billion digital circulars, with kaufDA continuously providing the latest information on more than 247,000 retail outlets in Germany.From Germany, Christian went on to launch the kaufDA concept as Ofertia in Spain, Bonial in France, Lokata in Russia, Guiato in Brazil and Retale in the United States. In 2012, the company was branded as Bonial International Group globally. Since the birth of kaufDA in 2008, Christian and his team have successfully serviced 600 retailers and 12 million consumers. Prior to Bonial, Christian worked in various positions at Goldman Sachs Private Equity in London, at McKinsey & Company in Vienna and Zurich, at the Monitor Group/Ermgassen & Co in London and at SAP Investor Relations in Walldorf. Christian is a graduate of the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar and HEC, Montréal.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Real Estate
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

SPARETECH — SPARETECH builds the leading availability platform for industrial spare parts
MYNE Homes — MYNE Homes is a digital co-ownership platform for vacation properties. MYNE Homes was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.

Norbert Lemken

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

WealthOS — WealthOS is an cloud-native, enterprise, core wealth management platform. Launch and run superior digital wealth management value propositions faster and cheaper.
Renew Risk — Renew Risk is a software development firm that offers B2B SaaS solutions based on deep science for optimizing the financial lifetime of major renewable energy assets.
Camion — Empowering real estate to lead the energy transition with data and insights.

ISB Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Ride Sharing
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Sdui — Sdui is the solution for mobile communication in schools. With amazingly easy features for messaging, timetables and a wide range of third party integrations, the app digitizes processes and reduces administrative effort. Within two years, Sdui has reached hundreds of institutions and grown a serious reputation in the educational market.
Kumpan Electric — Kumpan electric (e-bility GmbH) is a manufacturer of E-Scooters and offers e-mobility solutions and portable energy storage systems– made inEurope! Kumpan electric develops, produces, and sells stylish electric vehicles (20-120 km/h) and energy storage systems for end consumers, fleets, and sharing companies (B2C, B2B).
Hintbox — Whistleblower-System, Hinweisgebersystem, SaaS

Nico Rosberg is a sustainability entrepreneur, investor and 2016 Formula One World Champion.

Investment focus

Logistics, Information Technology, B2B
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
Germany, France, United States

Portfolio highlights

ZeKju — ZeKju provides Messenger Communication for Supply Chains. Leading shippers and logistics service providers rely on ZeKju for efficient transport execution, yard communication and fleet management. With ZeKju, drivers use their favorite messenger (e.g. WhatsApp or Telegram) for everyday tasks while benefiting from features such as auto-translation.
Guided Energy — Guided Energy is the smart energy platform to power the next generation of renewable, electric fleets. Our platform makes it easier and cheaper to charge, operate and manage electric vehicles.
Infinite Machine — Infinite Machine is to create the world's most captivating non-auto vehicles. Infinite Machine initial product, the P1, is a revolutionary new personal electric vehicle that combines innovative performance and usefulness with an industrial-style look. In Infinite Machine's ideal post-car future, environment and people coexist together.

Sten Tamkivi is the Chief Product Officer at Topia (formerly MOVE Guides). He was previously co-founder and CEO of Teleport (acquired by Topia), the place to scout for startup people. He co-founded the company as an EIR at Andreessen Horowitz.Sten has been a tech entrepreneur since 1996. After founding a few companies in Estonia, he joined Skypeas an early executive, ran the original R&D office, and held several global product leadership roles for 8+ years.He has an MS in Management from Stanford GSB.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Estonia, United States, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
Katana — Katana gives thousands of manufacturers a live look at their business with visual, intuitive, and easy-to-use ERP software.
Entrepreneur First — We are the best place for the world's most ambitious talent to come together and build game-changing technology startups from scratch.

Beate Rosenthal

Investment focus

Recycling, Manufacturing, Sustainability
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.

Tobias Fezer

Investment focus

Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.

Eric Ebert - Marketing and Communications Manager @ Zenkit

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Service Industry
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Synctive — Synctive enables equipment-as-a-service and pay-per-use business models for machine and plant manufacturers.
Wundertax — Wundertax provides online tax returns filing and related services.
Blockbrain — Blockbrain analyzes millions of transactions on the blockchain to proactively detect threats and opportunities for digital assets you store in crypto wallets and exchanges.The company manages all types of wallets in one secure technology. Track KPIs, be aware of threats, and manage your assets.Blockbrain was established on May 6, 2022 byJohannes Strachwitz in Hamburg, Germany.

Nikolaus invests in early stage ventures focusing on software, artificial intelligence, digitalisation and process optimisation, not only but mostly in Germany. Before converting himself into an angel investor, he co-founded and headed risk management solution provider IRIS Analytics, which was eventually acquired by IBM in 2015. Nikolaus holds adiploma in computer science from RWTH Aachen university, and fluently speaks German, English and Spanish.

Investment focus

Education, SaaS, EdTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

limbiq.com — limbiq is a centralized software platform designed to help businesses achieve end-to-end supply chain visibility and real-time updates, even on the SKU level, across all modes of transport. Our customers enjoy productivity gains of 60% or more, and cost savings of 40-60% due to lower safety stock levels and reduced process-related costs. With limbiq, you can collaborate seamlessly with all your partners along the supply chain and be automatically alerted when schedules change. Schedule a free personalized demo to see how limbiq can work for you and your team.
Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.
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.

After working as skipper of sailing yachts for many years next to his studies, Hanno decided to become the captain of a startup. He co-founded Personio in 2015 with three study colleagues with the goal of digitizing HR management and Recruiting processes for small and mid-sized enterprises. Having build and led several teams while the company grew,he now in the CEO role is responsible for aligning all functions of the business around the shares vision of building the category leading HR Operating System for SMEs in and providing all resources necessary to reach this goal. Hanno holds degrees in Industrial Engineering and Technology Management from TU Munich and CDTM, studying abroad at Columbia University in New York.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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.
zerolabs — zerolabs is an e-commerce platform that provides refreshing alcohol-free drinks and beverages.
Plato — Plato operates as a sales intelligence platform for wholesale.

Johannes loves to see new technologies and products entering the market. One of his most memorable moments was the day when he received the first order for an inspection system his former company, Nanda Technologies, had developed. Now, as an investor, he enjoys supporting teams to achieve this same moment and to grow their company beyond it. Withmany years’ experience in the VC industry and being a successful founder himself, he is well-acquainted with the ups and downs of a startup.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Industrial Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Angel
Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

BigRep — Industrial 3D Printers Designed for Professionals. Large Scale High-Performance 3D Printing for Commercial Prototyping and Production.
Pagido — Pagido provides bill generation, financial administration, and factoring services for freelancers in Germany.
Micropsi Industries — Micropsi Industries is a robotics software company. Our AIs allow robots to learn from humans and act in dynamic environments.

Gesa Miczaika joined Auxxo as founder.

Investment focus

Software, Food Delivery, Manufacturing
Pre-Seed, Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

FINDIQ — FINDIQ is a young company based in the heart of the Ostwestfalen-Lippe industrial zone. We have developed a novel strategy as a software producer to intelligently integrate knowledge management and help solutions for machine service. FINDIQ develops its service solution with the industry, whether for machine makers, operators, or service providers.
ChefCoco — Chef Coco offers personalized meals delivered daily based on your health and taste preferences.
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.

Rolf Pfeiffer

Investment focus

3D Printing, 3D Technology, Manufacturing
Series A, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Scoobe3d — 3D Scanner, Startup
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.

Ulrich Mueller-Menrad

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Automotive
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

BOX ID Systems — BOX ID Systems develops and offers an end-to-end location & process mining solution to cost effectively track millions of logistics assets digitally throughout the industrial supply chain across Europe and the World - including site-to-site, on-premises and indoor buildings digital twin of supply chain processes. The system is built on aspecialized analytics software platform, sensorik tracking devices and efficient data-, device- and user-management tools, including functions to support process automation and optimization. Industrial and automotive production customers benefit from making their logistics processes more efficient and cost optimized, with 100% transparency within their critical processes throughout the entire supply chain.

Ahu Serter is the Founder and President of Fark Labs. She previously worked at FARHYM Vehicle Interiors as a Head of Management Committee, Board Member. Ahu Serter attended Pace University.

Investment focus

Software, Baby, Information Services
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Turkey, Greece, Germany

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Harcy — Harcy is an R&D organization that uses waste to create new types of building materials to strengthen the circular economy. First, it developed Harcy Polyester Wool, a building thermal insulation material made from textile waste. With its high performance and ease of application, Harcy Polyester Wool is a contender to replace the previousinsulation materials while recycling two kilograms of textile waste per square meter into the economy.
Ampherr — Ampherr provides cutting-edge, intelligent energy storage solutions based on different chemical variations of lithium-ion cells, such as NMC, LTO, and LFP, for all types of electrical cars and stationary applications. Manufacturer of battery packs, focus on delivering application-specific products for practically all use cases while combiningquality, cutting-edge engineering, and agile service.
Euronova — Euronova develops advanced raw materials based on the ideas of sustainability, recycling, and circular economy.

Julius Göllner is the Co-Founder of ARRtist, SinnRec, GSL - Global Sales Leaders, F&P Stock Solution GmbH, MOODJA, and SIP Distribution. He is also the Founder and Managing Director of eNugget Ventures and the Advisor and Investor for different companies.Julius attended Technische Universität Chemnitz, Yale School of Management, and TampereUniversity.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Kurabu — KURABU verbindet nahtlos eine umfangreiche Verwaltungssoftware mit einer modernen Vereinsapp. Starte jetzt kostenlos & unverbindlich!
Cello — Turn users into your most valuable growth channel. Cello is the easiest way to add a P2P referral program to any SaaS product in hours.
SalesPlaybook — Leading European startups to their sales goals & beyond

Torben Schreiter Co-Founded Signavio GmbH in 2009 and serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer. Schreiter is responsible for Signavio’s operations, partner sales, finances and HR. He worked as business process management consultant. He worked for SAP Australia and inubit. He holds a MSc in Software Engineering.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Chemical Engineering
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

l1r1 — Developing heylara.de the first Conversation Business Automation (CBA) solution
unea — Everything you need to level up your retail media and trade marketing business - from consulting, workshops to leading software -
Cozero — Cozero's carbon accounting and climate management solutions help enterprises streamline their sustainability efforts. Start making an impact today with Cozero's ClimateTech.

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.

Martina Pfeifer joined Advent International GmbH in 2009 and acts as an advisor in the German-speaking region. Previously she worked for Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt, where she spent two years as an analyst in the investment banking division. As a member of the Financial Institutions Group at Goldman Sachs she was involved in M&A, financingtransactions and marketing for German and international clients.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

APADUA — APADUA is the platform for management and IT consulting firms and their clients in the internet. Market Intelligence - A search engine continuously screens thousands of sources to maintain and expand the database of consulting firms ||| The database contains detailed information on 2,000+ consulting firms with expertise in 30+ industries and 20+services ||| APADUAs smart algorithm matches client need and proven consultant expertise in real timeProject RFP - Project specification made simple ||| Initiate RFPs in under 30 minutes ||| Evaluate proposals and pitch presentations collaborativelyProject Performance Monitor - Measure custom performance indicators ||| Collect feedback from an unlimited number of stakeholders regularily ||| Use results to actively manage project and vendor portfolios
ExoMatter — ExoMatter is a digital materials development startup. They employ artificial intelligence algorithms to find better and more sustainable materials for their application. Their customized platform contains all material data in one location. They use scientific data on materials to develop enhanced and environmentally friendly materials. Theirmaterials research platform generates a customized list of materials for each client's application.
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.

Aksel Lund Svindal

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Mobile
Seed, Series A
Norway, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Megacool — Reduce user acquisition cost with Megacool! Megacool is a mobile SDK for game developers that lets their players capture GIF highlights to share with friends.
imove — Een abonnement op een auto geeft je dezelfde vrijheid als autobezit. Je kan er in rijden zoveel en zo ver je maar wilt. Bij imove heb je na de minimaal gekozen contractduur de vrijheid om je abonnement op te zeggen wanneer je maar wilt. Je hoeft je geen zorgen te maken over onverwachte kosten of waardeverlies. Die stress is voor ons. Onze abonnementen zijn all-inclusive, met als resultaat: een waanzinnig comfort, exclusief voor jou.
made of air — Made of Air is a carbon-negative materials company. They take low-value wood waste and transform it into high-value, carbon-negative thermoplastics. These thermoplastics can be formed with all traditional heat-forming methods and used for a wide variety of applications, turning manufactured goods into engineered carbon sinks.

Studies in Industrial Engineering, Hamburg University. 1987, Management Consultant, Roland Berger & Partner; top management positions in IT, finance, chemicals and the automotive sector; 2002-05, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. July 2005, Chief Financial Officer, Klöckner & Co Group. With Klöckner & Co SE: since November2009, Chairman of the Management Board; until end of 2012, also acting Chief Financial Officer.

Investment focus

Marketplace, B2B, Apps
Seed
Germany, Austria

Portfolio highlights

METYCLE — The B2B marketplace for global scrap metal trading. We give the world access to scrap metal.
SPARETECH — SPARETECH builds the leading availability platform for industrial spare parts
Schrott24 — Schrott24 is a B2B-focused managed marketplace for metal scrap. We help recyclers to source more material and scrap metal producers to market their metal waste more efficiently. Besides matching supply and demand, the fulfillment of transactions is processed through our proprietary technology. We digitalize processes and increase the efficiency ofthe recycling industry.

Werner Falkenstein is the founder and CEO of former StarMedTec GmbH.

Investment focus

Electronics, Manufacturing
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Refined Laser Systems — Refined Laser Systems is a dynamic biophotonics company.It specialises in creating innovative laser systems for SRS-microscopy and quantum technology.

Toni Schlegel

Investment focus

Semiconductor, Industrial Manufacturing
Series A
Germany

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Lidrotec — Lidrotec aim to expand the application potential of processing with ultra-short pulse lasers.

Robert Ermich

Investment focus

Mobile, Soccer, Internet
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Prematch — Prematch leverages AI/NLP technology to automate content aggregation and curation for all non-professional football players in Germany. As a second step, Prematch uses its holistic data silo to create pro-level interaction and gamification experiences for the non-pro ecosystem.
TONI CORE — The first brand for millennial parents
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.

Frank Carsten Herzog

Investment focus

3D Printing, Printing, Electronics
Series A
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Axtra3D — We are a leading-edge company comprised of industry experts with years of experience in multiple disciplines, dedicated to developing innovative solutions in additive manufacturing processes that utilize optoelectronics.
xolo — Xolo is a 3D printing firm that offers a volumetric printing solution to various industries.

Stefan Lemcke

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Bakery, Cosmetics
Angel
Austria, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Holy Pit — Holy Pit is a manufacturer of natural cosmetic deodorant and other health and beauty products.
Veggie Crumbz — Veggie Crumbz is a manufacturer of vegan, gluten free, vegetables based bread, snacks and other food products.

Feliks Eyser is the founding partner of JETPACK.

Investment focus

Software, E-Learning, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Junto — Elevate your business performance with impactful leadership training. Junto's leadership development programs equip your people with the skills and behaviours to thrive.
cleverly.de — cleverly.de is an onlineplatform which provides online coaching and tutorial classes.
ExpressSteuer — ExpressSteuer is building AI-powered software that simplifies and automates the process of filing a german tax return which is considered to be the most complex and complicated in the world.

Christian Reber is the founder and CEO of Pitch. The German entrepreneur previously founded the award-winning to-do app Wunderlist. After it was acquired by Microsoft in 2015, he spent two years as Microsoft's Entrepreneur in Residence. He is an active investor and advisor in a number of technology businesses, such as Lilium, Notion,Onefootball, Neufund, Freigeist and more. Prior to his career in business, Christian studied Mathematics and Computer Science as well as International Management in Berlin. Christian received the Forbes 30 under 30 award in 2014 and 2016.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Crew — Crew is a curated platform that connects designers and developers with vetted clients that need a website, mobile app, or other design work. The company's highly trusted network of independent creatives has worked on products used by tens of millions of people for some of the industry's biggest companies, including Apple, Google, Uber,IDEO, and Dropbox.It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Montréal, Quebec.
NUMOS — NUMOS is an insurance tech platform.
VisionAI — VisionAI is a rebellious research lab crafting products to enhance and grow online shops with visual and text-based AI. Experience our new website.

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