# EnBW New Ventures

> EnBW New Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 42%
- Fund size: $106M
- Last fund: Jul 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18194553/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/EnBWNewVentures
- Website: https://www.env.vc

EnBW New Ventures is a VC fund in Karlsruhe focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. ENV supports entrepreneurs to develop new solutions for a sustainable future - people, planet, profit - by leveraging our financially driven VC setup with the reach and skills of the corporate investor EnBW. The startups that we invest in engage and scale with EnBW in its transformation towards becoming a sustainable and digital infrastructureoperator.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$11M |
| Series A | $4.2M–$12M |
| Series B | $5.5M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 11% |
| SaaS | 3 | 7% |
| Power Grid | 3 | 7% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 7% |

68 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 14 | 31% |
| Seed | 9 | 20% |
| Series B | 6 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 16 | 36% |
| Norway | 2 | 4% |
| Austria | 2 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Holger Wagner | Investment Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holger-wagner |
| Jennifer Diedrichs | Investment Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-diedrichs |
| Theo Schulte | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theo-schulte |
| Theo Schulte | Investment Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/theo-schulte-f471 |
| Crispin Leick | Managing Director | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crispin-leick |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elephant | Elephant in an AI-powered platform for frontline and blue-collar workers. It specializes in training and communication tools for decentralized, frontline workforces in sectors like manufacturing and logistics. Its core AI Coursebuilder converts technical documentation into gamified, mobile-friendly microlearning modules. | $5.9M | Seed | May 11, 2026 |  |
| Spoor | At Spoor, we believe that biodiversity will be the next key metric for monitoring, managing and reporting environmental impacts. Today, the lack of suitable solutions to monitor biodiversity efficiently and remotely is threatening both biodiversity and the progress to environmentally-sustainable infrastructure. How can industries meet themuch-needed goals of a green shift, while also caring for the biodiversity consequences of its urgent efforts? We are first tackling this challenge by developing an AI-powered software for bird monitoring on wind farms, leveraging existing infrastructure, off-the-shelf hardware and computer vision. Our grand ambition is to enable industry and nature to coexist. | $9.4M | Series A | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| enspired | enspired is a fully digital energy trading-as-a-service company. We drive the energy transition by enabling our clients to bring flexible assets to power spot markets and capture their full value with our AI-based trading services. Our team consists of leading algorithmic traders, data scientists and technology enthusiasts who firmly believe thatthe way power is traded will soon drastically change - in our world, there is no room for trading screens and traditional optimization. All trades get executed in a fully automated fashion using advanced AI algorithms that outperform the market and monetize our client's flexibility to the fullest while supporting grid stability. Our clients include leading utilities, operators of renewables and batteries or consumption assets across Europe. | $17.3M | Series B | Oct 13, 2025 |  |
| Sunhat | Sunhat is an automation tool that combines software engineering and sustainability expertise to help supply chain businesses meet their sustainability goals. It automates the processing of sustainability questionnaires and ESG ratings for suppliers. | $10.9M | Series A | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| Hololight | Hololight is a technology leader in AR/VR. Founded in 2015, our team combines passionate developers and experienced business experts. We create unique, industry-proven AR/VR technology: highly innovative and precisely tailored to scale use cases and business models. Our solutions enable companies to reduce production errors and costs, andget to market faster. We unleash the potential of XR in various industries – automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering and many more – creating competitive advantages in the age of digital transformation. | $11.7M |  | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| Validaitor | Validaitor is a pioneer for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI), ensuring quality and compliance in AI-driven products and services. |  | Seed | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| Validaitor | Validaitor is a pioneer for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI), ensuring quality and compliance in AI-driven products and services. |  | Seed | Feb 04, 2025 |  |
| vialytics | vialytics' mission is to digitize road management in cities, municipalities and counties. Providing up-to-date image data and automatic evaluation, vialytics's AI simplifies the day-to-day work of our partner municipalities— from road inspection to maintenance management. We save cities time, money, and manpower, all while making roadssafer. Over 400 partner municipalities in the US and Europe trust in vialytics. | $8.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| enspired | enspired is a fully digital energy trading-as-a-service company. We drive the energy transition by enabling our clients to bring flexible assets to power spot markets and capture their full value with our AI-based trading services. Our team consists of leading algorithmic traders, data scientists and technology enthusiasts who firmly believe thatthe way power is traded will soon drastically change - in our world, there is no room for trading screens and traditional optimization. All trades get executed in a fully automated fashion using advanced AI algorithms that outperform the market and monetize our client's flexibility to the fullest while supporting grid stability. Our clients include leading utilities, operators of renewables and batteries or consumption assets across Europe. | $27.6M | Series B | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Cozero | Cozero believes that reducing the environmental impact of businesses alone is not possible. This represents an exciting opportunity for positive, collective change. Their Climate Action Platform presents their vision for a managed transition to a low-carbon economy, offering their confidence in helping companies take the necessary steps. | $6.9M | Series A | Apr 16, 2024 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does EnBW New Ventures invest in?

EnBW New Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 45 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is EnBW New Ventures's check size?

EnBW New Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$11M at Seed, $4.2M–$12M at Series A and $5.5M–$28M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds EnBW New Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact EnBW New Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at EnBW New Ventures?

The team at EnBW New Ventures includes Holger Wagner (Investment Director), Jennifer Diedrichs (Investment Manager) and Theo Schulte (Investment Manager), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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