# Inventures

> Inventures is a VC fund in Munich backing Software and Health Care. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inventures-collective

Inventures is a VC fund in Munich focused on Software and Health Care. Inventures is the investment vehicle of the Munich-based Australian entrepreneur and super angel Chris Hitchen who sold price comparison business Getprice to News Corp, ecommerce marketplace Next Commerce to Future PLC and programmatic ad marketplace Hynt to Zalando.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$4.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $586k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 36% |
| Health Care | 3 | 27% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 18% |
| Apps | 1 | 9% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Seed | 4 | 36% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 5 | 45% |
| France | 1 | 9% |
| Poland | 1 | 9% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Durnall | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-durnall |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Koala Go | Re-inventing how we teach on the internet | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 25, 2021 |  |
| Edgeless Systems | Edgeless Systems builds the secure platform to store, analyze, and share data, using confidential computing. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 14, 2021 |  |
| Cognigy | Cognigy provides conversational AI automation for contact centers. Its low-code platform, Cognigy.AI, enables enterprises to automate customer and employee communications using intelligent voice- and chatbots.With precise, reliable intent recognition, highly flexible dialogs, and seamless integration into backend systems, Cognigy.AI createssuperior user experiences and helps companies reduce support costs and improve scalability. Cognigy.AI is available in SaaS and on-premise environments and supports conversations in any language and on any channel including web, phone, SMS, and mobile apps. | $44M | Series B | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| Molecule.one | Molecule One is an information technology based bio company. Their m1 platform spans the preclinical pipeline to maximize chemistry. Molecule One integrates artificial intelligence into a suite of tools to assist bench chemists, data scientists, and computational chemists. | $4.6M | Seed | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| Knowunity | Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app. | $2.4M | Seed | Apr 22, 2021 |  |
| Biloba | Biloba provides on-demand diagnosis, advice and consultation from board-certified pediatricians, GPs and nurses - all via secure, in-app messaging. Unlimited access to the service is offered through auto-renewing subscriptions. | $1.7M | Seed | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| Exakt Health | Exakt Health is the physio app for sports injuries. The Exakt Health app guides users through self-diagnosis for frequent sports injuries and then creates an individualized rehabilitation plan. | $586.4K | Pre-Seed | Mar 31, 2021 |  |
| FLOWBIO | FLOWBIO is a Wellness and Fitness Services firm offering hydration sensor for triathletes, cyclists and runners. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Biloba | Biloba provides on-demand diagnosis, advice and consultation from board-certified pediatricians, GPs and nurses - all via secure, in-app messaging. Unlimited access to the service is offered through auto-renewing subscriptions. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Jul 21, 2020 |  |
| Molecule | Molecule is a software platform used to decentralise intellectual property development in the biotech industry. The company was founded in 2020 by Paul Kohlhaas and Tyler Golato and is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 31, 2020 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Inventures invest in?

Inventures invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Inventures's check size?

Inventures typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$4.6M at Seed and $586k–$1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Inventures participates in.

### How do I contact Inventures?

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### Who are the partners at Inventures?

The team at Inventures includes Richard Durnall (Venture Partner). 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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