# Benjamin Erhart

> Benjamin Erhart is a seed investor at UVC Partners (Munich) backing Hardware and Software. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [UVC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uvc-partners)
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 41%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminerhart

Benjamin Erhart is a seed investor at UVC Partners in Munich focused on Hardware and Software. Benjamin is a Partner with UVC, where his main focus is Robotics, IoT, mobility and industrial software. Prior to joining UVC in 2017, he was one of first employees of High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and helped building a portfolio of over 480 investments in eight years. Benjamin is Industrial Engineer and holds a Degree from Karlsruhe Institute ofTechnology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 2 | 12% |
| Software | 2 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 12% |
| Energy | 1 | 6% |
| Battery | 1 | 6% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 29% |
| Series A | 5 | 29% |
| Series B | 3 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Proxima Fusion | Proxima Fusion is a fusion energy company developing stellarator-based fusion power plants to deliver safe, carbon-free, and commercially viable electricity. The company focuses on commercializing quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators, a type of magnetic confinement fusion reactor designed to provide continuous and stable plasma operation. ProximaFusion collaborates closely with research institutions, industrial partners, and energy companies across Europe through the Alpha Alliance, a consortium established to scale the manufacturing and engineering capabilities needed for commercial fusion. The company leverages scientific breakthroughs from the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator while developing proprietary engineering, simulation, and manufacturing technologies to industrialize fusion power generation. | $470.1M | Series B | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Synera | Bremen-based software company ELISE GmbH has created the first low-code development platform for engineering. Engineers can use it to automate recurring tasks across all domains in a single environment. Thus, unlike in classical design processes, ELISE enables algorithm-based modeling. As a result of this automation, developers can return tocreative activities and ultimately design faster and better products. On ELISE, all data and the entire expert knowledge of the development process are integrated. Engineers are thus provided with technical capabilities that are otherwise only available to software developers, despite their diverse skills. This is achieved through a visual programming language for which no special IT knowledge is required. Users of ELISE work in numerous industries, including automotive, aerospace and medical technology. The platform’s potential has been proven at customers such as Volkswagen, BMW, Hyundai, Brose and EDAG. With the help of ELISE, they were able to design individual components up to 90 percent faster than before. | $40M | Series B | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Proxima Fusion | Proxima Fusion is a fusion energy company developing stellarator-based fusion power plants to deliver safe, carbon-free, and commercially viable electricity. The company focuses on commercializing quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators, a type of magnetic confinement fusion reactor designed to provide continuous and stable plasma operation. ProximaFusion collaborates closely with research institutions, industrial partners, and energy companies across Europe through the Alpha Alliance, a consortium established to scale the manufacturing and engineering capabilities needed for commercial fusion. The company leverages scientific breakthroughs from the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator while developing proprietary engineering, simulation, and manufacturing technologies to industrialize fusion power generation. | $149.6M | Series A | Jun 11, 2025 |  |
| planqc | planqc's quantum computers store information in individual atoms – nature's best qubits. Quantum information is processed by arranging these qubits in highly scalable arrays and manipulating them with precisely controlled laser pulses. planqc’s unique combination of quantum technologies is the fastest way to scale to thousands of qubits,a prerequisite for industry-relevant quantum advantage. | $32.5M | Series A | Jul 08, 2024 |  |
| Proxima Fusion | Proxima Fusion is a fusion energy company developing stellarator-based fusion power plants to deliver safe, carbon-free, and commercially viable electricity. The company focuses on commercializing quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators, a type of magnetic confinement fusion reactor designed to provide continuous and stable plasma operation. ProximaFusion collaborates closely with research institutions, industrial partners, and energy companies across Europe through the Alpha Alliance, a consortium established to scale the manufacturing and engineering capabilities needed for commercial fusion. The company leverages scientific breakthroughs from the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator while developing proprietary engineering, simulation, and manufacturing technologies to industrialize fusion power generation. | $21.7M | Seed | Apr 09, 2024 |  |
| Proxima Fusion | Proxima Fusion is a fusion energy company developing stellarator-based fusion power plants to deliver safe, carbon-free, and commercially viable electricity. The company focuses on commercializing quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators, a type of magnetic confinement fusion reactor designed to provide continuous and stable plasma operation. ProximaFusion collaborates closely with research institutions, industrial partners, and energy companies across Europe through the Alpha Alliance, a consortium established to scale the manufacturing and engineering capabilities needed for commercial fusion. The company leverages scientific breakthroughs from the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator while developing proprietary engineering, simulation, and manufacturing technologies to industrialize fusion power generation. | $7.5M | Pre-Seed | May 30, 2023 |  |
| fruitcore robotics | fruitcore robotics is a robotic system that leverages intelligent software and innovative mechatronics. | $24.6M | Series B | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| Synera | Bremen-based software company ELISE GmbH has created the first low-code development platform for engineering. Engineers can use it to automate recurring tasks across all domains in a single environment. Thus, unlike in classical design processes, ELISE enables algorithm-based modeling. As a result of this automation, developers can return tocreative activities and ultimately design faster and better products. On ELISE, all data and the entire expert knowledge of the development process are integrated. Engineers are thus provided with technical capabilities that are otherwise only available to software developers, despite their diverse skills. This is achieved through a visual programming language for which no special IT knowledge is required. Users of ELISE work in numerous industries, including automotive, aerospace and medical technology. The platform’s potential has been proven at customers such as Volkswagen, BMW, Hyundai, Brose and EDAG. With the help of ELISE, they were able to design individual components up to 90 percent faster than before. | $14.8M | Series A | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| planqc | planqc's quantum computers store information in individual atoms – nature's best qubits. Quantum information is processed by arranging these qubits in highly scalable arrays and manipulating them with precisely controlled laser pulses. planqc’s unique combination of quantum technologies is the fastest way to scale to thousands of qubits,a prerequisite for industry-relevant quantum advantage. |  | Seed | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| fruitcore robotics | fruitcore robotics is a robotic system that leverages intelligent software and innovative mechatronics. | $19.8M | Series A | Oct 04, 2021 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [redalpine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redalpine-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [b2venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btovpartners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Plural Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plural-platform) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About UVC Partners

VC Fund · Munich, Germany

UVC Partners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology-based startups in the areas of enterprise software, industrial technologies, and mobility. The fund typically invests between € 0.5 - 10m initially and up to € 20m in total per company.

5 contacts available at UVC Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Kiltz | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-kiltz |
| Amanda-Stella Birkenholz | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amanda-birkenholz |
| Andreas Unseld | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-unseld |
| Benjamin Erhart | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-erhart |
| Helmut Schönenberger | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helmut-schnenberger |

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## FAQ

### What does Benjamin Erhart invest in?

Benjamin Erhart invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Benjamin Erhart last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benjamin Erhart closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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