# EMBLEM Technology Transfer

> EMBLEM Technology Transfer is a VC fund in Heidelberg backing Biotechnology and Manufacturing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Heidelberg, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2017
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- Website: https://embl-em.de/

EMBLEM Technology Transfer is a VC fund in Heidelberg focused on Biotechnology and Manufacturing. EMBLEM Technology Transfer specializes in identifying, protecting, and commercializing intellectual property and associated technologies and materials developed. Its technology span the life sciences in the broadest sense and includes enabling technologies, molecular tools, and assays.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luxendo | Luxendo will manufacture and sell advanced Single Plane Illumination Microscopes (SPIM) originally developed at EMBL by Lars Hufnagel and his team. SPIM is a rapidly emerging technology that combines optical sectioning with multiple-view imaging to observe tissues and living organisms with impressive resolution. Unlike the conventional techniquesof widefield and confocal fluorescence microscopy, the light sheet technique illuminates on the region surrounding the focal plane of the detection objective in a twin objective configuration. | $8.5M | Series A | Jan 12, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [EMBL Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/embl-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LSP BioVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lsp-bioventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does EMBLEM Technology Transfer invest in?

EMBLEM Technology Transfer invests primarily in Biotechnology, Manufacturing and Bioinformatics startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did EMBLEM Technology Transfer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for EMBLEM Technology Transfer closed in Jan 2017. Shizune tracks 1 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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