# L-Bank

> L-Bank is a VC fund in Karlsruhe backing Information Technology and Software. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/l-bank/about/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/L_Bank
- Website: http://www.l-bank.de

L-Bank is a VC fund in Karlsruhe focused on Information Technology and Software. The L-Bank is committed to ensuring a high-performing economy, a high quality of life and a secure future. For individuals who want to gainfully employ their strengths or need support to develop them. For businesses that create jobs through their commitment and for communities seeking to improve the quality of their inhabitants' lives. Inshort: for Baden-Württemberg.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $212k–$1.2M |
| Series A | $6M–$72M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 10 | 32% |
| Software | 9 | 29% |
| Manufacturing | 8 | 26% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 16% |
| SaaS | 3 | 10% |

74 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 14 | 45% |
| Series A | 4 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 10% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 22 | 71% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 3% |
| Portugal | 1 | 3% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Brand | Chairman of the Board | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-brand |
| Hana Zhang | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hana-zhang |
| Manfred Schmitz-Kaiser | Chairman of the Board & Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manfred-schmitz-kaiser |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| meinhaus.digital | meinhaus.digital provides an AI-powered platform to simplify planning, costing, and financing for home renovations and refurbishments of existing properties. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| HappySupport | HappySupport is a self-updating Help Center platform for B2B and B2C SaaS companies. The product records user interface actions in the customer's software as DOM and CSS selector chains, not as pixel screenshots or video. A GitHub integration tracks the customer's front-end source code and updates affected guides automatically when theunderlying UI changes.HappySupport ships in three components. HappyRecorder is a Chrome browser extension used to capture guide content. HappyAgent is the GitHub Sync engine that maintains documentation against the source. HappyWidget is an in-product overlay that surfaces relevant guides inside the customer's application.The company was co-founded by Henrik Roth and Niklas Gysinn and is based in Germany. | $230K | Pre-Seed | Mar 16, 2026 |  |
| Vinolin | Vinolin is an IT Internet firm revolutionizes wine selection with seamless online shop integration. | $231.9K | Pre-Seed | Jul 28, 2025 |  |
| 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 |  |
| NEURA Robotics | NEURA Robotics is a high-tech robotics company which is poised to usher the way into the cognitive era by building intelligent robotic assistants which can be used in all areas of life. At NEURA Robotics, we bridge the gap of human-robot interaction by advancing robots’ cognitive abilities with groundbreaking leaps in environment perception,mechanical design, and artificial intelligence. We have successfully introduced the first-ever commercially available cognitive robot, MAiRA, together with MAV –the Multi-Sensing Autonomous Vehicle and LARA - the Lightweight Agile Robotic Assistant. By giving the robot what is currently missing: senses and a mind, we aim to not only revolutionize modern production sites but also conquer new markets such as medical technologies, home automation, food and agricultural production. | $123.5M | Series B | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| TRUPARTS | TRUPARTS is the largest platform for machine spare parts | $211.7K | Pre-Seed | Dec 05, 2024 |  |
| Preflet | Preflet Energy AI Platform provides attainable actions to improve buildings’ energy efficiency. Our technology harnesses multidimensional data such as smart meter energy, weather, and satellite. We help building owners and property managers to reduce costs and decarbonize building assets while saving energy. | $216.5K | Pre-Seed | May 22, 2024 |  |
| HyperHeat | HyperHeat is building a cutting-edge, all-electric heating solution designed to reach temperatures of up to 2,000°C. Using renewable electricity HyperHeat is providing an efficient alternative to fossil fuel combustion. With an efficiency rate of up to 98%, HyperHeat is ideal for retrofitting industrial processes, enabling significant CO2reductions across industries like steel, cement, and chemicals. The scalable technology offers a cost-efficient approach to decarbonizing thermal processes, with a potential to reduce global CO2 emissions by over 4.5 gigatons annually. | $621.4K | Convertible Note | Apr 29, 2024 |  |
| VCG.AI | VCG.AI uses AI & Big Data to provide targeted circular resource use solutions to manufacturing companies | $176K | Convertible Note | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| UV | UV Energy is a company that operates in the clean energy, manufacturing, power grid, renewable energy, and solar sectors. The company focuses on the creation of a global network of solar utilities. They are known for their rapid deployment of large photovoltaic (PV) capacities, which are based on mass production techniques. UV Energy is alsoinvolved in the creation of what they describe as the world's most rapidly built virtual solar power plant. Their work is reshaping the conversation around energy, promoting solar power as a pathway to a greener future. | $212.1K | Pre-Seed | Oct 10, 2023 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Grazia Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grazia-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KfW](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kfw) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3Commas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3-commas) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [3i Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3i-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AGBuild](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agbuild) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Antalpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antalpha) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does L-Bank invest in?

L-Bank invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is L-Bank's check size?

L-Bank typically joins rounds of $212k–$1.2M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$72M 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 L-Bank participates in.

### How do I contact L-Bank?

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### Who are the partners at L-Bank?

The team at L-Bank includes Christian Brand (Chairman of the Board), Hana Zhang (CEO) and Manfred Schmitz-Kaiser (Chairman of the Board & Founder). 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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