# Grazia Equity

> Grazia Equity is a VC fund in Stuttgart backing Internet and E-Commerce. See 84 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stuttgart, Germany
- Total investments: 84
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/144162
- Website: http://www.grazia.com/en/

Grazia Equity is a venture Capital firm investing in innovative, technology driven startups with high potential.Based in Stuttgart (Germany), Grazia has been supporting a large number of mostly young companies, often from their foundation to the Initial Public Offering or eventual sale. In contrast to other venture capital firms, theypredominantly work with their own capital that they invest as entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$8.2M |
| Series A | $1.1M–$53M |
| Series B | $4M–$59M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 9 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 8% |
| Biotechnology | 7 | 8% |
| Medical | 4 | 5% |
| Health Care | 4 | 5% |

93 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 20 | 24% |
| Series B | 14 | 17% |
| Seed | 13 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 14% |
| Series C | 4 | 5% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 26 | 31% |
| United States | 14 | 17% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2% |
| Ghana | 1 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alec Rauschenbusch | Founder & Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alec-rauschenbusch |
| Benedikt Battke | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedikt-battke |
| Jochen Klueppel | Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jochen-kiuppel |
| Andrea Schweiger | Back Office | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-schweiger |
| Katrin Upfold | Back Office | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katrin-upfold |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Patronus Group | Rethinking elderly healthcare | $12.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 28, 2026 |  |
| XO Life | XO-Life.com is an online destination center. That provides services includes digital treatment monitoring and patient feedback R&D, marketing and sales. That offers services for Patient Insights, information exchange between patients and pharma, treatments and indications. | $4.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Q.ANT | Q.ANT develops photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing, utilizing light for information processing. The company also produces quantum sensors offering ultra-high magnetic field sensitivity in a compact form factor. These products aim to enable more intelligent and sustainable systems across various sectors like data centers,aerospace, and medical technology. | $72M | Series A | Jul 17, 2025 |  |
| Vytal | Vytal is a provider of software-enabled reusable packaging solutions to eliminate single-use packaging waste in the food and beverage industry. It offers a reusable container system and container management software to facilitate sustainable takeaway and delivery services, serving restaurants, supermarkets, caterers, canteens, and event organizers. | $15.5M |  | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Lumotive | Lumotive is a Seattle-based startup company developing high performance, solid-state lidar for autonomous systems in the automotive, UAV, robotics and related industries. The company's revolutionary beam-steering technology leverages Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces (or LCMs) implemented in mature semiconductor manufacturing processes to deliversmall, inexpensive 3D perception systems with unprecedented performance and reliability. For more information, visit us at www.lumotive.com. | $59M | Series B | Feb 19, 2025 |  |
| Affinity | Affinity is a financial solutions company that provides financial inclusion, advisory, and literacy services. | $8M | Seed | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Formo | Formo is Europe’s first cellular agriculture company developing animal-free dairy products using real, nature-identical milk proteins derived from precision fermentation. | $61M | Series B | Sep 09, 2024 |  |
| XO Life | XO-Life.com is an online destination center. That provides services includes digital treatment monitoring and patient feedback R&D, marketing and sales. That offers services for Patient Insights, information exchange between patients and pharma, treatments and indications. | $7.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| Vytal | Vytal is a provider of software-enabled reusable packaging solutions to eliminate single-use packaging waste in the food and beverage industry. It offers a reusable container system and container management software to facilitate sustainable takeaway and delivery services, serving restaurants, supermarkets, caterers, canteens, and event organizers. | $6.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 28, 2024 |  |
| Eternal Power | Eternal Power is a globally integrated mass production of green hydrogen and derivatives such as sustainable fuels. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 84 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Grazia Equity invest in?

Grazia Equity invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 84 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Grazia Equity's check size?

Grazia Equity typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$8.2M at Seed, $1.1M–$53M at Series A and $4M–$59M 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 Grazia Equity participates in.

### How do I contact Grazia Equity?

Public channels for Grazia Equity include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Grazia Equity?

The team at Grazia Equity includes Alec Rauschenbusch (Founder & Managing Partner), Benedikt Battke (Partner) and Jochen Klueppel (Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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