# Chemovator

> Chemovator is a VC fund in Mannheim backing Software and Manufacturing. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mannheim, Germany
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chemovator-gmbh/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/chemovator
- Website: https://chemovator.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chemovator/

Chemovator is an incubator of chemistry businesses. It is the business incubator of BASF.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Chemovator. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Chemovator. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/chemovator?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.3M–$3.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $975k–$2.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 22% |
| Advanced Materials | 2 | 22% |
| AgTech | 1 | 11% |
| Chemical | 1 | 11% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 4 | 44% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Björn Heinz | Deputy Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bj%C3%B6rn-heinz |
| Gati Kalim | Head of Venture Portfolio Management | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gati-kalim |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zepta | Zepta emphasizes "digital solutions and sustainability in pest control." Zepta develops a digital approach for protecting humans from pests. | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Spark e-Fuels | Spark e-Fuels is a carbon-neutral aviation fuel provider that produces sustainable aviation fuels from renewable energy, air, and water with full integration and modularization, allowing users to obtain sustainable e-fuels at scale. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Jan 23, 2025 |  |
| Replique | Replique is an online first fully encrypted 3D printing platform that makes spare part management more sustainable to large OEMs. |  | Seed | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| SOLVE | SOLVE have developed novel transient flow techniques that extend the capabilities of current approaches. SOLVE’s products leverage technology for the efficient collection of data from chemical reactions, as well as predictive computational models tuned based on the collected data. Both the data by itself, as well as the models, are used to informthe reaction conditions and solvent mixtures applied to manufacture chemical compounds at different scales of production. | $975.1K | Pre-Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Heartland Industries | Heartland is a material science company that engineers natural fibers as plastic additives. Heartland's additives enable manufacturers to reduce their carbon footprint by upwards of 50% in the first 3 years while reducing the cost of goods.Over time, it's become clear that all of the materials we rely on every day have a really highcarbon footprint. This means that it's our responsibility to figure out how we can collectively reduce the negative impact that these raw materials have on our planet.As a natural fiber processor, we work with farmers, manufacturers, and their suppliers to embed high-performance carbon-negative additives into various raw material supply chains. Almost everything that can be seen or touched is made from plastic, rubber, foam, wood, paper, ceramic, or building materials. Infusing natural fiber additives into these existing raw materials allows manufacturers to increase the performance and reduce the carbon footprint of the products they're already manufacturing.Join us in a carbon negative future. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 02, 2024 |  |
| Quantistry | Quantistry offers the next level of chemical simulations, powered by quantum chemistry and machine learning. Our cloud-based solution gives our customers a significant competitive advantage by simplifying and accelerating the development of chemical, materials science and pharmaceutical products. | $3.3M |  | Mar 12, 2024 |  |
| Quantistry | Quantistry offers the next level of chemical simulations, powered by quantum chemistry and machine learning. Our cloud-based solution gives our customers a significant competitive advantage by simplifying and accelerating the development of chemical, materials science and pharmaceutical products. | $3.3M | Seed | Mar 12, 2024 |  |
| Replique | Replique is an online first fully encrypted 3D printing platform that makes spare part management more sustainable to large OEMs. |  | Seed | Jun 15, 2023 |  |
| faCellitate | faCellitate develops polymeric platforms that aim at supporting cancer and stem cell research, drug discovery, toxicology, and tissue engineering. The platform facilitates cellular interaction, significantly improving cell culture in biological research. | $3.7M | Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IBB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibb) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [STS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sts-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ananda Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ananda-ventures-gmbh-social-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1.5° Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1-5-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arve Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arve-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thuringen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bm-t-beteiligungsmanagement-th%C3%BCringen) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Chemovator invest in?

Chemovator invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Advanced Materials startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chemovator's check size?

Chemovator typically joins rounds of $3.3M–$3.7M at Seed and $975k–$2.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chemovator participates in.

### How do I contact Chemovator?

Public channels for Chemovator 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 Chemovator?

The team at Chemovator includes Björn Heinz (Deputy Managing Director) and Gati Kalim (Head of Venture Portfolio Management). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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