Dirk Seewald
Partner @ eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS
Berlin, Germany
Dirk Seewald is a seed investor at eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS in Berlin focused on Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence. Dirk is an engineer by education and has been CEO, COO and board member in companies such as VPIsystems, Innominate Security Technologies, PHOENIX CONTACT and SecurityMatters. An entrepreneur by heart, he chose starting his own company in the nineties over pursuing a PhD. Dirk has deep experience in telecoms, industrial automation, cyber securityand IT markets.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Dirk Seewald invests in
Stages Dirk Seewald invests in
Countries Dirk Seewald invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Cyber Security 5 (42%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (33%)
- Network Security 3 (25%)
- Security 2 (17%)
- Machine Learning 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (33%)
- Series A 4 (33%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
- Funding Round 1 (8%)
Country
- Germany 3 (25%)
- Spain 2 (17%)
- Italy 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Founded in February 2020, QuoIntelligence is a spinoff of QuoScient’s Intelligence Team QuoINT, with an established presence in the EU and US markets. We are a cyber intelligence startup committed to informing decision makers of current and prospected cyber and geopolitical threats by providing Finished Intelligence, tailor-made for yourorganization. We use the term Finished Intelligence because we are not another data or information feed provider.Our multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team provide full contextual analyses to produce Intelligence and better enable decision makers with prioritization and mitigation. By prioritizing customer requirements, we ensure our products are customer-centric, close real security gaps, support risk management, facilitate early detection, answer regulators, and more.Headquartered in the geographic center of the European Union, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, we are successfully integrated and servicing several verticals across the region. Also Incorporated in the US, we are supporting international and regional organizations, with remote analysts located on both coasts. Likewise, this geographical footprint enables us to follow the sun global workflow.Since our early days at QuoScient and now at QuoIntelligence, we are trusted by our clients to consistently deliver cybersecurity solutions, tailored to their environment. | $8.6M / Series A / Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| Zepo provides businesses with integrated solutions driven by AI to address the most significant cybersecurity gap in human risk. | $15M / Seed / Jan 12, 2026 | ||
| Exein develops embedded cybersecurity solutions designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. The company provides a platform that integrates security directly into the firmware of embedded systems, enabling real-time threat detection, monitoring, and response. Exein’s technology focuses on runtime protection and behavioranalysis at the edge, helping manufacturers secure devices without requiring major hardware changes or external software agents. Its solution is compatible with widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux-based environments, allowing for flexible integration across different devices. The company also offers tools for vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence tailored for firmware-level defense. Exein supports developers with APIs and SDKs to incorporate security features during the product development phase. Through its platform, the company addresses growing security risks in critical sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics. | $16.4M / Series B / Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| Founded in February 2020, QuoIntelligence is a spinoff of QuoScient’s Intelligence Team QuoINT, with an established presence in the EU and US markets. We are a cyber intelligence startup committed to informing decision makers of current and prospected cyber and geopolitical threats by providing Finished Intelligence, tailor-made for yourorganization. We use the term Finished Intelligence because we are not another data or information feed provider.Our multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team provide full contextual analyses to produce Intelligence and better enable decision makers with prioritization and mitigation. By prioritizing customer requirements, we ensure our products are customer-centric, close real security gaps, support risk management, facilitate early detection, answer regulators, and more.Headquartered in the geographic center of the European Union, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, we are successfully integrated and servicing several verticals across the region. Also Incorporated in the US, we are supporting international and regional organizations, with remote analysts located on both coasts. Likewise, this geographical footprint enables us to follow the sun global workflow.Since our early days at QuoScient and now at QuoIntelligence, we are trusted by our clients to consistently deliver cybersecurity solutions, tailored to their environment. | $5.5M / Seed / Jul 27, 2023 | ||
| Build38 is a global provider of mobile application protection solutions. Its solution represents a new generation of app-hardening technologies and service that protects apps from known and unknown attacks and opens the market to new digital business models. Build38 protects applications across various industries including automotive, financial,public transport and health care. Build38 is headquartered in Munich with global offices in Barcelona and Singapore. The company is a spin out of Giesecke + Devrient and ranks among the best IT Security startups in Germany. Build38 is an official GARTNER In-App Shielding Market Guide Vendor since 2019 and the first to combine: In-App Shielding + In-App Monitoring + AI-based In-App Reaction. | $14M / Series A / Feb 07, 2023 | ||
| At brighter AI, we are on the mission to protect every identity in public. Our leading anonymization solutions for video data are based on state-of-the-art artificial intelligence. We were named “Europe’s Hottest AI Startup” by Nvidia and won "The Spark - The German Digital Award" by Handelsblatt & McKinsey. Established in 2017 withinthe automotive industry, we are today serving companies in various sectors and are supported by outstanding investors. | Series A / Jun 30, 2022 | ||
| Exein develops embedded cybersecurity solutions designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. The company provides a platform that integrates security directly into the firmware of embedded systems, enabling real-time threat detection, monitoring, and response. Exein’s technology focuses on runtime protection and behavioranalysis at the edge, helping manufacturers secure devices without requiring major hardware changes or external software agents. Its solution is compatible with widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux-based environments, allowing for flexible integration across different devices. The company also offers tools for vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence tailored for firmware-level defense. Exein supports developers with APIs and SDKs to incorporate security features during the product development phase. Through its platform, the company addresses growing security risks in critical sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics. | $7M / Series A / Sep 22, 2021 | ||
| Build38 is a global provider of mobile application protection solutions. Its solution represents a new generation of app-hardening technologies and service that protects apps from known and unknown attacks and opens the market to new digital business models. Build38 protects applications across various industries including automotive, financial,public transport and health care. Build38 is headquartered in Munich with global offices in Barcelona and Singapore. The company is a spin out of Giesecke + Devrient and ranks among the best IT Security startups in Germany. Build38 is an official GARTNER In-App Shielding Market Guide Vendor since 2019 and the first to combine: In-App Shielding + In-App Monitoring + AI-based In-App Reaction. | $3.3M / Series A / Jan 19, 2021 | ||
| Build38 is a global provider of mobile application protection solutions. Its solution represents a new generation of app-hardening technologies and service that protects apps from known and unknown attacks and opens the market to new digital business models. Build38 protects applications across various industries including automotive, financial,public transport and health care. Build38 is headquartered in Munich with global offices in Barcelona and Singapore. The company is a spin out of Giesecke + Devrient and ranks among the best IT Security startups in Germany. Build38 is an official GARTNER In-App Shielding Market Guide Vendor since 2019 and the first to combine: In-App Shielding + In-App Monitoring + AI-based In-App Reaction. | $3.6M / Seed / Jan 19, 2021 | ||
| Advanced adversaries and targeted attacks threaten large organisations on a daily basis. CounterCraft is a pioneering provider of full-spectrum cyber deception, ground-breaking threat hunting and cyber counterintelligence to detect, investigate and control targeted attacks. The award-winning solution combines powerful campaign automation withcontrolled synthetic environments to allow attackers to penetrate organizations without doing real damage. CounterCraft’s Threat Deception platform builds and deploys buffer zones that fool threat actors into engaging with false information and fake digital assets instead of real operational systems and data. The solution uses groundbreaking security engineering for Threat Detection, Threat Intelligence and Threat Response. Key stakeholders get more time to respond to advanced and rapidly evolving threats. The platform continuously generates highly relevant threat intelligence elicited from threat actors. Defenders benefit as CounterCraft integrates with incident response workflows and proactively reconfigures defensive systems in real time to mitigate risks from ongoing attacks.CounterCraft operates in Fortune500 companies globally, including major financial institutions, critical infrastructures, governments and Law Enforcement Agencies. Founded in 2015, the company is present in London, Madrid and Washington DC, with R&D in San Sebastian. | $5M / Seed / Jun 17, 2020 | ||
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Co-Investors
Founded in 1999, eCAPITAL is an entrepreneur-led venture capital investor focusing on early- and growth-stage deep-tech companies with a positive impact on society. eCAPITAL is based in Germany and invests with its own funds with a total volume of over € 340 million in the areas of Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, IoT and NewMaterials. In addition to financial resources, eCAPITAL offers its portfolio companies strategic support and access to an international network of entrepreneurs, scientists, investors and founders and was lead investor in various deep-tech companies such as sonnen, Novaled or Jedox, which were sold very successfully to international corporates or investors.
eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS Contacts
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Michael Mayer
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What does Dirk Seewald invest in?
Dirk Seewald invests primarily in Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and Network Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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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The most recent investment recorded for Dirk Seewald closed in Apr 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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