# Capnamic

> Capnamic is a VC fund in Cologne backing Software and Information Technology. See 153 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 153
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 41%
- Fund size: $216M
- Last fund: Mar 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2959106
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Capnamic
- Website: http://capnamic.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/capnamic

Capnamic is a venture capital firm investing in outstanding early-stage companies within Europe.The team’s expertise includes 70+ investments, 30+ successful trade sales and 13+ IPOs as well as broad professional experience across various industries and functions. Capnamic unites institutional and corporate investors thus offering its portfoliocompanies a unique network of sparring partners and customers.The firm’s general partners are Jörg Binnenbrücker, Olaf Jacobi, Christian Siegele and Christian Knott.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$8.6M |
| Series A | $3.1M–$25M |
| Series B | $5.3M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 31 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 17 | 11% |
| SaaS | 16 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 8% |
| Machine Learning | 8 | 5% |

137 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 39 | 25% |
| Series A | 38 | 25% |
| Series B | 15 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 8% |
| Series C | 8 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 64 | 42% |
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Poland | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Knott | Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-knott |
| Christian Siegele | Founder & Managing Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-siegele |
| Frederik von Bossel | Investment Manager | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederik-von-bossel |
| Jorg Binnenbrucker | Founding Partner | 41 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jrg-binnenbrcker |
| Kristina Piljek | Executive Assistant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristina-piljek |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Freshflow | Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste. | $10M | Series A | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Omegga GmbH | Omegga is developing a non-invasive in-ovo-sexing technology to prevent the killing of 7 billion male laying hens worldwide each year because they are considered unprofitable for the industry. Omegga offers hatcheries a resource-efficient and ethical alternative to meet the increasing international demands of legislation, food retailers and endconsumers. The technology is highly scalable, globally compliant, easy to implement into existing infrastructure & processes and is just a fracture of the price of other competitive technologies. | $11.7M | Seed | Apr 24, 2026 |  |
| 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. | $5.8M | Series A | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| SenseUp Biotechnology | SenseUp is a biotech company that develops microbial production-strains. It offers de-novo construction or optimization of existing strains, using state of the art genomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics, accompanied by our unique biosensor-technology. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia. | $3.5M | Seed | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| Octonomy | octonomy is an an AI-as-a-Service company specializes in automating support services with AI agents. | $21.3M | Seed | Nov 03, 2025 |  |
| yasp | yasp mission is to transform complex AI capabilities into practical, effective tools that empower businesses in the evolving digital landscape. | $5M | Seed | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| Sunhat | Sunhat is an automation tool that combines software engineering and sustainability expertise to help supply chain businesses meet their sustainability goals. It automates the processing of sustainability questionnaires and ESG ratings for suppliers. | $10.9M | Series A | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| Tanso | Tanso Technologies is a software company based in Munich that offers a carbon intelligence suite to industrial companies, with its solution for Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF), Product Carbon Footprint (PCF), and ESG management for ESRS compliance. Tanso’s solution is supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC), as well as notable VCfunds like Capnamic and UVC Partners, and angel investors, and is used by leading German industrial companies.More information about Tanso can be found here: www.tanso.de | $13.9M | Series A | Aug 05, 2025 |  |
| Buena | Home HT works on making housing better for everyone – starting with the easiest way for landlords to rent out their apartments. | $58.2M | Series A | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Buena | Home HT works on making housing better for everyone – starting with the easiest way for landlords to rent out their apartments. | $58.2M | Series A | Jul 23, 2025 |  |

10 of 153 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Capnamic invest in?

Capnamic invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 153 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Capnamic's check size?

Capnamic typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$8.6M at Seed, $3.1M–$25M at Series A and $5.3M–$31M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Capnamic participates in.

### How do I contact Capnamic?

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### Who are the partners at Capnamic?

The team at Capnamic includes Christian Knott (Partner), Christian Siegele (Founder & Managing Partner) and Frederik von Bossel (Investment Manager), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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