Top 15 Photography VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in December 2024
A list of 15 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Photography startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Photography companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Photography VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in December 2024
Investor | Photography Germany investments |
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Saarbruecker 21 | 3 |
BTQ Ventures | 2 |
Wellington Partners | 2 |
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen | 1 |
Ballpark Ventures | 1 |
redalpine | 1 |
NRW.BANK | 1 |
Eastlake | 1 |
Atlantic Labs | 1 |
Hitchhiker Ventures | 1 |
JCMB Beteiligungs | 1 |
OpenOcean | 1 |
Passion Capital | 1 |
Earlybird Venture Capital | 1 |
Berlin Ventures | 1 |
They are a group of friends and internet/tech entrepreneurs who first met ten years ago in Saarbruecker Strasse 21 in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. All of them started successful businesses, they are founders and share a passion for building great companies. As active business angels, they also invest in young startups, either individually orcollectively as a group. They provide seed funding for killer-founders and great ideas. But way more important: they help to avoid mistakes that they have already made . They introduce to the right people. They provide with all the experience that they have. Not just talking about it but helping hands-on.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Germany, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Floy — Floy develops AI-driven software that supports radiologists in detecting complex and hard-to-identify diseases. The collaboration of Floy-AI and radiologists ensures optimal patient outcomes by enabling the early detection and thus early treatment of diseases.One of Floy’s distinguishing features is our innovative incentive structure. We partnerwith radiology offices to jointly offer patients our AI as a “second opinion”. This unique approach motivates radiologists to embrace Floy-AI and encourages widespread adoption.Since its establishment in 2021, Floy secured €8.8 million in funding and rapidly expanded its presence with over 150 radiology locations to date. Floy’s overarching mission is to pioneer proactive medicine by providing exceptional AI-powered diagnostic experiences for health-conscious patients.
- a2zebra — a2zebra is a zebra company that specializes in instructional technology for elementary school kids.
- Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.
BTQ Ventures is a (pre-)seed, early stage investment fund that invests in great founders with bold, innovative and maybe crazy ideas.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Content, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Beazy — Beazy is an all-in-one platform for content production. We help companies find the creatives, equipment and locations they need for their photo/video productions and give them collaborative tools to manage everything in one place.
Wellington Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technology and life sciences companies, focusing on Digital Media, Software, Electronics & Photonics, Resource Efficiency, and Biotech/Life Sciences. It is committed to providing outstanding entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to fund their strategies. We typically leadfinancing rounds ranging from € 0.5 million to € 20 million. Depending on the maturity of the company, its own commitment can go as high as € 15 million.Wellington was established in 1998 and has offices in Munich, London, and Zurich.
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- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- 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.
- Sphingotec GmbH — Improving patient outcomes with innovative diagnostics for critical care: Actionable insights in real-time
- CorFlow Therapeutics AG — CorFlow Therapeutics is a medtech startup that develops proprietary technologies for diagnosis and treatment of microvascular obstructions in heart attack patients. The CorFlow technologies enable interventional cardiologists to diagnose and treat MVO in severe heart attack patients thereby potentially reducing the short- and long-term complicationrates in these patients.
TGFS - Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen is an early stage VC fund targeting high tech startups with strong growth potential. The fund invests into ventures located in Saxony/Germany, Europe's leading semiconductor cluster. The team has invested into more than 120 companies so far, including more than 40 investments from the currentfund.
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- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, United States
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- In.hub — in.hub is a specialist in condition monitoring of machines, processes, and products, offering digitalisation options in the industrial environment. It connects legacy and modern systems, creates condition monitoring systems, and generates information for optimal planning and control.
- Peeriot — Peeriot is a B2B software high-tech startup with a breakthrough in IoT. Peeriot offers a low-code software suite that simplifies IoT data sharing by tenfold.
- Zenesis — Zenesis intends to change the way engineering planning processes are carried out.
Ballpark Ventures is a small, boutique fund investing in early stage technology startups. Their partners are all successful entrepreneurs and at this stage, investing their own money.
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- Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Silverback.ai — eRated (http://erated.co) creates a single identity for e-commerce sites, allowing online buyers and sellers to utilize their already existing reputation everywhere they go. By using a universal identity, sellers are able to operate in more marketplaces, reach more customers and increase their conversion rates and sales as they nolonger need to re-build their reputation (ratings, reviews and comments) in each site. eRated uses a widget displayed in partner sites that aggregates and summarizes the sellers ratings and feedback earned across various marketplace, increasing user trust.The founders are all veterans of elite Israeli army tech units and alumni of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program (Israel's most prominent student accelerator program).
- Adludio — Adludio is the AI-powered platform that delivers interactive mobile advertising. By using data to design your ad creative, and algorithms to optimize your campaigns, Adludio makes sure you win the battle for brand attention.
- Pronto Technology — Pronto, we care deeply about the meals we deliver to you. We want them to be very good; for you, the community and the environment. All our healthy meals are freshly cooked from scratch, just like at home - they won’t see the inside of a freezer.
redalpine is a thesis-driven vc with deep expertise in software and science. since 2006. we believe in the power of big ideas and in empowering game changers. we don't just invest, we co-create a better tomorrow. together with you.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- 9fin — 9fin is a leading provider of debt market intelligence and offers everything you need to analyse a credit, or win a mandate in one AI-powered platform
- Apaleo — Transform your hospitality business with an open platform. Easily connect 3rd party applications to build a best-in-class tech stack for your hotel
- OrthoPulse — OrthoPulse is a medical device manufacturer that produces dental care equipment, treatment control apps, and photo biomodulation solutions.
NRW.BANK is the development bank for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It supports its owner – the state of North Rhine-Westphalia – in fulfilling its tasks, notably in the fields of structural, economic, social and housing policy. NRW.BANK pools the promotion and development programmes of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the FederalRepublic of Germany and the European Union and combines them with its own equity and debt products and advisory services. It offers the full range of financial products in three areas “Economy”, “Housing”, and “Infrastructure/Municipalities”. NRW.BANK operates in a competitively neutral manner as a partner of banks and savings banks.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- GEMESYS — Gemesys creates a chip that functions similarly to the human brain in order to overcome processing constraints and empower AI with the hardware it needs to complete its destiny
- Black Semiconductor — Black Semiconductor manufacture microchips with integrated electronic-photonic circuits using graphene technology.
- Sphingotec GmbH — Improving patient outcomes with innovative diagnostics for critical care: Actionable insights in real-time
The Eastlake investment company supports you with entrepreneurial know-how, commercial competence, long-time start-up and exit experience and equity.Eastlake offers besides seed-financing pro-active consulting in terms of corporate management as well as providing a network of auditors, tax advisors, lawyers, PR/Marketing specialists andaccess to potential clients.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Mobile, Mobile Apps
- Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- menschmaschine publishing — Menschmaschine Publishing is develops mobile app that allows the processing and sending of photos to social networks in real time.
Atlantic Labs supports and invests in mission-driven founders working on transformative technology ventures. <br><br>We partner with founders early, providing the capital, tools and network necessary to growing their companies and accompanying them on their entrepreneurial journey. We are currently active in areas including Digital Health, Future of Work, Machine Learning, Decentralized Networks, Mobility and Industrial Applications.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- GEMESYS — Gemesys creates a chip that functions similarly to the human brain in order to overcome processing constraints and empower AI with the hardware it needs to complete its destiny
- Mago — Mago is an AI-native, fully controllable tool revolutionizing video production through style transfer. We empower creators to transform and stylize any video - from live-action to 3D animations - into any aesthetic, seamlessly blending cutting-edge AI with human creativity from concept to final cut.
- LEVY Health — Endometriosis is a condition where tissue like your uterine lining grows outside the womb: on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, pelvic tissues, or more rarely, in other parts of the body.
Hitchhiker Ventures is a early stage,sector-opportunistic, serial entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Content, Software
- Seed
- Germany
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- Beazy — Beazy is an all-in-one platform for content production. We help companies find the creatives, equipment and locations they need for their photo/video productions and give them collaborative tools to manage everything in one place.
JCMB Beteiligungs GmbH is a private early stage investment company.
JCMB invests either as a lead investor or as a co-investor with other investors and usually holds a minority stake in its portfolio companies.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Audio
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States
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- Wonderz — Wonderz help to democratize digital content distribution directly to their customers with the help of WunderBox
- sofatutor — The online learning platform sofatutor.com illustrates and visualizes all school material in 1,060 videos. Interactive practical exercises for each video, worksheets to print out, and the daily live help with experts guarantee an all-round service.
- Campaign — High-quality modern furniture built to last a lifetime. Our sectionals, sofa, loveseat & chair are designed with clean lines, a steel frame & durable fabric.
OpenOcean is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B software across Europe with offices in London & Helsinki.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Finland, United States, United Kingdom
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- Cambri — Cambri is concept testing software that helps global brands accelerate their innovation process.
- Surglogs — Surglogs streamlines and automates the administration of logbooks, medications, supplies, in-services, and drills in healthcare facilities. The outdated pen-and-paper method is replaced with a HIPAA compliant state of the art digital application, complemented with a desktop portal that serves as an administrative dashboard.Surglogs was founded in2015 and headquartered in California, United States.
- Authologic — Authologic is a system that helps businesses in checking the identity of their clients online.Authologic is a provider of identity verification solutions that includes tools for determining identity through online video, data, and digital IDs.Krzysztof Klimczak, Jarek Sygitowicz, and Marek Rogoziński founded Authologic in 2020 and is based inWarsaw, Poland.
Passion Capital is a partnership of entrepreneurs and operators applying their experiences to helping founders and early-stage teams build great digital media/technology companies. They are Stefan Glaenzer, Eileen Burbidge and Robert Dighero.They have been personally involved in the largest European technology exits of the past decade,including the biggest exits of the year for 4 of the past 10 years by market value (Ricardo.de acquired by QXL, Skype purchased by Ebay, Last.fm acquired by CBS, and QXL/Tradus acquired by Naspers) and want to be involved in many more.They believe that the critical differentiator and key asset of a successful business is the passion and ability of its founders.They are committed to fostering an ecosystem of technology, collaboration and executional excellence in Europe. As an example of this, White Bear Yard is their own hub for activities, ambitions and energy and where have fun in the process.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
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- PolyAI — The world's only customer-led conversational platform for enterprise.
- CultureAI — Measure and improve human cyber risks and security behaviours to prevent security incidents. Go beyond security awareness training, start your free trial today.
- Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.
Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- Mona AI — MONA AI is an automation software designed for the human resources services sector, aimed at streamlining HR processes and improving efficiency through artificial intelligence-driven solutions
- Aleph Alpha — Aleph Alpha develops AI systems for modern security challenges.
- Briefcase — Briefcase is an AI-powered tool for bookkeeping and month-end automation designed specifically for professional services practices.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Fashion, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- Zype — Publish Video Across All Your Customer's Platforms. OTT, social media, and O&O websites and apps. Pre-built templates. Reach a global audience.
- enmacc — enmacc, the OTC energy trading platform, offers innovative solutions for efficient trading of energy commodities in today's dynamic market.
- OptioPay — Encourage your customers to opt-in for data exchange to benefit from exclusive offers based on their interests, financial situation and buying behavior.
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