# 468 Capital

> 468 Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 229 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 229
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Fund size: $400M
- Last fund: Jan 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/468-capital/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/468capital?lang=en
- Website: https://www.468cap.com/

468 Capital is an investment firm that focuses on identifying and managing opportunities in various markets. The firm employs a systematic approach to investment analysis and portfolio management. It collaborates with a range of partners to support its investment strategies. The company serves industries including technology, healthcare, andrenewable energy.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.6M–$12M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$3.8M |
| Series A | $9M–$42M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 47 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 33 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 21 | 9% |
| SaaS | 12 | 5% |
| Machine Learning | 12 | 5% |

146 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 98 | 43% |
| Series A | 29 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 22 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 5% |
| Series B | 8 | 3% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 51 | 22% |
| Germany | 47 | 21% |
| Singapore | 5 | 2% |
| Mexico | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |

20 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Kudlich | General Partner | 24 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-kudlich |
| Bardo Droege | Principal | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bardo-droege-46e8 |
| Bernhard Janke | Partner | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernhard-janke |
| Florian Leibert | Co-Founder | 50 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/florian-leibert |
| Guilherme Steinbruch | Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guilherme-steinbruch |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pally | Pally is an AI Agent for your network. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 06, 2026 |  |
| ARC Intelligence | ARC Intelligence operates as a supplier of data systems driven by AI for small and medium-sized businesses. | $4.6M | Seed | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Cata | Cata solution lets F&B operators launch their own branded mobile apps for ordering, payments, loyalty, CRM, and marketing campaigns. | $5.3M | Seed | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| Astor | Astor is an SEC-registered AI investment advisor that delivers personalized market analysis and investment advice to busy professionals. | $5M | Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| QFEX | QFEX is the 24/7 exchange for traditional financial markets. We let you trade US equities, commodities and FX pairs with (or without) leverages of up to 50x. On QFEX, UX comes first: brokerless market access, seamless integration with traditional payment rails, and ultra-efficient Perpetual Futures offered over all asset classes. Trading hasnever been simpler or cheaper than with QFEX.Founded by Quants and Engineers from Citadel & Tower Research who saw an opportunity to make markets how they always should have been, QFEX will eventually replace the entire $100 billion exchange and clearing industry. | $9.5M | Seed | Mar 05, 2026 |  |
| Tools for the Commons | Tools for the Commons specializes in leveraging blockchain technology and civic oracles to create networked-managed cities and societies. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Kombo | Kombo is an API for HR, Payroll, ATS and Recruiting integrations | $25M | Series A | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Autosana | Autosana offers an AI-powered mobile app quality assurance platform that automates end-to-end testing using natural language instructions. Teams can describe test scenarios without writing code, and Autosana generates and runs the tests across iOS and Android environments. The tool integrates with CI/CD pipelines, adapts to interface changesthrough self-healing tests, and provides session replays for visual verification and debugging. It supports app frameworks like React Native, Flutter, Swift, and Kotlin, aiming to reduce the time and effort spent on manual or brittle automated testing. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Poetiq | Poetiq develops an AI meta-system that builds self-improving reasoning agents on top of existing large language models. The system discovers task-specific reasoning strategies, optimizes multi-step knowledge extraction, and synthesizes fragmented information into reliable answers. It focuses on recursive self-improvement, allowing agents to learnfrom solved tasks to perform better on new ones. Poetiq applies this approach to benchmarks like ARC-AGI and real-world workflows, improving accuracy and cost across models from multiple providers. The company works with partners to address complex AI reasoning and retrieval challenges in practical applications. | $45.8M | Seed | Jan 30, 2026 |  |
| Twentyfour Industries | Twentyfour Industries is a defence and space manufacturer that designs, produces, and deploys drones for European and allied partners. | $11.8M | Seed | Jan 19, 2026 |  |

10 of 229 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 31 deals together
- [Presight Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/presight-capital) — VC Fund, 22 deals together
- [LEA Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lea-partners) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [MPGI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mpgi-2) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [redalpine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redalpine-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 12 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 468 Capital invest in?

468 Capital invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 229 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 468 Capital's check size?

468 Capital typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$12M at Seed, $1.1M–$3.8M at Pre-Seed and $9M–$42M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 468 Capital participates in.

### How do I contact 468 Capital?

Public channels for 468 Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at 468 Capital?

The team at 468 Capital includes Alexander Kudlich (General Partner), Bardo Droege (Principal) and Bernhard Janke (Partner), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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