Claude Ritter
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ NAP
Berlin, Germany
Claude Ritter is a seed investor at NAP in Berlin focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Claude Ritter is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cavalry Ventures. He previously worked at Tiger Facility Services as a Co-Founder and CEO. Claude Ritter attended the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 83%
Last updated:
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Industries Claude Ritter invests in
Stages Claude Ritter invests in
Countries Claude Ritter invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (58%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (17%)
- B2B 1 (8%)
- Apps 1 (8%)
- SaaS 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (42%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (25%)
- Series A 2 (17%)
Country
- Germany 3 (25%)
- Ireland 2 (17%)
- United Kingdom 2 (17%)
Investments
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Almetra
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AI-based process analytics platform to increase productivity and quality in manual processes. Processes are captured using computer vision and automatically analysed with a highly flexible AI to identify improvement potential.1. Real-time capture with cameras Cameras are installed at individual assembly stations capturing live video streams ofassembly or packaging tasks.2. AI tracks material & work steps Video streams are continuously analyzed to detect workpiece movements, cycle times, and work step sequencing.3. Aggregation for data analysis Process data is aggregated per article and production to provide insights on process performance. Video snippets allow for a comprehensive root-cause analysis.4. Data-driven improvements Your factory managers and process engineers define, implement and measure process improvements to increase productivity and quality in your assembly line. | $18.5M / Series A / Jun 25, 2026 | |
Verna
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Verna is a business using geospatial data science to address the climate and nature crises.We help landowners, investors, and policymakers to use land in ways that draw down carbon, enhance biodiversity and generate sustainable returns – e.g. through woodland creation, habitat creation and enhancement, and regenerative agriculture.Verna wasestablished in Borehamwood, Hertford. | $4M / Seed / Jan 13, 2026 | |
Flip
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Flip is the employee app empowering all employees from firstline to desktop. It does so by combining top-down and bottom-up communication tools such as newsfeed and chat with intuitive integrations in the existing corporate HR and IT landscape. Flip empowers employers by enabling them to reach all employees at the same time with just two clicks.The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany. | $28M / Series A / May 21, 2025 | |
UniteLabs
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UniteLabs provides the foundational operating system for AI-driven lab automation in life science. It accelerates scientific discovery by closing the loop with a unified data and automation infrastructure, seamless integration, and intelligent control. Our platform empowers ambitious biotech companies, big pharma, integrators, and hardware vendorsby offering bidirectional connectors for diverse lab equipment, a scalable cloud platform with an open API, and a powerful workflow engine with an integrated compute environment. This allows for the creation of sophisticated, modular workflows, and enables rapid automation development through our Lab-as-Code environment, featuring a dynamic Python SDK and application-specific libraries. | $3.1M / Pre-Seed / Apr 03, 2025 | |
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Almetra
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AI-based process analytics platform to increase productivity and quality in manual processes. Processes are captured using computer vision and automatically analysed with a highly flexible AI to identify improvement potential.1. Real-time capture with cameras Cameras are installed at individual assembly stations capturing live video streams ofassembly or packaging tasks.2. AI tracks material & work steps Video streams are continuously analyzed to detect workpiece movements, cycle times, and work step sequencing.3. Aggregation for data analysis Process data is aggregated per article and production to provide insights on process performance. Video snippets allow for a comprehensive root-cause analysis.4. Data-driven improvements Your factory managers and process engineers define, implement and measure process improvements to increase productivity and quality in your assembly line. | $4.8M / Seed / Apr 26, 2024 | |
Openvolt
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Openvolt is building the API for smart meter data. Over 1 billion smart-meters have already been rolled out across the world — installations continue at a rate of 100 million per year. However it is incredibly challenging to access this data due to regulatory and technical hurdles. Openvolt is integrating with smart meter data sources across Europeand will provide a developer friendly API to innovators wanting to build applications on top of this data. Openvolt is founded by experienced entrepreneurs and executives Dave Curran and Don O'Leary. | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / Sep 21, 2023 | |
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Openvolt
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Openvolt is building the API for smart meter data. Over 1 billion smart-meters have already been rolled out across the world — installations continue at a rate of 100 million per year. However it is incredibly challenging to access this data due to regulatory and technical hurdles. Openvolt is integrating with smart meter data sources across Europeand will provide a developer friendly API to innovators wanting to build applications on top of this data. Openvolt is founded by experienced entrepreneurs and executives Dave Curran and Don O'Leary. | $1.6M / Pre-Seed / Sep 21, 2023 | |
Enzai
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Enzai is an AI governance platform that allows to build and deploy AI with confidence. Enzai measures progress in AI responsibility and gets actionable steps with our 3-minute maturity assessment. | $4M / Seed / Sep 05, 2023 | |
Oblivious
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Oblivious builds tools to allow you to use your sensitive data with internal and external partners while keeping it private and secure. | $5.8M / Seed / Apr 17, 2023 | |
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Oblivious
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Oblivious builds tools to allow you to use your sensitive data with internal and external partners while keeping it private and secure. | $5.8M / Seed / Apr 17, 2023 | |
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Co-Investors
About NAP
NAP is a Berlin-based pre-seed and seed venture capital investor, investing in European technology companies. NAP backs founders who turn non-obvious ideas into realities. The team includes former operators and builders with extensive experience in scaling companies. NAP supports its portfolio companies through capital, guidance, and connections.NAP’s key portfolio highlights include Aleph Alpha, Ampeco, Flip, PlanRadar, Spread, and Usercentrics.
NAP Contacts
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Björn Rieckhoff
Partner
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Claude Ritter
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Dominik Matyka
Entrepreneurial Partner and Founder
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Fabian Krautwurst
Associate
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Marcel Hollerbach
Entrepreneurial Partner
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What does Claude Ritter invest in?
Claude Ritter invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Claude Ritter last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Claude Ritter closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 12 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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