# EY Startup Academy

> EY Startup Academy is a VC fund in Frankfurt backing Software and FinTech. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Frankfurt, Germany
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://startup.ey.com/en/academy/how-far-can-you-go-2
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EYstartup/

EY Startup Academy is a 6-week program aimed at Tech or FinTech startups that have completed the alpha phase, have a Minimum Viable Product or a Proof of Concept and are looking for financing within the next 12 months. During the program, selected startups are given the unique opportunity to improve their business model and its main componentsthrough structured help and advice from EY experts and its cooperation partners. In total, the program consists of over 30 events. Moreover, each participant will be assigned a mentor from EY's advisory circle for the duration of the program, tailored to its specific industry and business needs.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 31% |
| FinTech | 9 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 22% |
| Machine Learning | 7 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 17% |

82 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 21 | 58% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 14 | 39% |
| Grant | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 29 | 81% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Morocco | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francesco Pisani | Strategy and Transactions | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| COMESO GmbH | COMESO exists to make healthcare access in Africa fair, transparent, and reliable. We build digital payment infrastructure that allows families both abroad and within their home countries to directly pay for medical services for their loved ones. Our mission is to ensure that every payment sent for health, whether from across the world or acrosstown, reaches hospitals and clinics in full, improving lives and strengthening local health systems.We combine financial technology with community-based healthcare delivery, COMESO enables the domestication of payments from afar, turning everyday financial support into a trusted channel for health access. Our goal is to reduce out-of-pocket spending, empower underserved families, and create a scalable model for inclusive health financing across emerging markets. | $50K | Grant | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| MotionsCloud | MotionsCloud using computer vision technology, to analyzes car and property damage for insurance companies thereby streamlining and automating property and vehicle insurance claims. MotionsCloud reduces claim cycle time from 10 days to 3 hours and saves up to 75% on claims processing cost. MotionsCloud has already signed insurance companies in US,Europe and South East Asia. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| summetix | Organizations have access to huge amounts of text data but harnessing its business potential is still a major challenge. ArgumenText (a technology by summetix GmbH) offers the solutions. ArgumenText uses Text Mining, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics to unleash the potential of unstructured data and to integrate unused assets intodecision-making processes. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| autogramm.io | autogramm.io is a young startup out of the Greater Munich Metropolitan area building intelligent contract lifecycle management software. Companies profit from our autogramm.io's conform digital signature solution which integrates into existing processes seamlessly. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| amber | info@amberoad.aiambeRoad is developing an intelligent enterprise search engine to help employees to find all relevant documents easily and quickly by integrating all company internal data sources into one search engine. Our solution allows access to all company-wide files from anywhere. Even if you don't exactly know what you are lookingfor, our cutting-edge AI will know because of a range of features implemented in our software.No need to tag documents manually, all in milliseconds - only one search request away. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| evAI Intelligence | evAI Intelligence is an AI-based company and solution provider in the contextual intelligence market. The company develops proprietary methods based on Natural Language Processing in order to extract business-relevant information from texts. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| Mandano | Mandano utilizes cognitive technologies to help companies develop and implement HR strategies. Its online platform enables Mandano's customers to identify their HR needs in real-time and make data-based decisions. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| AristanderAI | We're bringing the dynamic pricing algorithms that power companies like Amazon to medium and small e-commerce companies. You install our plugin, we begin tracking the customer journeys, and we deliver better prices using machine learning - bringing our users up to 15% in net profit uplift. We're making a faster, low-cost solution forprice optimization, therefore reaching a much wider audience. We're doing this by using automated machine learning + e-commerce plugins to reduce # of data scientists required per project, and cost of integration + feature annotation. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| HCP Sense | HCP Sense offers a unique, simple and economical measurement technology for monitoring forces and lubricant conditions in rolling bearings.Load data are essential for predictive maintenance and for optimizing manufacturing processes. In discussions with machine builders and plant operators, HCP Sense recognized that the effort involved inadapting constructions is a major obstacle when integrating sensors.For this reason, HCP Sense has developed a patented sensor bearing that takes up the same installation space as a corresponding conventional bearing and requires only minimal design adjustments. It is therefore very easy and economical for the user to integrate it into existing structures. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| Alpha Brain | EmoSys designs a wearable mood-elevation device that is aimed at improving the mood of the individual based on latest neuroscience findings. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Sep 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- FinTech Sandbox — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GIZ - Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gesellschaft-fur-internationale-zusammenarbeit) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gründerstipendium.NRW](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gr%C3%BCnderstipendium-nrw) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tenity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tenity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Western Union — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- YES!Delft — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does EY Startup Academy invest in?

EY Startup Academy invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Funding Round and Non-equity Assistance stage. Most of the 36 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact EY Startup Academy?

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### Who are the partners at EY Startup Academy?

The team at EY Startup Academy includes Francesco Pisani (Strategy and Transactions). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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