# DSA Invest

> DSA Invest is a VC fund in Aachen backing Software, Music and Hardware. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Aachen, Germany
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026

DSA Invest is a VC fund in Aachen focused on Software and Music. DSA Invest is deals with promoting and financing companies in the start-up phase and consolidates.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Music | 1 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 25% |
| Wearables | 1 | 25% |
| Electronics | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Silexica | Silexica was a venture capital backed company for software development tools. The SLX programming tools accelerate the journey from software to application-specific hardware systems and thus reduce time-to-market of intelligent products.Founded in 2014 as a spin-off from RWTH Aachen University, Silexica was headquartered in Germany with officesin the US and Japan. It has received $28M in venture capital funding from international investors and was acquired by Xilinx/AMD in 2021. | $18M | Series B | Jun 21, 2018 | http://www.silexica.com |
| Silexica | Silexica was a venture capital backed company for software development tools. The SLX programming tools accelerate the journey from software to application-specific hardware systems and thus reduce time-to-market of intelligent products.Founded in 2014 as a spin-off from RWTH Aachen University, Silexica was headquartered in Germany with officesin the US and Japan. It has received $28M in venture capital funding from international investors and was acquired by Xilinx/AMD in 2021. | $8M | Series A | Nov 28, 2016 | http://www.silexica.com |
| KLANG | KLANG:technologies are here to offer a new and unique concert experience to musicians all over the world. They believe that musicians who feel comfortable on stage with their monitoring sound are able to perform better and connect with the band and audience more easily and freely.In-ear monitoring, a phenomenon which spread widely over the pastt decades, is a huge step in this direction. Musicians still hesitate to make the switch from wedges to in-ears - they are troubled with an unnatural sound, missing transparency, auditory fatigue and disorientation.With our 3D In-Ear Monitoring, they are striving to overcome those last obstacles on the way to a perfect monitoring sound. They want to bring back the naturalness in hearing for the musician on stage - the feeling, as if you are not wearing any in-ears at all. |  | Series B | Jul 07, 2016 | https://x.com/klangtec |
| Picavi | LogCom stands for the development, production, and distribution of software solutions and the devices and items required for running the programs. |  | Series C | Apr 26, 2016 | https://x.com/picavi_gmbh |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Seed Fonds Aachen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-fondaachen) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Merus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SquareOne](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paua-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SquareOne Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/squarone-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- S-UBG Group — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does DSA Invest invest in?

DSA Invest invests primarily in Software, Music and Hardware startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did DSA Invest last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for DSA Invest closed in Jun 2018. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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