# IBB Ventures

> IBB Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin backing Software and Health Care. See 245 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 245
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Fund size: $33M
- Last fund: Sep 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibb-beteiligungsgesellschaft-mbh
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pr_ibb
- Website: https://www.ibbventures.de/

IBB Ventures is a venture capital and mezzanine arm of Investitionsbank Berlin specializing in seed/startup, early venture, and mid venture investments. The firm invests in technology-oriented companies and companies from the creative industries. It typically invests in information and communication sector with a focus on hardware andsoftware, network technology, new media, and internet and mobile technologies; life science sector with a focus on biotechnology and media technology; and industrial technologies sector with a focus on software, PPS, supply chain management, micro and nanotechnology, environmental and power technology, automation, manufacturing technology, transport technology and logistics, and new materials. The firm also invests in movies, broadcast, television, publisher, music, entertainment, advertising, fashion, design, architecture, multimedia, games, software, and art and culture. It invests in companies based in Berlin. It typically invests between €0.25 million ($0.32 million) and €3 million ($3.83 million) per transaction. The firm prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. IBB Ventures was founded in 1997 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4.6M |
| Series A | $2.3M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 41 | 17% |
| Health Care | 31 | 13% |
| SaaS | 17 | 7% |
| Internet | 17 | 7% |
| Information Technology | 16 | 7% |

203 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 68 | 28% |
| Funding Round | 46 | 19% |
| Series A | 32 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 19 | 8% |
| Series B | 19 | 8% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 153 | 62% |
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 0% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Seegers | Investment Director | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-seegers |
| Clemens Kabel | Investment Director - ICT | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clemens-kabel |
| Marco Zeller | Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marco-zeller |
| Martina Neumann | Secretary | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martina-neumann |
| Rayk Reitenbach | Investment Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rayk-reitenbach |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung | dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners. | $11.4M | Series A | Jul 21, 2026 |  |
| BeatSquares | BeatSquares is an AI company that helps local and regional news publishers convert written articles into multimedia formats including podcasts, newsletters, and interactive content. | $2M | Seed | Jul 20, 2026 |  |
| Ascléa | Ascléa is an expert for clinical decision support on cardiac intensive care units. With our products, you can extend your hospital database system with a layer of clinically meaningful information. x-cardiac has developed artificial intelligence-based systems to prevent life-threatening complications after heart surgery. |  | Series A | Jul 15, 2026 |  |
| NextGO Epi | NextGO Epi is a supplier of Gallium Oxide semiconductors, a material with superior performance compared to traditional Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| ARC Intelligence | ARC Intelligence operates as a supplier of data systems driven by AI for small and medium-sized businesses. | $4.6M | Seed | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Freshflow | Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste. | $10M | Series A | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Honig Games | Honig Games is a mobile gaming company that builds and distributes high-quality games designed to be shared and experienced together. The company uses a multi-platform distribution approach to reduce reliance on any single app store for user acquisition. It incorporates AI-first development strategies to scale game production efficiently andsustainably. The studio focuses on creating mobile-first games that encourage community sharing and viral engagement. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 03, 2026 |  |
| Nox Mobility | Nox Mobility is a transportation company that operates sleeper trains and private cabins for travel and tourism sectors. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 22, 2026 |  |
| Insellar | Insellar is developing a new class of brain interfaces that work with the body's own systems to improve mental health. | $467.8K | Pre-Seed | Apr 13, 2026 |  |
| Hot Boys Cry | Hot Boys Cry is a streetwear startup leveraging community-driven fashion drops to destigmatize male mental health and emotional openness. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 31, 2026 |  |

10 of 245 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does IBB Ventures invest in?

IBB Ventures invests primarily in Software, Health Care and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 245 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is IBB Ventures's check size?

IBB Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$4.6M at Seed and $2.3M–$11M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds IBB Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact IBB Ventures?

Public channels for IBB Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 IBB Ventures?

The team at IBB Ventures includes Christian Seegers (Investment Director), Clemens Kabel (Investment Director - ICT) and Marco Zeller (Managing Director), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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