Top 25 Oil and Gas Startup Investors in Germany (October 2026)

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• NavierAI — Design, simulate, and code in one platform, driven by agents. In Prism, an engineering agent plans the work, runs your solvers, and reports back.
• Rivercell — Rivercell develops a proprietary, programmable laboratory data platform alongside an artificial intelligence world model of the human cell to map and analyze therapeutic cellular responses. The integrated framework combines automated longitudinal, multimodal, and perturbational wet-lab testing to collect high-resolution datasets measuring how living tissue changes over time under specific treatments. Its value proposition is centered on serving as a cross-disease discovery engine that accelerates and de-risks drug development by accurately forecasting cellular mutations, clinical efficacy, and treatment resistance in silico.
• Chiral — Next-generation electronics with nanomaterials

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• Selfapy — Selfapy offers a therapy support tool that helps recognize negative patterns of thought and train new behavior. Selfapy is your guided, self-help online course against depression with a personal psychologist as a companion.
• Smartblue — Smartblue develops and runs software and processes to monitor and optimize zero emission energy systems. As a hardware independent specialist Smartblue delivers a software service for the maintenance, life-cycle management, production forecasting and remote control of photovoltaic and energy storage systems all together in one centralized “SmartControl” Operations and Control Center web application. We help our customers drive down overall operational cost through automation, smart failure detection and big data analysis on imminent defects.
• OMEICOS Therapeutics — OMEICOS Therapeutics is developing a novel, first-in-class, small molecule utilizing a new Mode of Action. OMEICOS' novel therapeutic strategy is based upon the discovery of natural metabolites of omega-3 fatty acids that mediate a strong anti-arrhythmic effect. In contrast to all other anti-arrhythmic drugs, OMEICOS' substances activatean endogenous cardio-protective signaling pathway that not only stabilizes the heart rhythm but shall provide curative effects to the diseased organ by preventing its electrical and structural remodeling.

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• Prodlane — Prodlane, the company behind MAIA, is a technology company based in Leipzig that specializes in intelligent software solutions for SMEs in the DACH region. With MAIA, we are setting new standards in data analysis and daily knowledge management in all areas of the company using AI, thereby driving forward the digital transformation of SMEs.
• Cyber Insight — Cyber Insight - Measure, Manage, Mitigate Cyber Risks
• HandsOn Robotics — Handson Robotics provides state of the art robotics automation workflows for commercial kitchens.

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• Sci2sci — sci2sci develops data integration and verification software that turns corporate documentation into traceable code to prevent AI errors and maintain auditable records.
• Ground A — Ground A is a German defense technology startup that develops mobile, software- and laser-based counter-drone systems.
• Arcos — Arcos is a civil safety and security technology company that builds and operates modern infrastructure protection and alarm management systems.

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• Xycle — The missing piece in solving the plastic waste challenge? Join us in building a more sustainable future! The missing piece in solving the plastic waste problem? Can we come together to build a more sustainable future? CHEMICAL RECYCLING, AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE PUZZLE After years
• Aeromon — Aellia provides advisory, emissions, and pipeline management services to help asset-intensive industries reduce emissions and meet regulations.
• Data.world — data.world makes it easy for everyone—not just the “data people”—to get clear, accurate, fast answers to any business question. Our cloud-native data catalog maps your siloed, distributed data to familiar and consistent business concepts, creating a unified body of knowledge anyone can find, understand, and use.data.world is also home to theworld’s largest collaborative data community. It’s where people team up on everything from social bot detection to award-winning data journalism. We use what we learn from this community to improve the enterprise product and vice versa. Our team co-created the Manifesto for Data Practices, the most effective, ethical, and modern approach to data teamwork. More people signed the Manifesto for Data Practices in its first year than signed the Agile Manifesto in its first two years combined. In 2019 DataPractices.org became a Linux Foundation Project. The vendor-neutral community features new, open courseware to help people and organizations improve data practices through inclusion, experimentation, accountability, and impact.We are a Public Benefit Corporation. Most corporations are required to prioritize shareholder returns above all else. Not us. We are legally structured as a Public Benefit Corporation so we can pursue our mission and shareholder value with equal vigor. This ability is rare, powerful, and sustaining.

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• Ecair — Ecair provides software for indoor air quality and energy management. The platform aggregates data from connected sensors to track pollutants, CO2, humidity, temperature, and particulate matter in real time. Dashboards, alerts, and APIs support building operations, facility managers, and ESG teams. Algorithms estimate exposure, flag ventilationissues, and suggest HVAC adjustments to balance comfort, health, and energy use. Reporting tools support certifications and compliance, and data exports integrate with BMS, CMMS, and data warehouses. Services include device provisioning, calibration management, and analytics consulting for multi-site portfolios.
• Ark Climate — Ark Climate is a climate-tech company that develops software to support municipal climate protection planning and execution.
• Crosstown H2R — Industrial-grade hydrogen burner technology for decarbonisation. 95% emission reduction, retrofittable design, sub-15ppm NOx compliance.

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• ABSORA — ABSORA is pioneering breakthrough materials that outperform existing solutions in silencing noise and vibration.
• Cato AI — Search, analyze and bid on Italian public tenders with AI, automating the manual work for bid offices and sales teams.
• Punto Health — Help healthcare and care teams deliver personalised daily support, with cognitive insights and professional monitoring to inform ongoing care.

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• ScyAI — ScyAI twins your assets and your coverage and shows exactly where they diverge.
• Arctis AI — Specialized agents take on your preconstruction team's most time-consuming workflows, from finding the right projects to leveling bids and checking contracts.
• TUAL Technology — The TUAL PowerUp Charger is a high-power CCS charger for electric vehicles with battery-integrated architecture.

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• HarvestX — HarvestX manufactures fully automatic robots which contributes to the shortage of agricultural human resources and stable food production
• Ayala — Connect with farmers, suppliers, and buyers in Malaysia's largest agricultural marketplace.
• Thai Union Group — Thai Union Group produces shelf-stable seafood products for a global customer base. The company’s product portfolio includes tuna, shrimp, salmon, sardine and mackerel, cephalopod, bakery, and pet food products. Its brand portfolio includes Sealect, Fisho, Bellottaas, Chicken of the Sea, John West, King Oscar, Petit Navire, Parmentier, Mareblu,and Century.As a company committed to innovation and globally responsible behavior, Thai Union is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and a founding member of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). In 2015, Thai Union introduced its SeaChange® sustainability strategy. Thai Union’s on-going work on sustainability issues was recognized in 2018 and 2019 by being ranked number one in the world in the Food Products Industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, achieving a 100th percentile ranking for total sustainability score.

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• Kiin Bio — AI agents for drug discovery, grounded in scientific context. KiinOS connects literature research, data analysis and team knowledge for scientific intelligence.
• Asynchronics — Asynchronics is an open-source platform for high-fidelity digital twins, aimed at accelerating spacecraft system development.
• DOJO AI — dojo watches every channel, tracks your brand, runs your workflows, and acts before you have to. Getting smarter every time.

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• Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
• Ucaneo — We Leveraging the magic of the human body to remove CO2 from the air.
• Izote Biosciences — Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Solution

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• EPYR — Turning renewable power into high-temperature heat with thermal energy storage
• GALVANY — GALVANY is a climate-tech company focused on end-to-end heat pump and energy-management solutions for homes and buildings.
• Metris Energy — The AI-native operating system for renewable energy.

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• BioBTX — We at BioBTX developed a technology to produce BTX from biomass and plastics. We believe in the future of circular and sustainable BTX.
• QC Ware — From quantum chemistry to drug discovery: QC Ware's Promethium unites molecular simulation and AI to deliver molecular-level insights on GPUs today.
• Hydrogenious Technologies — Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies develops applications for easy, efficient & safe hydrogen transport and storage, using Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC).

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• Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
• Dryad Networks — Overview of Dryad, providing ultra-early fire detection as well as forest growth and health monitoring.
• Fairown — Fairown is a fintech company helping banks, brands, and retailers offer products as a service. Unlike BNPL solutions, we provide a unique payment platform, which allows environmentally conscious businesses to offer products for monthly subscriptions, and manage product renewal cycles.

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• Ravel — Ravel revolutionizes textile recycling through purification technology, effectively separating and repurposing blended materials. Join us in shaping a circular textile economy.
• Immaterial — Facilitating the energy transition with advanced materials.
• Cambridge Electric Cement — Cambridge Electric Cement is a sustainable cement start-up. Its breakthrough process co-recycles steel and cement to produce a low carbon, circular cement product that offers very low emissions[1], circular, and scalable alternative to existing cement production.

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• Volo Commerce — Volo brings together data and intelligence from all over the commerce ecosystem and uses AI to provide real-time actionable insights.
• Endra — Endra is a purpose-built platform for modern MEP engineering. Generate 3D models and drawings, sync with Revit and enjoy coordinated design workflows.
• Scarlet — Scarlet certifies software medical devices. We’re Europe's only Notified Body specialised in software and AI, and have crafted a certification process that is built for software, and is thus significantly more efficient.This is how we deliver on our mission to hasten the world’s transition to accessible healthcare: by enabling manufacturersto release their medical software and AI to those who need it without unnecessary delays.We are designated as a UK Approved Body by the MHRA, and an EU Notified Body by the Dutch Ministry of Health and the European Commission.

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• Mozart AI — Artho has revealed its first product, Mozart AI, a groundbreaking AI-powered Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that aims to accelerate and magnify human creativity. This hybrid musician will have complete control over their musical vision with no creative friction. They will create, engineer, and perform at the speed of their imagination. They willoutperform and innovate the best pure human artists by combining human artistry with AI co-creation. We are a team of musicians, technologists, and creative visionaries.
• Lillian Care — Lillian is building a nationwide network of health facilities in Germany.
• FaradaIC Sensors — FaradaIC Sensors is to commoditize gas sensors and provide flexible gas sensing at a cheap cost for the expanding market of IoT applications.

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• Occam Industries — Modernising automation for modern conflict environments. Sole European supplier to the Ukrainian front line.
• SatVu — SatVu captures high resolution thermal data from space for a safer and more sustainable Earth.
• The New Era® of Shopping — The New Era® of Shopping helps merchants make their catalogues discoverable and shoppable inside AI assistants. Key features of the platform include two-way catalog syncing with PIMs/ERPs, SKU-level intelligence to measure AI visibility and ranking of products inside LLM responses, user prompts analysis for trends and volume insights, andautomated content optimization to improve how products rank in conversational answers. The product is already integrated with all major eCommerce platforms like Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix, etc, as well as main AI discovery platforms: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Mode, and Perplexity.

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• Sponsoo — Sponsoo is an innovative online marketplace that connects non-professional athletes and sport teams with corporate sponsors. Athletes and teams create a profile on sponsoo.com, and sponsors search the database to find the perfect team(s) to sponsor.Important for German investors: Sponsoo is part of the INVEST grant programme that allows privateinvestors to claim back 20% of their investment sum as a grant from the German Department of Commerce.
• Frontnow — Frontnow is redefining e-commerce with AI, providing businesses with powerful pre-sales tools to maximize core KPIs and provide an in-store-like shopping experience. Our vision is to transform online shopping into a dynamic, hyper-personalized, and inspirational experience through an adaptive interface. By revolutionizing the ecosystem, theyempower businesses to thrive in the digital age and significantly impact the way customers shop online, leading to a more profitable and customer-centric retail world.
• BLOCKCHANCE — BLOCKCHANCE is Germany’s leading blockchain congress and trade fair and connects thought leaders and innovators who are creating inspiring concepts and solutions within blockchain technology space. It introduces Artificial Intelligence as a main topic in the upcoming event.

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• encentive — encentive provides modular building to grid and consumer VPP solutions as a service for existing systems and infrastructure. We are the expert for cost efficient, scalable and fully automated micro-flexibility services!
• atmio — atmio helps natural gas operations to find, fix and report methane emissions easily.
• Logistikbude — Logistikbude is a web-based software to automate the load carrier management. It is independent of load carrier types and addresses both the tracking of own load carriers and the management of exchange processes in open pools.

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• DeepSpin — DeepSpin is developing a next-gen, AI-powered MRI machine at a fraction of the cost, size and weight of standard systems, allowing to bring MRI to the point-of-care.
• Mindpeak — Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, Mindpeak products can help make pathology diagnosis faster and more accurate.
• atmio — atmio helps natural gas operations to find, fix and report methane emissions easily.

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• Flexvelop — Flexvelop is a fintech transforming the way businesses finance essential business equipment. "Flexing" is an innovative combination of leasing, renting and bank-financing terms offering a kind of Hardware-as-a-Service solution. Embedded as a payment solution, partnered manufacturers, vendors and brands are actively offering"Flexing" to their b2b customers for financing new business equipment right at the point of sale and in online shops. Flexvelop is operating in the verticals of office-it, hospitality equipment, medical devices or fitness equipment throughout Germany. Well-known manufacturers like Lenovo, WMF, or LaMarzocco are using Flexing openly or as a white-label solution. SMB customers flex equipment to grow flexibly without the usual investment risk – saving liquidity, tax and a clean balance sheet. Flexvelop is using its patented in-house financing technology, promoting a more sustainable circular economy in the same time. Flexing becomes the new standard for business equipment procurement for SMBs throughout Germany, Europe and beyond.
• eleQtron — eleQtron creates and operates quantum computers based on trapped ions, radio frequency control, and Magnetic Gradient Induced Coupling (MAGIC). It also puts forward novel ideas for scalable quantum processors based on RF-controlled trapped ions. eleQtron will run MAGIC quantum computers and provide quantum computing performance on a subscriptionbasis.
• DEALCIRCLE — DealCircle is a digital M&A solution and partner of hundreds of M&A advisors. We support in identifying buyers and addressing the market. This provides investors access to a comprehensive deal flow of relevant projects.

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• atmio — atmio helps natural gas operations to find, fix and report methane emissions easily.

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• Procuros — More and more sales teams struggle with supplier portals. We help you integrate digitally with common supplier portals and consolidate all order documents.
• Flinn — We are driven to impact the health of millions of people around the globe by enabling medical companies to launch and operate products more efficiently. To make this vision come true, we established a customer-centric, experimentation-driven product development approach.
• Graph Therapeutics — Graph Therapeutics - precision immunology

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• TMA. The Hazardous Goods Companion — TMA is the hazardous good companion, helping gas and chemical companies build more resilient and sustainable supply chain. By combining Atex-compliant IOT with machine learning, we help improve the circulation, distribution and rotation of hazardous inventory.